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The Why Series
McGraw Hill's Why? Series revolutionizes traditional educational models by placing relevancy at the forefront and covering concepts as they pertain to a central theme. This three-course digital suite, delivered through McGraw Hill Connect®, encourages student engagement and scientific thinking.
Why Biology?
Why Biology? for McGraw Hill’s learning platform Connect is the first-ever theme-based course that associates biological processes with topics relevant to students’ lives. This approach enables non-major students to create connections, become more engaged with the content, and make informed decisions as scientifically literate citizens.
Features
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McGraw Hill Virtual Labs
Virtual Labs keep all students engaged with flexible, interactive lab simulations designed to improve comprehension and confidence anytime, anywhere. Pre-lab adaptive learning assignments and post-lab questions available in Connect.
Data & Graphing Interactives
Data & Graphing Interactives help to strengthen critical-thinking skills through a series of exercises that ask students to analyze various data sets and draw conclusions from the data presented. Each interactive is assignable and assessable through questions within Connect.
BioNOW Videos
BioNOW videos are engaging and entertaining concept-based videos that walk students through simple experiments to reinforce relevancy of content to students’ daily lives. Each video is assignable and assessable with over 20 questions per video to use pre- or post-lecture. Additionally, instructor and student guides offer additional opportunities to utilize the videos for in-class activities or critical thinking exercises.
Additional Resources
Why Biology? Brochure
Our brochure walks instructors through a typical flow of coursework using Why Biology?
Instructor Implementation Resources
Changing how you teach can be daunting. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.
- Fully built, customizable course
- Customizable lecture PowerPoints
- Sample assignment calendar
- Full instructor’s manual with learning outcomes, teaching strategies and more
- Access to relevancy-based resources to accompany each theme
- Connection with other users for sharing best practices and activities
- High level of training and support from McGraw Hill
- Student-facing videos from authors
- Sample syllabus
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Digital Tools in Connect: Why Biology?
Connect strengthens the link between faculty, students, and coursework. The result? Students are highly engaged in the content and better prepared for lectures.
Featured Blog Posts: Why Biology?
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What Instructors Are Saying
Hear how Why Biology? worked for other instructors and students.
Units Include:
- Cancer
- Energy Drinks
- Sickle-Cell Disease
- Influenza A or COVID-19
- Climate Change
- GMOs
- Fitness Trackers
- Earth’s Sixth Extinction Crisis
Why Environmental Science?
Why Environmental Science? is the first-ever thematic approach to teaching Environmental Science delivered through McGraw Hill Connect®. This five-unit modular course places relevancy up front and brings in the science as it relates to the unit theme. This unique approach teaches students that Environmental Science is important to their lives and encourages them to think critically about how human actions and decisions affect the global environment.
Features
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Application-Based Activities
Application-Based Activities provide students with valuable practice using problem-solving skills to apply their knowledge to realistic scenarios. Application-Based Activities are highly interactive, assignable exercises that boost engagement and give students the opportunity to apply concepts to situations from the most basic to the more complex.
NewsFlash Exercises
NewsFlash Exercises allow the instructor to incorporate information into their course that students are seeing and hearing every day. NewsFlash Exercises link out to a recent and interesting biology-related article or video and attach a series of questions to gauge student understanding.
Data & Graphing Interactives
Data & Graphing Interactives help to strengthen critical-thinking skills through a series of exercises that ask students to analyze various data sets and draw conclusions from the data presented. Each interactive is assignable and assessable through questions within Connect.
Units Include:
- It’s Just a Plastic Bottle of Water
- Climate Change
- Earth’s Sixth Extinction Crisis
- Ecological Footprint: There’s Only One Earth
- Cell Phones
Why Nutrition?
Have you ever wanted to teach nutrition by relevant themes? Now you can with Why Nutrition? In this all-digital product, your non-major students will be able to create connections, become more engaged with the content, and make informed decisions as scientifically literate citizens.
Features
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NutritionCalc Plus Cases
Assignable and autograded with NutritionCalc Plus reports, these case studies are designed to help students apply their knowledge and gain further insight into dietary analysis. They can be used with students who have body-image sensitivities. There are currently 18 Cases available with autograded content and an additional 10 coming in the summer of 2024.
Assess My Diet
Autograded assignments in Connect complement the NutritonCalc Plus tool. These questions cover all of the macro and micro nutrients you want students to track.
Animation Learning Modules
Animations with assessment content help bring difficult concepts to life for students in an engaging and memorable way.
Additional Resources
Why Nutrition? Brochure
Our brochure walks instructors through a typical flow of coursework using Why Nutrition?
Eastern Iowa Community College’s Success Story
Read this case study to learn how one professor increased students’ comprehension with Connect and Why Nutrition?
What Instructors Are Saying
Units Include:
- What’s in Your Pizza?
- Human Body User’s Manual
- Take Care of Yourself
- Food Choices in College
- Pills and Powders
- Health Across the Lifespan
