What are some ways I can self-teach and refine my knowledge of Biology?
I would like to teach myself as much as I can the founding knowledge and study of Biology.
The essential material covered in a typical college course on my own.
Do you know of any web links or resources that I could follow or study?
Any tips on self-teaching would be fantastic.
I would like to be prepared for my scientific studies in college, this is how I want to do it.
Please try to answer fully thanks.
Well, as a Biology major myself, I pretty much did what you want to do, in my senior year of high school. I looked ahead and found out what biology textbook my college would be using, and I found it at my high school- I asked the AP Bio teacher if I could borrow a copy and he allowed it.
Here’s the name of the text I used; Biology, by Neil Campbell and (i think Jane) Reece. Check for the newest edition.
This book is EXCELLENT! I’m someone who doesn’t really enjoy reading things, but this book truly is in-depth and covers a TON of biology. Its text itself isn’t dull and boring like most texts are, and its diagrams are extremely detailed, involved, and have great explanations right aside them. Some of my friends actually ignored the text in the book and simply studied the diagrams and the text surrounding them, and did well in the college class (at an ivy league school)! Additionally, there are practice questions at the end of each chapter to test your comprehension of the chapter, there are practice tests based upon this textbook that can be easily found online just by googling examinations for Campbell Biology, and I believe if you buy the textbook, you can even access the full text online so you don’t need to carry the textbook everywhere you go.
I highly recommend purchasing or taking out this book from a library/school and reading through as many of the chapters as you would like. It will prepare you well not only for introductory biology, but will give you a solid foundation for upper level biology courses as well (as I’ve found in my own experiences). Simply reading this book allowed me to skip lectures without missing any material!
Best of luck!
Try your library. They actually have very knowledgeable text books that even have questions to answer at the end of every chapter. Textbooks definitely help, but if you plan on buying them then it can get expensive.