What Is Life? was written to teach students to see how biology influences their daily lives and to constantly ask questions in the way that scientists do
In his popular classes and best-selling textbooks, Jay Phelan is a master at captivating non-majors students with both the practical impact and awe-inspiring wonder of biological research. Phelan's dynamic approach to teaching biology is the driving force behind What Is Life? - the most successful new non-majors biology textbook of the millennium. The rigorously updated new edition brings forward the features that made the book a classroom favorite (chapters anchored to intriguing questions about life, spectacular original illustrations, and innovative learning tools) with a more focused and flexible presentation and enhanced art. The 5th Fifth edition is now supported in Achieve, Macmillan's new online learning system. New media and assessment features in Achieve include: ¿ Simulation activities focus on the most challenging concepts in a non-majors biology course. These interactive lessons help students apply the principles they learned from the text or lecture in the context of a relevant "real life" question or familiar scenario. ¿ Tutorials give students an opportunity to work through a concept step-by-step, with support through visuals, hints, feedback, and links to the ebook. The tutorials can be assigned as stand-alone lessons, but they were also developed as a way to prepare students for the simulations. ¿ Pre-built and curated homework assignments are simple and easy to assign to students and can be customized by the instructor. They include homework questions featuring hints, error-specific feedback, and solutions to provide a powerful formative assessment experience for students. ¿ Animations are embedded directly with associated assessment problems to help students easily access these powerful visualization tools as they work through their assignments. These animations are also available to instructors in PowerPoint slides for use in the classroom.
