Instructor's Manual

by Linda R. Van Thiel

The Instructor's Manual is designed to help you use Biology, Fourth Edition, in organizing and presenting course material. It has been extensively revised in step with the textbook through which it leads you-so preparing for your course with Biology will be a smooth, seamless process.

This manual offers a wealth of suggestions related to the organization and administration of your course in general, guidelines for using specific elements of the textbook, and additional material regarding related instructional resources. For example, each chapter of the manual provides you with a Chapter Synopsis, Chapter Objectives, Key Terms, Chapter Outline, Instructional Strategy, and a list of visual resources for each chapter of Biology-along with a list of transparencies, biological supply companies, and media resources. It also provides the answers to the text's Review Questions.

Contents

• Preface
• Biology of the Cell

• Part I - The Origin of Living Things
• 1 The Science of Biology
• 2 The Nature of Molecules
• 3 The Chemical Building Blocks of Life
• 4 The Origin and Early History of Life

• Part II - Biology of the Cell
• 5 Cell Structure
• 6 Membranes
• 7 Cell-Cell Interactions

• Part III - Energetics
• 8 Energy and Metabolism
• 9 How Cells Harvest Chemical Energy
• 10 Photosynthesis
• Genes

• Part IV - Reproduction and Heredity
• 11 How Cells Divide
• 12 Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis
• 13 Patterns of Inheritance

• Part V - Molecular Genetics
• 14 DNA: The Genetic Material
• 15 Genes and How They Work
• 16 Control of Gene Expression
• 17 Cellular Mechanisms of Development
• 18 Altering the Genetic Message
• 19 Gene Technology
• Evolution and Ecology

• Part VI - Evolution
• 20 Genes within Populations
• 21 The Evidence for Evolution
• 22 The Origin of Species
• 23 How Humans Evolved

• Part VII • Ecology
• 24 Population Dynamics
• 25 Interactions between Species
• 26 Dynamics of Ecosystems
• 27 Biological Communities
• 28 The Future of the Biosphere
• Diversity

• Part VIII - Viruses and Simple Organisms
• 29 The Six Kingdoms of Life
• 30 Viruses and Bacteria
• 31 Protists
• 32 Fungi

• Part IX - Plants
• 33 Diversity of Plants
• 34 Flowering Plants
• 35 Vascular Plant Structure
• 36 Regulation of Plant Growth and Development
• 37 Nutrition and Transport in Plants

• Part X - Animals
• 38 Evolution of the Animal Body Plan
• 39 The Noncoelomate Animals
• 40 Mollusks and Annelids
• 41 Arthropods and Echinoderms
• 42 Vertebrates
• Vertebrate Biology

• Part XI - The Vertebrate Body
• 43 Organization of the Vertebrate Body
• 44 Locomotion
• 45 Fueling Body Activities: Digestion
• 46 Respiration and Circulation

• Part XII - Homeostasis
• 47 The Nervous System
• 48 Sensory Systems
• 49 Hormones
• 50 The Immune System
• 51Kidneys and Water Balance

• Part XIII - Reproduction and Behavior
• 52 Sex and Reproduction
• 53 Vertebrate Development
• 54 Animal Behavior
• 55 Behavioral Ecology

• Appendixes
• Glossary
• Index