Kelli,+Clint,+Kaari

General Information

Citation: Biology, Prentice Hall
 * Content Area- 3, jumps around/ out of order
 * Grade Level- High School/ Language is much more elementary
 * Difficulty- 3

Organization: 2
 * Chapters are out of order. Material is provided in an ineffective way
 * The chapters have an adequate level of depth but not in an organized manner

Chapters: 4
 * The chapters have an introduction and overview but no conclusion
 * The chapters cover the most general and important aspects of biology in a way that is concise and easy. There is limited depth, it is more of an overview of the topics and brief understanding.

Student Work 5
 * There are end of chapter self assessments along with laboratory ideas and experiments. As well as practice questions at the end of the units and chapters.

Peripherals 3
 * In text lab experiments for each chapter and accessible online content
 * "Go Further" offers outside of classroom assignments which can be used for projects/presentations

Citation: Biology a Journey into Life, Arms & Camp > >
 * Content Area- 4
 * Grade Level- Honors/Collegiate
 * Difficulty- 3

Organization: 4
 * Chapters are organized well and increases from Units of life into Animal/Plant Evolution and Ecology
 * The chapters have an adequate level of depth with individual section that are straight forward and concise

Chapters: 4
 * The chapters offer both an overview of objectives before the chapter and summary statements afterwards
 * There is a box of clearly states objective at the beginning of the chapter

Student Work 3
 * There in text guided activities and end of chapter exercises which help summarize what is learned

Peripherals 2
 * No outside materials to work off of
 * There is a teacher version. We assessed the student version