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NEW AP Biology Website
Biology Space Exam Review Documents
GOOD Flashcard Review Set
AP Biology Field Trip Itinerary
9/15: Exam Review
9/16: UNIT ONE EXAM
9/17 Score Exam FRQs. Test review
9/18 Laws of Energy, Free Energy. HW: watch Free
Energy Video and Complete Free Energy
Worksheet Due Friday 9/19
▪ 9/19 ATP and Energy use. HW: watch Enzyme Video
and Complete Enzyme Worksheet, read section
6.4 from textbook. Due Monday 9/22
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▪ 9/22: Enzymes. HW Due: Enzyme worksheet and section
6.4 reading. HW: Read through catalase lab
(#13). Complete graphing assessment (Due
Friday)
▪ 9/23 Extended periods. Catalase Lab. BRING LAB BOOK
▪ 9/24 Extended periods. Catalase Lab. BRING LAB BOOK
▪ 9/25 Enzyme Regulation.Enzyme Regulation worksheet
▪ 9/26 Ch 6 Quiz. Graphing assessment due
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▪ 9/29: Grade ch 6 quiz. Cellular Respiration video. HW:
read 7.1 and complete etext HW
▪ 9/30 3 stages of aerobic respiration. 7.1 HW due.
Enzyme lab due
▪ 10/1 Cellular Respiration: Review stages of aerobic resp.
Fermentation, anaerobic resp. HW: Ch 7 review
worksheet, due friday
▪ 10/2 Cellular Respiration lab Animation Activity
▪ 10/3 Cellular Respiration Animation Activity. Ch 7 review
worksheet due. HW:Read through the
background and investigations for lab #6
(cellular respiration) including weblink
instructions for creating your
microrespirometers. Watch/Read:
Thermoregulaton Prezi. Answer pre-lab
questions 1-6.
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▪ 10/6: School-wide assembly. No/abbreviated
class. Cellular Respiration Claymation video due
by 4pm (via email).
▪ 10/7 Cell resp lab--write up due Tuesday, 10/14 Pre-Lab
questions (1-6) due. HW: watch Photosynthesis
Video, Complete Cellular Respiration Analysis
Questions
▪ 10/8 Cell resp lab--write up due Tuesday, 10/14 Pre-Lab
questions (1-6) due. HW: watch Photosynthesis
Video, Complete Cellular Respiration Analysis
Questions
▪ 10/9 Intro to Photosynthesis. Study guide and lecture
slides hand outs. Study guide due Monday @end of
classs
▪ 10/10 HW DUE: Cellular Respiration Analysis
Questions. In class: Photosystems 1 & 2, Calvin Cycle.
HW: Complete Ch 8 Study Guide using notes and text
book (ch 8.1-8.3).
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▪ 10/13 Review of light reactions, intro to Calvin
cycle. Homework: Ch 8 Study Guide due, Pre Lab
Activity. If download doesn't work, go
to http://mw.concord.org/modeler/ and click
on the "Harvesting Light" curriculum module.
▪ 10/14 Extended period. Photosynthesis lab. Pre-lab activity
due. HW: Finish lab worksheet, due Thursday
▪ 10/15 PSAT. No Class
▪ 10/16 Photosynthesis Quiz. Study guide and Lab
worksheet due.
▪ 10/17 NO SCHOOL
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▪ 10/20 Intro to the cell cycle
▪ 10/21 Cell Cycle activities
▪ 10/22 Cell Cycle activities
▪ 10/23 Exam review. Cell Cycle "game"
10/24 Unit 2 exam
▪ 10/27 Introduction to final labs and research papers. Nobel
research video. HW tonight: watch mitosis/meiosis
video and complete worksheet
▪ 10/28 Compare/Contrast Mitosis and Meiosis.
