Biology Weblinks & Resources

[Toothpaste]

I thought having biology links in one place would be a good idea. So here you go.

Some of these links are VCE related, and some are not. But if you're keen for further resources check them out. If you have some of your own, just post them.

VCAA
[b][color=green]VCAA Biology page[/color][/b]
Study Design
Past exams, sample exams & assessment reports

Exam papers
2006 Sample written exam 1
2006 Sample written exam 2

2009
   * Exam 1

2008
   * Exam 1
   * Exam 2

2007
   * Exam 1
   * Exam 2

2006
   * Exam 1
   * Exam 2

Assessment Reports
2009
   * Exam 1

2008
   * Exam 1
   * Exam 2

2007
    * Exam 1
    * Exam 2

2006
   * Exam 1
   * Exam 2

Expert Papers addressing new content in Units 3 and 4

• Signal Transduction
• Molecular Biology
• Recent developments and advances in evolutionary theory
• Proteomes, Genes and Junk DNA

NOTES
**See the notes that are uploaded on the [i]vcenotes.com[/i] notes system**

VCE Related
[color=green][b]Biozone[/b][/color]
Biolinks
Podcasts

[b][color=green]
Jacaranda Nature of Biology 2[/color][/b]
Weblinks
http://vcenotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,8366.msg122382.html#msg122382

[b][color=green]Heinemann Biology 2[/color][/b]
Textbook weblinks
Workbook weblinks

[color=green][b]Douchy's Biology Podcast[/b][/color]
(highly recommended)

Tertiary Biology
[b][color=green]Biology: An Australian Focus[/color][/b]
Glossary

[color=green]Biology, 7/e[/color]
Dinosaurs
Infectious Disease and Bioterrorism
Online Labs
Chapter quizzes and flashcards are on the left. (drop down box)

[b][color=green]Life: The Science of Biology 8th Ed.[/color][/b]
Tree of Life

[b][color=green]MIT OpenCourseWare: Introduction to Biology[/color][/b]
Video Lectures

Miscellaneous
http://peernet.lbpc.ca/biology/ibbiology/ibbioindex.html

- it's a free online revison text book intended for IB students, but it's very helpful for VCE kids too, as lots of the individual topics are the same for 3/4 biology.

http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/T/TOC.html

An online textbook organised by topics. Some topics are great for revison.

http://goto.glocalnet.net/ibweb/homepagelink.htm

how to write a good prac report.

[color=green]Sparknotes[/color]
[color=green]University of Maryland: GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY Lecture Topics[/color]
[color=green]Biology: Lynn Fancher, College of DuPage[/color]
  Essays
[color=green]BIOLOGY TUTORIALS FOR CELL, METABOLISM, AND GENETICS[/color]
[color=green]BIOL 230 Lecture Guide (Gary E. Kaiser, Ph.D.)[/color]
[color=green]Identifying Eukaryotic Animal Cell Organelles[/color]
[color=green]The Biology Place[/color]
[b][color=green]Science News Online[/color][/b]
[color=green]The Lab, ABC's gateway to science[/color]
[color=green]CSIRO Science by Email[/color]
[color=green]HAMAP Proteome, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics[/color]
[color=green]Cellupedia[/color]
[b][color=green]DNAinteractive[/color][/b]
[b][color=green]Biotechnology, State Government of Victoria[/color][/b]
[color=green]Infectious Disease News[/color]
[color=green]Medscape[/color]
http://www.actionbioscience.org/evolution/
http://biologyinmotion.com/

[color=green]Science songs[/color] (lol)
Audio files
Lyrics

[color=green]Scitable (Science Library)[/color]


Articles
The Age (September 10, 2007) - It's all in the right breeding - VCE EXAM GUIDE - BIOLOGY
The Age - June 11, 2007 - It's a small world after all - VCE EXPRESS - ASK AN EXPERT - BIOLOGY
The Age (2006) - Ask an expert: I am confused by the stem cell debate. What laws are involved?

