Key features of the book include:

• a highly illustrated, full-colour approach including numerous photographs to excite and motivate students
• a student-centred approach to teaching that encourages students to think and apply their scientific knowledge
• real life examples that allow students to relate science to the world around them
• topic objectives that make explicit the syllabus coverage
• a full range of practical activities to enable students to learn through experience
• end of topic questions to reinforce learning
• a clear and easy to navigate format

Each Students' Book is accompnied by a Teacher's Guide.

This book is part of a book series called Secondary Biology Uganda .

There are 272 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by Pearson Education Limited .

Ann Fullick has written for secondary Biology students around the world, and has frequently collaborated with local authors to produce high quality, accessible textbooks. Samuel Omoding is an experienced educator and science writer who currently teaches at Kitante Hill School, Kampala. Previously Head of the Biology Department at several large secondary schools in the capital, he has also authored revision and textbook materials for the Ugandan and Kenyan education systems. Dorothy Matovu is currently deputy principal at Namilyango College, Kampala, where she was previously Head of the Biology Department. With extensive teaching experience at both O and A level, she is also an expert adviser on the Ugandan curriculum.