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Glencoe Life Science.
Lucy Daniel, Ed Ortleb, and Alton Biggs. Glencoe Life, Earth, and Physical Science series. New York, N.Y.: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 1997.
Program Overview
The Glencoe Life, Earth, and Physical Science series includes 3 full-year courses--one in life, one in earth, and one in physical science--for students in grades 8 and above. Four major themes are developed: (1) energy, (2) systems and interactions, (3) scale and structure, and (4) stability and change. An extensive set of materials and resources, including many optional components, is available for students and teachers.
Student Edition
Recommended grade level:
8+.
Reading level: early 7. Glencoe Life Science is divided into 7 units: (1) "Life," (2) "Heredity and Evolution," (3) "Diversity of Life," (4) "Plants," (5) "Animals," (6) "Ecology," and (7) "The Human Body." During this course, students learn about cells and cell processes and about patterns of heredity and how inherited changes can influence evolutionary trends. They learn how organisms are classified, and they examine the characteristics and life processes of monerans, protists, fungi, plants, and animals. Students are introduced to the fundamentals of ecology, including interaction of abiotic and biotic factors, characteristics of populations, the flow of energy, and the cycling of matter. They also study the systems of the human body and how they function, and they examine some basic health concepts.
Sample lab activities in this textbook include observing and comparing mitosis in plant cells and animal cells, using a dichotomous key to identify native cats of North America, designing and carrying out an experiment to determine what happens to proteins in the digestive system, and experimenting with models to observe the greenhouse effect.
Glencoe Life Science has 27 chapters in its 7 units. Each chapter begins with a self-guided activity in which students make observations and generate questions about chapter concepts and topics. Reading sections on science concepts are then interwoven with various types of activities, including open-ended activities, minilabs (activities that can be done in class or at home), and skill-building or problem-solving activities. In activities for designing their own experiments, students brainstorm hypotheses, make a decision to investigate a hypothesis that can be tested, plan procedures, and think about why their hypothesis was supported or not.
Special features of the textbook include "connect to" marginal notes that relate basic questions in physics, chemistry, earth science, and life science to one another. The book also provides "science and society" features that invite students to confront real-life problems; profiles of people in science; and reading selections about connections between science, history, literature, and the arts.
Teacher's Edition
The wraparound teacher's edition provides information on curriculum integration, assessment, planning, and meeting the diverse needs of students. Each chapter contains a 4-page planning guide; strategies for preparing, teaching, and closing lessons; answers to in-text questions; tips on connecting earth science to other sciences, disciplines, or community resources;and different assessment options.
Supplementary Laboratory Manual
The supplementary lab manual offers one or more additional labs for each chapter. It has setup diagrams, data tables, and space for student responses. Examples of investigations include exploring bacterial growth, comparing seeds, observing the responses of plants to light and gravity, investigating the effects of acid rain on the germination of bean seedlings, testing for carbohydrates in foods, and comparing the effects of different caffeine products on Euglena.
Program Resources and Support Materials
Glencoe Life Science offers an extensive list of support materials and program resources, including the following: activity and reinforcement worksheets, science integration activities that relate earth and life science to specific physical science chapters, a critical-thinking/problem-solving book, a concept-mapping book, chapter review masters, a study guide, enrichment worksheets, a book on multicultural connections, technology-integration masters, assessments, computer test banks, color transparencies, a Spanish resources book, and interactive CD-ROM and videodisc programs.
Key to Content Standards: 5-8 (see app. C)
UNIFYING CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES: Systems, order, and organization; evidence, models, and explanation; change, constancy, and measurement; evolution and equilibrium; form and function.
SCIENCE AS INQUIRY: Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry; understandings about scientific inquiry.
LIFE SCIENCE: Structure and function in living systems; reproduction and heredity; regulation and behavior; populations and ecosystems; diversity and adaptations of organisms.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: Abilities of technological design; understandings about science and technology.
SCIENCE IN PERSONAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES: Personal health; populations, resources, and environments; science and technology in society.
Prices:
Student edition (ISBN 0-02-827737-6), $41.79. Teacher's edition (ISBN 0-02-827738-4), $57.86. Student lab manual, $8.25. Teacher's lab manual, $14.00. Teacher's classroom resources, $321.87. (Contact publisher/supplier for complete price and ordering information.)
Publisher/supplier:
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill.
Materials:
Available locally, or from commercial suppliers.
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