This site is an OER for BIology II and contains all the materials needed for the course including lecture slides and labs.

This is a syllabus for a first-semester introductory biology class, including reading links for current news articles related to the course topics as well as an OpenStax textbook.

This material is labwork meant to be used in conjunction with the Candela "Biology II" course.

A laboratory manual for a first-semester introductory biology class, developed at Greenfield Community College. Specifically, this manual is tailored towards community colleges, where biology majors and general education students are frequently in the same course sections. This manual is for online instruction, and features labs that students can do at home. It is designed to work in tandem with the textbook Foundations of Biology 2.0, also developed at Greenfield Community College.

A laboratory manual for a first-semester introductory biology class, developed at Greenfield Community College. Specifically, this manual is tailored towards community colleges, where biology majors and general education students are frequently in the same course sections. This manual is for face-to-face laboratories, and is designed to work in tandem with the textbook Foundations of Biology 2.0, also developed at Greenfield Community College.

This 15-minute video provides an overview of the inflammatory response. [Biology playlist: Lesson 58 of 71].

Students perform a literature review on a biology topic, choose 2-3 papers published in scientific journals to discuss in their assignment, provide a final opinion on the topic, and some voluntarily present on their selected topic.

This 18-minute video lesson provides an overview of the Krebs or Citric Acid Cycle. [Biology playlist: Lesson 25 of 71].

This module covering Membrane Transport was written by Dr. Karla Fuller from Guttman Community College of CUNY. The module contains files covering the learning objectives, demonstrations, assessments, think-pair-share, and more.

This 10-minute video lesson shows how how myosin and actin interact to produce mechanical force. [Biology playlist: Lesson 47 of 71].

This 16-minute video lesson looks at how one neuron can stimulate (or inhibit) another neuron at a chemical synapse. [Biology playlist: Lesson 46 of 71].

This resource is a genetics case study adapted from the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science for use as a laboratory exercise in an introductory online biology course. It utilizes a fillable form pdf lab answer sheet created by the instructor, Tina B. Jones.

Attributions and references are provided at the end of the laboratory write-up.

Please refer to the "Completing Lab Reports in Canvas Orientation Exercise" in OER Commons also authored by Tina B. Jones for student instructions on downloading, completing, and uploading the fillable form answer sheets in Canvas.

*Lab answer sheet created by instructor using Adobe Acrobat DC Pro.

This 17-minute video lesson looks at oxidation and reduction in cellular respiration. It Reconciles the biology and chemistry definitions of oxidation and reduction. [Biology playlist: Lesson 23 of 71].

This 5-minute video lecture looks at oxidative phosphorylation and chemiosmosis (along with slight correction of previous video). [Biology playlist: Lesson 27 of 71].

This 27-minute video lesson looks at the phases of Meiosis. [Biology playlist: Lesson 11 of 71].

This 21-minute video explains the phases of mitosis. [Biology playlist: Lesson 10 of 71].

This 17-minute video lesson provides more detail on the Calvin Cycle and Photorespiration. [Biology playlist: Lesson 32 of 71].

This 14-minute video lesson presents an overview of photosythesis. [Biology playlist: Lesson 28 of 71].

This 13-minute video lesson covers the Calvin Cycle or the light-independent (dark) reactions of photosythesis. [Biology playlist: Lesson 31 of 71].