AP Biology Schedule: Semester 1 (Fall 13-14)
In Class
Lab
Aug.7-8
Begin Unit 1
Aug. 12-16
Chpt 51 Intro to Ecology
Aug. 19-23
Chpt 52 Ecosystems
Chpt 53 Population Ecology
On-Line Assign: Content Check Chpt 1-2
Graphing Skills
AP BIO Pre-Test
Global Mapping Activity
Population Dynamics Game
Aug. 26-30
Sept. 2-6 Labor Day
Sept. 9-13
Sept. 16-20
Sept. 23-27
Sept 30- Oct 4
AP Lab 12 Animal Behavior – Pill Bugs
Chpt 54 Community Ecology
Chpt 55 Behavioral Ecology
Begin Unit 2
Chpt 3 Water and Life
Chpt 4 Carbon & Molecular Diversity of Life
Chpt 5 Structure and Function of Macromolecules
Chpt 6 A Tour of the Cell
Chpt 7 Membrane Structure & Function
Oct. 7-11 (fall break)
Oct. 14-18
Oct. 21-25
Oct. 28- Nov. 1
Nov. 4-8
Nov. 11-15
Nov. 18-22
Nov. 25-26
(thanksgiving break)
Dec. 2-6
Dec. 9-13
Dec. 16-20
Reading from The Cannon
AP Lab 11 Transpiration / Stomatal Peel
Reading from Bill Bryson
Toothpickase
Four Classes of Organic Molecules
Case Study – Picture Perfect
Membranes, Cell Signaling, Structure/Function Activity
Reading- The Birth of Complex Cells
AP Lab 4 Surface Area and Cell Size /Osmosis / Diffusion
Begin Unit 3
Chpt 8 An Intro to Metabolism
AP Lab 13 Enzyme Catalysis – using Apple sauce and pectinase
Chpt 9 Cellular Respiration and Fermentation
Chpt 10 Photosynthesis
AP Lab 6 Cell Respiration
Case Study- Bean Brew
AP Lab 5 Photosynthesis
TED Talk Video Clip – Bonnie Bassler on quorum sensing
Read ing - Policing Stops Cheaters from Dominating Groups of
Cooperative Bacteria
Begin Unit 4
Chpt 11 Cell Communication
(Possible Genetics Conference)
Chpt 39 Plant Responses to Internal & External Signals
Chpt 40 Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function
Chpt 43 Immune System
Chpt 45.1-45.2 Hormones & Endocrine
Chpt 47.3 Animal Development
Chpt 48 & 49.2 Nervous System
Final Exams
Reading – The Fall Line
Lab - Daphnia
AP Syllabus pg 1 of 2
AP Biology Schedule Spring 13/14
In Class
Lab
Sordaria fimicola cross Activity
Jan. 20-24 MLK Day
Begin Unit 5
Chpt 12 Cell Cycle
Chpt 13 Meiosis & Sexual Life Cycle
Chpt 38.1 Angiosperm Reproduction & Biotechnology
Chpt 27.1 -27.2 Bacteria & Archea
Begin Unit 6
Chpt 14 Mendel & the Gene Idea
Chpt 15 The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
Jan. 27-31
Chpt 16 The Molecular Basis of Inheritance
Video – Secret of Photo51
DNA Extraction
Case Study – Donor’s Dilemma
Begin Unit 7
Chpt 17 From Gene to Protein
Chpt 18 Regulation of Gene Expression
Lac Operon Computer Lab and Paper model
Jan. 2-3
Jan. 6-10
Jan. 13-17
Feb. 3-7
Feb. 10-14
March 3-7
March 10-14
March 17-21
March 24-28
March 31- April 4
April 7-11
April 14-18
Cat Lab – Computer Simulation
Monohybrid/ Dihybrid Crosses – practice problems
Reading – Cellular Neatniks
Video – Ghost in Your Genes
AP Lab 8 Molecular Biology : Bacterial Transformation
Feb. 17-21 Pres Day
Feb 24-28
Chi Square Lab
Reading – The Teaming Metropolis of You
Chpt 19 Viruses
Chpt 20 Biotechnology
Chpt 21 Genomes and Their Evolution
Begin Unit 8
Chpt 22 Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life
Chpt 23 The Evolution of Populations
Chpt 24 The Origin of Species
Spring Break
Chpt 25 The History of Life on Earth
AP Lab 9 Molecular Biology: Electrophoresis
Video – What Darwin Never Knew
AP Lab 2 Hardy Weinberg
Reading from Survival of the Sickest
Video- Early Earth
Case Study – Tree Thinking
Chpt 26 Phylogeny and the Tree of Life
AP Lab 3 - BLAST
April 21-25
April 28 – May 2
May 5-9
May 12-16
*****National AP Biology Exam – sometime early May
Final Exams
AP Syllabus pg 2 of 2