FORMAT

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Discovering Life Science is a middle school textbook divided into ten units.

Within a unit, there are 5 to 12 short lessons -  a total of 72 lessons. For the textbook as a whole, approximately 1/3 of the lessons have two pages, 1/3 have 3 pages, and 1/3 have 4 pages. Review questions and a suggested hands-on activity consume approximately one page of each lesson. 

The 72 lessons make up 262 of the 310 pages (with the remaining pages being the Author page, the Table of Contents, the Unit Reviews, the Glossary, and the Index).

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All lessons follow the format described below:

     • TITLE

          (in question form)

     • EXPLORING SCIENCE  

          (brief, often historical, story)  

     • CONTENT

          (heavily illustrated)

     • TO DO YOURSELF

          - for 52 lessons -

          (simple lab activities)

     • REVIEW QUESTIONS

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Also included:

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- UNIT REVIEWS 

          (after each unit)

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- SUMMING UP

          (after odd-#d units). 

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- CAREERS pages

          (after even-#d units)