Biology Resources Top 20 Biology Sites http://www.top20biology.com Good biology notes. http://www.scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/rkr/Biology101/lectures/biolectures.html More great biology lecture notes. http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookTOC.htm Biology topics grouped by categories. http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/T/TOC.html The Biology Project at University of Arizona –problem sets & tutorials. http://www.biology.arizona.edu/site.html Scientific American’s “Ask the Experts” in science. http://www.sciam.com/askexpert Interactive virtual biology labs & animations. http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/vlabs/index.htm The Biology Place - BioCoach & LabBench activities (All 12 AP Bio Lab simulations) http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place Cells Alive! Interactive site with cell videos. http://www.cellsalive.com Interactive biology crossword puzzles courtesy of biology teacher, Ms. Fiegel http://biologyweb.org/crossword.htm Human anatomy online –animations & graphics. http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html The National Zoo-Smithsonian National Park . http://natzoo.si.edu/default.cfm NatureServe Explorer online encyclopedia of plants, animals & ecosystems www.natureserve.org/explorer Animal diversity website at the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html Coral Reef Gallery of Pictures –courtesy of Jeff Jeffords. http://www.divegallery.com “Ask a Biologist” at Arizona State University – Great site! http://ls.la.asu.edu/askabiologist/index.html Genetic Science Learning Center at the University of Utah http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu Dolan DNA Learning Center (DNALC) at Cold Spring Harbor . http://www.dnalc.org/resources/resources.html Zoology Textbook Website http://mhhe.com/sem/online_learning_centers/index.html#zoology Biology Honors Textbook Website http://www.millerandlevine.com/ Student Resources for College Broward County School Calendar 2007-2008. http://browardschools.com/calendar/index.htm HIGH SCHOOL HUB-an online learning center for high school students! http://highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm Apply to over 240 colleges using a common online application. https://app.commonapp.org/ A2ZColleges - Comprehensive info, listings & rankings of colleges globally http://www.a2zcolleges.com Tips for writing college application essays. http://www.acm.edu/admiss/essay.pdf More tips for college essays. http://www.carleton.edu/admissions/essay/index.html Florida Academic Counseling & Tracking for Students – an online guidance counselor! http://www.facts.org Register online for the SAT. http://collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/reg.html Register online for the ACT. http://act.org/aap/regist/elecreg.html Apply for financial aid starting in January.(of your senior year) http://www.fafsa.ed.gov Admissions for some Florida State Universities –FAU, UCF, FSU, UF, USF: https://fauapps.fau.edu/uapp/GAPinst2.asp - for FAU https://www.secure.sdes.ucf.edu/undergraduate_admissions/undergrad_app_login.asp for UCF https://admissions.fsu.edu/undergradapp/ for FSU http://www.isis.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/nirvana?MDASTRAN=RSI-INTROX for UF http://www.facts.org Go to College Admissions & then choose USF College Confidential -Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the college admissions process from the application, to waiting at the mailbox, to dealing with rejection. Also has Ivy League info & links to the Ivy League colleges. http://www.collegeconfidential.com/college_admissions/index.htm Apply online for scholarships at FastWeb. http://www.fastweb.com AP Resources AP Central http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/about.html AP equivalent college credits for all subjects. http://www.facts.org/html/ACC_Equivalents092001.html Tips for writing AP Bio essays. http://www.winterwren.com/apbio/handouts/essay.html Tips for editing lecture notes. http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/editing.html AP Exam Calendar for 2007 http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/cal/cal2.html Past AP Bio free-response questions http://www.iusd.k12.ca.us/uhs/apbiology/essayquestions.htm Twelve AP Bio Labs with brief discussion of expected outcomes. http://www.iusd.k12.ca.us/uhs/apbiology/lab.htm Campbell ’s Biology online (Click on your biology text & use the login & password given to you by Mrs. Reynolds) http://www.aw-bc.com/campbell/ Research Tools Tips for editing lecture notes. http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/editing.html Templates for research papers (MLA, APA etc.) http://www.wright.edu/~martin.maner/rptemp.htm Website evaluation rubric. http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/edu/rubric3.htm Search engines – Google, AltaVista, Ask Jeeves http://www.google.com/ http://altavista.com/ http://ask.com/ Free animations for projects. http://www.animationlibrary.com Broward County Public Library – Apply online for a library card & it’ll be mailed to you. Use the info on the card to access library resources from your home!! www.browardlibrary.org The Internet Public Library - search for information, read online books, magazines & newspapers from all over the world www.ipl.org/teen/aplus/infosearch.htm ProQuest – Access to magazine, newspaper & journal articles. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb Username: browardcps Password: welcome Newsbank – Articles from the Sun-Sentinel. www.infoweb.newsbank.com Username: ra-5573 Password: ra-5573 SIRS Knowledge Source – General reference database with articles on social, scientific, health, historic, economic, business, political & global issues. http://sks.sirs.com Customer #: FL4436H Password: 92492 Grolier Encyclopedia http://go.grolier.com/gol Username: 1broward Password: online Info Trac – Articles from magazines, newspapers, reference books, biographies. http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/browardcpsit Password: brow_log Maps101 –Every type of map: historical, reference, satellite. www.maps101.com/cgi-bin/maps101 Username: coral Password: springs