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Principles of Life
Third Edition| ©2019New Edition Available David M. Hillis; Mary V. Price; Richard W. Hill; David W. Hall; Marta J. Laskowski
For instructors concerned that the practical skills of biology are lost when the student moves on to the next course or takes their first step into the "real world," Principles of Life 3e lays the foundation for later courses and for students' careers. Expanding on its pioneering concept...
For instructors concerned that the practical skills of biology are lost when the student moves on to the next course or takes their first step into the "real world," Principles of Life 3e lays the foundation for later courses and for students' careers. Expanding on its pioneering concept-driven approach, experimental data-driven exercises, and active learning focus, PoL 3e introduces features designed to involve students in mastering concepts and becoming skillful at solving biological problems.
Research shows that when students engage with a course, it leads to better outcomes. Principles of Life 3e is a holistic solution that has been designed from the ground up to actively engage students in mastering concepts and becoming skilled at solving biological problems. Within LaunchPad, our digital teaching and learning solution, we provide thoughtfully curated assignments and activities to support pre-lecture preparation, classroom activities, and post-lecture assessment.
With its focus on key competencies foundational to biology education and careers, self-guided adaptive learning, and unparalleled instructor resources for active classrooms, Principles of Life is the resource students need to succeed.
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For instructors concerned that the practical skills of biology are lost when the student moves on to the next course or takes their first step into the "real world," Principles of Life 3e lays the foundation for later courses and for students' careers. Expanding on its pioneering concept-driven approach, experimental data-driven exercises, and active learning focus, PoL 3e introduces features designed to involve students in mastering concepts and becoming skillful at solving biological problems.
Research shows that when students engage with a course, it leads to better outcomes. Principles of Life 3e is a holistic solution that has been designed from the ground up to actively engage students in mastering concepts and becoming skilled at solving biological problems. Within LaunchPad, our digital teaching and learning solution, we provide thoughtfully curated assignments and activities to support pre-lecture preparation, classroom activities, and post-lecture assessment.
With its focus on key competencies foundational to biology education and careers, self-guided adaptive learning, and unparalleled instructor resources for active classrooms, Principles of Life is the resource students need to succeed.
Features
A FOCUS ON SKILLS AND KEY COMPETENCIES
New to this edition, the AAAS Vision and Change report’s six
“core competencies” related to quantitative reasoning, simulation,
and communication, are integrated both implicitly throughout the
text and explicitly in a new key feature, Think Like a Scientist.
TLAS boxes explicitly develop these core competencies, and
have been designed specifically to teach students the skills
needed to become functional, practical, effective scientists.
A FOCUS ON DATA
Principles of Life has always emphasized the role of research
and experimentation in the introductory biology curriculum.
Students are taught to understand the scientific method and
experimental design, and to understand how real research
continues to drive our understanding of life on Earth.
A FOCUS ON ACTIVE LEARNING
Where other texts give lip service to active learning, PoL delivers,
with an Active Learning Guide and 30 Active Learning Modules
ready for classroom delivery. Built around key concepts, the ALMs
provide a roadmap for pre-class work and in-class activities,
including Apply the Data exercises, animations, videos, and quizzing
directly mapped to in-text concepts and learning objectives.
New to This Edition
NEW! THINK LIKE A SCIENTIST
A major goal of the new edition is to align the text with
the Vision and Change recommendations, especially as
they relate to the students’ acquisition of the six core
competencies. TLAS boxes explicitly develop these core
competencies, and have been designed specifically to teach
students the skills needed to become functional, practical,
effective scientists. TLAS questions are high level and aim
to have students integrate concepts across the chapter or
across chapters, and ask students to do something.
NEW! LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Learning Objectives are provided at the start of each Key Concept.
The goal of Learning Objectives is to help students focus their
attention as they read each section. At the end of each section, we
reinforce the Learning Objectives with exercises/questions in Review
& Apply. Learning Objectives encourage active learning, and student
focus on mastering concepts and skills.
NEW! ACTIVE LEARNING GUIDE
The Active Learning Guide provides extensive resources and support
for implementing active learning techniques in any classroom, large
or small. This all-new guide provides instructors with a thorough
introduction to the concepts, techniques, and benefits of active
learning. Chapter-by-chapter guidance provides strategies for how to
best utilize learning resources in Principles of Life to teach in a more
active format.
NEW! CHAPTER OPENER WITH QUESTION
A short introduction with an attention-grabbing photo and compelling
question gives students something to ponder while reading and
studying the chapter. The chapter ends with a return to the question
and some discussion of the answer.
NEW! VISUAL SUMMARIES
Visual Summaries conclude every chapter,
providing students with a visually-compelling
checklist, emphasizing major chapter
concepts through key figures, bullets, and
lower-level Bloom’s questions. The Visual
Summary ensures students have mastered the
major points of the chapter. The content is laid
out so as to facilitate referencing back to the
original chapter text and figures, and directing
students to relevant animations and activities.
NEW! IN-FIGURE QUESTIONS
Incorporated into figures, these questions are designed to engage
students and help them think about the implications of the figure/
diagram. In-figure questions tend to be lower level Bloom’s, and are
often amenable to in-class discussion.
NEW! REVIEW & APPLY
This new feature is designed to briefly summarize the
previous section, and to help students master concepts and
competencies through questions. R&A questions are conceptspecific,
aligning with the Learning Objectives. With the
exception of introductory concepts, R&A questions tend to be
higher level Bloom’s, and when possible, ask students to engage
in an activity-based answer.


