Advanced Placement Biology
2011/2012 academic year
Readings from Biology (Campbell and Reece, 7th edition) and Cliff’s AP Biology
&
Topic Sequence, Readings, Laboratory Activities, Projects, Field Experiences and Assessments - a Tentative Schedule
The following table lays out our course for this class. Due to the vast amount of content covered, class lectures will strive to elucidate main ideas presented in the assigned
readings. Questions and discussion are encouraged over material read outside of class. It is critical that you keep up with the assigned reading!
After reading each assigned chapter, a Chapter Review will be due from you at the end of each week (at the beginning of class) unless specified otherwise.
Each Chapter Review should consist of:
1. a Chapter Quiz (located on your CD ROM- chapter #/chapter quiz (not self quiz)). To conserve cellulose please print off only the first page of the summary report of
your results. (You can take this quiz as often as you wish, highest score is entered for your Chapter Review Score).
2. all of the Concept Checks for each assigned chapter section,
3. your response to the Evolution Connection (EC), Science Technology and Society (STS) and Scientific Inquiry (SI) questions at the end of each chapter and
4. a scored practice quiz from the Cliffs AP Biology book. As with the Campbell Biology text the reading assignment is given below (under AP Topic/Cliffs AP Biology
heading), please answer the Sample Questions (multiple choice section only). Answer these questions without the aid of the text, and then compare your answers to
the annotated answers provided at the end of the section. Make a valiant effort to understand why you missed a particular question. This element is graded on
completion. Non scored quizzes receive 75% credit.
5. Friday (unless specified otherwise) quizzes will be given to give you feedback on your understanding of reading content assigned for that week( it might be a good
idea to review questions from the chapter quiz/quizzes assigned that week and Cliffs notes review questions(hint-hint), activity-based questions (i.e. lectures, labs,
reading, etc. that we did as a class that week-(just to keep you on your toes) and scientific roots/suffixes and prefixes -study 10 root terms each week (not
cumulative):, i.e. week 1=terms 1-10/ week 2 = terms 11-20/week 3 = terms 21-30 etc.)
It is recommended that the readings are completed at the beginning of each week so that you can ask questions during lectures and are familiar with the material for scheduled
quizzes. This schedule is also posted on the AP Biology Share Point Site.
INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGY AND THE PROCESS OF DOING SCIENCE / ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
Week
0/1
Chapters 1,
2, 50 & 51
due 08/30
8/29-9/02
2
9/5-9/9
AP Topic/Cliffs AP Biology
Introduction
Biology: a thematic approach
Characteristics of life
Science as a Process
Animal behavior
273-279 – due 8/31
Population Dynamics
285-300
Chapter/Section - Campbell and Reece
1.1-1.5-Introduction2.1-2.4- The Chemical Context of Life
50.1-50.4 – An Introduction to Ecology and the
Biosphere
51.2-51.6 – Animal Behavioral Adaptations
Ch. Review
Ch.1
Ch, 2
Ch.50
Ch.51
52.1-52.6- Population Ecology
Ch.52
Cliffs review
Lab(*student investigation), activity or assessment
Diagnostic Test/Learning style
inventory/questionnaire
Grand unifying themes of biology
Quiz- Ch 1&50
Scientific Investigations-an
Overview/Designing an Experiment
Writing a laboratory report
*Lab: Animal Behavior
ORGANISMS AND POPULATIONS: ECOLOGY
Week
3
9/12-9/16
4
AP Topic/Cliffs AP Biology
Communities and Ecosystems
Chapter/Section - Campbell and Reece
53.1-53.5: Community Ecology
Global Issues
54.1-54.5: Ecosystems
Ch. Review
Ch.53
Lab(*student investigation), activity or assessment
Cliffs review
Ch.54
*Lab: Dissolved Oxygen and Aquatic Primary
9/19-9/23
5
9/26-9/30
Water
13-26
55.1-55.4:Conservation Biology and Restoration
3.1-3.3: Water and the Fitness of the Environment
Ch. 55
Ch.3
Cliffs review
Productivity
*Field Trip: Snow Lake Watershed Restoration
Project
MOLECULES AND CELLS: CHEMISTRY OF LIFE
Week
6
10/3-10/7
(-Fri.)
