One of the great benefits of this textbook is its ability to be updated without the need for students to purchase a new edition. I think students would also like this option. Generally, this text meets the level of accuracy I find in other texts. At a time when inclusion strategies in education are critical, this is a part of the text I feel needs the most revision. Reviewed by Aruna Kilaru, Associate Professor, East Tennessee State University on 4/13/20, This book will serve the purpose of introductory biology and could very well be used in place of the expensive textbooks. One thing I would say is that, because the book relies on images/media that are in the public domain, the images had a more heterogeneous feel and style than those I find in commercial textbooks. The depth of content is largely appropriate for a 200-level Biology class. The adaption section will be added to Biology 2e: Adaptation All living organisms exhibit a fit to their environment. I would like to see more than headshots of "discoverers", particularly since they are bound to be primarily white men, and more emphasis on the work of culturally diverse teams, reflective of what labs and discoveries look like today. Another inaccuracy has to do with gender and genetic determinism. In Figure 45.10, there is no such thing as the carrying capacity of seals. enzyme. wLbmOsOwyVuj'xr]jl %P4aB$sW$"_`D2'-N`Bx^~vKe yl4/9_MVHgPXI"PTal)IEpCu(VQA }qR6_HZ/4>W!V |pa{5/KfAS^H&$f7,Ft13ur|j;}vPARC/`I$^ There were also many resources for both the instructor and the students that make the use of this book ideal. I found no major changes between Openstax Biology 1e and 2e. WebAnswers will vary. Use of tables was appropriate and any information in tables was presented in a clear and organized manner, without extraneous details. Overall, the text is accurate. Should our understanding of cellular respiration or fermentation change, the chapter should be easy to update. Figures rendered well. It would be helpful for my objectives to have a stronger treatment of invertebrates. The reviewers noticed that care was taken to include recent findings (for example, neurogenesis and BrdU labeling; epigenetics; personalized medicine). This review was collaboratively written by Dr. Heidi Sleister and Dr. Debora Christensen. A few are poor. This example most closely resembles which type of reasoning? Why do organisms need energy at all? Not sure how often they update, but it would be easy to do in an online platform. The organization and flow of the text is logical and straightforward. All the components of the textbook, including the terminology and framework, are consistent throughout. For example, the discussion of Lakes work would not be accessible to general biology students. Reviewed by Laurie Lawson, Associate Professor, Tidewater Community College on 1/30/23, This online textbook covers most chapters for the biology 101 and 102 courses taught at TCC. Some of the content, such as mitosis and meiosis, are separated into different chapters, which is different from some of the standard texts used (e.g. Having said that, I need to add that a major complaint I have of the most widely used introductory textbooks for Biology majors is that too much attention is focused on trying to provide that context, which makes the essential facts more difficult for some students to grasp. Professor, University of California, Merced on 3/6/20, The text covers the appropriate breadth of material in appropriate depth for an introductory biology class. Some of the links to learning dont work, such as for the second part of glycolysis link. I think it is a great alternative to using a for pay text, and with the multitude of formats (browser, pdf, app, print) it can be accessed in the format that is best for a particular student. There seems to be less volume of coverage of Ecology/Evolution compared to Organismal WebCh. While some introductory biology students have a general career plan, many are unaware of the scope of what work in biology can be. For example, chapters I liked being able to click on a link in the index or table of contents, which takes the reader directly to a specific page within the book. The book had a slightly heavier bias toward molecular techniques rather than organismal or behavioral science, but that field appears to be the current zeitgeist, maintaining the book's relevancy. The book overall was very accurate and descriptive. These were foundational and references in many other chapters without explanation. (I use the phrases appear to be, light-skinned, and male-presenting because I do not presume to know how all the people in all the photographs identify.) So if you are not trying to differentiate yourself from any of the other general biology textbooks, then the writing in this website doesnt really make a difference in the selection of a textbook. Reviewed by Dan Atwater, Assistant Professor, Earlham College on 6/23/19, The comprehensiveness varies but is overall mostly appropriate. Chapters can be taken out of order. This would be what good instructors always do, but new instructors often have to take more of their clues from the text. Terminology and organization is consistent. The terms higher and lower organisms are used throughout the text. If you are a competent instructor who tends to use the textbook as a supplemental resource for your students, rather than the main way of obtaining information, this will meet your needs. read more. Any student who can download Acrobat can search for vocabulary terms I assign. 4. Most of the "skin tones" colorized in these diagrams where light beige to pinkish tan, but it would be easy to resort to a pale olive tone or even a neutral light grey if a darker brown tone would make it difficult to visualize the line drawing of the system portrayed in the image. I had a few problems with the textbook interface while reading it on Adobe Acrobat reader. 