Mitosis/meiosis video worksheet due. HW: MitosisMeiosis comparison due Wed
▪ 10/29: Meiosis and genetic diversity
▪ 10/30 Sordaria meiosis lab. HW: read HeLa Article
and answer questions
▪ 10/31 Immortal life of HeLa Cells. HW: Research Tuskegee
Project or other area of bioethics concern. Summarize
and compare to HeLa, watch Mendelian genetics video
and complete worksheet
▪ 11/3: Mendelian Genetics. HW:Mendelian Genetics Study
Guide
▪ 11/4 In Class:Mendelian genetics and Chi-Square
Test M&M Chi-Square Lab. HW Due: Mendelian
genetics study guide HW assigned: Genetics
problems packet (due Friday), Non-Mendelian genetics
video and worksheet(due Thursday)
▪ 11/5: In Class:Mendelian genetics and Chi-Square
Test M&M Chi-Square Lab. HW Due: Mendelian
genetics study guide HW assigned: Genetics
problems packet (due Friday), Non-Mendelian genetics
video and worksheet(due Thursday)
▪ 11/6 In Class: Non-Mendelian inheritance,chromosomal
abnormalities. HW due: Non-Mendlian genetics
video and worksheet. HW assigned: review for quiz
▪ 11/7 In class: Meiosis and Mendelian Genetics Quiz. HW
Due: Genetics problems packet, Research paper topic
and summary
▪ 11/10: In Class: How to find and use peer-reviewed
journal Articles. HW Assigned: DNA & RNA part
one Video and Worksheet
▪ 11/11: Veterans Day, No school
▪ 11/12:In class: Discovery of DNA as genetic material. HW
due: DNA & RNA part one Video and Worksheet. HW
assigned: DNA & RNA part 2 Video and
worksheet (due Thursday), DNA study guide (due
Friday)
▪ 11/13 In Class: Structure and replication of DNA. HW
Due: DNA part II worksheet.
▪ 11/14 In class: DNA replication activity. HW
Assigned: HW Due: DNA study guide.
▪ 11/17: In Class: Recombinant DNA. HW
Assigned: electrophoresis pre-lab questions
▪ 11/18: In class: Electrophoresis lab. HW due: Pre-lab
questions. HW assigned: Lab report (Due Tues
11/25)
▪ 11/19: In class: Electrophoresis lab. HW due: Pre-lab
questions. HW assigned: Lab report (Due Tues
11/25)
▪ 11/20 In Class: Gene Expression. HW Assigned: Gene
regulation Video & Worksheet
▪ 11/21: In class: Gene expression and regulation. HW
Due: Gene regulation worksheet.
▪ 11/24: In Class: Research Paper Outlining. HW
Assigned: None
▪ 11/25: In class: DNA and Gene Expression Quiz. HW
due: Electrophoresis lab report, Final lab Hypothesis,
Abstract and Materials List
▪ 11/26: Turkey Holiday
▪ 11/27:Turkey Holiday
▪ 11/25:Turkey Holiday
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▪ 12/1: In Class: Bacterial Transformation Pre-Lab
Activity. HW Assigned: Pre-Lab Reading
Questions HW Due: None
▪ 12/2: In Class: Bacterial Transformation lab. HW
Assigned: BT lab report (due Monday 12/8) HW
Due: Pre-Lab Reading Questions.
▪ 12/3: In Class: Bacterial Transformation lab. HW
Assigned: BT lab report (due Monday 12/8) HW
Due: Pre-Lab Reading Questions.
▪ 12/4: In Class: Gene expression and regulation
review HW Assigned: Research Paper peer review,
due Monday HW Due: Research Paper Rough Draft
▪ 12/5: In Class: Analyze lab data. HW Assigned: BT lab
questions, due monday HW Due: none
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▪ 12/8: In Class: Cell differentiation and loss of regulatory
control HW Assigned: Viral replication video and
worksheet HW Due: Bacterial Transformation Lab
▪ 12/9 In Class: Viruses. Hand out U3 study guide HW
Due: Viral replication video worksheet
▪ 12/10: In Class: Unit 3 Exam review.