7
10/10-10/14
X
8
10/17-10/21
AP Topic/Cliffs AP Biology
Organic Molecules in
Organisms
9
10/24-10/28
10
10/31-11/4
Free Energy Change/Enzymes
8.1-8.5: An introduction to Metabolism
Coupled Reactions
Cell Respiration
71-76
Fermentation
Photosynthesis
53-61
Cell Cycle and Regulation
9.1-9.5: Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical
Energy
Ch.9
10.1-10.4: Photosynthesis
Ch.10
11
11/7-11/11
X
12
11/14-11/18
PT Conf.-F
Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic
Cells/Subcellular Organization
35-43
Membranes
Chapter/Section - Campbell and Reece
4.1-4.2: Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life
5.1-5.5: The Structure and Function of
Macromolecules
6.1-6.5: A Tour of the Cell/Cell Evolution
Ch. Review
Ch.4
Ch.5
Lab(*student investigation), activity or assessment
*Lab: pH and buffers
*Molecular model lab - organic chemistry
Cliffs review
Ch.6
Reading- Endosymbiotic Theory
7.1-7.5: Membrane Structure and Function
36.1: Transport in Vascular Plants
Ch. 7
Ch.36
CC’s only
Ch.8
Cliffs review
*Lab: Diffusion, Osmosis and Water Potential
*Lab: Enzyme Catalysis
Quiz Ch. 3-5, Take-home essay.
*Lab: Cell Respiration
*Lab: Investigation: when milk goes bad
Bioquest Case Study: Bean Brew
*Lab: Plant Pigments and Photosynthesis
Quiz: Free Response Prompt
Cliffs review
12.1-12.3: The Cell Cycle
Ch.12
* Lab: Mitosis (Part I)/sim. kits
Cliffs review
MOLECULES AND CELLS: CELLULAR ENERGETICS
Week
13
11/21-11/25
AP Topic/Cliffs AP Biology
Cell communication
Chapter/Section - Campbell and Reece
11.1-11.4: Cell Communication
Ch. Review
Ch. 11
Lab(*student investigation), activity or assessment
Meiosis and Gametogenesis
85-92
13.1-13.4: Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycle
Ch.13
*Lab: Meiosis- Sordaria Life Cycle
Life Cycle Drawings
PTC/TG
X-Th.& Fri.
14
11/28-12/2
Cliffs review
HEREDITY AND EVOLUTION: HEREDITY
Week
15
12/5-12/9
16
12/12-12/16
AP Topic/Cliffs AP Biology
Inheritance Patterns
101-113
Eukaryotic Chromosomes
Chapter/Section - Campbell and Reece
14.1-14.4: Mendel and the Gene Idea
Ch. Review
Ch.14 (CC’s
only)
15.1-15.5: The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
Ch.15 (CC’s
only)
Lab(*student investigation), activity or assessment
*Lab: Blood typing
Practice Genetics Problems
*Lab: Dihybrid Corn and chi square test
Cliffs review
17 Wntr Bk.
12/19-12/23
X-Th/Fri.)
