QHSSYC
A.P. Biology
summer 2015
Summer Assignment for AP BIOLOGY
ALL WORK is DUE the first Day of the 2015/2016 School Year - NO EXCEPTIONS. If you have questions,
please email me at sbaksh2@schools.nyc.gov
All work is to be done by individual students. There is no “group-work.” I know that it may be tempting to divide
the work, and email the answers to each other, but it will not be worth the consequences. Every student caught
receives zeros.
Choose one of the following books to read and share your knowledge in a written report. This report will be
worth 50 pts and you must be prepared to present a 5 minute oral report to the class. Your report must contain
the following:
 A summary of the book that displays evidence that you have read the entire book. (15 points)
 Minimum of 5 scientific concepts defined in the summary. (5 points)
 Reflections about the book (5 points)
 Excellent writing used to express ideas. (5 points)
 Oral presentation (20 points)
SUMMER READING LIST: You can buy any of these books really cheap, USED (be eco-friendly), on
Amazon.com
I. MOLECULES AND CELLS:
Life Itself, Crick
Symbiosis in Cell Evolution, Margulis
Cell Biology, Sheeler and Bianchi
Bioenergenetics, Lehninger
II. GENETICS AND EVOLUTION
Your Inner Fish, Neil Shubin
Genome, Ridley
Rosalind Franklin, The Dark Lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox
Double Image of the Double Helix, Grobstein
The Double Helix, Watson
Interferon, Edelhart and Lindenmann
Genetic Prophecy, Beyond the Double Helix, Harsanyi and Hutton
Genetic Fix, Etzioni
The Panda’s Thumb—Ever Since Darwin, Gould
Hen’s Teeth and Horses Toes, Gould
Darwin’s Century, Eisley
Darwin and the Beagle, Moorehead
Autobiography of Charles Darwin, Darwin
Molecular Basis of Evolution, Anfinsen
One Life, Richard Leakey
Discovering the Past, Mary Leakey
Mapping Our Genes, Lois Wingerson
The Pattern of Evolution, Niles Eldredge
III. ORGANISMS AND POPULATIONS
Stiff, Mary Roach
Vitamin C and the Common Cold, Pauling
Some Must Watch While Some Must Sleep, Dement
The Mismeasure of Men, Gould
The Evolution of Culture in Animals, Bonner
King Solomon’s Ring, Lorenz
Silent Spring, Carson
Immunology, Hood, Weisman and Wood
Elephant Memories, Moss
The Diversity of Life, Edward O Wilson
Naturalist, Edward O Wilson
The Beak of the Finch, A Story of Evolution in Our Time, Jonathan Weiner
Journey of Ants, Holldobler and E.O. Wilson
Song of the Dodo, David Quammen
Why Geese Don’t Obese (And We Do), Eric Widmaier
The New Healers- The Promise and Problems of Molecular Medicine in the 21st Century, Clark
At the Water’s Edge: Macroevolution and the Transformation of Life, Carl Zimmer
Nobel Prize Women in Science, McGrayne
Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold
Have a great summer.
Mrs. Baksh
PS Please do not procrastinate and send me emails 2 days before school starts because you cannot finish the
assignment.