1 Exploring Life and Science
Unit 1 Human Organization
2 Chemistry of Life
3 Cell Structure and Function
4 Organization and Regulation of Body Systems
Unit 2 Maintenance of the Human Body
5 Cardiovascular System: Heart and Blood Vessels
6 Cardiovascular System: Blood
7 The Lymphatic and Immune Systems
Infectious Diseases Supplement
8 Digestive System and Nutrition
9 Respiratory System
10 Urinary System
Unit 3 Movement and Support in Humans
11 Skeletal System
12 Muscular System
Unit 4 Integration and Coordination in Humans
13 Nervous System
14 Senses
15 Endocrine System
Unit 5 Reproduction in Humans
16 Reproductive System
17 Development and Aging
Unit 6 Human Genetics
18 Patterns of Chromosome Inheritance
19 Cancer
20 Patterns of Genetic Inheritance
21 DNA Biology and Technology
Unit 7 Human Evolution and Ecology
22 Human Evolution
23 Global Ecology and Human Interferences
24 Human Population, Planetary Resources, and Conservation
Sylvia S. Mader has authored several nationally recognized biology
texts published by McGraw Hill. Educated at Bryn Mawr College,
Harvard University, Tufts University, and Nova Southeastern
University, she holds degrees in both Biology and Education. Over
the years she has taught at University of Massachusetts, Lowell;
Massachusetts Bay Community College; Suffolk University; and Nathan
Mayhew Seminars. Her ability to reach out to science-shy students
led to the writing of her first text, Inquiry into Life, that is
now in its thirteenth edition. Highly acclaimed for her crisp and
entertaining writing style, her books have become models for others
who write in the field of biology. Although her writing schedule is
always quite demanding, Dr. Mader enjoys taking time to visit and
explore the various ecosystems of the biosphere. Her several trips
to the Florida Everglades and Caribbean coral reefs resulted in
talks she has given to various groups around the country. She has
visited the tundra in Alaska, the taiga in the Canadian Rockies,
the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, and tropical rain forests in South
America and Australia. A photo safari to the Serengeti in Kenya
resulted in a number of photographs for her texts. She was thrilled
to think of walking in Darwins steps when she journeyed to the
Galï¿pagos Islands with a group of biology educators. Dr. Mader was
also a member of a group of biology educators who traveled to China
to meet with their Chinese counterparts and exchange ideas about
the teaching of modern-day biology.
As an educator, Dr. Michael Windelspecht has taught introductory
biology, genetics, and human genetics in the online, traditional,
and hybrid environments at community colleges, comprehensive
universities, and military institutions. For over a decade he
served as the Introductory Biology Coordinator at Appalachian State
University where he directed a program that enrolled over 4,500
students annually. He currently serves as an adjunct professor of
biology at ASU where he teaches nonmajors biology and human
genetics in the online and hybrid formats. He was educated at
Michigan State University and the University of South Florida. Dr.
Windelspecht is also active in promoting the scientific literacy of
secondary school educators. He has led multiple workshops on
integrating water quality research into the science curriculum, and
has spent several summers teaching Pakistani middle school
teachers. As an author, Dr. Windelspecht has published five
reference textbooks, and multiple print and online lab manuals. He
served as the series editor for a ten-volume work on the human
body. For years Dr. Windelspecht has been active in the development
of multimedia resources for the online and hybrid science
classrooms. Along with his wife, Sandra, he owns a multimedia
production company, Ricochet Creative Productions, which actively
develops and assesses new technologies for the science classroom.
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