DNA and RNA Structure and
Function,and Mutation 125-138
16.1-16.2: The Molecular Basis of Inheritance
17.1-17.4 and 17-7: From Gene to Protein
Ch.16
Ch.17
Types of mutations ws
HEREDITY AND EVOLUTION: MOLECULAR GENETICS
Week
18 Wntr Bk.
12/26-12/30
AP Topic/Cliffs AP Biology
Viral Structure and Replication
Gene Regulation
(-T/Th./F)
19
1/2-1/6
20
1/9-1/13
Nucleic Acid Technology and
Applications
The Genetic Basis of
Development
Chapter/Section - Campbell and Reece
18.1-18.4:The Genetics of Viruses and Bacteria
19.2-19.5: Eukaryotic Genomes, Organization,
Regulation and Evolution
20.1-20.5: DNA Technology and Genomics
Ch. Review
Ch.18
Ch.19
Lab(*student investigation), activity or assessment
BioQuest Case Study: The Donor’s Dilemma
Ch.20
Lab simulation: protein synthesis
*Lab: DNA Transformation
*Lab: Restriction Enzyme Cleavage of DNA and
Electrophoresis
Cliffs review
21.1-21.4: The Genetic Basis of Development
Ch.21
HEREDITY AND EVOLUTION: EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
Week
21
1/16-1/20
AP Topic/Cliffs AP Biology
Evidence for Evolution
149-164
Chapter/Section - Campbell and Reece
22.1-22.3: Descent with Modification: A
Darwinian View of Life
Ch. Review
Ch.22
Lab(*student investigation), activity or assessment
22
1/23-1/27
23
1/30-2/3
Mechanisms of Evolution
23.1-23.4: The Evolution of Populations
24.1-24.3: The Origin of Species
25.1-25.4: Phylogeny and Systematics
26.1-26.6: Early Earth and The Origin of Life
Ch.23
Ch.24
Ch.25
Ch.26
*Lab: Population Genetics and Evolution
Evolutionary Patterns
Simulation: The Great Clade Race
Cliffs review
24
2/6-2/10
Survey of the Div. of Life:
Prokaryotes
175-177
27.1-27.2 and 27.4-27.5: Prokaryotes and the
Origins of Metabolic Diversity
Ch.27
Internet Activity: Geologic Time
ORGANISMS AND POPULATIONS: DIVERSITY OF ORGANISMS
Week
AP Topic/Cliffs AP Biology
Chapter/Section - Campbell and Reece
Ch. Review
25
2/13-2/17
Survey of the Diversity of Life: Fungi
177-179
28.1-28-8: Protists
31.1-31.4: Fungi
Ch.28
Ch.31
Lab(*student investigation), activity or
assessment
Reading/activity: 3 domains, not 5 kingdoms
+ Free Response Prompt
26 -MWB
2/20-2/24
(-T/Th./ Fri.)
27
2/27-3/2
28
3/5-3/9
Survey of the Diversity of Life: Plants
181-186
29.1-29.4: Plant Diversity I: How Plants
Colonized Land
Ch.29
Lab: Plant Diversity I
Survey of the Diversity of Life: Plants
Survey of the Diversity of Life:
Animals
186-189
Ch.30
Lab: Plant Diversity II
Ch.32
Ch.33
Lab: Animal Diversity I
29
3/12-3/16
Survey of the Diversity of Life:
Animals
Reproduction, Growth and
Development (Plants)
199-213
30.1-30.4: Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of
Seed Plants
32.1-32.4: An Introduction to Animal
Diversity
33.1-33.8: Invertebrates
34.1-34.8: Vertebrates
Ch.34
Lab: Animal Diversity II
30
3/19-3/23
Cliffs review
35.1-35.5: Plant Structure, Growth and
Development
Ch.35
Ch.36
*Lab: Transpiration
36.1-36.5: Transport in Vascular Plants
ORGANISMS AND POPULATIONS: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Week
31
3/26-3/30
AP Topic/Cliffs AP Biology
Reproduction, Growth and
Development (Plants)
Chapter/Section - Campbell and Reece
37.1: Plant Nutrition
38.1-38.3: Angiosperm Reproduction
39.1-39.4: Plant Response to Internal and External
Signals
40.1-40.4: Basic Principals on Animal Form and
41.1-41.5: Animal Nutrition
Function
42.1-42.7: Circulation and Gas Exchange
43.1-43.3: The Immune System
Ch. Review
Ch.37
Ch.38
Ch.39
Ch.42
Ch.43
*Fetal Pig Dissection
*Lab: Physiology of the Circulatory System
44.1-44.6: Osmoregulation and Excretion
45.1-45.5: Hormones and the Endocrine System
Ch.44
Ch.45
Animal systems –student presentations/quiz
Ch.48
Ch.49
Ch.46
Ch.47
Cliffs review
AP comprehensive exam
Structural and Physiological
Adaptations (Animals)
48.1-48.6: Nervous System
49.1-49.7: Sensory and Motor Mechanisms
46.1-46.5: Animal Reproduction
47.1-47.3: Animal Development
AP Biology - Exam 7:40 AM
Location – TBA (7:40-11:30)
32 Spr. Br.
4/2-4/6
X-T/Th./Fri.
33
4/9-4/13
Structural, Physiological and
Behavioral Adaptations (Plants)
Response to the Environment
Reproduction, Growth and
Development (Animals)
221-245
34
4/16-4/20
Structural, Physiological and
Behavioral Adaptations (Animals)
35
4/23-4/27
36
4/30-5/6
May 9
th
Response to the Environment
Response to the Environment
Lab(*student investigation), activity or assessment
Lab: Plant Anatomy and Physiology
Intro to animal systems –student presentations
Cliffs review
Ch.40
Ch.41