- Nature Study and Life ( text on Menu Bar) by Clifton Hodge, Ph.D.
- (For more information about the above textbook, see the notes on the 3rd Grade Science page. If there is more than one student in your family, everyone may like to observe the same set of animals and plants together.)
- Online Biology Text Book
- Online simulated lab exercises and quizzes
- Virtual dissections: frog, partial interactive (demo), pig, cow's eye, owl pellets
- Explore the human heart, learn about DNA (use menu at left of this DNA webpage), practice virtual mating flies as a guest, Biology lab online (1 day free per section)
- Public Library of Science Biology
- How to Write a Lab Report
- Biology links and information
Topics to be covered this year
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- Characteristics of life
- Classification
- History of plants and animals
- Microscopic life
- Simple organisms: algae, bacteria, fungi
- Vertebrate life
- Mammals and birds
- Plant life
- Photosynthesis
- Cells
- Protein synthesis
- Genetics and heredity
- DNA-RNA
- Genetic engineering
- Reproduction and growth
- Human biology
- Nutrition and digestion
- Behavior
- Conservation of human resources
- Environmental issues
- Energy in ecosystems
- Scientific method
- Biology and space travel
Extras
- Botany Text Book (Wikibooks)
- Flash Cards
- Very good science resource online store (good prices).