These articles will add a living and up-to-date perspective to high school biology lessons. I scoured the internet to find well-written articles without paywalls that follow a typical sequence of biology topics covered in a high school class. Estimated read-times are based on 200 wpm reading speed.
Introduction to Creationism: Two Perspectives
25 min. Read.
40 min. Read.
Intro to Biology
20 min. Read.
15 min read
12 min read
6 min read. Click link to ““Our Amazing Immune System” within article for additional read.
18 min read.
10 minute read
Biochemistry
25 min read
10 & 11- E. Coli chemotaxis
40 min read
48 min read (may choose to read in part)
Cells
12 min read.
12 min read
36 min read. Also may be found here.
DNA/RNA and Genetics
38 min read.
17- The Wipeout Gene
21 min read.
30 min read.
Varies, multiple modules.
Biodiversity
14 min read
11 minute read
This article is meant to be a “reach”. Be sure to read the Abstract, Introduction, and Results, and take some time looking over the charts and data.
Plants
8 min read. May supplement with a bonus article.
10 min read
11 min read
40 min read
Animals and Humans
40 min read
17 min read
34 min read
13 min read. If this link leads to a paywall, article can be found in The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2015, free on Hoopla.
45 min read
Ecology
20 min read
5 min read. May supplement with “Chasing Bayla” below.
27 min read
Project
35 & 36- Antibodies - Milestone
Varies. Multiple learning modules and articles.
Bonus Articles
38 - Chasing Bayla
75 min read. A good supplement for short-read days. This article was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2015.
40- Sequential LASER ART and CRISPR Treatments Eliminate HIV-1 in a Subset of Infected Humanized Mice
41- Fast Biology
42- Escherichia Coli