Kellie Ploeger Cox - Must Know High School Biology

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I need to thank all of my students. The words on these pages have been formed by years of their thoughtful and clever questions.

I would like to thank my better half, John. When I thought Id run out of words, he assured me there were more.

I want to thank my dear daughters, Raina and Kenley, whose adherence to homework schedules inspired me to stick to my own.

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W elcome to your new biology book! Let us explain why we believe youve made the right choice with this new edition. This probably isnt your first go-round with either a textbook or other kind of guide to a school subject. Youve probably had your fill of books asking you to memorize lots of terms. This book isnt going to do thatalthough youre welcome to memorize anything you take an interest in. You may also have found that a lot of books make a lot of promises about all the things youll be able to accomplish by the time you reach the end of a given chapter. In the process, those books can make you feel as though you missed out on the building blocks that you actually need to master those goals.

With Must Know High School Biology, weve taken a different approach. When you start a new chapter, right off the bat you will immediately see one or more must know ideas. These are the essential concepts behind what you are going to study, and they will form the foundation of what you will learn throughout the chapter. With these must know ideas, you will have what you need to hold it together as you study, and they will be your guide as you make your way through each chapter.

To build on this foundation, you will find easy-to-follow discussions of the topic at hand, accompanied by comprehensive examples that show you how to apply what youre learning to solving typical biology questions. Each chapter ends with review questionsmore than 300 throughout the bookdesigned to instill confidence as you practice your new skills.

This book has other features that will help you on this biology journey of yours. It has a number of sidebars that will both help provide information or just serve as a quick break from your studies. The sidebars (by the way) point out important information as well as study tips and exceptions to the rule. Every once in a while, an sidebar (in real life) will tell you what youre studying has to do with the real world; other IRLs may just be interesting factoids.

But thats not allthis new edition has taken it a step further. We know our Biology students well and we want to make sure youre getting the most out of this book. We added new sidebars that point out common mistakes and things not to do. For those needing a little assistance, we have our feature, where more challenging concepts, topics, or questions are given some more explanation. And finally, one special note for the teachers (because we didnt forget about you!)a Teachers Guide section at the back of the book is a place where you can go to find tips and strategies on teaching the material in the book, a behind-the-scenes look at what the author was thinking when creating the material, and resources curated specifically to make your life easier!

In addition, this book is accompanied by a flashcard app that will give you the ability to test yourself at any time. The app includes more than 100 flashcards with a review question on one side and the answer on the other. You can either work through the flashcards by themselves or use them alongside the book. To find out where to get the app and how to use it, go to the next section, The Flashcard App.

Before you get started, though, let me introduce you to your guide throughout this book. KellieI mean Dr. Coxhas taught biology for more than 20 years and also teaches AP Biology. Its been a pleasure to see how enthusiastic she is about her subject as well as how adept she is at explaining complex subjects. I dont know whether shed consider herself an artist, but we thought her sketches were so terrific we decided to leave them in, as were confident they will help you picture some of the trickier topics.