Michael J. Farabee, Ph.D.: Online Biology Book
(www2.estrellamountain.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/biobooktoc.html)
Grades 8-12, with parental supervision
This website provides a free biology textbook with illustrations online.
This is written by a university biology professor, but may be very useful for a motivated middle-schooler and would be an appropriate online text for a high-school-level, full-year biology course. As one of our readers put it, “It’s free, thorough, highly visually appealing, contains numerous references and links, and an online linked glossary of terms. Some chapters include a list of learning objectives and review questions.”
There isn’t much more to add except that when you get to the site, you’ll see the table of contents that covers subjects such as:
- Atoms and Molecules
- Chemistry
- Cells and Cell Division
- Thermodynamics
- Photosynthesis
- Genetics
- DNA
- Plants and Their Structure
- Flowering Plant Reproduction
- Animal Organ Systems
- The Circulatory System
- The Lymphatic System
- The Digestive System
- The Nervous System
- The Endocrine System
- The Reproductive System
- The Muscular/Skeletal System
- The Respiratory System
- Paleobiology
- Biological Diversity (Viruses, Bacteria, Protists, Fungi)
- and much more!
Click on any one to read the chapter and feed your brain.