▪ 12/11: In Class: Unit 3 Exam review. AFTER SCHOOL
Study Group
▪ 12/12: In Class: Unit 3 exam.
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▪ 12/15: In Class: Final Lab procedures HW
Due: Research Paper Final Draft
▪ 12/16: In class: Final Lab procedures
▪ 12/17: In Class: Final Lab procedures
▪ 12/18: In Class: Final Lab presentations
▪ 12/19: In Class: Final Lab presentation
Holiday Homework: Purchase Cliff Notes AP Biology
Study Guide (4th edition). Don't get earlier versions!!!
▪ 1/5: In Class: Alumni Day HW assigned: Natural
Selection video and worksheet and Examples of Natural
selection Video and worksheet
▪ 1/6: In class: Darwin and Natural selection HW
assigned: Phylogenetics video and worksheet,
Phylogenetic Trees Packet question 1-7 HW Due: 2
video worksheets.
▪ 1/7: In Class: Phylogenetics activity HW
assigned:Finish phylogenetic packet HW
Due: Phylogenetics video and worksheet, Phylogenetic
Trees Packet question 1-7
▪ 1/8: In Class: Phylogenetics and cladogram activity HW
assigned: Read lab introduction. Complete Exercise 1
&2. HW Due: Phylogenetic Tree packet
▪ 1/9: In Class: Cladogram Lab HW assigned: finish
cladogram lab
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▪ 1/12: In Class: finish cladogram lab HW assigned:
Hardy-Weinberg video, scientific skills HardyWeinberg Equation Exercise, finish cladogram post-lab
questions
▪ 1/13: In class: Lab 18- Population genetics and
Evolution, Lab 21 - BLAST lab HW assigned: Lab 18
analysis questions, due thursday HW Due: Lab 20
Post-lab questions
▪ 1/14: In class: Lab 18- Population genetics and
Evolution, Lab 21 - BLAST lab. BLAST lab data
files (data files are at the bottom of the webpage) HW
assigned: Lab 18 analysis questions, due Friday HW
Due: Lab 20 Post-lab questions.
▪ 1/15: In Class: QUIZ: Darwin & Natural Selection,
Phylogenetics, HW equations. Lecture: speciation HW
assigned: Genetic drift video and worksheet, lab 18
analysis question
▪ 1/16 In Class: Mechanisms of evolution. Sexual selection
videos: Peacocks, Birds of Paradise. Selection and
Speciation Packet. HW assigned: Selection and
Speciation Packet: Model 1 (Period 2 only. Period 1
students may start on model 1 if they would
like). Online Population Modeling Assignment
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▪ 1/19: Martin Luther King Day: No school
▪ 1/20: In class: Planting Fast Plants, finish mechanisms of
evolution. Hw Due: Selection and Speciation packet:
model 1 HW assigned: Speciation Video and
worksheet
▪ 1/21: In class: Lecture: Speciation, reproductive
barriers HW due: Speciation video worksheet HW
assigned: Selection and speciation model #2
▪ 1/22 In class: Lecture: allopatric/sympatric speciation,
polyploidy, punctuated equilibrium.Work through
Speciation study guide HW due: Selection and
speciation packet, models 1 and 2 HW assigned:
Speciation and extinction video and
worksheet, Speciation study guide
▪ 1/23 In class: Patterns of evolution, Mass
extinctions HW due: Speciation and extinction video
worksheet HW assigned: Abiogenesis video and
worksheet, Origins of Life Video and worksheet
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▪ 1/26: In Class: Ice Fish video, Ch 24-25 reading
questions. HW Due: Abiogenesis and origins of life
video worksheet. HW Assigned: AP Big Idea 1
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Concept check.
