August 2013 Dr. Lau
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Monday
RM 119 Lab 117
Tuesday
AP Biology 2013-14
Wednesday
DeBakey HSHP
Welcome
Thursday
Friday
Teacher prep
week
26 A/B
27 A
Policies, Procedures,
Introduction
Ch.2-3: The Chemical Context of Life + Water &
the Fitness of the Environment
28 B
29 A
Ch.4-5: Carbon & Molecular Diversity of Life + The
Structure & Function of Macromolecules
HW Ch 4-5
30
B
HW ch 2-3
September 2013
Monday
2
Tuesday
3A
Wednesday
4B
Ch 5
Thursday
5A
Friday
6B
Ch 6 Enzymes
Review Ch2-6
Labor Day Holiday
HW ch 6
HW Ch 8
9A
FR protein
structure/function
Ch 6
10 B
11 A Ch.8: Membrane Structure 12 B
& Function
AP BIO LAB 13 Enzyme activity
13 A Fall Holiday
16
17 B
18 A
TEST: CH.2-5 and 6
19 B
20 A
Ch.11 Cell Communication,
Ch.11 Cell Communication,
Assign project of signal transduction
Assign project of signal
transduction
HW Ch 11
23 B
24 A Ch.7: A Tour of the Cell 25 B early
Cycle test review
dissmissal
26 A
27 B
Cycle 1 Project Signal
transduction presentation
AP BIO LAB 4 Diffusion and
Osmosis
HW ch 7
October 2012
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
30 A
1B
Cycle 1 Project Signal transduction
presentation
7B
Ch.7: A Tour of the Cell Cycle test review
8A
9B
10 A
AP BIO LAB 6 Cell respiration
15 B
16 A
Ch.10:
Photosynthesis
21 B
3 B TEST: Ch. 7-8, 11 & AP 4 A End of
BIO LAB 4, 13
cycle 1
HW Ch 9
Ch.9: Cellular Respiration
14 A
2A
22 A
Cycle 2 Project Photosynthesis/cell
respiration
Ch.10: Photosynthesis
17 B
18 A
AP BIO LAB 5 photosynthesis
HW Ch 10
23 B
Cycle 2 Project
Photosynthesis/cell respiration
24 A
HW Ch 12
early Dismissal
28 A
11 B
29 B
30 A
31 B
Ch.12: The Cell
Cycle
Halloween
Ch.13: Meiosis & the Sexual
Life Cycles,
HW Ch 14
25 B
TEST: Ch. 6,9-10 & AP BIO
LABS 2,4-5
HW Ch 13
November 2012
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1A
4B
5A
6B
Quiz: Ch. 12&13,
Election Day
TEST: Ch. 12-14 & AP BIO LAB 5 6 7 ...
Ch.14: Mendel & the
Gene
11 Idea
A
12 B
13 A
Ch.16: The Molecular Basis of
Inheritance HW
Ch 16
7A
8 B end of cycle 2
Ch.15: The Chromosomal Basis of
Inheritance
14 B
15 A
Quiz: Ch. 15-16,
HW Ch 15
Ch.17: From Gene to
Protein Part I
HW ch 17
18 B
19 A
20
Ch.17: From Gene to
Protein Part i
21
22
Ch.18-19: Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic Gene
Expression Part I
Ch.18-19: Prokaryotic &
Eukaryotic Gene Expression Part II
HW 19 (21)
HW 18(19)
25 B
26 A
Thanksgiving Day
Cycle 3 Project
assigned.
December 2012
Monday
2A
TEST: Ch. 15-19
HW ch 20
Tuesday
3B
Wednesday
4A
Ch.20: DNA Technology &
Genomics
Thursday
5B
Friday
6A
AP BIO LAB 8 Biotech Bacterial
transformation
9B
10 A
11 B
12 A
AP BIO LAB 9
RFLP/PCR
16 A
17 B
Cycle 3 Project on gene
regulation
18 A
19 B
20 A end of cycle 3
Cycle 3 test
Cycle 3 Project on gene
regulation
23
13 B
Ch.22: Mechanisms of Evolution
HW Ch 22 23
24
25
26
27
Christmas Day
30
January 2014
Monday
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
1 new year 2
holiday
Thursday
Friday
3
6 teacher
prep
13 B
7 A/B
8A
19 B
Most-missed questions in the Ch.23: The Evolution of
Fall final Exam
Populations
Post-test review
14 A
15 B
10 A report card
Hardy-Weinberg lab Investigation 3
16 A
Ch.24-25: The Origin of Species
+ Phylogeny & Systematics
Evolution Trees.