Practice exams thread:
http://vcenotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,5546.0.html

Thanks for the links everyone! I'll put them all in this post. It's getting a bit messy, so I'll reorganise the list soon.

Edit: sorry, some links are broken.

[Matt The Rat]

Thanks for the links Toothpick. Should be useful through out the year!

[munto]

great idea for a thread toothpick! instant stickydom!

[kido_1]

I did bio last year and those resources seem very good.

[Chocoholic]

Thankyou very much, they seew well worth looking into. Has anyone listened to the songs Loved them!!!

[beezy4eva]

If you like podcasts:
http://biologyoracle.podomatic.com/
or just go on to itunes and search Andrew Douch as the author or artist

[jess3254]

Some links:

http://peernet.lbpc.ca/biology/ibbiology/ibbioindex.html - it's a free online revison text book intended for IB students, but it's very helpful for VCE kids too, as lots of the individual topics are the same for 3/4 biology.

http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/T/TOC.html - An online textbook organised by topics. Some topics are great for revison.

http://goto.glocalnet.net/ibweb/homepagelink.htm - how to write a good prac report.

[jess3254]

I've got some unit 3 resources

Area of study: Molecules of life
Cell structure and function overview
Diffusion animation
Cell membrane animation
Cell organelle notes
Cells and organelles
Identifying Eukaryotic animal cell organelles
Cell structure and function page
Biology mad: information on cell structure and function, diffusion, osmosis and passive transport
Structure of DNA notes (comprehensive)
Diffusion and osmosis
A-Level Cell revision notes
Enzymes
Quicklearn: enzymes
Information on enzymes
Some bio-chem notes on water, carbohydrates, lipids and proteins
Quicklearn: info on carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, enzymes and water
Biochemistry revision
DNA and RNA quiz

Detecting and responding:
Nervous and hormonal control
Nervous coordination
Biology mad: homoeostatis
The Nervous system notes

[jess3254]

Unit 4 websites which may be useful

Area of study 1: Heredity 

Brief summary notes on genetics
Genetics (an online textbook organised by topics)
Quiz and summary on genetics
genetics, inheritance and variation notes (A-level Biology)
Mitosis and meiosis revision
Genetics – check your knowledge
DNA and the genetic code – check your knowledge
Manipulating genes
Genetic engineering
Genetics – GlaxoSmithKline (A good introduction to genetics, with information on DNA, DNA and human diversity, and genes. Good animations)
Meiosis notes
Human genetics information
Virtual library of genetics

Area of study 2: change over time
Evolution and natural selection notes
Evolution: check your understanding and notes
Evolution information
Development of the evolutionary theory
Wikibooks: Evolution
Biology online: selective breeding

[Chocoholic]

Thanks Jess!!!

[nerd]

I know there are 2 different series of VCE Biology pocasts - Mr. Barlow's podcasts and Douchy's Biology Podcast. Which one is better? I don't want to listen to both cause it will take to long, and I can't be bothered...but I definately want to pick one to listen to throughout the year.

Any experiences with any of the podcasts?

[bturville]

I know there are 2 different series of VCE Biology pocasts - Mr. Barlow's podcasts and Douchy's Biology Podcast. Which one is better? I don't want to listen to both cause it will take to long, and I can't be bothered...but I definately want to pick one to listen to throughout the year.

Any experiences with any of the podcasts?

Douchy's ftw! I don't know about the other, but douchy's is awesome and you can ring in and ask a question if you want, he answers it during the podcast. Plus you can email him anytime and he's usually willing to help people out if they need.

[nerd]

Ahh, ok...I think I'll go with them!

How is the series sorted? Like, is every podcast a different section of each Area Of Study or is it seperated into Unit 3 and Unit 4 or is it jsut all mixed together?

[bturville]

They are roughly every 2 weeks (i listened last year), and each deals with a separate topic, at a pace slightly faster than my class went(which was a big help).  they go for about an hour.

[nerd]

WOW! I'm really excited to start listening to them. Also, do you happen to still have all the podcasts on your computer, cause from his website you can only download the most recent ones and I want to start from the begining next year.

Thanks for your help, by the way!