Life: The Science of Biology Digital Update

Twelfth Edition | ©2023 David M. Hillis; Craig H. Heller; Sally D. Hacker; David W. Hall; Marta J. Laskowski; Lauren A. O'Connell; David E. Sadava

Life: The Science of Biology is engaging, active, and focused on teaching the skills that students need to master the majors biology course.

The new 12e Digital Update introduces fully updated text content and an improved online suite of materials in Achieve to su.

Life: The Science of Biology is engaging, active, and focused on teaching the skills that students need to master the majors biology course.

The new 12e Digital Update introduces fully updated text content and an improved online suite of materials in Achieve to support the mission of Life . Life teaches students the skills and understanding of concepts, experimentation, and data they need to succeed in introductory biology and ultimately in their future STEM careers.

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Life 12e digital update is comprehensive and engaging

Life: The Science of Biology is engaging, active, and focused on teaching the skills that students need to master the majors biology course.

The new 12e Digital Update introduces fully updated text content and an improved online suite of materials in Achieve to support the mission of Life . Life teaches students the skills and understanding of concepts, experimentation, and data they need to succeed in introductory biology and ultimately in their future STEM careers.

Continuing in the tradition of Life , the 12th Edition Digital Update embraces an active learning approach that is seamlessly integrated throughout the text and media. Features are as follows:

Life is taught through Achieve:

Achieve is more than just an online homework system—it’s a full online learning system. Studies show that a more structured course that includes smaller and more frequent assignments benefits students who are less prepared for the course without hindering well prepared students. Achieve supports that structure by providing content for all aspects of your course including pre-class preparation, in-class active learning, and post-class homework and assessment.

Life is FOCUSED ON SKILLS

To support teaching and learning in biology through asking questions:

• Data in Depth offers students a more in-depth exploration of the in-text “Work with Data” feature via interactive modules that further enhance scientific literacy skills via a host of interactive enhancements: data visualizations, experimental design, graphing, and mathematical calculations.
• The engaging and powerful simulations are now outfitted with quizzes that will report to the Instructor grade-book.
• A new online, interactive version of the in-text Statistics Primer offers students the opportunity to actually perform statistical analysis and calculations.
• The Experiments and Work with the Data exercises highlight important research and instill the foundation of scientific investigation in students by always following the hypothesis–method–-results–conclusion framework.
• Students needing extra practice with data analysis can use the Online Companions to every Work with the Data exercise in the book.
• Questions in Recaps range from questions that support retention of content to questions that foster higher-order thinking.
• We lead by example by exposing students to many thoughtful questions throughout the body of the text, reinforcing the importance of asking questions in biology .

Life is ENGAGING

To help students take learning into their own hands:

• The Investigating Life narrative thread weaves through the chapter to keep students engaged from the first page to the last. The opening story and question sets the stage for the narrative, a related Experiment and Work with the Data exercise helps reinforce the concepts, and the synthesis and future directions at the end helps wrap up the investigation.
• Links to media such as animations, simulations, and jaw-dropping videos appear throughout each chapter and allow students to interact with content in a variety of ways.
  Intriguing Pop-Up questions in figure captions sharpen students’ skills in critical thinking about biology and subtly reinforce the process of doing science.
• Connect the Concepts foster thinking about the big picture—a task that can be overwhelming for introductory biology students—by demonstrating how certain important terms and concepts relate to discussions in another chapter.

To help instructors encourage students to “learn by doing”:

• Learning objectives guide students to the essential content as they read through each Key Concept section.
• Recaps for each Key Concept include Questions (all Blooms levels 2-4) that test their mastery of the key concept.
• The Active Learning Guide (for instructors) provides invaluable resources and support for implementing active learning techniques in the classroom. Accompanying the Guide are a set of full Active Learning Modules, which are comprised of a pre-lecture video, a complete in-class exercise, a pre- and post-quiz, and extensive instructor support.

