Eagle Vision Editions

	Clear, Logical Explanations: Difficult Concepts and complex procedures are written in a simple, straightforward style to insure student understanding

	Allied Health Emphasis: Exercises have been chosen and written to emphasize medical applications of microbiology for nursing and other allied health majors. See Sample

	Research Theme: What makes science fun is having the opportunity to design independent experiments. Therefore an experimental research theme is interwoven throughout the manual. In addition each exercise ends with a Scientific Inquiry box containing suggestions for further experiments.
	Critical Thinking: Students need to learn more than facts. More and more today allied health professionals are being expected to problem-solve and apply their training to novel situations. Throughout this book discussion questions are designed to become progressively more challenging and require more critical thought from the students.

	Supplementary Materials: The book contains appendices to offer further help in topics including: detailed safety guidelines for lab, a popular step-by-step tutorial for the metric system, and study guides for microbiological terminology and scientific names. See Example.
	CD-ROM: A CD-ROM is included that provides software to complement lab exercises on counting microbes, antimicrobial resistance, and serological tests. It also contains a Color Atlas of lab results.

	Color Atlas : A Color Atlas of lab results contains an extensive collection of photographs taken with a macro lens and through the microscope to provide students with help interpreting their lab results.

	Binding: The lab manual comes pre-drilled with holes for insertion into a student's three ring binder. Individual labs can be collected for grading and later returned to the manual without disruption of the student's work.
	Positive Experience: Students have reported that they enjoy the hands-on activities and occasional humor of the exercises. See Example.

	Cost: Textbook costs have become prohibitive to many struggling students. At $20.00 cost of this book is one-half to one-third the cost of other microbiology lab manuals.