Great Websites for Review:
Biology Online (www.biology-online.org): Biology Online offers extensive forums where students and others can pose questions to an online community. It also contains a dictionary of common biology terms. It offers tutorials on major themes like plant biology and the origin of life, although many of these go into great detail and would need to be “sifted through” for high school students.
Biology 101 (www.biology101.org): This website is designed to be an additional study resource for students and looks like it would be really effective. It provides online flashcards for vocabulary and colorful picture-based study guides on topics like cells and genetics. Biology 101 would be useful for a variety of learning styles.
BioCoach (http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/biocoach/index.html): This website consists of series of activities that are meant to review concepts taught in a general biology class and extend knowledge further. Activities are broken up into concepts and within the activity there are animations and diagrams to facilitate learning, and quizzes to assess learning.
Science-Class.net (http://www.science-class.net/Biology/Biology.htm): At Science-Class.net students can access graphic organizers, notes, games and many other resources on virtually any broad topic in biology. Clicking links to these themes opens up an extensive list that is organized into categories. Activities on the site are helpfully labeled as to whether they are designed for teachers or students.
Biology 101 (www.biology101.org): This website is designed to be an additional study resource for students and looks like it would be really effective. It provides online flashcards for vocabulary and colorful picture-based study guides on topics like cells and genetics. Biology 101 would be useful for a variety of learning styles.
BioCoach (http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/biocoach/index.html): This website consists of series of activities that are meant to review concepts taught in a general biology class and extend knowledge further. Activities are broken up into concepts and within the activity there are animations and diagrams to facilitate learning, and quizzes to assess learning.
Science-Class.net (http://www.science-class.net/Biology/Biology.htm): At Science-Class.net students can access graphic organizers, notes, games and many other resources on virtually any broad topic in biology. Clicking links to these themes opens up an extensive list that is organized into categories. Activities on the site are helpfully labeled as to whether they are designed for teachers or students.
Videos and Simulations:
HHMI BioInteractive (http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive): The Howard Hughes Medical Institute developed BioInteractive to “teach ahead of the classroom.” This part of the HHMI website includes animations, videos, lectures and virtual labs on key biology content. It also offers a wide array of DVDs and other resources that can be ordered at no cost.
Cells Alive! (www.cellsalive.com): Focusing on cell structure and function, the website features interactive models that can help students review important content in cell biology. It also offers crossword puzzles to help with vocabulary memorization and practice quizzes.
MIT OpenCourseWare (www.ocw.mit.edu/high-school/biology/): MIT produced this website to make available college lectures and course materials to help students in high school with the rigorous AP Biology curriculum. Longer videos are broken down into short segments that can be viewed individually. Each item is accompanied by a list of prior knowledge required for that video.
Cells Alive! (www.cellsalive.com): Focusing on cell structure and function, the website features interactive models that can help students review important content in cell biology. It also offers crossword puzzles to help with vocabulary memorization and practice quizzes.
MIT OpenCourseWare (www.ocw.mit.edu/high-school/biology/): MIT produced this website to make available college lectures and course materials to help students in high school with the rigorous AP Biology curriculum. Longer videos are broken down into short segments that can be viewed individually. Each item is accompanied by a list of prior knowledge required for that video.
Home-School Connection
These websites are especially selected to be used by parents and students to make up content missed due to absence. Please contact me using the email tool on the homepage for further information about which resources to use.
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The Biology Corner (www.biologycorner.com): At the biology corner, parents and students can find PowerPoints, notes, readings and worksheets on biology topics. The website belongs to a teacher who uses it as a resource for her own class, but the content is organized into thematic chapters and is easy to navigate. Unfortunately, there are no answers available online for the assignments.
Evolution 101 (www.evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/index.shtml): This website from UC Berkeley offers a wealth of information exclusively on the topic of evolution. The information is written on a level that is easy to understand and it moves through the content in a logical way. The pages include lots of illustrations that make concepts more clear.
The Science Spot (www.sciencespot.net/Pages/classbio.html): There are lots of lesson plans on this website that could easily be used in or out of the classroom. It even includes links to online labs that could be used to reinforce classroom instruction. The website includes external links to other websites including a virtual frog dissection.
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The Biology Corner (www.biologycorner.com): At the biology corner, parents and students can find PowerPoints, notes, readings and worksheets on biology topics. The website belongs to a teacher who uses it as a resource for her own class, but the content is organized into thematic chapters and is easy to navigate. Unfortunately, there are no answers available online for the assignments.
Evolution 101 (www.evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/index.shtml): This website from UC Berkeley offers a wealth of information exclusively on the topic of evolution. The information is written on a level that is easy to understand and it moves through the content in a logical way. The pages include lots of illustrations that make concepts more clear.
The Science Spot (www.sciencespot.net/Pages/classbio.html): There are lots of lesson plans on this website that could easily be used in or out of the classroom. It even includes links to online labs that could be used to reinforce classroom instruction. The website includes external links to other websites including a virtual frog dissection.