LaunchPad (macmillanhighered.com/launchpad) is the easy-to-use online platform that integrates the e-Book, all of the student and instructor media resources, and assessment functions into a unified interface. In addition to a wealth of course management, communication, organization, and gradebook features, LaunchPad includes the following resources.

e-Book

A complete online version of the textbook, the e-Book is fully integrated into LaunchPad and includes media resources, in-text links to all glossary entries (with audio pronunciations), and flexible notes and highlighting features. In addition, instructors can easily hide chapters or sections that they don’t cover in their course, rearrange the order of chapters and sections, and add their own content directly into the e-Book.

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LearningCurve is a powerful adaptive quizzing system with a game-like format to engage students. Rather than simply answering a fixed set of questions, students answer dynamically selected questions to progress toward a target level of understanding. At any point, students can view a report (with links to e-Book sections and media resources) of how well they are performing in each topic, to help them focus on problem areas.

Student Resources

INTERACTIVE SUMMARIES. For each chapter, these dynamic summaries combine a review of important concepts with links to all of the key figures, Activities, and Animated Tutorials.

ANIMATED TUTORIALS. In-depth animations and simulations present complex topics in a clear, easy-to-follow format that includes a brief quiz.

MEDIA CLIPS. New for the Second Edition, these short, engaging video clips depict fascinating examples of some of the many organisms, processes, and phenomena discussed in the textbook.

ACTIVITIES. A range of interactive activities helps students learn and review key facts and concepts through labeling diagrams, identifying steps in processes, and matching concepts.

LECTURE NOTEBOOK. Available online as PDF files, the Lecture Notebook includes all of the textbook’s figures and tables, with space for note-taking.

BIONEWS FROM SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. BioNews makes it easy for instructors to bring the dynamic nature of the biological sciences and up-to-the-minute currency into their course via an automatically updated news feed.

BIONAVIGATOR. A unique visual way to explore all of the Animated Tutorials and Activities across the various levels of biological inquiry—from the global scale down to the molecular scale.

ANALYZE THE DATA. Online versions of the Analyze the Data exercises included in many of the Investigation figures in the textbook.

FLASHCARDS AND KEY TERMS. An ideal way for students to learn and review the extensive terminology of introductory biology, featuring a review mode and a quiz mode.

INVESTIGATION LINKS. An overview of the experiments featured in each of the textbook’s Investigation figures, with links to the original paper(s), related research or applications that followed, and additional information related to the experiment.

GLOSSARY. The full glossary, with audio pronunciations for all terms.

TREE OF LIFE. An interactive version of the Tree of Life from Appendix A, with links to a wealth of information on each group listed.

MATH FOR LIFE. A collection of mathematical shortcuts and references to help students with the quantitative skills they need in the biology laboratory.

SURVIVAL SKILLS. A guide to more effective study habits, including time management, note-taking, highlighting, and exam preparation.

Assessment Resources

SUMMATIVE QUIZZES. The pre-built summative quizzes assess overall student understanding of each chapter, and provide instructors with data on class and individual-student comprehension of chapter material.

LEARNINGCURVE. Reports provide instructors with instant information on student performance, broken down by individual section.

TEST BANK. The Principles of Life Test Bank includes over 5,000 questions, all referenced to specific textbook sections and categorized according to Bloom’s taxonomy. Each chapter includes a wide range of multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and short-answer questions, including diagram questions.

COMPREHENSIVE QUESTION BANKS include questions from the Test Bank, LearningCurve, Summative Quizzes, and the Study Guide. Question filtering allows instructors to select questions based on Bloom’s taxonomy, textbook section, and question type, in order to easily select the desired mix of question types.

CUSTOM ASSESSMENT TOOLS allow instructors to create quizzes and many other types of assignments using any combination of publisher-provided questions and those created by the instructor.

Instructor Media and Course Planning Resources

(Also available on the stand-alone Instructor’s Media Library disc, ISBN 978-1-4641-8468-0.)

TEXTBOOK FIGURES AND TABLES. Every figure and table from the textbook (including all photos and all unnumbered figures) is provided in both JPEG (high- and low-resolution) and PDF formats, in multiple versions, including whole, reformatted, and unlabeled.

POWERPOINT RESOURCES. For each chapter of the textbook, many different PowerPoint presentations are available, providing instructors the flexibility to build presentations in the manner that best suits their needs, including the following:

• Textbook Figures and Tables
• Lecture Presentations
• Figures with Editable Labels
• Layered Art Figures
• Supplemental Photos
• Active Learning Exercises

SUPPLEMENTAL PHOTOS. The supplemental photograph collection contains over 1,500 photographs, giving instructors a wealth of additional imagery to draw upon.

ANIMATIONS. An extensive collection of detailed animations and simulations.

VIDEOS. Featuring many new videos for the Second Edition, the wide-ranging collection of video segments helps demonstrate the complexity and beauty of life.

ACTIVE LEARNING EXERCISES. Set up for easy integration into lectures, each exercise poses a question or problem for the class to discuss or solve. Each also includes a multiple-choice element, for easy use with clicker systems.

ANSWERS TO TEXTBOOK QUESTIONS. Complete answers to all of the textbook’s CheckPoint, Apply the Concept, and Analyze the Data questions.

INSTRUCTOR’S MANUAL. A wealth of course planning material, the Instructor’s Manual includes the following sections for each chapter of the textbook: Chapter Overview, What’s New, Key Concepts & Learning Objectives, Chapter Outline, Lecture Outline, and Key Terms.

