2020-21 AP Biology (Virtual) Summer Google Classroom Course Code: uuw4frl Remind Code: @hanlingbio Albert I.O code: LWRPJSZAU9LB College Board Class Code: JXNJ7K Email: Kathryn_E_Hanling@mcpsmd.org Course Overview (PD 2/3) ● Purchase current year Review book by Monday Sept. 24th ● 2 inch binder, dividers, and notebook paper ○ Dividers: Warm-ups, FRQs, review packets & notes, labs & worksheets, and quizzes ● **Pencil, pen, highlighters, and calculator ● Summer Reading: Survival of the Sickest. Maolem, Sharon ● FOR VIRTUAL LEARNING: The above is still encouraged as it will help you be organized for next semester, but if you prefer to make a digital binder for yourself on Google drive, for example, that is totally fine! Whether you decide to do chapter notes on paper or digitally, they must be handwritten and uploaded to MyMCPS by the deadline. AP Biology meets for a double period Mondays, and Thursdays. The 120 minutes consist of a warm-up, teacher centered instruction, and student centered discussion. The focus will be on connections & examples that work to support the 4 big ideas, as this course is College Board certified. AP Biology College Board: https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse/ap-biology/course-details BIG IDEA 1: The process of evolution drives the diversity and unity of life. BIG IDEA 2: Biological systems utilize energy and molecular building blocks to grow, to reproduce, and to maintain 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 interactions possess complex properties. ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Bozeman: http://www.bozemanscience.com/ap-biology/ Crash Course Science: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3EED4C1D684D3ADF Shmoop: http://www.shmoop.com/ Explore Biology: http://explorebiology.com/apbiology/ College Board: http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/exam/exam_information/219291.html Albert.IO: https://www.albert.io/classes Get a Five: https://www.getafive.com/ Your review books!! Your teacher- Please take advantage Wednesday’s or after school for academic support Saturday School Study group 1. Attend class everyday & be on time. Attend lunch discussions/ review at least once a week as a study group (Saturday school applies). 2. Use MYMCPS Classroom daily and make sure your email is up to date. 3. Cell phones, and electronic devices must be silenced and out of sight (unless needed for class purposes) 4. **Always clean-up after yourself** 5. Complete notes by the due date and add to YOUR notes during class. 6. Meet with your study group/ Saturday school weekly sharing ideas and understandings verbally. 7. Set goals for yourself and ask for support from your peers & teacher during lunch time support and Saturday school. 8. Use authentic data for labs. 9. Zoom: a. Keep yourself muted unless you’re contributing to class discussion or asking a question b. Keep camera off and yourself muted if you’re eating c. Keep chat room conversations appropriate/conducive to a positive learning experience Each assignment will have a due date and deadline. Any student who turns in work after the due date, will be penalized 10%. The DEADLINE for all assignments is one week after the due date unless otherwise stated; any work turned in after the deadline will receive a ZERO. Integrity is crucial. Cheating will not be tolerated. Plagiarism and copying written work is cheating and will result in an automatic ZERO. All tests will be announced. Quizzes may be announced or unannounced (almost never). Grades are posted in MyMCPS Classroom/SYNERGY . Students are expected to keep all returned assignments and check SYNERGY regularly to evaluate progress. In case of a grade discrepancy, the burden of proof rests entirely on the student. Keep all assignments. Students who fulfill the requirements of an assignment or exam will not receive any grade lower than 50%. However, students who do not complete the assignment or does not attempt the basic requirements will receive a zero. Make-up Policy If you are absent, it is up to you to get the work and the assignments you have missed. All assignments and lessons are posted on MYMCPS Classroom, it’s the student’s responsibility to pick-up missed work. For excused absences, you will have as many days to make up this work as you missed. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. All Tasks and Assessments ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 90% Tests and Quizzes Experimentation and Lab Analysis (Lab Reports) Announced Free Responses Science Friday Projects Lab Conclusion Questions Application/Practice Activities (group work, posters, etc.) Practice Free Response Questions (FRQs) Review Packets Notes Pre-lab Questions Quarterly Assessment 10% AP Bio Tentative Schedule for 2020-2021 Textbook-Principles of Life 2nd Edition Dates Summer Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 Topics Introduction, Note Taking Basic Chemistry, Water, chemical reactions (solutions) Experimental Design and Data Macromolecules ( focus on Nucleic Acids Water, chemical reactions, solutions, Law of Thermodynamics Free Energy Enzymes Introduction to Cells Membrane Structure and Function, Water Potential Cell Communication Unit Assessment 1 (October 10-08) Cellular Respiration & Photosynthesis Chapters Ch.1, 2 Ch.3.1, 3.2 2.5, 3.3, 3.4 Ch. 4 Ch. 5 Ch. 5 Cell Cycle Mitosis, Meiosis, Cancer Inheritance Genes and Chromosomes (Punnet Squares and Pedigrees) Quarterly Assessment (November 11-05) Covers all previous chapters DNA, RNA,Replication, Protein Synthesis DNA - RNA- Protein Synthesis Regulation of Gene Expression Biotechnology, (Electrophoresis, Transformations, plasmids, cDNA libraries, microarray) Genome Evolution and Mutations Ch. 6 Ch. 7 Ch. 8 Ch. 9 Chapter 10 Ch. 11.1, 12.2, 12.3 Ch.13 Ch.14 December 18th Unit Exam Chapters 9-14 Evolution Ch. 15 Week 15 Reconstructing and Using Phylogenies Tree of Life Ch.16 Week 16 Week 17 Week 18 Speciation Origin of Life Bacteria, Archaea Viruses Ch. 17 Ch. 18, 20.1 19 Quarterly Assessment - Jan 23nd (Covers Everything from summer work up to this point) Week 19 Animal Behavior Ch.40 Week 20 Ecological Systems, Populations Ch. 41.1, 41.4, 41.5 , Ch. 42 Week 21 Week 22 Interactions within and Among species, Ecological Communities Ch. 43, Ch.44 Week 23 Week 24 Week 25 Week 26 The Global Ecosystem **Unit Exam March 4th** (Covers Mostly Chapters 18, 19, 40-45) Nervous System: Neurons, Synapses, Signaling Hormones and the Endocrine System (animals and plants) Immune System Ch.45 Ch. 34 Ch 35.1, 35.2, Ch. 26.1, 26.4 , 30.5, Ch. 39 April 2nd -- Quarterly Assessment Week 27 Week 28 Plant Form and Function (Growth, development, nutrition, transport, reproduction) Animal form and function, feedback, homeostasis, surface area Animal Development and Reproduction 21.3, 21.4, 21.5 24.1, 24.2, Ch. 25, 27.1, 27.2 Ch.29,31.1, 36.3, 37.1, 38.2