The Sciences
An Integrated Approach - Florida Edition
Use the first text written specifically for the Integrated Science course to show students how the various branches of science are based upon the same set of general principles.This new edition integrates the latest findings in physics, chemistry, astronomy, earth sciences, and biology into an up-to-date narrative that emphasizes general principles and their application to real-world situations.
New 6th Edition features include:
· Great Ideas Across the Sciences—A concept map featuring the central Great Idea in each chapter and its applications to different branches of science and everyday life.
· Discovery Labs— “Kitchen sink” labs, contributed by Larry McLellan and Meena Jagasia, provide students with additional real-world science applications that can be completed in class or at home.
· Integrated Science Questions—Start and close out each chapter to bring together the material and provide a useful problem-solving framework.
Great Ideas— Each chapter begins with a statement of a great unifying idea or theme in science so that students immediately grasp the chief concept of the chapter. These statements are intended to provide a framework for placing everyday experiences into a broad context.
Great Ideas Across the Sciences—Following each Great Idea is a concept map featuring the central Great Idea in that chapter and its applications to different branches of science and everyday life. These statements are intended to provide a framework for placing everyday experiences into a broad context.
Science Through the Day—Each chapter begins with this section in which the authors tie the chapter’s main theme to common experiences such as eating, driving a car or sun tanning. These vignettes, taken in sequence, tell the story of one student’s day from sunrise to day’s end in an effort to help emphasize that the great ideas of science are constantly part of our lives.
The Science of Life feature helps show the interdisciplinary nature of the concepts introduced by including sections on living things in most chapters.
Science in the Making—These historical episodes trace the progress of scientific discovery and portray the lives of some of the central figures in science to help illustrate the process of science, the interplay of science and society and the serendipity in scientific discovery.
The Ongoing Process of Science feature examines current areas of research and some of the most exciting questions currently being addressed by scientists.
Stop and Think! questions challenge students to think critically about the implications of a scientific discovery or principle.
Technology—The application of scientific ideas to commerce, industry and other modern technological concerns is the most immediate way in which students encounter science. Included in most chapters are examples of these technologies such as petroleum refining, microwave ovens, and nuclear medicine.
Mathematical Equations and Worked Examples--Key equations and appropriate worked examples are provided in many chapters. Whenever an equation is introduced, it is presented in three steps: first as an English sentence, then as a word equation, and finally in its traditional symbolic form. This is a helpful feature for a course in which most students suffer from a fear or discomfort with mathematics.
Science by the Numbers include many nontraditional calculations to help students understand the importance of simple mathematical calculations in the areas of magnitude, for example, how much solid waste is generated in the United States.
Thinking More About—Each chapter ends with a section that addresses a social or philosophical issue tied to science such as nuclear waste disposal.
Key Words are highlighted throughout the chapters, listed at the end of each chapter and appear in the glossary at the end of the book.
End of the chapter questions include Review Questions that test important factual information covered in the text, Discussion Questions that examine student comprehension by exploring the application and analysis of the scientific concepts, Problems that require students to use mathematical operations, and Investigations that require additional research outside the classroom.
New to This Edition:
Discovery Labs--These “kitchen sink” labs contributed by Larry McLellan and Meena Jagasia provide students with additional real world science applications. The labs may be conducted in a class or lab or may be assigned to students to complete at home.
Return to the Integrated Science Question—Now at the end of each chapter, the authors return to the question asked at the beginning of the chapter to illustrate for students how the material draws together to answer the question. This creates a problem solving framework for students to apply to future questions.
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Biology Visual Library
Biology Visual Library containing all of the line illustrations in the textbook in jpeg format, as well as access to numerous other life science illustrations from other Wiley texts is available in WileyPLUS and on the instructor companion site.
