This syllabus has been developed as an alternative to Regents biology and is intended for the average student who could benefit from an introductory biology course. It is divided into seven major units dealing with, respectively: (1) similarities among living things; (2) human biology (focusing on nutrition, transport, respiration, excretion, and…

Developed as part of a document series that focuses on science and technology teaching, this volume was produced under the auspices of the Commission for Biological Education of the International Union of Biological Sciences (CBE-IUBS). It serves to provide biology teachers and others concerned with secondary biology curriculum development with…

Education is a process of adapting to change, and the rate of change is especially rapid in science today. This curriculum in human biology is an alternative to the New York State courses in general and Regents biology, and it has been designed to focus on change from the standpoint of the urban student. It is designed to provide students with…