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Best Bio Textbook

  • Heinemann

    Votes: 25 41.7%
  • Oxford

    Votes: 6 10.0%
  • Spotlight

    Votes: 1 1.7%
  • Dotpoint

    Votes: 4 6.7%
  • Jacaranda

    Votes: 4 6.7%
  • Macquarie

    Votes: 11 18.3%
  • Excel

    Votes: 2 3.3%
  • Other (please specify)

    Votes: 7 11.7%

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lyounamu

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axlenatore said:
Kiss = Keep it simple science
http://www.keepitsimplescience.com.au/

You could also talk to your teachers about them getting into the school as in issued text book which my school has done. I also noticed you do chemistry and its a worthwild investment for that, Kiss is my favourite chemistry textbook as it covers every dot point very well and has many useful questions
Thank you so much! You are a very good source of knowledge and help!

But unfortunately, I am dropping Chemistry so...yeah. But I will definitely get some for Biology, thanks.
 

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so... do you guys reckon heinemann + macq + teachers notes should be sufficient? or should i get another bk like excel as well?
 

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I use Heinemann and Jacaranda but I find Jacaranda blabs on too much sometimes. There's a lot that's TOO detailed. I also like those colourful ones... the Surfing ones? They have a book for each topic.
 

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there is a new one available for prelim08/hsc09 (seperately) which is very good by mcgraw.hill
its very syllabus based and so to the point
my teacher wrote it :)
but sadly we missed out
they also make text books for each of the options
 

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Zippora said:
there is a new one available for prelim08/hsc09 (seperately) which is very good by mcgraw.hill
its very syllabus based and so to the point
my teacher wrote it :)
but sadly we missed out
they also make text books for each of the options
is this Biology in Focus? we used that this year for prelim and i think its quite good.. thinking of getting the HSC one as well
 

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KISS is the most simplistic 'textbook' ever. Definitely does not cover everything in enough detail but is good for an outline, i suppose it depends on what bands your aiming for in your HSC.
 

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I think I used my textbook twice this whole year

my teacher was better at explaining stuff than most books

twas really a waste
 

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Heinemann and Oxford, with teacher's notes.
 

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I have been studying with that new Biology in Focus textbook released this year. It's really good.
If any of you want a particular area I can send u it as a PDF.

lol one per customer.

I use Heinemann as well.
 
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axlenatore said:
K.I.S.S = keep it simple science, its quite good, we use that, though we have the jacaranda it isnt very good
our teacher gave us those notes :) they are soooo good!

we use a macmillian textbook :p
 

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