1/27: In class: Present group reading questions. Review
for Unit Four test. Hw Due: AP Big Idea 1 concept
check HW assigned: none
1/28: In class: Present group reading questions. Review
for Unit Four test. Hw Due: AP Big Idea 1 concept
check, Evolution Jeopardy review game HW
assigned: none
1/29: In class: Unit Four TEST
1/30: In class: review and grade exam HW
assigned: Read Chapter 26.1-26.3 (pg 504-516),
Answer 26.1-26.3 Concept Check questions,
Complete Scientific Skills exercise on pg 510.
Textbook website:Link to AP Bio E-Text
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▪ 2/2: In Class: Evolutionary history of plants, Ticket to
Re-take test HW assigned: Read Ch 26. 5 and
complete concept check, Biogeochemical cycles video
and Worksheet
▪ 2/3: In Class: Nutrient Cycles Worksheet HW due: Ch
26.1-.3, 26.5 concept checks, scientific skills exercise,
Biogeochemical cycels worksheet. HW assigned:
Read pgs 553-562, complete 28.1-.2 concept check.
▪ 2/4 In Class: Role of plants in Nutrient cycles, flower
dissections. HW Assigned: Study Ch 26.1-26.3, 26.5,
28.1-28.2 for FRQ practice tomorrow
▪ 2/5: In class: FRQ practice and grading: evolution and
roles of plants HW due: None HW assigned: Read
pgs 571-578, 587-590, complete concept check 29.1 &
29.2
▪ 2/6:In class: Osmosis and Water Potential Review.
Structures and rates of transpiration. HW Due:
Concept checks 29.1 and 29.2 HW assigned: Virtual
lab and worksheet
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▪ 2/9 In class: leaf stomata peel, pre-lab questions HW
assigned: Transpiration lab (in manual, pg 136): Prelab questions 1,2,4 and Step 1: questions A-H. HW
Due: Virtual lab worksheet
▪ 2/10 In class: Transpiration lab HW assigned:
Transpiration lab write up, due Tues 2/17 HW Due:
Pre-lab questions
▪ 2/11 In class: Transpiration lab HW
assigned: Transpiration lab write up, due Tues
2/17 HW Due: Pre-lab questions
▪ 2/12 In class: transpiration data collection, Practice
FRQ HW Due: none HW assigned: read pgs 532534, 539-550, complete concept checks 27.4 and 27.5
▪ 2/13 In Class: Intro to animal form and Function HW
Due: concept checks 27.4 & 27.5 HW Assigned:
Positive and negative Feedback loops video and
worksheet, Read pgs 641-647, complete concept check
32.1
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▪ 2/16: President's Day, no school
▪ 2/17: In Class: Animal Form and Function, Homeostasis
& Feedback Loops. HW assigned: Ch 32.2 concept
check, finish Feedback Mechanisms Packet, skip
extension questions
▪ 2/18: In class: Endocrine System, Blood Sugar Levels
Packet. HW assigned: Endocrine System
Diagram, Due Monday 2/23
▪ 2/19 In Class: Practice FRQ, Excretory system. HW
Assigned:Ogran Systems Video and worksheet HW
Due: Feedback loops Packet, Blood sugar packet,
concept check 32.2
▪ 2/20: In Class: Digestive,
Circulatory, Respiratory systems. HW due: Organ
systems VW HW Assigned: plant and animal defenses
video and worksheet
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▪ 2/23: Snow Day!
▪ 2/24: In class: Immune system. HW due: Endocrine
pathways diagram. HW assigned: Read pgs 751-753,
761-765, Concept checks 37.1 and 37.4, Scientific skills
exercise on page 765
▪ 2/25: In class: Immune system. HW due: Endocrine
pathways diagram. HW assigned: Read pgs 751-753,
761-765, Concept checks 37.1 and 37.4, Scientific skills
exercise on page 765
▪ 2/26: In class: Animal systems quiz, Nervous system
intro. HW assigned: Science of Addiction
Assignment, Due Monday. HW due: 37.1 and 37.4
concept checks, scientific skill exercise
▪ 2/27 In Class: Nervous system and Brain Function. HW
Due: None HW assigned: Read pages 768-778,
complete concept checks 38.1-38.3
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▪ 3/2 SNOW DAY!
