Course Description

A General Education Course that covers unifying concepts of Biology (such as macromolecules, cells, genetics, metabolism, ecology, and evolution) with a special emphasis ecological and environmental topics.

For more detailed Ecology content, please go to the Ecology course page for the Major's Biology sequence.

Sample Course Outlines & Syllabi

Textbooks

Environmental Biology (LibreTexts)

Environmental Biology (Open Oregon)

Introduction to Environmental Science (Open Textbook Library)

Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation (Open Textbook Library)

Knowing Home: Braiding Indigenous Science with Western Science

Environmental Science Bites (Ohio State University)

Conservation Biology for All

Lab Manuals

Environmental Sciences Lab Manual (Butte CC)

Advanced Topics

Forest Measurements (Open Oregon)

Intech Open Access Textbooks

Fungi of California

USDA Interactive Plant ID

Jepson Herbarium eFlora Key

Other Resources

PhET Simulations

Understanding Climate Science Denial (LibreTexts - used by UC Davis)

Climate-change Simulator (LibreTexts)

Learn Genetics - Ecology - Free but not open

Evolution Simulations - Free but not open

Wolfram - (CC-BY-NC-SA) variety of modeling interactives; can be used to for data collection

Virtual Biology Labs - free but not open - data models

Go-Lab - free but not open

Videos created by CCC faculty as part of the the ASCCC-OERI Projects

TedEd - Biology

Teacher Resources

Lesson Plans - OER

Image Sources:

Wikimedia Commons
Public Domain Images
ASCCC-OERI Image database via Flickr