Biology Trending: A Contemporary Issues Approach

An issues-based approach to teaching introductory biology, with up-to-date coverage of relevant topics, a focus on accessibility and affordability, and a wealth of student resources and instructor materials.

Format: Hardback
Length: 794 pages
Publication date: 24 July 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The course adopts an issues-based approach to teaching introductory biology, ensuring that students are up-to-date on relevant topics such as climate change, CRISPR, new hominids, and new cancer therapies. Designed for both majors and non-majors, the course is more succinct for ease in teaching and more affordable for students. It includes a comprehensive suite of student resources, including questions for self-testing, simulations of key processes to aid learning, web links to encourage further reading, and instructor resources such as PowerPoint slides with figures from the book, activity and assignment ideas, and comprehensive lesson plans. By adopting an issues-based approach, the course aims to engage students and help them develop a deeper understanding of the natural world while also preparing them for future scientific and societal challenges.

Weight: 1670g
Dimension: 280 x 210 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032488585