AP Biology 3rd QTR Syllabus
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Jan 4
Staff Development
Jan 11
Ch 11 Mitosis
TUESDAY
Jan 5
3rd Nine Weeks Begins
WEDNESDAY
Jan 6
Ch 11 Cell Cycle
THURSDAY
Jan 7
Ch 11 Cell Cycle
Suggested Bozeman
Video #27: DNA and RNA
part 1 and part 2
Suggested Bozeman
Video #28: Cell cycle,
mitosis, meiosis
DUE: Ch11 quizzes and
CT
In class QUIZ
Jan 13
Lab Mitosis (handout +
informal report)
Jan 14
Ch13 Punnett Squares
Suggested Bozeman
Video #31:Gene
regulation
Jan 12
Ch 12 Meiosis
Instructions: Sign up for DUE: Ch 12 quizzes and
CT
Schoology
AP Biology course
Jan 18
MLK
Holiday
Jan 19
Ch13 Non-Mendelian
Genetics
Suggested Bozeman
Video: AP biology lab 3
Jan 20 BLOCK
Ch13 Non-Mendelian
Genetics
Jan 21 BLOCK
Ch13 Non-Mendelian
Genetics
DUE: Ch13 quizzes and
CT
In class QUIZ
Jan 25
Review: Practice Test
(quiz grade)
Jan 26
3 week test (ch 11EC Video Summaries
collection #1
Research Project
Assigned
Feb 1
Ch 14 Nondisjunction and
conditions
Feb 2
Lab Drosophila Virtual
FRIDAY
Jan 8
Ch 11 and 12 Mitosis vs
Meiosis (basics)
Jan 15
Ch13 Mendelian Genetics
and Laws of segregation
and assortment
Suggested Bozeman
Video #29: Genotypes and
Phenotypes
Jan 22
Ch13 Non-Mendelian
Genetics
Suggested Bozeman
Video #53: Genotype
expression
Jan 27
Early Release
Students only- Staff
Development
Ch14 Types of
Chromosomal mutation
Feb 3
Ch 15 Summary of
genomics techniques
3wk Test Review available
online
Jan 28
Jan 29
Ch 14 autosomal
Ch 14 X-linked inheritance
inheritance and conditions
and conditions
Suggested Bozeman
Video #30: Advanced
genetics
DUE: Ch14 quizzes and
CT
In class QUIZ
Feb 4
Ch 15 summary of issues
DUE: Ch15 quizzes and
CT
In class QUIZ
Suggested Bozeman
Suggested Bozeman
Video: AP biology lab 7
Video #33: Genotypes and
Phenotypes
6wk Test Review available
online
Feb 5
Ch 16: important
contribution to theory of
evolution timeline
Suggested Bozeman
Video #1: natural selection
Suggested Bozeman
Video #2: examples of
natural selection
Feb 8
Feb 9
Feb 10
Feb 11
Feb 12
Ch 16 forms of evidence
of evolution
Ch 16 forms of evidence
of evolution
Lab Tying Genetics to
Evolution
Review: Practice Test
(quiz grade)
6 weeks test Ch 14-16
Suggested Bozeman
Video #4: evidence of
evolution
Suggested Bozeman
Suggested Bozeman
Video #5 essential char of Video: AP biology lab 8
life
Suggested Bozeman
DUE: Ch16 quizzes and
Video #54: population
CT
variation
In class QUIZ
EC Video Summaries
collection #2
Feb 15
Feb 16
Feb 17
Feb 18
Feb 19
Ch 17 Methods of
evolution
Ch 17 Methods of
evolution
Ch 17 Methods of
evolution
Ch 18 Developing
phylogenies
Ch 18 Developing
phylogenies
Suggested Bozeman
Video #3: genetic drift
Feb 22
Lab Comparing DNA
sequences
Suggested Bozeman
Video #7: speciation and
DUE: Ch17 quizzes and
extinction
CT
In class QUIZ
Suggested Bozeman
Video #8 speciation
Feb 23
Feb 24
Suggested Bozeman
Video: AP Bio Lab
comparing DNA
sequences
Ch 19 Theories of the
origins of life
Ch 19 from prok to Euk
Suggested Bozeman
Video #9: evolution
continues
Suggested Bozeman
Video #11: the origins of
life evidence
Suggested Bozeman
Video #6: phylogenetics
Ch 19 from prok to Euk
Feb 25
Feb 26
Lab Population Modeling
DUE: Ch19 quizzes and
CT
In class QUIZ
Suggested Bozeman
Video: AP Bio Lab
Population Modeling
Research Project Due
Suggested Bozeman
Video #10: abiogenesis
DUE: Ch18 quizzes and
CT
In class QUIZ
Feb 29
Mar 1
Mar 2
Debate Topics (pro-con)
Debate Topics (pro-con)
Review: Practice Test
(quiz grade)
1.
2.
3.
GMO
Evolution vs
alternative theories
Testing for
chromosomal
disorders in utero
Mar 3 BLOCK
ODD classes
1.
2.
GMO
Evolution vs
alternative theories
Testing for chromosomal
disorders in utero
Mar 4 BLOCK
9 week Exam
(Cumulative: 40 questions
20 from ch11- 17
20 from ch18-19)
EC Video Summaries
collection #3
Grades: Due dates are final UNLESS have excused absence (will be due the day return, including quiz/ test makeup).
1. (9) CH Critical Thinking (HW)
2. (9) Chapter self quizzes + AP quizzes (HW) (one grade)
3. (9) In class quizzes over Chapter bookwork (5-10 questions)
4. (5) Lab Activities (handouts- no formal lab)- handout due following class meeting; -10 points if do not participate in lab.
5. (1) Research Project (HW)- test grade
6. (9) Weekly in class practice problems. Assigned Mondays- due Fridays. Not for homework- work on during free time in class.
Extra Credit:
1. Weekend questions (number of questions vary)
a. available each Friday online and due the following Wednesday (submit on scantron only)
b. each correct question= 1 point towards daily grades
2. Video Summaries: points towards exams
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Bozeman Video Summary Layout
(limit: 1 page front and back- it is a summary, not a transcript)
Number the segments
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Title and Number of video
Summary of concepts covered (minimum 10 sentences)
List of important vocabulary
Relevant structures of important pictures/ figures/ formulas/ concept maps/ etc (labeled)
Important people and contribution or important studies/ experiments
Points awarded:
2 points EC towards exam you are taking the day it is due.
Spring Break Intersession: Suggested Videos: Big Idea #1 videos #12-20, 42-44, 48, 52
1 point each towards 3rd and 6th week exams for the 4th 9 weeks. (25 points towards each exam- if you are competing for rank and
mean it, this is for you)
Due March 24, 2015. This date is FINAL. No negotiations.