▪ 3/3 SNOW DaY!
▪ 3/4 In class: Neuron Review, Neurotransmitters. HW
Due: Concept Checks 38.1-38.3, Learn.genetics
notes. HW Assigned: Read Pgs 803-814, complete
concept checks 39.3-39.4, 39.6
▪ 3/5 In Class: Brain Fxn, behavior and learning. HW Due:
38.3-38.6 concept checks. HW Assigned: Listen to
RadioLab "Raising Crane" Episode, be ready for HW
Quiz on Friday (On Ch 38-39, Learn.Genetics
Assignment, Radiolab Episode)
▪ 3/6 In Class: Plant & Animal Systems Review, HW
Quiz. HW Due: None HW assigned: Use study guide
to review for Plant & Animal Systems Exam.
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▪ 3/9: In class: Plant and Animal Systems Exam HW
Due: None HW Assigned: Animal Behavior Video
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and Worksheet
3/10 In class: Animal Behavior Lab HW Due: Animal
Behavior video worksheet HW Assigned: Animal
Behavior lab write up, Due Friday
3/11 In class: Animal Behavior Lab HW Due: Animal
Behavior video worksheet HW Assigned: Animal
Behavior lab write up, Due Friday. Ecosystems Video
and Worksheet due Friday
3/12 In Class: Chi Square analyses HW Assigned:
Communities Video and worksheet, Q10 Video and
worksheet HW due: none
3/13 In Class: Cooperative behaviors and ecosystem
structure. HW Due: Animal Behavior Lab;
Communities, Ecosystems and Q10 Worksheets
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▪ Spring Break! Autism Extra Credit Assignment. If you
want to start re-familiarizing yourself with the concepts
we've covered this year: AP Biology Exam Vocabulary
Flashcards Quizlet
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▪ 3/23: In class: NPP, Food webs, biomes HW Assigned:
Biome worksheet, Design your own foodweb (specific
ecosystem, 10 species, 4 trophic levels)--> due Thurs
3/26
▪ 3/24 In class: Biotic and abiotic factors, species
interactions, population growth rates HW
assigned: population growth rates packet--> due
Friday
▪ 3/25 In class: Biotic and abiotic factors, species
interactions, population growth rates HW
assigned: population growth rates packet--> due
Friday
▪ 3/25 1:40-3:15 AP Practice: multiple choice
▪ 3/26 In class: Practice AP multiple choice review, work
through population growth equation packet HW Due:
Food web and biomes worksheet
▪ 3/27 In class: Finish growth rate packet, succession
packet HW Due: Growth rate packet HW
Assigned: Kaibab Deer article (KDA) Reading
questions: Abstract and Introduction
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▪ 3/30: 11th grade testing, no class. 10th grade to
ILS-work through Methods Reading questions.
