| DOES THE BOOK … |
Biology: Scott Foresman ©1998The Web of Life |
Biology: Glencoe ©1998The Dynamics of Life |
Biology: Holt Rinehart ©1998Principles and Explorations |
Invitation to Worth ©1994Biology |
Biology Fearon ©1994 |
Biology: Prentice Hall ©1998The Living Science |
Biology: Holt Rinehart ©1998Visualizing Life |
| DESCRIBE Redi and Pasteur experiments on spontaneous generation of life? |
Yes pp. 4, 5, 22 |
Yes pp. 410-411 |
No | No | No | No | No |
| INCLUDE the Hardy-Weinburg principle of stable populations? |
Yes pp. 246-247 |
Yes p. 438 |
Yes pp. 321-323 |
Yes pp. 324, 325, 327 |
No | No | No |
| EXPLAIN that in cell theory, "All cells arise from existing cells? |
Yes p. 60 |
Yes p. 191 |
Yes p. 25 |
Yes p. 76 |
No | Yes p. 50 |
No |
| STRESS tentativity of scientific theories? |
Yes Theories are "not facts," but "probable explanation[s]." "We encourage you to thoughtfully question theories …." p. 23 |
No A theory is an "explanation … supported by a large body of scientific evidence." pp. 36, 40 |
No A theory is a "generally accepted scientific principle." p. 11 |
No A theory is "a carefully formulated, well-tested proposition." p. 14 |
Yes Theories are "ideas … based on a lot of good information …. But … not … proven with experiments." p. 6 |
No A theory is the "best explanation … science has produced." p. 15 |
No A theory is a "generally accepted scientific principle." p. 14 |
| AVOID negative portrayal of non-evolutionary views of origins? |
Yes | Yes | No pp. 226, 233, 246, 247 |
No pp. 2, 4, 5, 11 |
Yes | No p. 233 |
No pp. 174, 191 |
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