This book is the teacher's edition to the 1987 edition of the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study Green Version textbook. It contains directions for teaching with this version, a description of the accompanying materials, teaching strategies by chapters, lists of useful software, safety guidelines, a materials list, chemical safety information, and the complete student edition of the textbook with answers to the exercises. Annotations in the margins of the text provide objectives, directions for preparation of materials for activities, suggestions for discussion, and suggestions for teacher questions. The 25 chapters of this curriculum are organized into five major sections: (1) "The World of Life: The Biosphere"; (2) "Continuity in the Biosphere"; (3) "Diversity and Adaptation in the Biosphere"; (4) "Functioning Organisms in the Biosphere"; and (5) "Patterns in the Biosphere." Appendices include laboratory procedures, a list of additional activities, and a taxonomy of the major groups of living things in the biosphere. (CW)