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