Biology : The Dynamics of Life, Student Edition

by Alton Biggs, Kathleen Gregg, Whitney Crispen Hagins

Biology: The Dynamics of Life is a comprehensive high school biology program designed to capture the interest of all students. The text uses analogies, models, and hundreds of illustrations to help students more easily comprehend major biological concepts. The engaging narrative and special feature essays continually reveal to students the connection between biology and everyday life, technology, societal issues, and other areas of the curriculum. Each chapter offers numerous opportuities for hands-on experiences that engage students in using scientific methods and in developing critical thinking skills.

Genres: Science, Biology, Nonfiction, Textbooks

Hardcover

First published July 1, 2003

Reviews

[Luis EGV · Rating 4 out of 5]

One day I gave myself the task to read this from start to finish. Since the textbook is very big and contains a lot of information, it took me a long while to finish reading it. After reading all chapters and further researching concepts and facts that interested me, I can say that this book is an amazing foundation of what biology is. It gives a good amount of information on the most important biological concepts and branches, and the pictures and examples are shown are extremely well taken (Thank you Nat Geo :) )

The only negative aspect I found about this book was that it delved a lot more into the DNA and genetics chapters as opposed to other interesting chapters like the last ones (medical and body-related chapters). I mean it makes sense that this book would focus a lot on DNA, after all it's the building block of life, but I still felt like they could have tried to balance this a bit more.

[Kimberly Hallahan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this book for its thoroughness, attractive and informative photos and graphics, instruction in study habits, and review/assessment material.