Biology: A Global Approach, Global Edition, 12th edition

Innovative pedagogy helps students bridge gaps and develop a conceptual framework

NEW - Chapter Openers introduce each chapter and feature a question answered with a clear, simple image to help students visualize and remember concepts as they move through the chapter. Each opener includes a study tip and points students to interactive media and study tools in Mastering Biology.

NEW - Interactive Visual Activities give students an engaging way to interact with Biology: A Global Approach’s powerful art program while deepening their understanding of biology. These are available in Pearson eText.

NEW - Science in the Classroom presents annotated journal articles from American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and makes reading and understanding primary literature easier for students. The articles include assessments in Mastering, allowing instructors to assign the journal articles.

End-of-chapter Summary of Key Concepts Questions reinforce the main ideas in each chapter, while Test Your Understanding Questions prepare students for the kinds of questions they will see on exams and encourage higher-level thinking.

The Test Your Understanding Questions are organized into three levels based on Bloom’s Taxonomy: Knowledge/Comprehension, Application/Analysis, and Synthesis/Evaluation. Question types include Visual Skills: Draw It, Scientific Inquiry, Evolution Connection, Write About a Theme (Organization, Information, Energy and Matter, or Interactions), and Synthesize Your Knowledge.