How to Use Your Textbook

The Parts of the TextbookFront to Back

Section Page Numbers Purpose

Table of Contents CA7-CA26 Quick Reference Guide to the major parts of the textbook.

Quick Reference for:Data Analysis ActivitiesQuick LabsInvestigations

CA28CA29CA30-CA31

Quick search and find based on types of activities instead of by subject

California Education Standards for Science

CA33-CA48 Summary of what the State of California expects you to know at the end of the year.

The Actual Textbook 1-1052 Presents Biology & Life Sciences. This is the content area.

Student Resources Appendix

R1-R39 See R1 for the list of resources to help you with: Lab Handbook, Math and Data Analysis, Vocabulary, Note-Taking, etc

The Parts of the TextbookFront to Back – Page 2

Section Page Numbers Purpose

Glossary R40-R74 Dictionary of Biological Terms and their meanings

Index R75-R97 Alphabetic list of terms and subject matter at the detail level. References all pages containing information related to the term, throughout the textbook

The Periodic TableOf the

Elements

Inside the back cover

List of names and properties for all the elements known to man.

How to start

Don’t Start By Reading the Textbook!

Skim & Scan

That means you need to close you notebook, put down your pencil, pick up the book and

get comfy

Skim & Scan

Is a powerful way to prepare your brain to receive and remember lot’s of info.

Don’t take notes until you have done it!

Here is how to DO IT!

Turn to Page 2This page gives you a general

overview of what Chapter 1 is all about:

You have the TitleTitle

You have the Key ConceptsKey Concepts.

Read them, don’t worry about whether you understand them

When you start reading, everything you read will be evidence supporting the key concepts

Now Flip through the chapter from beginning to end

• Read Only the:– Section Titles– Key Concept– Main Ideas– Vocabulary• Just the words,

not the definitions

Return to the front of the chapter

• Look at & READ all– Picture & captions– Tables– Charts– Graphs

NOW You Take Notes

• The textbook is organized in a way that makes it easy to take outline notes:– DO NOT COPY THE BOOK– DO SUMMARIZE THE BOOK– TAKE YOU NOTES ON THE RIGHT HAND PAGE– LEAVE THE LEFT HAND PAGE OPEN FOR• Additional Notes• Diagrams & Charts YOU Draw

Let’s Do Chapter 1, Section 1

1.1 The Study of LifeKey Concept: Biologists study life in all it’s formsVocab:

Vocab Word Definition

Biosphere All organisms and the part of earth & where they exist

Biodiversity Variety of life within an area

Species Group of organisms so similar to one another that they can breed and produce fertile offspring

Biology Scientific study of all forms of life

Organism Any individual living thing

Cell Basic unit of life

Metabolism All chemical processes that synthesize of break down materials within an organism

DNA Molecule that stores genetic information in all organisms