19. I noted several examples and I am sure that there are many more. It is a false savings to provide a free textbook that lacks features that are crucial and necessary to student understanding of what is, frankly, very challenging material. The index at the start of the text is very useful for navigation. I like that I can find small sections throughout the book to assign to students. The text is lucid and concise in use of language, and overall well written. There is very little discussion of this domain in the text. I am seriously considering transitioning to this text from my much more expensive versions that I currently require. I would definitely consider adopting this textbook for a non-majors introductory class at the freshman level. bond formed by a dehydration reaction between two monosaccharides with eliminating a water molecule. This book teaches them the basics every biology major should become familiar but spans a large amount of disciplines within biology. However, each of the chapters could use a clearer transition from the opening of the chapter to the main chapter content. and Biology by Russell et al which are all well suited for a two-semester general biology sequence such as is typically taken by biology and science majors. I was wondering if you have Chapter 12 (Genetics)? It also states, Some plants produce spores. No, all plants produce spores. I enjoyed that throughout the chapter, there were little blurbs relating the material being discussed to a potential experiment, a human disease, or thought questions. What is its electron configuration? Most of the images I saw were biological in nature, and did not include human subjects. I could find only a few minor grammatical issues. While other recent textbooks also have taken this approach, it is important that we move forward and write textbooks that are consistent with what is well known now about evolutionary history. Those that occurred did not interrupt the flow of reading and understanding. I had problems with the interface for several of the animations I tried: a few took me to pages that didn't work (in either Chrome or Explorer), some opened a TED talk or YouTube video in my browser window and when I wanted to navigate back to the text, I had to wait for the entire pdf to load. The sections on anatomy and physiology of the human body had a nice mix of explaining structures and functions, and linking these with disorders to make the content more relevant and interesting. Again, this reinforces student misconceptions and lack of familiarity with fungi, protists, and prokaryotes. The PDF of the text is over 1500 pages in length, making it very long (by print standards). Images, tables, and boxes were all presented well and without distortion. The text covers most necessary areas, but not always with clarity or accuracy. It covered all of the subject areas that my current General Biology textbook covers. This is likely a consequence of using open-access images rather than art created specifically for a textbook. On page 52, the text states, Like hydrogen bonds, van der Waals interactions are weak attractions or interactions between molecules. Seemed good. I didn't notice any culturally insensitive statements or examples in the text. However, it is a reality that not all students will be facile with such foundational knowledge, so inclusion of these terms and figures in subsequent chapters reduces compromising student understanding. This book teaches them the basics every biology major should become and you must attribute OpenStax. Acids, but not bases, can change the pH of a solution. There is a comprehensive table of contents, index, and "Key Terms" page for each section. plants microorganisms birds dinosaurs 5. It has a good online index that is searchable. Images in the text also do not make a very good use of space. Many topics are covered at a moderate level of depth with additional links provided to content from other sections of the text I think the authors have done an excellent job explaining the concepts, but I still have some student confusion after their initial reading of the text, particularly in the molecular/cellular biology sections. Chapter and section content is consistent throughout. Chapters 28 and 29 on invertebrates and vertebrates, respectively, provide an overview of the major phyla. The 8 units this textbook, chemistry through ecology, sufficiently cover the range of topics that would be covered in an Introductory Biology series of courses.The order in which topics are addressed follows the common approach of building from the simplest level of organization up to the highest level. Concepts I do think that the book misses several opportunities to have a more critical look at the use of science, but it thankfully does so in a side bar on eugenics. This is not a criticism, but rather merely an observation. Since evolution is such an important theme in Biology and a chosen connecting theme in this book by the authors, Chapter 1 should cover evolution in some detail instead of leaving this essential topic to a later chapter. Content viewed appears to be accurate and unbiased. Images are detailed and appealing to the reader. I may discover more inconsistency when I am using it with my students. Comprehensiveness in an introductory biology textbook is a daunting The book would benefit from greater use of diagrams, charts, and images (and even lists and bullet points) to cater to visual learners. On page 518, the term linkage disequilibrium is very poorly explained. My audience rate it highly. I wouldnt call the text culturally relevant but it is certainly not culturally insensitive or offensive. Reviewed by Anthony Arment, Professor of Biology, Central State University on 10/11/18. For these reasons, I think this would be a very difficult text for a new instructor to teach from. I found the information presented in this book to be accurate, up-to-date, and consistent with the most widely held scientific opinions on the topics. The text wastes no words on poetry, and moves through the material with a workmanlike approach. Like many other biology texts, the book begins with an introductory chapter on the nature of science, before introducing atoms and chemistry, and then progressing all the way to ecology and evolution, with units on genetics, diversity, and anatomy/physiology along the way. These bonds, along with hydrogen bonds, help form the three-dimensional structure of the proteins in our cells that is necessary for their proper function. In fact, interactions between R-groups on amino acids are more important than Van der Waals attractions in stabilizing 3D structure in proteins. There is no theme of how science works or is done. read more. This will probably be apparent especially in the molecular genetics topics. It doesn't really provide much differentiation from paper products other then the fact that it is free. Pinacocytes are epithelial-like