Other What's the best highschool biology book?

[Ankel]

What's a good comprehensive book for a high school student on biology that has never studied the subject before?

(Campbell seems to be college/university-level so I can't touch that)

 

[MidgetDwarf]

IMO Cambell would be the equivalent of a typical AP biology course.

MY junior college uses it and a kid i tutor in math also use it.

I read parts myself and it was not a hard read.

 

[Ankel]

IMO Cambell would be the equivalent of a typical AP biology course.

MY junior college uses it and a kid i tutor in math also use it.

I read parts myself and it was not a hard read.

Thank you, I'd like to hear opinions from other people still.

I'd also welcome their opinions on the book http://www.amazon.com/dp/1464136394/?tag=pfamazon01-20

 

[bacte2013]

"Life: The Science of Biology" by Sadava et al. is another great textbook for the introductory biology course. If you are interested in the cell & molecular biology, I strongly recommend "Essential Cell Biology" by Bruce Alberts et al. That book can be read by motivated high-school student, and it assumes no foundational knowledge in the biology.

 

[Ankel]

"Life: The Science of Biology" by Sadava et al. is another great textbook for the introductory biology course. If you are interested in the cell & molecular biology, I strongly recommend "Essential Cell Biology" by Bruce Alberts et al. That book can be read by motivated high-school student, and it assumes no foundational knowledge in the biology.

Can that book by Sadava be read by a high school student too?

 

[atyy]

(Campbell seems to be college/university-level so I can't touch that)

You can try it and see if you like it. It's pretty easy, I don't imagine one needs much more than an 8th or 10th grade background to read it.