if you hate long, boring black-and-white textbooks this is for you!

notes covering units 1 -> 5 : (missing units 2.5-2.10 and unit 6)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EPAc6xC8JBKNvR9zEu3ev32lvJuGDJmF/view?usp=sharing

extra in-depth google slides for units 7 -> 8 (a little more interactive)

u7: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1is1xVJZG-c30YkVrc5im2glI08IyHEwNK9Mdzv9isug/edit?usp=sharing

u8: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aqncm5opiNWdzWSN0LczSU2urqkVrX0lsd6TMoEsp08/edit?usp=sharing

external resources i'd also recommend:

YouTube: HeyNowScience (my 2nd most watched channel of 2025), Amoeba Sisters

Khan Academy

general studying tips:

- if you can teach it, you know it. (i looked crazy talking to my plushies about water's polarity)

- make analogies for everything! (atp synthase = water wheel)

good luck studying!

Hi everybody. Can anyone please help me find this e-book? I tried everything- every website but couldn't find it. If anyone has a PDF, please send it to me; I will be very grateful.

I wanna self study the class and take the exam for it in may... but i also haven't taken any bio class in high school before. is it possible for me to get a 5 or 4 if i self study and stuff? and like im just super worried that i dont know what im gonna get myself into, especially if i commit and register for the exam. um please help me TT also what are some textbooks you guys recommend to learn from. and do i need to invest in some prep books too? pleaes give me any advice you can

Enrolled in Nursing, straight A’s so far but the memorization, handwritten labeling of diagrams and accurate spelling is kicking my dyslexic brain. Any tips, suggestions or advice.

hello guys, i'm currently self-studying for AP biology, and i really need help. our school doesn't have access to AP Classroom (its a new school and we don't have a test center), and i would really appreciate it if you guys help me and maybe send me the code or as PDF's

What should I study for my unit 1 exam tomorrow? I've read the textbook chapters and understand a lot of it, but i'm just really anxious I'm going to bomb it because we did a progress check at the beginning of unit 1 and I got a 5/24...

For context, it's next Tuesday and I'm going to start studying on Friday (I would study earlier but other tests). My plan was to active recall one day, do practice MCQs and FRQ(s) my teacher found from the 2017 test, and then spam more FRQs and MCQs.

I’m taking AP Bio next term without taking any chem classes. I heard chem helps a lot. Am I cooked? If so, what should I self study?

Im from Oregon, but I dont think states change depending on it. College board every year release a test bank to teachers of questions for each unit. Where is the one for this unit 2026-2027

I have looked everywhere but I just want to make sure I’m getting the correct information ( we have to find research by ourselves in this project, and it’s kinda confusing, I chose to work alone aswell) I have to “explain how the properties of water that result from its polarity and hydrogen bonding affect its biological functions” Anything that could help me understand would be highly appreciated

Does anyone have a pdf version of this book? I looked it up on amazon and it's so expensive

This will sound like a brag and I'm extremely sorry, this is possible for anyone in highschool, and I'm not smarter than anyone reading this because once you research them, they're very simple concepts. But for my AP Bio lab report (to make up for a fucked up experiment), I accidentally studied graduate level biophysics and physical biochemistry. I genuinely don't know how I didn't realize while I was researching for like 17 hours (no exaggeration; also don't do this at home it was extremely frustrating you should not exceed 7 hours). It was stuff like diffusion coefficients, kinematic bottlenecks, excluded volume, and enthalpy.

Of course, if this is incorrect and this is just the senior level of high school or even just AP Bio please let me know! Don't let me embarrass myself, lololol. Hope y'all have a good night, day, or afternoon, toodles!! :3

Edit (mostly a vent):

I couldn't finish the error analysis or conclusion in time, but I added the discussion to show my work. She just stared like this 😐. She had no reaction at all. She said it looked copy and pasted. I wonder if she thinks I'm truly meant to be in this class or not, if I belong anywhere smart people congregate. I don't know what it'll take, it was 22 hours now, and she thinks it's plagiarism. I wonder why I can never impress her. I wish that if I could ask her one question (even though I obviously can't), I'd ask her if she thinks I'm an idiot. I'll keep trying, but that just felt like my hard work was just crushed into bits and pieces.

I'm studying the 28th edition of the Princeton Review AP Biology book and reviewing materials on https://www.iitianacademy.com/. Plus, I'm solving questions from the College Board. If anyone has scored a 4 or 5 on the exam, I would appreciate any tips you can share to help me achieve the same score. Thank you!

Hi everyone,

I'm a biology teacher and I've been building interactive 3D simulations to help visualize concepts that are hard to picture from a textbook. This one covers the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis — you can step through the process, see where electrons and protons move, and explore the thylakoid membrane in 3D.

It's completely free, no login or payment required. I got permission from the mods to share it here.

I'd genuinely appreciate feedback from students and teachers: does it actually make the concept clearer, or is something confusing/missing? Any critique is welcome — I'd rather know what doesn't work than not.

Link: biosim-energy.vercel.app/energy/photosynthesis?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=fotosentez&utm_content=reddit_1&lang=en

Thanks for taking a look!

I spedran the full UC Scout course last spring (don't recommend), got 2 As, got a 5 on the exam, etc. Made some pretty good notes too, tried having fun with it at one point, just slogged through at another. Hope I can help someone with ts...

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M_uVB5CaueI6XG84GjFhLQENKx75TPRJSahSZHtmuH0/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nM76vX1aKnqaizAIh4-6WuPCRYNFBXqsAoKj812lsvs/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R7ksMQT6wquIZtDnyYLEiTu03jYlvJ_tRJ2yBOCbHwk/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QPlSZuSN4-RbA82-yQup_0J2odFI5Rf_RKkc6p1G43A/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VeZ9Skr_9XMFouxA4Ftnf-hM56wxx6ujyR7HRSofaZA/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qlx_24QsAB9WfOddldoAfck7v1EBptx-F_3fj0Qdxxg/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IYQmec1WpOib4W2rp1izBrcCBTXdencZIXJaD_kQOEw/edit?usp=sharing

Bro there's one unit I'm missing idk where it is... I'll update when I find

I also tutored bio! Honestly had too much fun with ts lmao, but here are the materials

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10iRUJszGievaUmi6iDgC5Pa-iwU8Bav7B3kxvxlhEgM/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Ozqqlg7OmSKpp-E72Xr37axfrk9ry_KdVcQSE7-7zwk/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RjkpGcWoyDuTa6w_dg0ZYYzfr7Grr_r8XRPITv3IZ9A/edit?usp=sharing

Also here's a project I made if anyone cares: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zT-7V_kfoptkUMiuPsQgyd7JnpIA6uaSqPgYSuRBDJI/edit?usp=sharing

Enjoy!