Principles of Life
Third Edition| ©2019
David M. Hillis; Mary V. Price; Richard W. Hill; David W. Hall; Marta J. Laskowski
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Principles of Life
Third Edition| 2019
David M. Hillis; Mary V. Price; Richard W. Hill; David W. Hall; Marta J. Laskowski
Table of Contents
1 Principles of Life
PART 1 CELLS
2 Life’s Chemistry and the Importance
of Water
3 Nucleic Acids, Proteins, and Enzymes
4 Cell Structure and Membranes
5 Cell Metabolism: Synthesis and Degra-
dation of Biological Molecules
6 Cell Signals and Responses
PART 2 GENETICS
7 The Cell Cycle and Cell Division
8 Inheritance, Genes, and Chromosomes
9 DNA and Its Role in Heredity
10 From DNA to Protein: Gene Expression
11 Regulation of Gene Expression
12 Genomes
PART 3 EVOLUTION
13 Processes of Evolution
14 Reconstructing and Using Phylogenies
15* Evolution of Genes and Genomes
16 Speciation
17 The History of Life on Earth
PART 4 DIVERSITY
18 Bacteria, Archaea, and Viruses
19 The Origin and Diversification
of Eukaryotes
20 The Evolution of Plants
21 The Evolution and Diversity of Fungi
22 Animal Origins and Diversity
PART 5 PLANT FORM AND FUNCTION
23 The Plant Body
24 Plant Nutrition and Transport
25 Plant Growth and Development
26 Reproduction of Flowering Plants
27 Plants in the Environment
PART 6 ANIMAL FORM AND FUNCTION
28 Temperature, Energy, Matter,
and Homeostasis
29* Animals in Their Environments
30 Breathing and Circulation
31 Neurons, Sense Organs,
and Nervous Systems
32 Control by the Endocrine
and Nervous Systems
33 Muscle and Movement
34 Animal Reproduction
35 Animal Development
36 Immunology
37 Animal Behavior
PART 7 ECOLOGY
38 Ecological Systems in Time and Space
39 Populations
40 Interactions within and among Species
41 Ecological Communities
42 The Global Ecosystem


Principles of Life
Third Edition| 2019
David M. Hillis; Mary V. Price; Richard W. Hill; David W. Hall; Marta J. Laskowski
Authors

David M. Hillis

David E. Sadava
David E. Sadava is the Pritzker Family Foundation Professor of Biology, Emeritus, at the Keck Science Center of Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps, three of The Claremont Colleges. In addition, he is Adjunct Professor of Cancer Cell Biology at the City of Hope Medical Center. Twice winner of the Huntoon Award for superior teaching, Dr. Sadava has taught courses on introductory biology, biotechnology, biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, plant biology, and cancer biology. In addition to Life: The Science of Biology, he is the author or coauthor of books on cell biology and on plants, genes, and crop biotechnology. His research has resulted in many papers coauthored with his students, on topics ranging from plant biochemistry to pharmacology of narcotic analgesics to human genetic diseases. For the past 15 years, he has investigated multi-drug resistance in human small-cell lung carcinoma cells with a view to understanding and overcoming this clinical challenge. At the City of Hope, his current work focuses on new anti-cancer agents from plants.

Richard W. Hill

Mary V. Price

David W. Hall
David W. Hall is an Associate Professor of Genetics at the University of Georgia, where he was the recipient of the Sandy Beaver Excellence in Teaching Award in 2013. Recent work includes using mathematical models to address the evolution of meiotic drive, the rate and pattern of molecular evolution in social insects, and early sex chromosome evolution. In the lab, he utilizes different yeast species to study spontaneous mutations using a combination of both mutation-accumulation and adaptation experiments. Since high school, he has been captivated by how the living world works. Like many students, he was initially overwhelmed by the diversity of life, but he came to realize that there are fundamental principles that unite organisms. His interest in determining how these principles shape the diversity of life led him into his research and teaching career.

Marta J. Laskowski
Marta J. Laskowski is a Professor in the Biology Department at Oberlin College. Dr. Laskowski has mentored undergraduate students in research and has taught introductory biology, skills-based first year seminars (Feeding the World), plant physiology, and plant development. She heads an effort at Oberlin, funded by the HHMI Inclusive Excellence program, to enhance the climate for and success of a diverse student population in STEM. One of her numerous journal articles resulted in a Guinness World Record for the fastest opening flower (Cornus canadensis; bunchberry). A college class in developmental biology so captivated her that she decided to focus her research on discovering the intricate sub-cellular interactions that establish the plant root system.


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