Educational Research Analysts
—  Biology textbooks submitted for 1998 Texas adoption  —

Evolutionary Slant on standard Biology topics

  Biology:
The Web of Life

Scott Foresman ©1998
Biology:
The Dynamics of Life

Glencoe  ©1998
[ low reading level ]

Biology
Fearon  ©1994
Biology:
The Living Science

Prentice Hall  ©1998
Biology:
Principles and Explorations

Holt Rinehart  ©1998
Biology:
Visualizing Life

Holt Rinehart  ©1998
Cell structure
and function
None
pp. 56-79
None in SE*
(Very minimal in TE**, p. 189)
pp. 188-235
None
pp. 41-46
Heavy evolutionary emphasis
(89 lines)
pp. 48-73
Heavy evolutionary emphasis
(129 lines)
pp. 24-28, 39-53
Heavy evolutionary emphasis
(70 lines)
pp. 40-61
Photosynthesis,
cellular respiration
Very minimal
(4 lines on p. 85)
pp. 80-101
None
pp. 236-259
None
pp. 53-59
None
pp. 74-99
Heavy evolutionary emphasis
(25 lines)
pp. 94-117
Some evolutionary emphasis
(18 lines)
pp. 76-97
Cell reproduction None
pp. 102-123
None
pp. 260-281
None
pp. 47-49
Very minimal
(5 lines, p. 118)
pp. 100-119
Heavy evolutionary emphasis
(27 lines)
pp. 118-139
Heavy evolutionary emphasis
(34 lines)
pp. 100-115
Mendelian genetics None
pp. 128-155
Very minimal
(4 lines on p. 304)
pp. 284-307
None
pp. 64-65, 71
None in SE*
(Very minimal in
TE**, p. 124)
pp 122-145
None in SE*
(Very minimal in
TE**, p. 140)
pp. 140-161
Minimal
(10 lines on
pp. 122 & 135)
pp. 116-135
DNA, genes,
and chromosomes
None
pp. 156-179
Minimal
(8 lines on pp. 328, 331)
pp. 308-331
None
pp. 65-68
Very minimal
(5 lines on p. 189)
pp. 170-195
Heavy evolutionary emphasis
(25 lines)
pp. 164-181
Heavy evolutionary emphasis
(31 lines)
pp. 136-151
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   * SE = students' edition      ** TE = teacher's edition