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AP Biology |
Instructions
to gain access to the Mastering Biology website
Instructions
to gain access to the Schoology website
Pre-course
handout/syllabus, including summer assignment instructions
Email Mr. Reis to offer
a site to post in “resources” or report a problem with a link
Course outline:
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Molecules
& Cells |
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Time/Date |
Topic |
Chapters/ Content |
AP
Labs |
Resources (
** = class used presentations) |
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Summer 1
block |
Chemistry
& Biochemistry |
1:
themes in study of life 2:
chemistry of life 3:
water 4:
carbon molecules 5:
biomolecules |
Mathmol Hypermedia Textbook - NYU Diffusion animation, and
others – Cell Biology Animation |
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2
blocks 8/31-9/4 |
Animal
Behavior |
51:
animal behavior |
-Lab 12: Insect
behavior |
Ch 51 PPT ** |
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8
blocks 9/4-9/25 |
Cells |
6:
tour of the cell 7:
cell membrane 11:
cell communication 12:
cell cycle 13:
meiosis and sex cycles |
-Lab 4: Diffusion
and osmosis -Lab 7: Cell
division: Mitosis/Meiosis |
Cells &
organelles PPT (Ch 6) ** Cell Membrane PPT
(Ch 7) ** Cell
communication PPT (Ch11) ** Cell
reproduction PPT (Ch 12 and 13) ** Mitosis vs. Meiosis
comparison animation Studying
Cells Tutorial - The Biology Project, Univ. of Arizona Virtual Meiosis -
University of Cincinnati Blazing a Genetic Trail
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
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6
blocks 9/25-10/16 |
Cellular Energetics |
8: metabolism 9: respiration & fermentation 10:
photosynthesis |
-Lab 13: Enzyme
Activity -Lab 6: Cellular
respiration -Lab 5:
Photosynthesis |
Metabolism/Enzymes
PPT (Ch 8)
** Cell
Respiration & Photosynthesis PPT (Ch 9
10) ** Enzyme
Tutorial - Western Michigan University |
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Genetics |
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Time/Date |
Topic |
Chapters/Content |
AP
Labs |
Resources |
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4
blocks 10/16- 10/30 |
Heredity |
14:
Mendel & genes 15:
chromosomal inheritance |
Mendelian Genetics and Chromosomes PPT (Ch 14 and 15) ** Mendel PPT
(Campbell Ch 14) Chromosomes
and Inheritance PPT (Campbell Ch 15) Molecular
Biology - The Biology Project |
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7
blocks 10/31-12/5 |
Molecular Genetics |
16:
molecular inheritance 17:
protein synthesis 18:
gene expression & regulation 20:
biotechnology 21:
genomes & evolution |
-Lab
9: Biotechnology: Restriction enzyme analysis -Lab
8: Biotechnology: bacterial transformation |
DNA, protein synth,
and gene expression PPT (16, 17)** Molecular
Inheritance PPT (Campbell Ch 16) Gene to
Protein PPT (Campbell Ch 17) Gene regulation,
viruses, biotech, genome evolution PPT (18-21)** Regulation
of Genes PPT (Campbell Ch 18) Biotechnology
PPT (Campbell Ch 20) Genome
evolution PPT (Campbell Ch 21) |
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Evolution
& Taxonomy |
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Time/Date |
Topic |
Chapters/ Content |
AP
Labs |
Resources (
** = class used presentations) |
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6
blocks 12/7-12/22 |
Evolutionary
Biology |
22:
Darwinian evolution 23:
population evolution 24:
speciation |
-Lab
2: Mathematical modeling Hardy-Weinberg
population analysis spreadsheet -Lab
3: Comparing DNA sequences |
Darwinian
Evolution (ch 22) Campbell PPT ** Population
Evolution (ch 23) Campbell PPT ** Hardy-Weinberg
tutorials, problems Speciation
PPT (Campbell Ch 24) ** The Museum of
Paleontology (UCMP) - UC Berkeley |
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6
blocks 1/3-2/8 |
Biodiversity |
25:
life history on Earth 26:
phylogeny, tree
of life 27:
bacteria, archaea 19:
viruses 28:
protists |
History of
Life (ch 25) Campbell PPT ** Phylogeny
(ch 26) Campbell PPT History
and Phylogeny in-class PPT ** Bacteria
and Archaea PPT – mostly pics
** Bacteria
and Archaea (ch 27)
Campbell PPT Viruses PPT
(Campbell Ch 19) Virus
PPT by students of 2012-2013 ** Protists PPT
(shorter) ** Introduction to
Bacteria - UC Berkeley Cancer-killing virus
article |
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Late
Jan. |
Midterm |
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5
blocks 2/8-2/16 |
Structure
vs. Function of Plants |
29:
plant diversity & colonization 30:
seed plant evolution 35:
structure, growth, development 36:
resources in vascular plants 37:
soil & nutrition 38:
angiosperm repro. & biotech. 39:
signal response |
-Lab 1: Artificial selection -Lab 11:
transpiration |
Plant land
colonization PPT (Campbell ch 29) ** Evolution of
seed plants PPT (Campbell ch 30) ** Plants PPT -
shortened Plant
structure and development PPT (roughly Ch
35) ** Plant
resources and transport PPT (roughly Ch
36) ** Soil
and plant nutrition PPT (roughly Ch 37) ** Angiosperm
reproduction and biotech PPT (roughly Ch
38) ** Plant
responses to external PPT (roughly Ch 39) ** Introduction to the
Plantae - University of California, Berkeley |
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Animals
& Ecology |
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Time/Date |
Topic |
Chapters/ Content |
