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Concepts of Biology – 1st Canadian Edition eBookConcepts of Biology – 1st Canadian Edition eBook
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BC Open Textbooks
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9th - 12th
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Concepts of Biology – 1st Canadian Edition

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How diverse are living things? Individuals explore topics such as cells as the foundation for life, cell division and genetics, molecular biology, and animal reproduction using an open resource Biology textbook. They learn key terms using the glossary and review content in end-of-section assessments.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

animal reproduction, genetics, cells, photosynthesis, cellular respiration, mitosis, meiosis, human body systems, molecular biology, dna, cancer, biotechnology, homeostasis

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Use animations and videos as flipped classroom ideas
  • Have scholars make posters on one section of text, then teach that section to other classmates

Classroom Considerations

  • Written as an introductory college level text
  • Text is Canadian edition, so some terms may be unfamiliar

Pros

  • Diagrams and images relate learning to real life
  • PowerPoint presentations contain links to animations and video to support the text

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RST.9-10.4 RST.9-10.10 RST.11-12.4 RST.11-12.10

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