AP BIOLOGY SYLLABUS
20015-2016
SUMMER:
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
TEST
“Introduction”
“The Chemical Basis of Life”
“Water and the fitness of the environment”
“Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life”
“Biochemistry”
QUARTER 1:
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 44
TEST
“The Cell” (self) -- self
"Membrane Structure and Function"
“Osmoregulation and Excretion”
Diffusion and Osmosis Lab
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
TEST
“An Introduction to Metabolism'
“Cellular Respiration”
“Photosynthesis”
Enzyme Catalysis Lab
Cellular Respiration Lab (Peas)
Photosynthesis Lab
Chapter 11
Chapter 43
TEST
"Cell Communication"
“Immune System”
QUARTER 2:
Chapter 48
Chapter 45
TEST
“Neurons, Synapses, and Signaling”
“Endocrine System”
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
TEST
“The Cell Cycle”
"Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles"
Mitosis Lab
Meiosis Lab
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
TEST
“Mendel and the Gene Idea"
"The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance"
FF lab
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
TEST
“The molecular Basis of Inheritance”
"From Gene to Protein"
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
TEST
"Regulation of Gene Expression"
"Viruses"
QUARTER 3:
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
TEST
"Biotechnology"
“Genomes and their evolution”
Bacterial Transformation Lab
Extension to pGLO (protein analysis)
Restriction Enzyme Lab
PCR Informatics Kit ALU
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
TEST
"Descent with Modification"
“The Evolution of Populations”
Artificial Selection lab (fast plants)
Modeling Hardy Weinberg (allele A1)
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
“The Origin of Species”
“History of Life”
“Phylogeny and the Tree of Life”
BLAST lab/Protein samples of fish
TEST
Chapter 27
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
TEST
"Bacteria and Archaea"
“Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals”
“Basic Principles of Animal form and function”
QUARTER 4:
Chapter 49
Chapter 51
TEST
“Nervous System” (only 49.2 – brain)
"Animal Behavior"
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
TEST
“An Intro to Ecology and the Biosphere” (biomes only)
“Population Ecology”
“Community Ecology”
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
TEST
“Ecosystems”
“Conservation Biology and Restoration”
AP EXAM MONDAY MAY 09, 2016 (in the morning)
Worm Behavior
Wingless FF Behavior in a straw
Primary Productivity Lab
Transpiration lab
Butterfly lab