An investigative approach actively involves students in the process of scientific discovery by allowing them to make observations, devise techniques, and draw conclusions. Twenty carefully chosen laboratory topics encourage students to use their critical thinking skills to solve problems using the scientific method.

An undergraduate lab manual containing 27 lab exercises designed to encourage students to ask questions, pose hypotheses, and make predications before they begin lab work. Students are required to synthesize results from observations and experiments, draw conclusions, apply results to new problems, and to design their own investigations. Scientific writing is emphasized throughout. Includes appendices on scientific writing, chi-square test, and terminology and techniques for dissection, as well as a section of color photos. This edition contains a new lab on cellular respiration, and several labs are modified based on new evidence in molecular biology. Wire spiral binding. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

With its distinctive investigative approach to learning, this best-selling laboratory manual encourages you to participate in the process of science and develop creative and critical reasoning skills. You are invited to pose hypotheses, make predictions, conduct open-ended experiments, collect data, and apply the results to new problems. The Seventh Edition emphasizes connections to recurring themes in biology, including structure and function, unity and diversity, and the overarching theme of evolution. Select tables from the lab manual are provided in Excel® format in MasteringBiology® at www.masteringbiology.com, allowing you to record data directly on their computer, process data using statistical tests, create graphs, and be prepared to communicate your results in class discussions or reports.

Authors Kenneth Miller and Joseph Levine continue to set the standard for clear, accessible writing and up-to-date content that engages student interest. Prentice Hall Biology utilizes a student-friendly approach that provides a powerful framework for connecting the key concepts a biology. Students explore concepts through engaging narrative, frequent use of analogies, familiar examples, and clear and instructional graphics. Whether using the text alone or in tandem with exceptional ancillaries and technology, teachers can meet the needs of every student at every learning level.

Neil Campbell and Jane Reece's BIOLOGY remains unsurpassed as the most successful majors biology textbook in the world. This text has invited more than 4 million students into the study of this dynamic and essential discipline.The authors have restructured each chapter around a conceptual framework of five or six big ideas. An Overview draws students in and sets the stage for the rest of the chapter, each numbered Concept Head announces the beginning of a new concept, and Concept Check questions at the end of each chapter encourage students to assess their mastery of a given concept. & New Inquiry Figures focus students on the experimental process, and new Research Method Figures illustrate important techniques in biology. Each chapter ends with a Scientific Inquiry Question that asks students to apply scientific investigation skills to the content of the chapter.