Hardy Weinberg lab:
random mating and
evolution
Hw Ch 25
Lab 8 in old manual
Cladogram lab-dinosaur tree
(new lab manual)HW Ch 24
17 B
Investigation 2 in the new
manual
20
21 A
22 B
M L King Day holiday Chi Square analysis of fly
Cycle 4 Project phylogeny genetics and evolution
Due midnight
Lab 7 in old manual
27 A
28B
24 B
Quiz on Hardy
Weinberg and Chi
Square analysis.
school out
AP Exam Math review.
TEST: Ch. 22-25 + AP BIO School out
LAB 1-T2
HW Ch 43
23 A
29 A early
dismissal
Ch.43: The Body’s
Defenses I
30B
Quiz on Hardy
Weinberg and Chi
Square analysis.
AP Exam Math review.
February 2014
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
31 B
Test on
evolution
3B
4A
Ch.43: The Body’s Defenses I Ch.43: The Body’s
Defenses II
5B
6A
Ch.45: Chemical Signals (hormones)
in Animals
HW Ch 48
7B
10 A
11 B
Ch.48: Nervous Systems (focus on
neurophysiology)
12A
13 B
Ch.49: Sensory & Motor Mechanisms (emphasis on Cycle 4 Test
last portion on muscle contraction) HW Ch 45
HW Ch 49
14 A
end of
cycle 4
HW Ch 47
17 B
18 A
19 B
20 A
Cycle 4
posttest
24 A
25 B
Ch.27: Prokaryotes & the Origins
of Metabolic Diversity
21 B
Ch.47&21: Animal Development +
The Genetic Basis of Development
26 A
27 B
Ch.28: The Origin of Eukaryotic Diversity
HW Ch 32
HW Ch 27 28
Test Ch 27 28 & 47 21
March 2014
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
28 A
Quiz: 27-28
Ch.32-34: Animal Evolution,
Invertebrates & Vertebrates I
HW Ch 34
3B
4A
5B
Ch.32-34: Animal Evolution,
Invertebrates & Vertebrates II
10
6A
7B
TEST: Ch.32-34
11
12
Cycle 5 project assigned (research
13
prop winsconsin plants) HW Ch 36
14
18 B
19 A
20B
21 A
Spring Break
17 A
Ch.36: Transport in Plants +
Ch.37: Plant Nutrition
Quiz: AP BIO LAB 11
Transpiration
TEST: Ch.36 37 + AP BIO LAB 3 11
HW ch 50
HW Ch 37
24 B
25 A
Ch 50-51 Ecology
HW Ch 52 53
HW Ch 51
26 B
27 A
28 B
AP Bio lab 10 Biomass
Good Friday
April 2014
Monday
31 A
Tuesday
1B
Ch 52-54 Ecology
Wednesday
2A
Thursday
3B
Test: Ch 50-54 Cycle 5 test
Friday
4A
Cycle 6 Self-inquiry research project Report Posters
HW Ch 54
7B
8A
9B
10
11 End of Cycle 5
18
19
lab tests. Reviews with mock exams, mock quizzes, pratice inquiry
15
16
17
22
23
29
30
24
25
May 2014
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
30
1
2
5
6
AP EXAM Week
7
8
9
12
14
15
16
AP Bio Exam
13
26
19
20
21
22
23
26
27
28
29
30
Final Exams
Memorial Day
June 2014
Monday
2
Tuesday Wednesday
3
4
Thursday
6 End of cycle 6
Friday
9
10
11
12
16
17
18
19
Summer School
13
20