Author: Marshall Cavendish Corporation
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
ISBN: 9780761471356
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Grade level: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, s, t.
Once Upon a Life Science Book: 12 Interdisciplinary Activities to Create Confident Readers
Author: Jodi Wheeler-Toppen
Publisher: NSTA Press
ISBN: 1936137739
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Publisher: NSTA Press
ISBN: 1936137739
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Calculus for the Life Sciences: A Modeling Approach
Author: James L. Cornette
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 1470451425
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Calculus for the Life Sciences is an entire reimagining of the standard calculus sequence with the needs of life science students as the fundamental organizing principle. Those needs, according to the National Academy of Science, include: the mathematical concepts of change, modeling, equilibria and stability, structure of a system, interactions among components, data and measurement, visualization, and algorithms. This book addresses, in a deep and significant way, every concept on that list. The book begins with a primer on modeling in the biological realm and biological modeling is the theme and frame for the entire book. The authors build models of bacterial growth, light penetration through a column of water, and dynamics of a colony of mold in the first few pages. In each case there is actual data that needs fitting. In the case of the mold colony that data is a set of photographs of the colony growing on a ruled sheet of graph paper and the students need to make their own approximations. Fundamental questions about the nature of mathematical modeling—trying to approximate a real-world phenomenon with an equation—are all laid out for the students to wrestle with. The authors have produced a beautifully written introduction to the uses of mathematics in the life sciences. The exposition is crystalline, the problems are overwhelmingly from biology and interesting and rich, and the emphasis on modeling is pervasive. An instructor's manual for this title is available electronically to those instructors who have adopted the textbook for classroom use. Please send email to [email protected] for more information. Online question content and interactive step-by-step tutorials are available for this title in WebAssign. WebAssign is a leading provider of online instructional tools for both faculty and students.
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 1470451425
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Calculus for the Life Sciences is an entire reimagining of the standard calculus sequence with the needs of life science students as the fundamental organizing principle. Those needs, according to the National Academy of Science, include: the mathematical concepts of change, modeling, equilibria and stability, structure of a system, interactions among components, data and measurement, visualization, and algorithms. This book addresses, in a deep and significant way, every concept on that list. The book begins with a primer on modeling in the biological realm and biological modeling is the theme and frame for the entire book. The authors build models of bacterial growth, light penetration through a column of water, and dynamics of a colony of mold in the first few pages. In each case there is actual data that needs fitting. In the case of the mold colony that data is a set of photographs of the colony growing on a ruled sheet of graph paper and the students need to make their own approximations. Fundamental questions about the nature of mathematical modeling—trying to approximate a real-world phenomenon with an equation—are all laid out for the students to wrestle with. The authors have produced a beautifully written introduction to the uses of mathematics in the life sciences. The exposition is crystalline, the problems are overwhelmingly from biology and interesting and rich, and the emphasis on modeling is pervasive. An instructor's manual for this title is available electronically to those instructors who have adopted the textbook for classroom use. Please send email to [email protected] for more information. Online question content and interactive step-by-step tutorials are available for this title in WebAssign. WebAssign is a leading provider of online instructional tools for both faculty and students.
Life Science Quest for Middle Grades, Grades 6 - 8
Author: Schyrlet Cameron
Publisher: Mark Twain Media
ISBN: 1580377068
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
Connect students in grades 6–8 with science using Life Science Quest for Middle Grades. This 96-page book helps students practice scientific techniques while studying cells, plants, animals, DNA, heredity, ecosystems, and biomes. The activities use common classroom materials and are perfect for individual, team, and whole-group projects. The book includes a glossary, standards lists, unit overviews, and enrichment suggestions. It is great as core curriculum or a supplement and supports National Science Education Standards.
Publisher: Mark Twain Media
ISBN: 1580377068
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
Connect students in grades 6–8 with science using Life Science Quest for Middle Grades. This 96-page book helps students practice scientific techniques while studying cells, plants, animals, DNA, heredity, ecosystems, and biomes. The activities use common classroom materials and are perfect for individual, team, and whole-group projects. The book includes a glossary, standards lists, unit overviews, and enrichment suggestions. It is great as core curriculum or a supplement and supports National Science Education Standards.
Can Science Make Sense of Life?
Author: Sheila Jasanoff
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1509522743
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Since the discovery of the structure of DNA and the birth of the genetic age, a powerful vocabulary has emerged to express science’s growing command over the matter of life. Armed with knowledge of the code that governs all living things, biology and biotechnology are poised to edit, even rewrite, the texts of life to correct nature’s mistakes. Yet, how far should the capacity to manipulate what life is at the molecular level authorize science to define what life is for? This book looks at flash points in law, politics, ethics, and culture to argue that science’s promises of perfectibility have gone too far. Science may have editorial control over the material elements of life, but it does not supersede the languages of sense-making that have helped define human values across millennia: the meanings of autonomy, integrity, and privacy; the bonds of kinship, family, and society; and the place of humans in nature.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1509522743
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Since the discovery of the structure of DNA and the birth of the genetic age, a powerful vocabulary has emerged to express science’s growing command over the matter of life. Armed with knowledge of the code that governs all living things, biology and biotechnology are poised to edit, even rewrite, the texts of life to correct nature’s mistakes. Yet, how far should the capacity to manipulate what life is at the molecular level authorize science to define what life is for? This book looks at flash points in law, politics, ethics, and culture to argue that science’s promises of perfectibility have gone too far. Science may have editorial control over the material elements of life, but it does not supersede the languages of sense-making that have helped define human values across millennia: the meanings of autonomy, integrity, and privacy; the bonds of kinship, family, and society; and the place of humans in nature.
