Explorations CD-ROM Series

• Explorations in Human Biology
• Explorations in Cell Biology and Genetics

Individual chapters of Inquiry into Life, Eighth Edition, direct readers to relevant text material examined in these two CD-ROMs. A special icon identifies chapter-opening Key Concepts that correspond to interactive exercises contained in the text's end-of-chapter "Exploration" sections. These special sections engage students and instructors in an investigation of this key concept through the use of powerful, interactive CD-ROM technology.

Dynamic, interactive animations call on users to manipulate variables and evaluate the results.

• Clearly written topic information.
• Colorful, precisely labeled graphics and animated illustrations-featuring visuals drawn from leading WCB texts.
• Glossary with written and oral pronunciations-in English and Spanish.
• Narration in English and Spanish.
• Recommended readings.

Explorations in Human Biology

Supplements:

• Student Workbook (in both English and Spanish versions)
• Instructor's Edition of Student Workbook

Modules

• 1 Cystic Fibrosis
• 2 Active Transport
• 3 Life Span and Lifestyle
• 4 Muscle Contraction
• 5 Evolution of the Heart
• 6 Smoking and Cancer
• 7 Diet and Weight Loss
• 8 Nerve Conduction
• 9 Synaptic Transmission
• 10 Drug Addiction
• 11 Hormone Action
• 12 Immune Response
• 13 AIDS
• 14 Constructing a Genetic Map
• 15 Heredity in Families/16 Pollution of a Freshwater Lake

Explorations in Cell Biology and Genetics

An interactive demo is now available to download, for Windows or Macintosh!! You may also download PKUNZIP for the Windows version.

This set of 17 interactive animations is a colorful, compelling way to delve into-and understand-often-challenging subject matter. Some notable new features:

• Pause feature that enables users to halt an animation for an explanation-with labels-of the process occurring at that moment.
• Critical-thinking activities with quizzes, by expert Robert Allen-for enhanced tutorial capabilities.
• Enhanced and larger visuals.
• Hyperlinks between the glossary and related "Explorations" visuals.

Modules

• 1 How Proteins Function: Hemoglobin
• 2 Cell Size
• 3 Active Transport
• 4 Cell-Cell Interactions
• 5 Mitosis: Regulating the Cell Cycle/Metabolism
• 6 Cell Chemistry: Thermodynamics
• 7 Enzymes in Action: Kinetics
• 8 Oxidative Respiration
• 9 Photosynthesis/Genetics
• 10 Exploring Meiosis: Down Syndrome
• 11 Constructing a Genetic Map
• 12 Heredity in Families
• 13 Gene Segregation within Families
• 14 DNA Fingerprinting: You Be the Judge
• 15 Reading DNA
• 16 Gene Regulation
• 17 Making a Restriction Map