▪ 3/31: In Class: KDA: Methods HW Due: KDA-Abstract
and Introduction Reading Questions
HW Assigned: KDA- Results and Discussion Reading
Questions
▪ 4/1 In class: KDA Conclusions. Succession, species
diversity & richness HW Due:
▪ 4/2 In Class: Human Impacts on Ecosystems HW Due:
ALL KDA Reading Questions HW Assigned: Read pgs
882-887, 895-902, Human Impacts Prezi , be ready for
ecology quiz on Monday 4/6
▪ 4/3: No School
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▪ 4/6: In class: Ecology quiz, Succession lab. HW
assigned: Succession Lab, due Thursday 4/9
▪ 4/7: In class: Niches, biodiversity and human
impacts. HW Assigned: Standard deviation and
Standard Error Videos
▪ 4/8: In class: Niches, biodiversity and human
impacts. HW Assigned: Standard
deviation and Standard Error Videos
▪ 4/9: In class: Prezis for unit review:
Communities, population dynamics ,
Ecosystem structure, Human Impacts. Standard
Deviation and Error (KEY2 KEY 1) HW
Due: Succession lab
▪ 4/10: In class: Unit 7 (Ecology) Exam
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▪ 4/13 In Class: Essential Knowledge Flashcards,
Introduce Essential Knowledge Review
Assignment (instructions at link), Due 5/8. HW: Start
on Essential Knowledge review assignment.Textbook
Correlation to AP Essential Knowledge, AP Biology
Course and Exam Description
▪ 4/14 In Class: Water, Carbon, Functional Groups and
Macromolecules Notes
▪ 4/15 In Class: Water, Carbon, Functional Groups and
Macromolecules Practice problems
▪ 4/16 In Class: Free Energy and enzymes review and
practice problems. Enzyme and Free Energy Review
Guide
▪ 4/17 In Class: Organelles and Cell Structure
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▪ 4/20: In class: Cell Signaling, and Signal Transduction
Pathway activity
▪ 4/21: In Class: Practice FRQ section
▪ 4/22 In Class: Practice FRQ section
▪ 4/23: IN Class: Grade Practice FRQ. Ecology Exam retest
requirements--> due Monday
▪ 4/24: Review: Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis
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▪ 4/27: In class: Review: Cell Division, Mitosis and Meiosis
▪ 4/28 In class: Review: Mendelian Genetics
▪ 4/29 In class: Review Chromosomal Genetics
▪ 4/30 In class: Review: DNA, RNA, Transcription &
Translation
▪ 5/1 In class: Review DNA, RNA, Transcription &
Translation
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▪ 5/4 In class: Review: Evolution, Natural Selection &
Speciation
▪ 5/5 In class: Review: Math Equations & Labs. Math
Review Questions Math PPT, Bozeman Lab
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Review Video 1, Video 2
5/6 In class: Review: Math Equations & Labs. Math
Review Questions Math PPT, Bozeman Lab Review
Video 1, Video 2 After School: Multiple Choice
Section Practice Test, 1:50 pm
Practice Hardy-Weinberg Problems and Key
5/7 In class: Review: Immune, Endocrine & Nervous
Systems
5/8 In class: Review: Ecology. HW DUE: Essential
Knowledge Concept Reviews.
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Unit 1 Chapter Notes
▪ Ch 2 Powerpoint
▪ Ch 3 Powerpoint notes-part one
▪ Ch 3 Powerpoint notes-Part Two
▪ Ch 4 Powerpoint notes-part 1
▪ Ch 4 powerpoint notes-part two
▪ Ch 4 powerpoint notes-part three
▪ Unit 2 Lecture notes
▪ Ch 6 Lecture Notes: Metabolism
▪ Ch 6 Powerpoint Slides:Metabolism
▪ Ch 7 Cellular Respiration Lecture Notes
▪ Ch 7 (cellular respiration) Powerpoint Slides
▪ Cellular Respiration Study Guide
▪ Ch 8 Lecture Powerpoint
▪ Photosynthesis Study Guide
▪ CH 8 Lecture Notes
▪ Chapter 9 (Cell Cycle) Powerpoint slides
▪ Chapter 9 Lecture Notes
▪ Unit 3 Resources
Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction
▪ Chapter 10 lecture notes
▪ Chapter 10 study guide
▪ ch 10 powerpoint
Chromosomal inheritance
▪ Ch11-12 student handout ppt CH 11-12 notes
▪ Mendelian Genetics Study Guide
▪ Ch11-12 Powerpoint
▪ Genetics Problems Packet
DNA and Molecular inheritance
▪ Chapter 13 Lecture notes
▪ DNA Study Guide
▪ Ch 13 Powerpoint
▪ Lamda DNA sequence
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Gene Expression and Regulation
▪ CH 14-16 Powerpoint
▪ Gene expression and Reg review questions
Viruses
Viruses PPT
Resources
▪ Lab Write-Up Protocol
▪ E-Text Registration Instructions
▪ Link to AP Bio E-Text
▪ Online Organelle Concept Map
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