Biology: Concepts and Connections takes an ecology to atoms approach. Through a solid grounding in real science, authors emphasize connecting basic major biological concepts. They show how concepts are linked and how they apply to related scientific areas and the real world. Features include a new standard of art and text integration; innovative learning units; accurate, visually exciting, art and photo program; engaging writing style that brings the story of biology to life; reinforcement of concepts with Applications and Talking about Science units; Teaching approach that forces visual learners to read and makes verbal learners look at the text; shorter text (850 total pages, 750 text pages).