Data Analysis for the Life Sciences with R
Author: Rafael A. Irizarry
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1498775861
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 537
Book Description
This book covers several of the statistical concepts and data analytic skills needed to succeed in data-driven life science research. The authors proceed from relatively basic concepts related to computed p-values to advanced topics related to analyzing highthroughput data. They include the R code that performs this analysis and connect the lines of code to the statistical and mathematical concepts explained.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1498775861
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 537
Book Description
This book covers several of the statistical concepts and data analytic skills needed to succeed in data-driven life science research. The authors proceed from relatively basic concepts related to computed p-values to advanced topics related to analyzing highthroughput data. They include the R code that performs this analysis and connect the lines of code to the statistical and mathematical concepts explained.
Life
Author: William K. Purves
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780716738732
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1376
Book Description
Authoritative, thorough, and engaging, Life: The Science of Biology achieves an optimal balance of scholarship and teachability, never losing sight of either the science or the student. The first introductory text to present biological concepts through the research that revealed them, Life covers the full range of topics with an integrated experimental focus that flows naturally from the narrative. This approach helps to bring the drama of classic and cutting-edge research to the classroom - but always in the context of reinforcing core ideas and the innovative scientific thinking behind them. Students will experience biology not just as a litany of facts or a highlight reel of experiments, but as a rich, coherent discipline.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780716738732
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1376
Book Description
Authoritative, thorough, and engaging, Life: The Science of Biology achieves an optimal balance of scholarship and teachability, never losing sight of either the science or the student. The first introductory text to present biological concepts through the research that revealed them, Life covers the full range of topics with an integrated experimental focus that flows naturally from the narrative. This approach helps to bring the drama of classic and cutting-edge research to the classroom - but always in the context of reinforcing core ideas and the innovative scientific thinking behind them. Students will experience biology not just as a litany of facts or a highlight reel of experiments, but as a rich, coherent discipline.
The Secret Life of Science
Author: Jeremy J. Baumberg
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691174350
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
A revealing and provocative look at the current state of global science We take the advance of science as given. But how does science really work? Is it truly as healthy as we tend to think? How does the system itself shape what scientists do? The Secret Life of Science takes a clear-eyed and provocative look at the current state of global science, shedding light on a cutthroat and tightly tensioned enterprise that even scientists themselves often don't fully understand. The Secret Life of Science is a dispatch from the front lines of modern science. It paints a startling picture of a complex scientific ecosystem that has become the most competitive free-market environment on the planet. It reveals how big this ecosystem really is, what motivates its participants, and who reaps the rewards. Are there too few scientists in the world or too many? Are some fields expanding at the expense of others? What science is shared or published, and who determines what the public gets to hear about? What is the future of science? Answering these and other questions, this controversial book explains why globalization is not necessarily good for science, nor is the continued growth in the number of scientists. It portrays a scientific community engaged in a race for limited resources that determines whether careers are lost or won, whose research visions become the mainstream, and whose vested interests end up in control. The Secret Life of Science explains why this hypercompetitive environment is stifling the diversity of research and the resiliency of science itself, and why new ideas are needed to ensure that the scientific enterprise remains healthy and vibrant.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691174350
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
A revealing and provocative look at the current state of global science We take the advance of science as given. But how does science really work? Is it truly as healthy as we tend to think? How does the system itself shape what scientists do? The Secret Life of Science takes a clear-eyed and provocative look at the current state of global science, shedding light on a cutthroat and tightly tensioned enterprise that even scientists themselves often don't fully understand. The Secret Life of Science is a dispatch from the front lines of modern science. It paints a startling picture of a complex scientific ecosystem that has become the most competitive free-market environment on the planet. It reveals how big this ecosystem really is, what motivates its participants, and who reaps the rewards. Are there too few scientists in the world or too many? Are some fields expanding at the expense of others? What science is shared or published, and who determines what the public gets to hear about? What is the future of science? Answering these and other questions, this controversial book explains why globalization is not necessarily good for science, nor is the continued growth in the number of scientists. It portrays a scientific community engaged in a race for limited resources that determines whether careers are lost or won, whose research visions become the mainstream, and whose vested interests end up in control. The Secret Life of Science explains why this hypercompetitive environment is stifling the diversity of research and the resiliency of science itself, and why new ideas are needed to ensure that the scientific enterprise remains healthy and vibrant.
Science & Life Issues
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Glencoe Life iScience, Student Edition
Author: McGraw-Hill Education
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN: 9780078236945
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Glencoe's Life Science offers more than facts and figures. The program places your students at the center of scientific exploration, with all the wonder and excitement of discovery. The student-friendly text and a variety of Reading Strategies help students build their understanding and critical-thinking skills. Only from Glencoe! Foldables are unique, hands-on tools that help students create and interactive strategy for organizing what they read. As they work through each chapter, your students add more detail to their Foldables until they've created a comprehensive "snap-shot" of important chapter concepts. A Study Guide at the end of each chapter reviews key concepts and vocabulary and suggests ways students can use their Foldables to study.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN: 9780078236945
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Glencoe's Life Science offers more than facts and figures. The program places your students at the center of scientific exploration, with all the wonder and excitement of discovery. The student-friendly text and a variety of Reading Strategies help students build their understanding and critical-thinking skills. Only from Glencoe! Foldables are unique, hands-on tools that help students create and interactive strategy for organizing what they read. As they work through each chapter, your students add more detail to their Foldables until they've created a comprehensive "snap-shot" of important chapter concepts. A Study Guide at the end of each chapter reviews key concepts and vocabulary and suggests ways students can use their Foldables to study.
A Life in Science
Author: Sydney Brenner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biologists
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biologists
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description