Miller Levine Biology 2019 Student Edition Grade 9/10

American book which should used to supplement UK GCSE prep. It focusses the student's mind to ask the question WHY?

Excellent quality, arrived sooner than expected

The shipping was slow, but the Canadian postal strike really slowed things down, so I can't complain. The quality of the text for the price is excellent thank you!

Mas que un libro de texto

very readable text packed with graphics, pictures and suggestions for further investigation.great table of contents organized by units and chapters;each chapter has activities at the end: crosscutting concepts;math and language arts links;reviews and assessments combine multiple choice questions,short answer questions and open ended discussions;apendices include:the lab skills handbook;science and engineering practices handbook;a glossary of terms in english and spanish on the same page;list of quick labs and chapter labs and list of data analysis excercises;every unit offers a proposal and the problem is studied throught the chapters and wraped up at the end with a case study excercise. The chapter lessons contain reviews;vocabulary is highlighted and listed;figures are explained ;this book also contains stem activities and actual lab excercises that need actual lab facilities. This is a 1000 page text with 6 units and 27 chapters;unit 1: the nature of life contains chapter 1 science of biology;2chemistryoflife;Unit 2 Ecology contains chapters 3-7 earth ecology with a case study of china in ch 5; unit 3 Cells contains ch 8 cell bio;9 plant photosynthesis;10 cell respiration;11 cell growth/division. Unit 4 genetics contains ch 12 genetics.13DNA;14 RNA;15 human genoma; 16 biotecnology;Unit 5 contains ch17Darwins theory;18evolution; 19biodiversity and the modern evolutionary classification ;20historyoflife; Unit 6 contains ch 21viruses;fungi;prokaryotes;protists;22plants;23plant structure;24animal evolution;25animals;26animals;27human body.the five chapters problem based teaching themes are:water scarcity;invasives;power from pond scum;animal genetic modification;fossilized evidence;planning for recovery..