Useful Biology Resources (2 Viewers)

[~TeLEpAtHeTiC~]

the brainchild of babydoll for '03ers, this is a new thread on useful links and books for the biology course and options for you
add more as you feel necessary and i'll add them to this list
here are the original ones and i have a huge list to add once i have some time (hopefully b4 christmas)

::Books::
Heinemann Biology - very comprehensive; contains both Prelim and HSC course; HSC options available on internet
Jacaranda Biology - very comprehensive; Prelim and HSC books sold seperately
Success One Biology - contains many questions and STANSW past trial papers; useful revision


:ast Papers::
Places you can find past papers (and some solutions) include:
Bored of Studies Biology resources page: particularly refer to the "general section".
Board of Studies: has the previous exam papers.

::Websites::
Bored of Studies - Student online community, resources, notes, past exams, UAI Calculator, ENTER Calculator, HSC - best website; regularly revised and updated; contains forum (you are here)
hsc.csu.edu.au/biology/index.htm - contains resources for core topics; options currently not available
(archive copy http://web.archive.org/web/20110716070405id_/http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/)

Life Science Reference - Biology Online - an American site; contains summaries of many Biology topics
http://www.lmpc.edu.au/science/biol...logy_online.htm
[thanx 2 braindrainedash]

This thread is by ~TeLEpAtHeTiC~ and as of 31/1/17 has out-of date links removed.

 

[Misturi]

What about excel study guides?

 

[euphoric]

THANKYOOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[queenie]

Originally posted by Misturi
What about excel study guides?

wat abt them?

 

[Angela86]

The excel study guides are awsome.
I studdied using my sylabus (or how ever u spell it), my bio text book, and my excel book.
I got 2nd by half a mark in my recent half yearlies.
I deff recomend getting the excel book.

 

[Zarathustra]

Telepathetic commented that Macquarie is better than Excel and I completely agree - Angela have you seen Macquarie...

http://www.world-of-dawkins.com/index.shtml


btw which is the better textbook jacaranda or heinemann? They were just described without any judgement made - or is there a better one out there?

 

[Angela86]

No I haven't seen the Macquarie, but I have the PE Macquarie one and i don't like how it is set out.

 

[Calculon]

Originally posted by Zarathustra
Telepathetic commented that Macquarie is better than Excel and I completely agree - Angela have you seen Macquarie...

http://www.world-of-dawkins.com/index.shtml


btw which is the better textbook jacaranda or heinemann? They were just described without any judgement made - or is there a better one out there?

Biology in context is pretty good

 

[TheKing]

i studied by class notes and school provided textbook and i'm first so far

if the format in the textbook is easy for you to understand you really don't need much else
all the info should be in there and if not your class teacher should have given you notes on them.

 

[malkin86]

www.newscientist.com - science news, also has sections on things like DNA, cloning.

http://www.mmv.org/pages/page_main.htm

Medicines for Malaria Venture page - a good start on the malaria sections.

www.accessexcellence.org - good for blueprint/code broken

www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/do53dn.html
history of DNA

tidepool.st.usm.edu/crswr/protsynthmov.html

protein synthesis animated

http://www.roslin.ac.uk/ - the lab that made Dolly.

 

[davey336]

Incredibly useful

OK, here's a link to my notes.

The entire course is covered, along with the Biotechnology option and numerous typos.

http://davey336.mine.nu

This is hosted on an old computer of mine, and I don't think it will download any quicker than 10KB/sec

davey

 

[Numero Uno]

hmm is it me or .. arent ragerunners links working ??
if its me .. boy i need a new computer

 

[acmilan]

Nope they are out of date

 

[Danoz The Great]

i studied by class notes and school provided textbook and i'm first so far

if the format in the textbook is easy for you to understand you really don't need much else
all the info should be in there and if not your class teacher should have given you notes on them.

Yeah, that's because you don't have a shit teacher like me!

 

[malkin86]

http://www.ssdec.nsw.edu.au/science/biology/index.html - course outlines for both Prelim and HSC Biology

www.archive.org - the Internet Archive - bookmark this and use it every time you find a 404 to get some archived info.

http://www.anbg.gov.au/anbg/index-site.html - The Australian National Botanic Gardens website - probably more useful for the prelim course, but still.

 

[Yaz88]

i find bio in context tooo much info...like it confuses u same with the spotlight and the heinemann i have that and it blabbs on bout the topic but sometimes nothing related to the syllabus....
i havent seen maquaries...although i think the bio excel is good outta all the others....
howz maquaires settin?????????????

 

[malkin86]

http://www.people.virginia.edu/~meh3b/usherssyndrome/home.htm - a website on Usher's Syndrome - a genetic disease suitable for learning about for Genetics:Code Broken.

I've just discovered Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Wilkins
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Crick
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_D._Watson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_Mendel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Morgan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Sutton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Pasteur
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Koch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Macfarlane_Burnet

 

[bluesky100]

Okay, I just came across this link - thought it might be of some help:

http://hsc.csu.edu.au/biology/

 

[k_stroud22]

yes the hsc online site is heaps good. i'm using it now!!! u can use it for all of your subjects too.. not just for biology.

 

[diamondblue]

Online Biology Book Glossary- all the words you are likely to ever come across in bio.

ScienceDaily- news website has heaps of good articles thou that are relevant to bio.

Citationcreation.com- good for generating your referance list when doing assessments

Hope these help.