The following provides examples of existing OER that can be used for the indicated courses. Please find all potential OER identified for the discipline at Open Educational Resources and Biology and available OER for all disciplines at OER by Discipline. Please note that the structure presented here aligns with the Biology TMC.
Biology Core (8-12 units) (Select one option):
Option 1
Biology Sequence for Majors (C-ID BIOL 135S)
- Biology I Laboratory Manual (Faculty of College of the Redwoods and Tidewater Community College, n.d.) – LumenLearning
- Principles of Biology I Lab Manual (Burran and DesRochers, 2015) – GALILEO) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Biology 2nd Edition (Clark et al., 2018) – OpenStax (CC BY 4.0)
- Biofundamentals (Klymkowsky and Cooper, 2021) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
- Boundless Biology (Boundless, n.d.) – LumenLearning (Licenses vary.)
Option 2
Cell and Molecular Biology (C-ID BIOL 190)
- Principles of Biology (Bartee et al., n.d.) – Open Oregon (CC BY 4.0 International)
- Basic Cell and Molecular Biology 4th edition (Bergtrom, 2020) – University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (CC BY 4.0 International)
and Organismal Biology (C-ID BIOL 140)
See “Biology Sequence for Majors”
Option 3
Cell and Molecular Biology (C-ID BIOL 190)
See above
and Organismal Biology, Ecology, and Evolution (C-ID BIOL 130S)
See “Biology Sequence for Majors”
Option 4
Cell and Molecular Biology (C-ID BIOL 190)
See above
and Zoology/Animal Diversity and Evolution (C-ID BIOL 150)
- No resources identified.
and Botany/Plant Diversity and Ecology (C-ID BIOL 155)
- A Photographic Atlas for Botany (Morrow, 2020) – ASCCC OERI (CC-BY-NC)
- Inanimate Life (Briggs, 2021) – Milne Open Textbooks (CC BY-SA)
- Botany (Ha et al., 2021) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC)
List A: Supporting science and mathematics (21-22 units):
General Chemistry for Science Majors (C-ID CHEM 120S)
- OpenStax Chemistry (Flowers et al.; 2019) (CC BY)
- OpenStax Chemistry 2e Atoms First (Flowers, et al.; 2019) (CC BY)
- General Chemistry: An Atoms First Approach (Halpern, 2016) – LibreTexts (CC BY-SA)
- General Chemistry: Principles, Patterns, and Applications (Averill and Eldredge, 2011) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
Calculus I
Single Variable Calculus I – Early Transcendentals (C-ID MATH 210)
- Contemporary Calculus I (Hoffman) (CC BY)
- Community Calculus (Guichard) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- APEX Calculus 1 (Hartman);
- Active Calculus (Boelkins et al., 2017)
- Calculus Vol 1 (Strang, Herman) – OpenStax
or Single Variable Calculus I – Late Transcendentals (C-ID MATH 211)
- Contemporary Calculus I (Hoffman) (CC BY)
- Community Calculus (Guichard) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- APEX Calculus 1 (Hartman);
- Active Calculus (Boelkins et al., 2017)
- Calculus Vol 1 (Strang, Herman) – OpenStax
Physics
Algebra/Trigonometry-Based Physics A (C-ID PHYS 105) and B (C-ID PHYS 110)
- College Physics (OpenStax, 2020)
- Light and Matter (Crowell, 2020) (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Spiral Physics (D’Alessandris) (CC BY-NC-SA) – LibreTexts
or Calculus-Based Physics for Scientists and Engineers: ABC (C-ID PHYS 100S)
- College Physics (OpenStax, 2020)
- Light and Matter (Crowell, 2020) (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Spiral Physics (D’Alessandris) (CC BY-NC-SA) – LibreTexts
or Calculus-Based Physics for Scientists and Engineers A (C-ID PHYS 205) and B (C-ID PHYS 210)
- University Physics Volume 1 (OpenStax, 2020) (CC BY 4.0)
- University Physics Volume 2 (OpenStax, 2020) (CC BY 4.0)
- Classical Mechanics with Numerical Methods (Budarz)
- Mechanics (Crowell, 2019) (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Calculus-Based Physics I (Schnick) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- University Physics I – Classical Mechanics (Gea-Banacloche) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Book: Introductory Physics – Building Models to Describe Our World (Martin et al.) (CC BY-SA)
- Fields and Circuits (Crowell, 2020) (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Calculus-Based Physics II (Schnick) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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