Intro Bio help

[Ezio]

Is there any good source that gets the information across to me in the best way? Obviously the textbook is the best but I get crunched for time with 17 credits this semester. I tried course notes but those are for 7th edition Campbell Bio. I use the 10th Ed. in class and thats a good 10 year difference between texts. I KNOW THAT BIOLOGY DOESNT CHANGE IN 10 YEARS but i like fresh info. Even 9th edition is good if out there.

tl;dr i need a good source of bio notes for Campbell biology text for intro bio 1

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[frosted_flake]

I (personally) dislike Campbell, I find it has too much information for intro bio and it is dry as a bone boring.
If you can, find another text (obviously for us students we can't just toss money into the wind, but if you can, it might help a lot!!) I think it would help if the information was presented in a more cheerful way. I really enjoyed Raven (9th ed.) and I currently have Life: The science of biology by Sadava, which I do not like as much as Raven.
Half price books has usually given me some love, I have found bio text books there for $15!

 

[Spitphire]

I (personally) dislike Campbell, I find it has too much information for intro bio and it is dry as a bone boring.
If you can, find another text (obviously for us students we can't just toss money into the wind, but if you can, it might help a lot!!) I think it would help if the information was presented in a more cheerful way. I really enjoyed Raven (9th ed.) and I currently have Life: The science of biology by Sadava, which I do not like as much as Raven.
Half price books has usually given me some love, I have found bio text books there for $15!

Speaking just from the Raven botany book, I feel like it takes them too long to get to the material you need to know. The beginning of every chapter gives a little story of not-so-important details. Once you get into the actual information it's pretty solid!

 

[frosted_flake]

Speaking just from the Raven botany book, I feel like it takes them too long to get to the material you need to know. The beginning of every chapter gives a little story of not-so-important details. Once you get into the actual information it's pretty solid!

Botany is EVIL no matter what textbook/website/professor it comes from
And I have to retake it....
But I agree with you! It is a very well written text!

 

[Spitphire]

Botany is EVIL no matter what textbook/website/professor it comes from
And I have to retake it....
But I agree with you! It is a very well written text!

I agree with the evil part. My class average was around 54% for the first exam

 

[PreMedMaverick]

I KNOW THAT BIOLOGY DOESNT CHANGE IN 10 YEARS

*cringes*

 

[GreenBlade]

You must suffer like the rest of us did with Campbell's Biology text. Its not that hard.

 

[SPARTANO]

Biology by Brooker is pretty solid. PM and I can send you the link.