Open Textbooks:
- OpenStax College - Biology: "Biology is grounded in an evolutionary basis and includes exciting features that highlight careers in the biological sciences and everyday applications of the concepts at hand."
- OpenStax College - Concepts of Biology"Concepts of Biology is designed for the introductory biology course for nonmajors taught at most two- and four-year colleges."
- Lumen Open Educational Resources for Biology ( For Biology majors): Online open textbook on a variety of biology topics.
- Lumen Open Education Resources for Non-biology Majors: Online open textbook on a variety of biology topics.
- The Biology Project: The Biology Project offers problem sets and tutorials and include topics, such as; cell biology, chemicals and human health, developmental biology, human biology, immunology, genetics, molecular biology, and biochemistry. This site also connects you to other resources related to topics.
- Open Access Textbooks for Biology
- CK-12 College Human Biology
- Cell and Molecular Biology by Bergtrom (CC BY)
- Foundations of Biology by Scheiner and Scheiner (CC BY-NC-ND)
- Genes and Disease by National Center for Biotechnology Information (PD)
- Nucleic Acids and Chromatin by OpenLearn (CC BY-NC-SA)
- What is Biodiversity by Ahlfinger, Gibbs, Harrison, Laverty, and Sterling (CC BY)
- What is the Genome Made of? by OpenLearn (CC BY-NC)
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) BioInteractive Lectures: BioInteractive offers lectures on biology topics, such as; human evolution, genetics, and reporting scientific results, that range from 30-60 minutes. They also have a collection of holiday lectures and talks that cover a range of topics, for example, "AIDS: Evolution of an Epidemic", "Potent Biology: Stem Cells, Cloning, and Regeneration", and "The Immune System: Friend or Foe."
- Khan Academy Here you will find lecture videos and educational videos that are 1 min-30 min in length. Topics in Biology that are covered include: evolution and natural selection, cell division, heredity and genetics, tree of life, cellular respiration, photosynthesis, human biology, and immunology.
- MIT Open Courseware: Fundamentals of Biology focuses on the basic principles of biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, and recombinant DNA. Course format includes, lecture videos, interactive concept quizzes (solution key), problem sets, terms and definitions, suggested topics and links, and exams (with solution key).
- MicroBiology: From Saylor
- Biology, Chemistry, Physics videos: https://untamedscience.com/science-videos-list/
- Video lectures on physics https://freevideolectures.com/subject/physics/
- Video lectures on Biology: https://freevideolectures.com/subject/biology/
- Video OER repository
- Virtual Biology Lab: Virtual Biology Lab is a free, online educational resource provided for educational purposes. VBL simulates natural environments with the way life responds to changing conditions.
- Virtual Microscopy: visit the interactive Java-powered virtual microscopes that we have constructed. These virtual microscopes explore specimen focus, illumination intensity, magnification, and translation---operating essentially in a manner that is identical to real-life microscopes.
- BioInteractive: hands on virtual simulations
- Biology virtual labs from Merlot
- Kings Center for Visualization
- PhET Interactive Simulations
- Virtual Biology Labs