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Experiencing Life is a combination biology textbook/field guide/travel guide to aid in understanding and appreciating our living world. The first unit (chapters 1-4) provides background information to enrich the understanding of the biology, and units two and three (chapters 5-10) describe the basic biology common to many living things. Those three units set the stage for the emphasis of this guide, which is ecology and evolution (units four through seven - chapters 11-51). The interactions of living things with other living things and with their varied environments has resulted in the great diversity of organisms on earth today. In addition to describing this biological and environmental diversity, Experiencing Life also guides you to the locations where it may be observed first-hand. By truly experiencing life in this way, biology will come alive itself.

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 UNIT ONE : BACKGROUND SCIENCE
  1. Physics
  2. Chemistry
  3. Astronomy
  4. Geology

 UNIT TWO : CELLS AND SYSTEMS
  1. Cell Structure
  2. Molecular Biology
  3. Photosynthesis and Respiration

 UNIT THREE : GENETICS
  1. Molecular Genetics
  2. Mitosis and Meiosis
  3. Mendelian Genetics

 UNIT FOUR : ECOLOGY
  1. Populations
  2. Communities
  3. Ecosystems

 UNIT FIVE : EVOLUTION
  1. Evidence of Evolution
  2. The Theory and Process of Evolution

 UNIT SIX : BIODIVERSITY
  1. Classification Systems - (including viruses) - Biodiversity List/Contents | Graphical Tree
  2. Prokaryotes - Archaea and Bacteria
  3. Eukaryota - "Protists"
PLANTS
  1. Viridiplantae - Green Algae, Stoneworts, Zygnemophyta
  2. Embryophyta - Mosses, Liverworts, Hornworts
  3. Tracheophyta - Ferns, Horsetails, Whisk Ferns, Club Mosses
  4. Spermatophyta - Conifers, Cycads, Joint Firs, Ginkgo biloba
  5. Magnoliophyta - Flowering Plants
FUNGI
  1. Fungi - Molds, Chytrids, Sac Fungi, Club Fungi
ANIMALS
  1. Metazoa - Sponges
  2. Eumetazoa - Corals, Jellyfish, Comb Jellies
  3. Bilateria - Flatworms, Gnathostomulida
  4. Protostomia - Segmented Worms, Mollusks, Roundworms, Rotifers, Lampshells, Bryozoans, Spoonworms, Ribbon Worms, Vestimentiferans, Velvet Worms, Tardigrades
  5. Arthropoda - Crustaceans, Chelicerates, Centipedes, Millipedes, Springtails
  6. Insecta - Insects
  7. Deuterostomia - Echinoderms, Chaetognatha, Hemichordata
  8. Chordata - Lancelets, Tunicates, Sea Squirts, Hagfishes
  9. Vertebrata - Lampreys, Cartilaginous Fishes
  10. Teleostomi - Ray-Finned Fishes, Coelacanths, Lungfishes
  11. Tetrapoda - Amphibians
  12. Sauropsida - Turtles, Beaked Reptiles, Lizards, Snakes, Crocodiles
  13. Aves - Birds
  14. Mammalia - Mammals

 UNIT SEVEN : ENVIRONMENTAL DIVERSITY
  1. Western/Coniferous Forests
  2. Taiga (Northern Forests)
  3. Eastern/Deciduous Forests
  4. Tropical Forests
  5. Deserts
  6. Polar Environments
  7. Tundra
  8. Grasslands
  9. Wetlands
  10. Freshwater
  11. Estuaries
  12. Marine Environments
  13. Extreme Environments