The activities include the following different types of exercises:

• Match the phrase with the proper theory that it belongs with
• Specimen Dissection
• Define the terms
• Fill in the blanks
• Match the name of each man with the phrases that best describe him
• Fill in the chart with the missing information
• Demonstrate the earth's movement beneath a Foucault pendulum
• Use Eratosthenes method to measure the circumference of a globe
• Look at the picture and identify the name of different devices
• True or False

Answers to the exercises are shown only in the Student Activities Teacher's Edition, which is a separate book. The student activities follow along with the content of each of the 27 chapters in the student text. The contents of the Student Text are divided into 6 units of study, listed as follows:

1. Foundations of Life Science
2. Heredity and the Origin of Life
3. Concepts of Microbiology and Plant Biology
4. Concepts in the Animal Kingdom
5. The Nature of the Environment
6. Structure and Function of the Human Body

The following chapter topics are covered:

1. Life and Science
2. Classifying Living Things
3. Life and Cells
4. Cell Structure
5. Activities of Cells
6. Mitosis and Genes
7. Genetics of Organisms
8. Genetic Changes
9. Biblical Creationism
10. Biological Evolution - How it Supposedly Took Place
11. Little-seen Kingdoms
12. Kingdom Plantae: Plant Structure
13. Kingdom Plantae: Plant Activities
14. Kingdom Plantae: Plant Reproduction
15. Invertebrates 1: Sponges, Jellyfish, and Worms
16. Invertebrates 2: Mollusks, Arthropods, and Echinoderms
17. Vertebrates 1: Fish, Amphibians, and Reptiles
18. Vertebrates 2: Birds and Mammals
19. Animal Behavior
20. Sexual Reproduction in Animals
21. The Ecosystem
22. Relationships between Organisms
23. Natural Resources
24. Support and Movement of the Body
25. Internal Balance of the Body
26. Energy of the Body
27. Control of the Body