AP
Labs |
Resources (
** = class used presentations) |
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7
blocks 2/16-3/13 |
Invertebrates
& Vertebrates |
31:
fungi 32:
animal diversity 33:
invertebrates 34:
vertebrate evolution |
-Crayfish
dissection |
Animal
Diversity PPT (Campbell ch 32) ** Invertebrates
PPT (Campbell ch 33) Vertebrate
Evolution PPT (Campbell ch 34) ** Intro to Animals
PPT (ch 33) ** Introduction to the
Fungi - University of California, Berkeley Virtual
earthworm dissection McGraw Hil Earthworm
digestive system FlashPlayer Earthworm
locomotion FlashPlayer Introduction to the Metazoa (Animals) - UC Berkeley
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12
blocks 3/13-4/13 |
Structure
vs. Function of Animals |
40:
animal form & function 41:
animal nutrition 42:
circulation & gas exchange 43:
immune system 44:
osmoregulation & excretion 45:
endocrine system 46:
animal reproduction 47:
animal development 48:
neurons, synapses, signaling 49:
nervous system 50:
sensory & motor mechanisms |
-Physiology of
circulatory systems lab |
Animal
Form and Function PPT (Campbell Ch 40) ** The
Human Body PPT (Ch 40-42, medium) Animal
Nutrition PPT (Campbell ch 41) Nutrition
PPT (ch 41) student-made** Circulation
and Gas Exchange PPT (ch 42) student-made** Circulation
and Gas Exchange PPT (Campbell ch 42) Heart
animation argosymedical.com Immune
System PPT (Campbell ch 43) Immune System
PPT (shorter, penguin)** Immunology
- The Biology Project Osmoregulation
and Excretion PPT (Campbell ch 44)** Water
Balance and Excretion PPT (shorter, penguin) Endocrine
System PPT (Campbell ch 45) ** Endocrine
System PPT (shorter, penguin) Ch 43-45 PPT (medium) Animal
Reproduction PPT (Campbell ch 46) Shortened
Campbell Reproduction ** Student-made
Animal Reproduction PPT*** Human
Reproduction - The Biology Project Animal
Development PPT (Campbell ch 47) Shortened
Campbell Development ** Human
Developmental Biology - The Biology Project Neurons
and Synapses PPT (Campbell ch 48) Nervous
System PPT (Campbell ch 49) Shortened
Campbell Neurons and Nervous Sys
** Neuroscience for
Kids - Univ. of Washington Human Biology
- The Biology Project Build
a Body interactive Sensory
& motor mechanisms PPT (Campbell ch 50) |
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7
blocks 4/13
– 5/10 |
Ecology |
52:
ecology & biosphere 53:
population ecology 54:
community ecology 55:
ecosystems & restoration 56:
conservation biology & global change |
-Lab 10: Energy
dynamics: cabbage white butterflies |
Ecology
& biosphere PPT (Campbell ch 52) Population
ecology PPT (Campbell ch 53) Population
ecology PPT – highlighted slides ** Community
ecology PPT (Campbell ch 54) Community
ecology PPT reduced ** Ecosystems
& restoration PPT (Campbell ch 55) Conservation
bio & global change PPT (Campbell ch 56,
highlighted slides only)** |
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1 block: test prep AP test – May 13 |
Statistics
PPT (Chi Sq, St Dev,
St Err) OligopseudoFRQs with general FRQ tips PPT Past exam essay
questions – Biology Junction Past exam
essay questions by topic – East High School |
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9
blocks 5/15-summer |
Current
Events in Biology |
supplemental |
-Cow
eyeball dissection -Rat
dissection |
Eye Case Studies (B.Brucker
and Providence Alliance of Clinical Educators) Eye case studies survey
(very short) General
Anatomy Case Studies accompanying rat dissection (Brucker/PACE) |
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Course Final Exam |
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General resources:
Bozeman
Science (~12 minute tutorials on all topics, including our labs)
Also, check our Crash Course Biology topics on YouTube
Free Online MIT Intro to Biology videos and resources:
http://ocw.mit.edu/high-school/biology/
Animations, teacher sites, etc.: http://cihs.brainbeau.com/index.php?option=com_weblinks&view=category&id=63&Itemid=83
General: http://www.csun.edu/science/biology/AP_biology/
Article in NY Times on breeding success (Grit
Survey)
Journal of
Experimental Secondary Science (a journal specifically for publishing high
school student scientists’ research)
Google
Science Fair (a web-based science fair, entries due March/April)
AP Test prep:
Past exam essay questions: http://www.biologyjunction.com/ap_essay_questions.htm
Past exam essay questions by topic: http://staff.easthighschool.net/newman/correlated%20essays/
Virtual Lab sites:
ucopenaccess AP biology Web Labs
Higher
Ed McGraw-Hill Virtual Labs
Teacher class sites:
Several: http://www.biologyjunction.com/ap_websites.htm
(Worksheets on topics and labs) http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets.html
http://www.biologycorner.com/APbiology/index.html
http://www.biologyjunction.com/welcome_to_ap_biology.htm
http://www.kabt.org/ap-biology-curriculum-page/
http://www.ekcsk12.org/faculty/jbuckley/apbio/ekcurriculum.htm
http://www.jdenuno.com/APBiology/APBIO.htm
http://phsgirard.org/APbiology.html
Ms. Foglia’s “Explore Biology”
WHAT is the AP EXAM like?
The AP Exam will be administered Monday May 13th, 2013. It is newly
formatted this year, so be sure to use resources for the 2012-2013 school
year.
The
test is 3 hours long and consists of 50 multiple choice questions, a few medium
answers, a data problem set, and 2 free-response essay questions
See College
Board for more information about the new AP EXAM