AP Biology Links
General Biology Links are sites with material that covers of number of our units and other information about Biology. These sites are often university or college Biology departments web pages. Unit Links have been selected by students on the basis of such things as content, images, speed of download and practice problems. Links within this section may be useful in your studies. As submitted links are verified and units are completed, this page will be updated.
General Biology Links
The Biology Project is an online source of tutorials, interactive activities, problem sets and content developed at the University of Arizona. This is an excellent site to visit during a unit to reinforce concepts covered in class and as a review before exams.
http://gened.emc.maricopa.edu/bio/bio181/BIOBK/BioBookTOC.html
The On-Line Biology Book was created
by Dr. Michael J. Farabee at Estrella Community College. The site contains lecture
notes, numerous pictures and links to applicable sites on the web. The table of
contents is easy to follow and detailed enough to avoid wasting time. The many
pictures and diagrams may make this site load slowly.
http://esg-www.mit.edu:8001/esgbio/
This site follows an introductory Biology course at MIT. There are chapters covering general chemistry, macromolecules, cell biology, enzyme biochemistry, photosynthesis, glycolysis, DNA, immunology, Mendelian genetics, gene expression, and recombinant DNA. There are reviews of each section and a thorough terminology section. The many pictures and diagrams may make this site load slowly.
Kimball's Biology Pages
http://www.ultranet.com/~jkimball/BiologyPages/W/Welcome.html
http://www.ultranet.com/~jkimball/BiologyPages
http://people.ne.mediaone.net/jkimball/BiologyPages/W/Welcome.html
Search for topics of interest and then read the mini-essays at any one of the above links. Includes diagrams of related information.
A great collection of images, animations, and movies of cells, viruses and other interesting microscopic stuff.
http://www.stg.brown.edu/MendelWeb/
Read Gregor Mendel's Work (German and English!). Hyperlinked text defines vocabulary used in his paper to a thorough glossary:
Morgan Genetics Tutorial. Waksman Student Scholars Homepage. Site includes tutorial on genes and chromosomes, probability, linkage maps, crossing over, mutations and sex-linked traits. You must register your name in order to use. Slow download time due to Frames.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/plants/plantae.html
UC Berkeley site with characteristics of Plant kingdom, pictures, morphology, phylogeny. Tons of information!
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/calflora/botanical.html
UC Berkeley digital library project. Numerous California native plant photos and habitat descriptions.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fungi/fungi.html
UC Berkeley site with characteristics of Fungi kingdom, pictures, morphology, phylogeny.
http://phylogeny.arizona.edu/tree/eukaryotes/fungi/fungi.html
Tree of Life page with descriptions, photos, phylogeny of those crazy Fungi!
http://www.oit.itd.umich.edu/bio108/Animalia.html
General characteristics of animals with phylogeny and hypertext to phyla and pictures.
http://www.york.biosis.org/zrdocs/zoolinfo/gp_index.htm#invertebrates
Biosis Internet Resource Guide for Zoology. Links galore for every invertebrate of interest. Good information for your Bug's Life Assignment!
http://biology.fullerton.edu/courses/biol_261/web/zoobookmarks.html
Class links for Dr. Eernisse's Bio 261 class at CSU Fullerton. Good resource for pictures for you phylogenic trees that you have to construct!
http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/~eny3005/lab1/index.htm
Principles of Entomology (ENY 3005) , Dept. of Florida. Good information for your Bug's Life Assignment! Links, Links, Links
http://www.ent.iastate.edu/imagegallery/
Iowa State University, Dept. of
Entomology Image Gallery. Good
information for your Bug's Life Assignment!
http://www.york.biosis.org./zrdocs/zoolinfo/gp_index.htm
Zoological Society of London Internet Guide for Zoology. Lots of information on invertebrates and vertebrates.
http://biosci.cbs.umn.edu/class/biol/1106/chordate.htm
University of Minnesota zoology page. Very good information on chordate characteristics and phylogeny. Pictures and links to other sites. Worth a look.
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herpetology/brittoncrocs/cnhc.html
Natural History of crocodilians! Pictures and phylogeny, habitat ranges, threatened species and conservation techniques.
http://www.kumc.edu/instruction/medicine/anatomy/histoweb/
University of Kansas JayDoc HistoWeb. Excellent pictures of tissues. Types and functions of tissues discussed in class.