New to This Edition

Improvements and updates in Achieve include:

• Goal Setting and Reflection Surveys help students learn how their expectations and behaviors contribute to achieving their own personal goals for the course. Instructors benefit from easy-to-access reports so they can gain important insights into their students’ expectations, confidence, and personal challenges.
• New Podcast Interviews highlight current research areas and the diverse scientists involved in that research. These include reflection assignments to help students understand how the concepts they are learning are reflected in real world research.
• Active Lecture Slides combine iClicker questions with the Powerpoint slides to help instructors provide more active learning opportunities. These work well with iClicker, which students can use for no additional cost through Achieve.
• New Interactive Homework Assignments (improved from the older Activities content) drive conceptual understanding.
• New questions have been added to the Adaptive Quizzes (formerly known as LearningCurve)
• New questions have been added to the test bank .

Improvements and updates to the text content include:

• Discussion of COVID-19 pandemic is introduced in chapter 1, with further information also added to chapters 17, 19, 21, 24, 40, and 53.
• Both the narrative and art are updated to reflect the latest research and advances in biology.
• New co-author Lauren O’Connell from Stanford University offers a new voice to the physiology chapters.
  

"I especially like the Work with the Data exercises. Too often this sort of critical thinking is left to upper-level courses.”
— Susan Reigler, Indiana University Southeast

"I absolutely love the active nature of the built-in Activity sections; they are quick to access from the digital version of the textbook.”
— Jason Duncan, Willamette University

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Life: The Science of Biology Digital Update

Twelfth Edition | ©2023

David M. Hillis; Craig H. Heller; Sally D. Hacker; David W. Hall; Marta J. Laskowski; Lauren A. O'Connell; David E. Sadava

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Life: The Science of Biology Digital Update

Twelfth Edition | 2023

David M. Hillis; Craig H. Heller; Sally D. Hacker; David W. Hall; Marta J. Laskowski; Lauren A. O'Connell; David E. Sadava

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Part one The Science of Life and Its Chemical Basis

1 Studying Life
2 Small Molecules and the Chemistry of Life
3 Proteins, Carbohydrates, and Lipids
4 Nucleic Acids and the Origin of Life

5 Cells: The Working Units of Life
6 Cell Membranes
7 Cell Communication and Multicellularity

Part three Cells and Energy

8 Energy, Enzymes, and Metabolism
9 Pathways that Harvest Chemical Energy
10 Photosynthesis: Energy from Sunlight

Part four Genes, Genomes, and Heredity

11 The Cell Cycle and Cell Division
12 Inheritance, Genes, and Chromosomes
13 DNA and Its Role in Heredity
14 From DNA to Protein: Gene Expression
15 Gene Mutation and Molecular Medicine
16 Regulation of Gene Expression
17 Genomes
18 Recombinant DNA and Biotechnology

Part five The Processes and Patterns of Evolution

19 Processes of Evolution
20 Reconstructing and Using Phylogenies
21 Evolution of Genes and Genomes
22 Speciation
23 The History of Life on Earth

Part six The Evolution of Diversity

24 Bacteria, Archaea, and Viruses
25 The Origin and Diversification of Eukaryotes
26 Plants without Seeds: From Water to Land
27 The Evolution of Seed Plants
28 The Evolution and Diversity of Fungi
29 Animal Origins and the Evolution of Body Plans
30 Protostome Animals
31 Deuterostome Animals

Part seven Flowering Plants: Form and Function

32 The Plant Body
33 Transport in Plants
34 Plant Nutrition
35 Regulation of Plant Growth
36 Reproduction in Flowering Plants
37 Plant Responses to Environmental Challenges

Part eight Animals: Form and Function

38 Physiology, Homeostasis, and Temperature Regulation
39 Animal Hormones
40 Immunology: Animal Defense Systems
41 Animal Reproduction
42 Animal Development
43 Neurons, Glia, and Nervous Systems
44 Sensory Systems
45 The Mammalian Nervous System
46 Musculoskeletal Systems
47 Gas Exchange
48 Circulatory Systems
49 Nutrition, Digestion, and Absorption
50 Salt and Water Balance and Nitrogen Excretion
51 Animal Behavior

Part nine Ecology

52 The Physical Environment and Biogeography of Life
53 Populations
54 Species Interactions
55 Communities
56 Ecosystems
57 A Changing Biosphere

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Life: The Science of Biology Digital Update

Twelfth Edition | 2023

David M. Hillis; Craig H. Heller; Sally D. Hacker; David W. Hall; Marta J. Laskowski; Lauren A. O'Connell; David E. Sadava