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What is Biology BootCamp?
When you use Biology BootCamp as an online study tool to either review college-level Biology or prepare to be successful in college Anatomy & Physiology, you can study with confidence.
Biology BootCamp is written by Biology and Anatomy & Physiology professors who 1) know what students need to know and 2) know where students often fall short.
Our all-online Cycles of Study cover all the fundamentals you need to know, in a way that makes sense.
Our pre-quizzes help identify what you need more help on, and post-quizzes help you check that you’ve mastered it.
Applied Learning Activities (ALAs) take you through the fundamentals in a way that helps you to understand and not just memorize. We teach and review with you in a way that makes the information stick.
Biology BootCamp can be used to support the textbooks you’re already using or can replace them entirely. It’s all up to how you want to use it.
This is a very short quiz that touches on a few of the key concepts needed for taking an intense course like Anatomy and Physiology. Think of these as the minimum background that you should already know before taking A&P.
There are only 15 questions. Don’t use any outside resources. Do your best, and only skip a question if you have no idea at all!
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While a test is only a limited view into what you actually know, let’s think about what we can learn from your score today.
Each of the questions on the test represents a foundational idea of Biology that will be built upon in A&P.
If you scored a 12/15 or 80%, you probably have a solid understanding of the important biological concepts — unless you found yourself guessing a lot on this quiz.
If you scored below the 80% mark, this means that there are likely some gaps in what you need to know to be successful in A&P.
Being prepared for one of the most challenging courses in college seem like a daunting task. No matter your score today, this class can help you be ready for your next step forward.
You need help now. Finish most Sections in about 30 minutes and complete the whole course in 24 study hours or less.
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You don’t need to know everything, just the main concepts. You’ll get a laser-focused review, fast.
FEEDBACK
Quizzes, a real-time report card, and rewards along the way let you know when you’ve mastered a topic and can move on.
What You Will Learn
Biology BootCamp is made up of 4 Cycles of Study, each broken down into short, focused Sections.
These topics lay the foundation for success in Anatomy & Physiology and beyond.
Biochemistry
How do chemicals interact?
Why is water so important for life?
What are the functions and differences between lipids, carbohydrates, proteins, and nucleic acid in the human body?
Cellular Biology
How do cells work?
What are the compartments in our cells and why are they important?
How does what we eat get converted into energy?
How do things like nutrients and oxygen get into and out of a cell?
Molecular Biology
What is DNA and how does it work?
What is RNA and how does it work?
How is DNA divided when our body makes new cells?
How does inheritance work?
Organismal Biology
What is the language of medicine?
What are the levels of organization and organ systems of the human body?
What are the processes of homeostasis?
No one wants to take A&P twice.
Review with Biology BootCamp and make sure you pass the first time.
Half of the students that take Anatomy and Physiology (A&P) at the College level fail in their first attempt. Whether you’ve already taken A&P and failed or you’re planning to take it soon and are worried that you are not prepared, Biology BootCamp is for you.
We are College Professors who have witnessed the failure rate in A&P firsthand. Just like our students, we became frustrated (and upset!) – so we decided to do something about it. This course has been offered by several high schools and colleges as a preparatory course for higher level Biology courses. Students who take this course go on to earn higher grades in A&P (an average of one letter grade better) than their classmates who do not take any pre-A&P course.
We don’t think so. We wrote it in everyday language. There are no long chapters, dry information and details that seem to go on forever, or unnecessary artwork and multimedia that doesn’t help you learn the fundamentals. Instead, Biology BootCamp contains short, focused Sections that can be completed usually in under 30 minutes. Each foundational concept is looked at from several angles, and the concepts of each Section build upon one another. All the questions and activities are geared toward working in a health field. The built-in game makes it fun to challenge yourself to earn badges and ranks. Not many textbooks can say all that.
Let’s start by making sure you understand: this is *not* an A&P course! Biology BootCamp is a self-paced course designed to get you prepared to take College-level A&P. In the typical A&P textbook, Biology’s foundational concepts are assumed to be review and are covered quickly, if at all. This means an under-prepared student often feels lost by the third week of class! Using an analogy: as kids we learn to walk before we run; before you can take on the terminology and advanced concepts in A&P you need to understand the chemicals in the body, how cells work, and how inheritance works.
Not directly from our site. The Colleges that offer a version of the BootCamp as a course may award credit but you will need to check with your school’s Biology department or academic adviser to find out. Also, if a course isn’t part of the official curriculum for your major your school’s Financial Aid most likely won’t pay for it. Even still, Biology BootCamp is a less expensive alternative to your average College course.
Probably not like this. Colleges must follow rules set by their state, including rules about what courses can have pre-requisites or how many credit hours can be in each degree plan. It’s not that institutions don’t care, but following these rules sometimes may force a situation where students must “sink or swim” on their own. In cases like this, it’s up to students to get the resources they need to make sure they have the best chance of success. Enter Biology BootCamp!
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When you use Biology BootCamp as an online study tool to either review college-level Biology or prepare to be successful in college Anatomy & Physiology, you can study with confidence.
This is a very short quiz that touches on a few of the key concepts needed for taking an intense course like Anatomy and Physiology. Think of these as the minimum background that you should already know before taking A&P.
