Move away from the step-by-step, cookbook approach to teaching Biology labs and embrace a true “inquiry” methodology with Investigating Biology by Donald French.

In the lab students should learn how to provide evidence to support their ideas and how to critique the evidence provided by others. They should learn that the right answer is the answer that has the best support. They should also learn a skill set and a way of thinking that can be applied to any course of study. Investigating Biology provides this foundation.

Features:

Each of the labs is designed to reinforce lectures while teaching the process of science.

The first section of the manual covers “how to conduct experiments and how to write a lab report”.

The second section is an excellent reference tool with coverage of how to use lab instruments, how to analyze data, and how to find information.

The final section is the actual “investigations,” which include: lab questions, pre-lab experiments, lab-specific procedures, and data forms.

Each of these “investigations” is available individually through the Biology Lab Program from Fountainhead Press.