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Biology Trending
A Contemporary Issues Approach

About the Book

Biology Trending is a truly innovative introductory biology text. Designed to combine the teaching of biological concepts within the context of current societal issues, Biology Trending encourages introductory biology students to think critically about the role that science plays in their world. The authors have made sure to include new, emerging and important topics including sea level changes and ocean acidification, CRISPR/Cas9, opioid abuse, Zika, Ebola, and COVID-19, threats to biodiversity, and cancer immunotherapies. It is accompanied by online Instructor and Student Resources to support teaching and learning.

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Key Features

  • Adopts an “issues approach” to teaching introductory biology
  • Updated with new sections throughout, including climate change, CRISPR, newly identified hominids, COVID-19, and new cancer therapies, among many others
  • Suitable for courses targeting both majors and non-majors
  • Succinct for ease in teaching and more affordable for students
  • High-quality illustrations help to elucidate key concepts

How to use this site

The resources on this website have been designed to support the textbook, Biology Trending.

On the Student portion of the site, you can find a bibliography and weblinks for each chapter to expand your knowledge with reliable sources; visual simulations and animations to demonstrate key evolutionary processes, and longform and open-response questions to test your understanding and help you apply your knowledge.

For instructors, you will find PowerPoint slides, as well as a link to password protected activities, assignment ideas, and assessment content that will help you create engaging and comprehensive lessons.

The resources can be used alongside your reading of each textbook chapter, or to refresh your knowledge in preparation for exams and assessments.

Indexes

Index to Computer Simulations

Natural Selection and Genetic Drift

Index to Animations

Animations by Eli Minkoff:

Signal Reception and Signal Transduction (Fig 10.3)

Detecting a nerve impulse (Fig 11.4)

Action Potentials (Fig 11.5)

Sodium/potassium pump (Ch. 11)

Chemical synapse (Fig 11.6)

Opening of a Stomate (Fig 17.8)

·  Animal cell mitosis

·  Meiosis explained

·  Mitosis vs. Meiosis comparison

·  DNA structure

·  DNA replication (simplified)

·  Transcription & translation (DNA to protein)

·  Protein structure & folding

·  Production of ATP using ATP synthase

·  ATP synthase (somewhat simpler)

The following are from Harvard BioVisions:

About the Authors

Eli C. Minkoff is Professor Emeritus of Biology at Bates College and Adjunct Professor at Worcester State University. He received his bachelor’s degree, Magna Cum Laude, from Columbia University and his MA and PhD from Harvard University. Dr. Minkoff has published several books as well as many articles in scholarly journals and encyclopedic reference works. His main field of research is the evolutionary biology of primates and other mammals.

Jennifer K. Hood-De-Grenier is Professor and Chair of Biology at Worcester State University. She received her bachelor’s degree from Williams College and her PhD from Harvard University. She is a cell and molecular biologist with interests in genetics, biochemistry, cancer biology, and science writing. She has published in the areas of nuclear transport, cell cycle control, cell morphology, and biology education.