Life on this Rock​​: HS Biology
An active learning approach aligned to NGSS Life Science for high schools

by Thomas Shea  and Kimberly A. Gonzalez
© 2023    Trubooks: Digital Textbooks and Digital Learning Solutions
ISBN: 978-1-63097-022-2       

Textbook Level: Biology for high school students
Course Type: An active learning approach that aligns to NGSS Life Science for high school

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Along the way, Life on this Rock shows how scientists who made major key discoveries achieved success by bringing together knowledge from fields other than science.

An active learning approach aligned to NGSS Life Science for high school

Life on this Rock is the ideal textbook for high school biology because it is designed with both the student and the teacher in mind. For the student, Life on this Rock is written in student-friendly language, making complex processes more accessible. Each unit of study contains essential questions, which will provoke your students to think and explore the very nature of biology.

The student-learning outcomes, written as “I can” indicators, let the student take charge of the learning process. This is a marked difference from other biology textbooks, which phrase student learning outcomes as “Learning Objectives.” As educators, Shea and Gonzalez recognize that the learning process is never finished, therefore, learning outcomes should not be expressed as restrictive, finite goals, but rather should be a springboard for further exploration by the student.

For the teacher, Life on this Rock Biology – High School Edition contains supporting materials centered on the five themes of the NGSS Life Science Standards, as well as the Science and Engineering Practices (SEP), Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCI), and Cross-Cutting Concepts (CCC) of the performance expectations.
Benefits to using Life on this Rock for your class:
  • ​Better engage your students: capture and maintain student interest with this text by showing them that science is relevant to their careers and their lives.
  • Full understanding: allows students, regardless of their prior exposure to science, to gain a critical understanding of complex topics within biology without requiring the memorization of obscure jargon.
  • Easy to teach: the book is written in a way that you can lecture straight from the text. All the needed lecture PowerPoints, student exercises and assessments are included with the very convenient built-in LMS included right within the book.
  • Easy to customize: you can change the learning sequence and add your own content at any time within the book. You may even mix and match chapters from from other books to create a combination textbook for your students. 
  • Highly satisfied students: your students will love the the ease and convenience of the Trubook platform, plus they will come away with a deep understanding and appreciation that the the “Scientific Method” is not just an academic exercise confined to a laboratory, but rather a universal approach that can be applied to various aspects of life.
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Checkout the other textbook titles in the Life on this Rock series

Life on this Rock: Biology and Life on This Rock: Form and Function of Living Things are both standalone one-semester courses that pair perfectly for a two-semester program. Life on This Rock: Biology with Physiology combines content from both of these textbooks in a single book for a bundled two-semester or yearlong course
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An introduction to physiology for students majoring in fields other than health science.
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​Biology with Physiology
Expanded edition that includes both Biology and Form and Function of Living Things. 
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Biology (High School)
​An active learning approach that aligns to NGSS Life Science for high school.

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Life on this Rock:
​Honors Biology
An active learning approach aligned to NGSS Life Science for high school​

 2023
 ISBN: 978-1-63097-022-2
 Publisher: Trunity

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