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Human Biology Companion Site, 11/e

Sylvia S. Mader

ISBN: 0073377988
Copyright year: 2010

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Dedicated to providing high-quality and effective supplements for instructors and students, the following supplements were developed for Human Biology.

For Instructors

Laboratory Manual
The Human Biology Laboratory Manual, eleventh edition, is written by Dr. Sylvia Mader. With few exceptions, each chapter in the text has an accompanying laboratory exercise in the manual. Every laboratory has been written to help students learn the fundamental concepts of biology and the specific content of the chapter to which the lab relates and to gain a better understanding of the scientific method.
ISBN (13) 978-0-07-723513-0
ISBN (10) 0-07-723513-4

Connect
Connect is a complete online tutorial, electronic homework, and course management system designed for greater ease of use than any other system available. The program enables students to complete their homework online, as assigned by their instructor. Connect allows instructors to automatically grade and report easy-to-assign homework and quizzing, build their own assignments, track student progress, and share course materials with colleagues. Connect also provides instructors with the ability to create or edit questions from the question bank or import their own content. The fully integrated grade book can be downloaded to Excel, WebCT, or Blackboard.

Companion Website
The companion website contains the following resources for instructors:

Presentation Tools Everything you need for outstanding presentation in one place! This easy-to-use table of assets include
Enhanced image PowerPoints—including every piece of art that has been sized and cropped specifically for superior presentations as well as tables that you can edit. Also included are tables, photographs and unlabeled art pieces
Animation PowerPoints—Numerous full-color animations illustrating important processes are also provided. Harness the visual impact of concepts in motion by importing these files into classroom presentations or online course materials.
Lecture PowerPoints with animations fully embedded.
Labeled and unlabeled JPEG images—Full-color digital files of all illustrations that can be readily incorporated into presentations, exams, or custom-made classroom materials.

Presentation Center This online digital library contains photos, artwork, animations, and other media types that can be used to create customized lectures, visually enhanced tests and quizzes, compelling course websites, or attractive printed support materials. All assets are copyrighted by McGraw-Hill Higher Education, but can be used by instructors for classroom purposes. The visual resources in this collection include:
Art Full-color digital files of all illustrations in the book can be readily incorporated into lecture presentations, exams, or custom-made classroom materials. In addition, all files are preinserted into PowerPoint slides for ease of lecture preparation.
Photos The photos collection contains digital files of photographs from the text, which can be reproduced for multiple classroom uses.
Tables Every table that appears in the text has been saved in electronic form.
Animations Numerous full-color animations illustrating important processes are also provided. Harness the visual impact of concepts in motion by importing these files into classroom presentations or online course materials.

Instructor’s Manual The instructor’s manual contains learning objectives, extended lecture outlines, student activities, and classroom discussion topics.

Computerized Test Bank A comprehensive bank of test questions is provided within a computerized test bank powered by McGraw-Hill’s flexible electronic testing program “EZ Test Online.” “EZ Test Online” allows you to create paper and online tests or quizzes in this easy-to-use program. A new tagging scheme allows you to sort questions by difficulty level, topic, and section. Imagine being able to create and access your test or quiz anywhere, at any time, without installing the testing software. Now, with “EZ Test Online,” instructors can select questions from multiple McGraw-Hill test banks or author their own, and then either print the test for paper distribution or give it online.

Test Creation
• Author/edit questions online using the 14 different question templates
• Export your tests for use in WebCT, Blackboard, PageOut, and Apple’s iQuiz

Online Test Management
• Set availability dates and time limits for your quiz or test
• Assign points by question or question type with dropdown menu
• Provide immediate feedback to students or delay feedback until all finish the test

Online Scoring and Reporting
• Automated scoring for most of “EZ Test’s” numerous question types
• Allows manual scoring for essay and other openresponse questions
• Manual rescoring and feedback are also available

Support and Help
• Flash tutorials for getting started on the support site
• Support Website: www.mhhe.com/eztest
• Product specialist available at 1-800-331-5094
• Online Training: http://auth.mhhe.com/mpss/workshops

McGraw-Hill: Biology Digitized Video Clips
ISBN (13) 978-0-312155-0
ISBN (10) 0-07-312155-X
McGraw-Hill is pleased to offer an outstanding presentation tool to text adopting instructors—digitized biology video clips on DVD. Licensed from some of the highest quality science video producers in the world, these brief segments range from about 5 seconds to just under 3 minutes in length and cover all areas of general biology from cells to ecosystems. Engaging and informative, McGraw- Hill’s digitized videos will help capture students’ interest while illustrating key biological concepts and processes such as mitosis, how cilia and flagella work, and how some plants have evolved into carnivores.

Student Response System
Wireless technology brings interactivity into the classroom or lecture hall. Instructors and students receive immediate feedback through wireless response pads that are easy to use and engage students. This system can be used by instructors to take attendance, administer quizzes and tests, create a lecture with intermittent questions, manage lectures and student comprehension through the use of the grade book, and integrate interactivity into their Power-Point presentations.

For Students

Companion Website
Students can readily access a variety of digital learning objects that include:

• Chapter-level quizzing with pretest and post test
• Bio Tutorial Animations with quizzing
• Vocabulary flashcards
• Virtual Labs
• Biology Prep, also available on the companion site, helps students to prepare for their upcoming coursework in biology. This website enables students to perform self assessments, conduct self study sessions with tutorials, and perform a post-assessment of their knowledge in the following areas: introductory biology skills, basic math, metric system, chemistry, and lab reports.

Electronic Books
If you or your students are ready for an alternative e-version of the traditional textbook, McGraw-Hill eBooks offer a cheaper and eco-friendly alternative to traditional textbooks. By purchases ebooks from McGraw-Hill, students can save as much as 50% on selected titles delivered on the most advanced E-Book platform available. Contact your McGraw-Hill sales representative to discuss E-book packaging options.

How to Study Science
ISBN (13) 978–0–07–234693–0
ISBN (10) 0–07–234693–0
This workbook offers students helpful suggestions for meeting the considerable challenges of a science course. It gives practical advice on such topics as how to take notes, how to get the most out of laboratories, and how to overcome science anxiety.

Photo Atlas for General Biology
ISBN (13) 978–0–07–284610–2
ISBN (10) 0–07–284610–0
Atlas was developed to support our numerous general biology titles. It can be used as a supplement for a general biology lecture or laboratory course.

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