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The AP Biology program (Biology 11H & Biology 12 H) focuses on building enduring,
conceptual understandings of the Biological Sciences. Students will develop scientific
skills such as planning, data collection, analyzing, making connections and communicating
scientific discoveries through inquiry based activities.
AP Biology is structured around four big ideas, the enduring understandings within the big
ideas and the essential knowledge within the enduring understandings.
Big idea 1: The process of evolution drives the diversity and unity of life.
Big idea 2: Biological systems utilize free energy and molecular building blocks to grow, to reproduce and
to maintain dynamic homeostasis.
Big idea 3: Living systems store, retrieve, transmit and respond to information essential to life processes.
Big idea 4: Biological systems interact, and these systems and their interactions possess complex
properties
Text Books
Complete Investigation 10: Energy Dynamics in Lab Duotang (bring to school in September)
http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/virtual_labs/BL_02/BL_02.html
Labs
Investigation 10: Energy Dynamics (see link above)
Investigation 12: Pill Bug Behavior (done in class)
A. Introduction to Biology
Summer Ecology Project Presentations & Camping Trip planned Sept/Oct
Learning Strategies
Science Journaling and Research Techniques
The Attack on Science
Scientific Method
C. History of Life
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D. Cells
Explain similarities, differences & evolutionary Chapter 6 2-1
relationships between prokaryotic & eukaryotic cells
Cell communication Chapter 11 2-6
Cell membrane transport structure & function Chapter 7 2-2
F. Cell Energy
ATP structure and function Chapter 8 2-3
Cellular Respiration, ETC, chemiosmosis Chapter 9 2-4
Photosynthesis Chapter 10 2-5
Activation energy & specificity
Mitochondria form & function
F. Immunity
G. Animal Diversity
Characteristics (body plans & systems) of vertebrates Chapter 34, 40 7-1, 5-8
Basic anatomy principles
Analysis of structure & function of body systems
Digestive, circulatory, respiratory, excretory, endocrine, Chapter 41-50 Unit 7
nervous, muscular, reproductive systems
Labs
Investigation 4: Diffusion & Osmosis
Investigation 5: Photosynthesis
Investigation 6: Cellular Respiration
Investigation 9: Biotechnology Restriction Enzyme Analysis of DNA
Investigation 13: Enzyme Activity
A. Introduction to Biology
C. Mendelian Genetics
Patterns of inheritance Chapter 14 3-2
Predicting genetic outcomes Chapter 15 3-3
Gene linkage & mapping
Mutations
D. Molecular Genetics
Regulation of gene expression Chapter 18 3-6
Viruses Chapter 19 5-1
E. Evolutionary Biology
Darwins explorations and theory of natural selection Chapter 22-25 Unit 4
Evidence for evolution
Phylogeny & systematics
Evolution of populations
Hardy-Weinberg Law
G. Plants Diversity
How plants colonized land Chapter 29-30, 5-5, 5-6
35-39 Unit 6
Evolution of seed plants
Structure, growth, & development
Plant responses to internal & external stimuli
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Plant nutrition
Angiosperm reproduction
H. Animal Diversity
Characteristics (body plans & systems) of invertebrates Chapter 32, 33 5-7, 5-8
Labs
Investigation 1: Artificial Selection
Investigation 2: Mathematical Modeling: Hardy-Weinberg
Investigation 3: Comparing DNA Sequences to Understand Evolutionary Relationships
Investigation 7: Cell Division Mitosis & Meiosis
Investigation 8: Biotechnology Bacterial Transformation
Investigation 11: Transpiration
After completing 2 years of Biology (Biology 11H & AP Biology 12), students are encouraged to
write the AP Biology Exam in May.
Assessment
You will have a variety of opportunities to communicate your understanding of the course material. Your
reports will be divided into the following three categories:
Progress: Improvement
Better participator
Better performance