cells, form the outermost layer of sponges, and enclose a jelly-like substance called mesohyl. The index and glossary are fine. From this perspective, I would have actually preferred if the text was less modular. The text is clear and illustrations are helpful. And I do keep an eye out for that sort of thing. Some current topics, such as epigenetics and biotechnology, were covered very well and The problem is, I dont think I did a great job and I havent taught it again so modify and refine lessons. (Examples include: why do we use action potentials for internal communication instead of direct current or signaling using photons; why are our skeletons made of calcium and phosphate rather than other minerals, and why do mammals use an inefficient tidal lung while birds use an efficient one-way flow that can extract more oxygen than mammals?) This text is modular in the way that most textbooks are modular -- information is organized into chapters, and chapters are organized with subheadings. Mendelian genetics and non-mendelian traits, DNA replication and repair and mitosis and meiosis I believe are covered adequately for a genetics class, but I think to use this book for a genetics class many outside resources would also need to be used (epigenetics, modern bioinformatics and next generation sequencing, genetic testing, ethics, and CRISPR-cas are some examples). The textbook also offers access to a variety of Learning Resources and various real world Connection sub-topics that are highly useful and complemented the material provided in each chapter. The contrast of the colors is too strong which detracts the reader from the content. As with any textbook, minor errors have made their way into the book. Chapter 19 No cultural insensitivities were noticed as part of this course. The text is well organized and the sections well thought and relevant. Many terms are used before they are defined. The text contains few grammatical errors. Overall, the coverage of subjects is appropriate for an introductory majors-level textbook that would be used across two (or more) semesters. Giving a more accurate representation may sway students to pursue some of the more cutting edge aspects of Biotechnology research. Jan 9, 2023 OpenStax. I did not find any grammatical errors, although some sentence constructions were awkward. The section dedicated to gene therapy is very short and there's no specific mention to CRISPR. The pdf also contains a hyper-linked table of contents. All texts tend to emphasize some areas over others, and this is no exception. read more. Again, I think this structure is typical for an introductory class. The chapters are organized into 8 main units. The authors did well in presenting multiple controversial topics within numerous sections throughout the book. Overall, the organization is good, probably because it follows longstanding conventions. Often these links provide cutting edge insight into both the research and application to make the concept interesting and plausible to the viewer. In some cases, these are not strictly related to biology; for example, quantitative and qualitative are discussed but not defined in Chapter 1. With an introductory-level biology text, it is important to achieve a balance between the length of the text & number of topics and the inclusion of the most recent technological advances. Besides renting the machine, at an affordable price, we are also here to provide you with the Nescafe coffee premix. read more. In the complement pathway, the lectin pathway is missing. Also, the degree of taxonomic detail given for clades varied seemingly at random. Also, some figures are too crowded, the choice of colors is distracting and the figures have no depth. The index and glossary are fine. The references to recent research areas is an asset. Managed to relate content between the chapters and provided an evolutionary context to the topics. The instructor will easily be able to present topics in the order in which they prefer. The chapters that I have read through follow the same/similar format and feel like a cohesive text. Joint and body movement illustrations and descriptions are very detailed while important concepts like trophic cascade are not included at all. I still would not recommend my students this current version as it may not be easy to follow and is at times confusing. Within each section, subheadings are used effectively to break-up and organize material. Want to cite, share, or modify this book? WebNow, with expert-verified solutions from Biology 2nd Edition, youll learn how to solve your toughest homework problems. There were no major differences I observed between 1e and 2e. The OpenStax Biology book has units and chapters that cover all of the major topics that one would consider for a general or introductory Biology course. For Integrative Biology: Animals, I need a biology textbook with three types of The book followed a typical format of introducing biological concepts starting with cell and ending with community biology. Lots of options are provided for accessibility. I noted several examples in which material is explained clearly in one part of the text, with inaccurate or inconsistent information in other places. The text is easily readable and helps make complex topics easier to navigate. The paragraphs are small enough to be viewed effortlessly on a mobile device such as a phone or tablet with ease. This textbook has some such examples which is commendable. A very general discussion of linkage analysis of two genes is included in chapter 13, but very little information or opportunity for practice is provided, and no information on how gene order can be inferred from linkage distances. A well-organized textbook interface is provided. This book will suffice in a 2 semester biology course. read more. Links to Animations The addition of vocabulary terms and definitions at the end of each chapter aid in clarifying any concerns with terminology. The variation of individuals within a species is due to genetic factors, environmental factors, and their interactions. The chapters are divided into topical sections, making it easy to assign or not assign specific topics. Quite an asset! Sometimes a link will bring the reader to a website, and not directly to the learning video or animation. Topic coverage on was accurate for the majority of subjects presented. I absolutely intend to use it to