Principles of Life High School Edition

by David M. Hillis, David E. Sadava, H. Craig Heller

Principles of Life ( POL ) is the first book published to address the College Board’s AP* Biology redesign. Principles of Life emphasizes AP* Biology's four big ideas, helping students build enduring understanding around the essential knowledge skills.  The Principles of Life program provides students with opportunities to apply concepts through data analysis and active learning, all in significantly fewer pages than other texts and at a much lower cost. With Principles of Life , you'll chapters organized around concepts, pedagogy to support these concepts, a focus on computational skills and data analysis, a textbook students will read, and invaluable supplements written by leaders in AP* Biology.  Principles of Life addresses the changes needed to meet the new course demands with an unsurpassed ancillary program. 

Genres: Science, Biology, Ecology

915 pages, Hardcover

First published December 15, 2010

About the author

David Mark Hillis is an American evolutionary biologist, and the Alfred W. Roark Centennial Professor of Biology at the University of Texas at Austin. He is best known for his studies of molecular evolution, phylogeny, and vertebrate systematics. He created the popular Hillis Plot depiction of the evolutionary tree of life.

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High level questions that engage students thinking about content.