Majors Biology

Connect Overview

Connect strengthens the link between faculty, students and coursework. Watch to learn more.

SmartBook

Available within Connect, SmartBook 2.0 personalizes learning to individual student needs, continually adapting to pinpoint knowledge gaps and focus learning on concepts requiring additional study. For instructors, SmartBook tracks student progress and provides insights that guide teaching strategies and advanced instruction, for a more dynamic class experience.

Biology Prep

The ultimate course preparation tool, Biology Prep leverages proven adaptive learning technology to identify and address students’ knowledge gaps before the semester even begins, ensuring that students enter their courses prepared. By efficiently targeting, assessing and revisiting the prerequisite information that they need to know, Biology Prep helps students take on the challenges of college-level work.

Animations/Tutorials

Within Connect, instructors can choose from a variety of questions, many of which are interactive or include a tutorial or animation to help students grasp more difficult concepts within each chapter. Instructors can also use the tutorials and animations during class time or one-on-one with students as an extra resource.

BioNow Videos

provide an engaging and entertaining way to bring the relevancy of science to students. These concept-based videos walk students through simple experiments to show them science is everywhere. Instructors who use BioNow videos find their students are more engaged in class and more curious about science. Each video is assignable and assessable with over 20 questions per video to use pre or post lecture.

Bloom's Taxonomy

As a learning science company, we create content that builds up higher-order thinking skills. Within McGraw-Hill Connect®, we tag it accordingly so you can filter your search, assign it, and receive reporting on it. These content asset types can be associated with one or more levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy.

Virtual Labs

What Is Active Learning in Majors Biology?

Active learning refers to a variety of teaching strategies with the common goal of actively engaging students in the learning process. Studies show that, compared to the passive transfer of information, active learning can result in:
Greater development of critical thinking skills
Better understanding of challenging concepts
A more equitable and engaging learning environment