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Textbook: Biology The Web of Life Published by: Addison Wesley Rubric: Superior -5 Poor- 1

1. Subject/ Content Order: 5 Logical Flow; chapter topics build on preceding concepts

2. Depth : 4 Good foundation; A little bit basic Good critical thinking activities that advance and connect key concepts.

3. Standards: 5 The standards are clearly covered in the textbook.

4. Supplements: 5 Ideas for teachers to make group lessons, projects and discussions that leads to inquiry based learning.

5. Resources Supplies, CD-ROMs readily provided

Overall good rating, however it is slightly outdated. If there is an updated version we would definitely use this textbook.

Textbook: Biology Publisher: Prentice Hall

1. Order: 4 Choppy order, doesn't flow very well.

2. Depth: 4 Basic, good foundation, good building block to upper level biology courses.

3. Standards: 5 All standards are covered. Book also lists the specific standard that each chapter covers.

4. Supplements:5 A lot of inquiry based activities

5. Resources: 5 Resources are available, CD-ROMs are available.

We gave the book a good rating overall, however it is not a book that we would choose to use because of the discontinuous order of important concepts. (i.e. concepts did not always build upon themselves.)