Biology Resources

 Sure, you’re faithfully using the Apologia textbook.  Sometimes, you just want a little boost.  Let’s explore some of my favorite resources.

1. The Biology Corner has graphic organizers, coloring pages, case studies, and labs.  Here are dissection guides.  The Biology Project is a good source for information.

2. Bozeman Science has loads and loads of videos with worksheets.

3. I use The Amoeba Sisters and Crash Course: Biology videos all the time.  Try one when you are stuck or just can’t see the big picture.  They are uniformly excellent.

4.  Look over Home Science Tools’ Dissection Guides.  Here is the frog dissection.  The guides are superior.

5.  HHMI Biointeractives are both top-notch and uniformly hard. Just look at all of the materials in Cellular Respiration.

6.  POGIL activities are so useful; For example, Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells is a good example.  POGIL worksheets have all of the information in models, which students use to work through and parse the concepts.  One issue is that answer keys are hard to find.  I have hard good luck using Quizlet for answers.  Some good exercises are Membranes, Mitosis, Photosynthesis, and Human Blood Cell Typing.

7.  There are some labs I’m sure you’ll want to try: Cell Membrane Bubble Lab, Spinach Photosynthesis, Catalase Activity in Yeast, and Gummy Bear Osmosis.