Biology Concepts & Applications

MindTap is the most engaging and easily personalized solution in Biology. The clear and engaging learning path focuses students and guides them through their course.

Conceptual exercises enable students to go beyond rote memorization and develop understanding.

Exceptionally clear explanations combine with superb artwork, stunning photographs, and engaging narratives. Each chapter is divided into a series of concepts, each presented on a single page or two facing pages, so students can easily assimilate information. This edition includes exclusive National Geographic Society content such as profiles of National Geographic Explorers actively engaged in making the world a better place.

"Engage" boxes reinforce "Vision and Change" core competencies and help students understand how chapter concepts relate to real-world issues. Each "Engage" box profiles a researcher who is actively addressing real-world problems related to the concepts presented in the chapter.

Every chapter concludes with an "Application" feature that discusses a current societal issue, connecting biology with information that is currently circulating in the news or on social media.

"Data Analysis" activities strengthen students' analytical skills as they work with real data from contemporary research articles. A set of questions challenges the student to engage in quantitative reasoning.

An on-page glossary supports reading comprehension. Designed to provide immediate assistance to students having difficulty assimilating what can be an overwhelming number of new terms, the on-page running glossary (with non-phonemic pronunciation new to this edition) offers most definitions in slightly different wording from the text. Having all terms in one place is also useful as a study guide.

Chapter-opening Core Concepts are supported by Learning Objectives that correlate directly with "Vision and Change" recommendations. "Engage" and "Application" features focus on developing core competencies that demonstrate a deep understanding of science (Process of Science, Quantitative Reasoning, Complex Systems, Interdisciplinary Science, Collaborative Science, or Science and Society).

Up-to-date scientific information brings currency and relevancy to your course. Reflecting current scientific literature, the Tenth Edition now includes mechanisms and implications of the new Crispr-Cas9 system, chosen by AAAS as the 2015 Breakthrough of the Year, as well as hundreds of new images, including micrographs exemplifying the latest techniques in scientific imaging, such as new "super" (ultra-high) resolution confocal micrographs. As always, all new content is presented at a level appropriate for high school students.

Current societal issues widely discussed in current news and social media keep students engaged. For example, the text explores how refusing vaccinations is affecting human herd immunity; why the still-increasing use of antibiotics for agricultural purposes (despite FDA recommendations) is shrinking the supply of antibiotics effective for use in humans; and apps that use crowdsourcing to collect biodiversity data.

MindTap now includes mastery learning with Personalized Memory Banks, a revolutionary adaptive learning system that helps students master key terms in each chapter and deepen their understanding of core concepts.

Non-phonemic pronunciations in the on-page running glossary help students assimilate key terms and provide immediate assistance for ESL and beginning students.