AP BIOLOGY UNIT SEQUENCE
Marking Period 1:
1. Unit 1 (Evolution and classification) (14 days)
a. Summer assignment – the basics of classification, Darwinian
evolution, animal development and classification – review during
field trip (Campbell 22, 25, 32)
b. Evolution – Lab 8 (Campbell 23 – 26)
c. Completing animal classification – (Campbell 33-34)
2. Unit 2 (Ecology) (13 days)
a. All ecology chapters (Campbell 50-55)
b. Lab 11
c. Lab 12
3. Unit 3 – Biochemistry (14 days)
a. Biochemistry and Enzymes (Campbell 2 – 5 and 8.4-8.5)
b. Lab 2
c. Animal tissues (Campbell 40.2)
d. Mammalian digestive system (review all animal digestion)
(Campbell 41)
Marking Period 2:
4. Unit 4 – Cells and Transport
a. Prokaryotes (Campbell 27)
b. Brief review of cells (Campbell 6)
c. The cell membrane and transport processes – Lab 1 (Campbell 7)
d. Homeostasis and the excretory system (Campbell 40.4-40.5 and
44)
5. Unit 5 -- Plants
a. Plant diversity and life cycles (Campbell 29,30)
b. Tissues of higher plants (Campbell 35)
c. Plant transport – Lab 9 (Campbell 36)
6. Unit 6 – Energy processes
a. Energy and ATP (Campbell 8.1-8.3)
b. Cellular respiration – Lab 5 (Campbell 9)
c. Photosynthesis – Lab 4 (Campbell 10)
d. The respiratory system of animals (Campbell 42.5-42.7)
e. Circulatory systems of animals – Lab 10 (Campbell 42.1-42.4)
7. Unit 7 – Cell signaling
a. Cell signaling (Campbell 11)
b. Animal hormones (Campbell 45)
c. Plant hormones (Campbell 39)
Marking Period 3:
8. Unit 8 – Reproduction
a. DNA and RNA – Replication (Campbell 16)
b. Mitosis and meiosis, binary fission, genetic diversity in bacteria and
eukaryotes – Lab 3 (Campbell 12 – 13)
c. Inheritance patterns – Lab 7 (Campbell 14-15)
d. Human reproduction (Campbell 46)
9. Unit 9 – DNA to Proteins
a. Transcription and translation (Campbell 17)
b. Gene regulation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes (Campbell 18.3-18.4
and 19.1-19.3)
c. Viral structure and replication (Campbell 18.1-18.2)
d. Nucleic acid technology – Lab 6 (Campbell 20)
Marking Period 4:
10. Unit 10 – Regulation
a. The nervous system (Campbell 48)
b. The immune system (Campbell 43)
c. Motor mechanisms (Campbell 49.6-49.7)
11. Review (we need at least two weeks of review)
12. Practice exam – May 4th at 2:45 (Friday) or May 5th at 9:00
(Saturday)
13. AP biology exam – May 14th at 8:00