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Field 110: Biological Sciences 
Preparation Resources

The resources listed below may help you prepare for the CEOE test in this field. These preparation resources have been identified by content experts in the field to provide up-to-date information that relates to the field in general. You may wish to use current issues or editions to obtain information on specific topics for study and review.

Standards

  1. Next Generation Science Standards
  2. Oklahoma Full (Subject Matter) Competencies
  3. Oklahoma Academic Standards

Journals

  1. The American Biology Teacher, National Association of Biology Teachers
  2. Annual Review of Biochemistry, Annual Reviews Inc.
  3. Annual Review of Plant Biology, Annual Reviews Inc.
  4. Cell, Cell Press
  5. Genetics, Oxford University Press
  6. Nature, Nature Publishing Group
  7. The Science Teacher, National Science Teachers Association
  8. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Elsevier Ltd.

Other Resources

  1. Cummings, M. R., Killian, D., Palladino, M. A., Spencer, C. A., & Klug, W. S. (2019). Concepts of genetics (12th ed.). Pearson Education, Inc.

  2. Herron, J. C., Freeman, S., & Hodin, J. (2015). Evolutionary analysis (5th ed.). Pearson Education.

  3. Hickman, C. P., Keen, S. L., Larson, A., & Eisenhour, D. J. (2018). Animal diversity. McGraw-Hill Education.

  4. Hoefnagels, M. (2020). Biology: Concepts and investigations (5th ed.). McGraw Hill.

  5. Lodish, H., Berk, A., Kaiser, C. A., Krieger, M., Bretscher, A., Ploegh, H., Martin, K. C., Yaffe, M., & Amon, A. (2021). Molecular cell biology (9th ed.). W. H. Freeman.

  6. Mauseth, J. D., & Snook, A. (2021). Botany: An introduction to plant biology (7th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.

  7. Relyea, R., & Ricklefs, R. E. (2021). Ecology: The economy of nature (9th ed.). Macmillan Learning.

  8. Slonczewski, J., Foster, J. W., & Zinser, E. R. (2020). Microbiology: An evolving science (5th ed.). W. W. Norton & Company.

  9. Urry, L. A., Cain, M. L., Wasserman, S. A., Minorsky, P. V., Orr, R. B., & Campbell, N. A. (2021). Campbell biology (12th ed.). Pearson Education.

Online Resources

  1. BioInteractive — https://www.biointeractive.org/
  2. Botany Depot — https://botanydepot.com/
  3. CELLS alive! — https://www.cellsalive.com/
  4. Encyclopedia of Life — https://eol.org/
  5. International Union for Conservation of Nature — https://www.iucn.org/
  6. Learn.Genetics Genetic Science Learning Center — https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/
  7. National Center for Biotechnology Information — http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/guide/sitemap/
  8. National Human Genome Research Institute — https://www.genome.gov/
  9. Understanding Evolution — https://evolution.berkeley.edu/
  10. United States Fish & Wildlife Services National Digital Library — https://digitalmedia.fws.gov/digital/

Professional Organizations

  1. American Institute of Biological Sciences — https://www.aibs.org/
  2. American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology — https://www.asbmb.org
  3. American Society for Cell Biology — https://www.ascb.org/
  4. American Society of Human Genetics — https://www.ashg.org/
  5. American Society of Plant Biologists — https://aspb.org/
  6. National Academies of Science — http://www.nasonline.org/
  7. National Association of Biology Teachers — https://nabt.org/
  8. National Science Teaching Association — https://www.nsta.org/
  9. Oklahoma Science Teaching Association — https://oksta.org/
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