replace expensive textbooks. I did not examine the online version in-depth, but I could find no issues with distorted images, pagination nor confusing captions. The online accessibility allows one to search the contents of the book, making it The text integrates in-depth concepts over a broad range of topics. I appreciate the discussion of controversial topics as well as the career links that introduce students to multiple facets of biology. Its a shame because it would have been relatively easy to bring in a great deal more diversity in portrayals of human scientists. Given that this is a text for two semester introductory sequence in biology for undergraduates, it appears to be very comprehensive. Also, some of the links to learning dont work, such as for the second part of glycolysis link. The text uses straightforward language, maintaining clarity in this field full of specialized vocabulary. I am optimistic that this book will be quite useful for me and my students. The book provides a sound and sufficiently detailed and accurate coverage of general biology and is readable, has appropriate illustrations, comes with questions and has links to supplementary external digital content (but see comment on QR codes and URLs below). If the images were to be integrated more into the text using close wrapping it may improve the accessibility and make the text feel less intimidating. I had no issues browsing and reading the textbook. This seems like a great book for freshman because often at that stage the students are interested in science but are unsure of what branch of science they want to go into. This book is on par in scope with the commonly used Campbell Biology. Usually they are much narrower than the text, and there does not seem to be a way to enlarge them other than increasing browser magnification. p.401 A very odd experiment to throw in. I didn't see anything that made this book more or less culturally relevant than other texts. It covers all the topics in sufficient detail for the student to succeed. I have not identified any specific errors in the text. (ID: 349a8a47e1d944c18f9bdae4af018fe7) electrophoresis technique used to separate DNA fragments according to size helicase The text follows the many models of material sequence available in this market. I did not notice grammatical errors but I was speed-reading. I do have one other caveat: I had difficulty finding and accessing instructor resources. Most chapters within the textbook are clear and relatively easy to read. The chapter on protists (23) provides a good summary of structure and some aspects of function. Good to have a glossary at the end of each chapter but the definitions could have more depth and research. The search feature worked well, and the table of contents was easy to navigate. That being said, I am still on the fence about whether I am ready to adopt this textbook for my introductory biology course base on the brevity of their discussion and strict factual manner in which some key concepts are presented. On p. 23 the authors write: "Scientists classify cells as prokaryotic or eukaryotic". Cell biology gets more cursory coverage and evolution is surprisingly As far as I can discern, the information looks accurate and does not favor one pedagogy over another. Systematics could be another trouble spot, but the authors do OK presenting an up-to-date, albeit conservative phylogeny. Jumping to the electron transport system is an odd way to start in 7.1. Overall, topics seem to flow nicely within individual chapters and also are appropriately ordered within the larger Units. I think visibility might be even more of an issue on a cell phone, which I know many students use to view their digital texts. Again, while this error is very minor, it risks confusing students, especially those not familiar with chemical equations. I often only award a small number of points for reading guides, about 5 pts and mainly look for completion. I found it to be broad in scope but still provided the depth you would want in a major's level Biology course. To this end, the text could swap outdated, less commonly used biotechnology methods for more recent developments (e.g., CRISPR). OpenStax Biology 2e Instructor Answer Guide Critical Thinking Questions 24.Describe the different cell types and their functions in sponges. There were a couple of places where there was either an issue with accuracy and clarity of explanation, or else a typo (like for example, using the word phenotype when genotype would have been more appropriate). The abstracts are a good concise summary of what the chapter intends. I didn't notice any major factual errors while I was going through the book. glycogen. Rather poor in 7, 12-15 and 17. Interface is overall clearly laid out, but is not particularly engaging visually There are very few grammatical or typographical errors, and these can easily be fixed in subsequent versions. In the section The process of science in chapter 1, its mentioned that hypotheses could be correct or false. The textbook is written in a clear language, easy to understand by freshmen students. I enjoyed the Links to Learning and Career Connections sections. It shows biology in light of evolution and in light of molecular biology. One feature I like is that students can explore these concepts in greater depth by following in-text links to online resources. I primarily used PDF copies, but did spend one day using the online version without issues. In Mendel's chapter, the text gives a brief, insufficient description of topics like linkage and independent assortment that would confuse a student and then only at the end of the chapter does the text cover these in depth. There is one image of a white woman scientist and there are two dark-complexioned individuals with skin conditions. It is also important to emphasize to students that diffusion is an effective and important process for transport of molecules over small distances but is completely irrelevant at macrocopic scales. read more. There just were not enough instances for me to make a suitable comment in this area for the OER Biology textbook by Clark et al. The sections and chapter headings are well organized throughout and set up an easy to follow format for students. Some chapters were confusing when there were brief intros to some clades, then human A&P, and then more animal systems. 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