MEDIA GUIDE. A visual guide to the extensive media resources available with Principles of Life.

Additional Instructor Resources

Computerized Test Bank

(CD, ISBN 978-1-4641-8467-3)

The entire Test Bank, plus the Summative Quizzes, LearningCurve questions, and Study Guide questions are all included in Blackboard’s easy-to-use Diploma program (software included). Designed for both novices and advanced users, Diploma allows instructors to quickly and easily create or edit questions, create quizzes or exams with a “drag-and-drop” feature (using any combination of publisher-provided and instructor-added questions), publish to online courses, and print paper-based assessments.

Course Management System Support

As a service for Principles of Life adopters using Blackboard, Moodle, Desire2Learn, or other course management systems, full electronic course packs are available.

Developed for educators by educators, i>clicker is a hassle-free radio-frequency classroom response system that makes it easy for instructors to ask questions, record responses, take attendance, and direct students through lectures as active participants. For more information, visit www.iclicker.com.

LabPartner is a site designed to facilitate the creation of customized lab manuals. Its database contains a wide selection of experiments published by W. H. Freeman and Hayden-McNeil Publishing. Instructors can preview, choose, and reorder labs, interleave their own original experiments, add carbonless graph paper and a pocket folder, customize the cover both inside and out, and select a binding type. Manuals are printed on demand.

www.whfreeman.com/labpartner

The Scientific Teaching Book Series is a collection of practical guides, intended for all science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) faculty who teach undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines. The purpose of these books is to help faculty become more successful in all aspects of teaching and learning science, including classroom instruction, mentoring students, and professional development. Authored by well-known science educators, the Series provides concise descriptions of best practices and how to implement them in the classroom, the laboratory, or the department. For readers interested in the research results on which these best practices are based, the books also provide a gateway to the key educational literature. The Series includes:

Scientific Teaching

Jo Handelsman, Sarah Miller, and Christine Pfund

(ISBN 978-1-4292-0188-9)

Transformations: Approaches to College Science Teaching

Deborah Allen and Kimberly Tanner

(ISBN 978-1-4292-5335-2)

Entering Research: A Facilitator’s Manual

Janet L. Branchaw, Christine Pfund, and Raelyn Rediske

(ISBN 978-1-4292-5857-9)

Discipline-Based Science Education Research: A Scientist’s Guide

Stephanie J. Slater, Timothy F. Slater, and Janelle M. Bailey

(ISBN 978-1-4292-6586-7)

Assessment in the College Classroom

Clarissa Dirks, Mary Pat Wenderoth, and Michelle Withers

(ISBN 978-1-4292-8197-3)

Additional Student Resources

Principles of Life Study Guide

(Paper, ISBN 978-1-4641-8475-8)

The Principles of Life Study Guide offers a variety of study and review resources to accompany each chapter of the textbook. The opening Big Picture section gives students a concise overview of the main concepts covered in the chapter. The Study Strategies section points out common problem areas that students may find more challenging, and suggests strategies for learning the material most effectively. The Key Concept Review section combines a detailed review of each section with questions that help students synthesize and apply what they have learned, including diagram questions, short-answer questions, and more open-ended questions. Each chapter concludes with a Test Yourself section that allows students to test their comprehension. All questions include answers, explanations, and references to textbook sections.

Principles of Life Flashcards App

Available for iPhone/iPad and Android, the Flashcards App is a great way for students to learn and review all the key terminology from the textbook, whenever and wherever they want to study, in an intuitive flashcard interface.

CatchUp Math & Stats for the Life Sciences

Michael Harris, Gordon Taylor, and Jacquelyn Taylor

(ISBN 978-1-4292-0557-3)

Presented in brief, accessible units, this primer will help students quickly brush up on the quantitative skills they need to succeed in biology.

A Student Handbook for Writing in Biology, Fourth Edition

Karen Knisely (ISBN 978-1-4641-5076-0)

This book provides practical advice to students who are learning to write according to the conventions in biology, using the standards of journal publication as a model.

Bioethics and the New Embryology: Springboards for Debate

Scott F. Gilbert, Anna L. Tyler, and Emily J. Zackin

(ISBN 978-0-7167-7345-0)

Our ability to alter the course of human development ranks among the most significant changes in modern science and has brought embryology into the public domain. The question that must be asked is: Even if we can do such things, should we?

BioStats Basics: A Student Handbook

James L. Gould and Grant F. Gould

(ISBN 978-0-7167-3416-1)

Engaging and informal, BioStats Basics provides introductory-level biology students with a practical, accessible introduction to statistical methodology.

Inquiry Biology: A Laboratory Manual, Volumes 1 and 2

Mary Tyler, Ryan W. Cowan, and Jennifer L. Lockhart

(Volume 1 ISBN 978-1-4292-9288-7; Volume 2 ISBN 978-1-4292-9289-4)

This introductory biology laboratory manual is inquiry-based—instructing in the process of science by allowing students to ask their own questions, gather background information, formulate hypotheses, design and carry out experiments, collect and analyze data, and formulate conclusions.

Hayden-McNeil Life Sciences Lab Notebook

(ISBN 978-1-4292-3055-1)

This durable, high-quality carbonless laboratory notebook allows students to hand in originals or copies of their lab work, not entire composition books. The Lab Notebook contains Hayden-McNeil’s unique white paper carbonless copies and biology-specific reference materials.