AP Biology 2011 - 2012
Course Syllabus
Ms. Kari, sikelk@colton.k12.or.us
Room 10
503.824.2311 X211
Course website is http://sites.google.com/site/chssikel/
Course Description
ALL STUDENTS WHO ENROLL IN AP BIOLOGY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
TAKE THE AP BIOLOGY EXAM, HOWEVER STUDENTS WHO CHOSE NOT
TO WILL BE HELD TO THE SAME ACADEMIC STANDARDS.
EXAM DATE: May 9, 2011
THIS COURSE IS ELIGIBLE TOWARDS CHS HONORS DIPLOMA.
Course References
Text: Mason, K.A., Losos, J.B., Singer, S.R., Raven, P.H., Johnson, G.B. 2008. Biology,
9th edition. McGraw Hill
We will be using the textbook, 2008. Biology, the 9th edition, as the primary resources in
this class.
Websites: www.ravenbiology.com
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu
You will also be expected to navigate the web for research and reading. If you are unable
to do this at home, you must invest time to print what you need from the school’s
computers.
Expectations
The AP Biology course is designed to be the equivalent of a two-semester college
introductory biology course usually taken by biology majors during their first year. The
class is designed for students who have taken both biology and chemistry or the
chemistry summer assignment. Students interested in pursuing science in college and/or
as a career are encouraged to take the class. Students who do well on the AP Biology
exam (a 3 or better) may qualify for college credit and/or may be exempt from taking
freshman-level biology courses as part of a degree in the sciences.
What is expected of you: AP biology can be incredibly challenging as well as incredibly
rewarding. I say “doing biology” because science is something that is done – not just a
set of facts to be memorized and repeated. During this course, you will learn and do an
incredible amount of science. This is a college-level course: As such, you will be required
to be self-motivated, work independently and collaboratively, and to fulfill the course
requirements. It will not always be easy, but with hard work, dedication and a bit of
creativity, you can succeed.
Facts about the Class and the Exam
The A.P. Biology Exam is 60% multiple choice and 40% free response. You will be given eighty minutes
to complete 100 multiple-choice questions and another 90 minutes to complete 4 free response answers.
Your grade in the course will be weighed as follows 70% exam (multiple choice and essay) scores and
30% labs and homework.
Both the course and the exam will be broken as follows:
I. Molecules and Cells (25%)
A. Chemistry of Life (7%)
1. Water
2. Organic molecules in organisms
3. Free energy changes
4. Enzymes
B. Cells (10%)
1. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
2. Membranes
3. Sub-cellular and cellular respiration
4. Cell cycle and regulation
C. Cellular Energetics (8%)
1. Coupled reactions
2. Fermentation and cellular respiration
3. Photosynthesis
II. Heredity and Evolution (25%)
A. Heredity (8%)
1. Meiosis and gametes
2. Eukaryotic chromosomes
3. Inheritance patterns
B. Molecular Genetics (9%)
1. NRA and DNA structure and function
2. Gene regulation
3. Mutation
4. Viral structure and replication
5. Nucleic acid technology and application
C. Evolutionary Biology
1. Early evolution of life
2. Evidence for evolution
3. Mechanisms of evolution
III. Organisms and Populations (50%)
A. Diversity of Organisms (8%)
1. Evolutionary patterns
2. Survey of the diversity of life
3. Phylogenic classification
4. Evolutionary relationships
B. Structures and Function of Plants and Animals (32%)
1. Reproduction, growth, and development
2. Structural, Physiological, and behavioral adaptations
3. Response to the environment
C. Ecology (10%)
1. Population dynamics
2. Communities and ecosystems
3. Global issues
Major Themes
There are eight major themes in biology that we will be focusing on throughout the year
in every unit.
1. Science as a Process
2. Evolution
3. Energy Transfer
4. Continuity and Change
5. Relationship of Structure and Function
6. Regulation
7. Interdependence in Nature
8. Science, Technology, and Society
Lecture and Lab Schedule for AP Biology:
Date
Lecture Topic
Related Reading
9/7
9/8
9/9
9/10
Syllabus
Chemistry Exam
Atomic Structure and Function
Ions and Isotopes
Chapter 2.1
Chapter 2.2
9/13
9/14
9/15
9/16
Atomic Bonding
Properties of Water and pH
Macromolecules: Lipids
Macromolecules: Carbohydrates
Chapter 2.3 – 2.5
Chapter 2.6
Chapter 3.5
Chapter 3.2
9/20
9/21
9/22
Macromolecules: Nucleic Acids
Macromolecules: Proteins
Functional Groups
Isomers
Monomer Bonding
Cellular Structure
Chapter 3.3
Chapter 3.4
Chapter 3.1
9/23
9/27
9/28
9/29
9/30
10/4
10/5
10/6
10/7
Lab Exercise
Chapter 4.1 – 4.5
Cytoskeleton
Cell movement
Extra Cellular Structure
Cell-to-Cell Interactions
Plasma Membrane
Chapter 4.6 – 4.7
Chapter 4.7
Chapter 4.8
Chapter 5.1 -5.2
Passive Transport
Active Transport
Chapter 5.4
Chapter 5.5 – 5.6
Diffusion and Osmosis
Diffusion and Osmosis
10/11
10/12
10/13
10/14
Enzyme Catalysis
Enzyme Catalysis
Enzyme Catalysis
Cellular Respiration Overview
Chapter 7.1
10/18
10/19
10/20
Glycolysis
Oxidation of Pyruvate
The Kreb Cycle
Chapter 7.2
Chapter 7.3
Chapter 7.4
10/25
10/26
The Electron Transport Chain
www.ravenbiology.com Chapter
7: How Cell Harvest Energy
Chapter 7.5
10/27
10/28
11/1
11/2
11/3
Cellular Respiration
Cellular Respiration
Cellular Respiration
Photosynthesis
Chapter 8.4 – 8.6
Plant Pigment and
Photosynthesis
Plant Pigment and
Photosynthesis
11/4
11/8
11/9
11/10
11/12
11/15
11/16
www.ravenbiology.com Chapter
8: Photsynthesis
Chemistry, Biochemistry, and
Cell Exam
Veterans Days Assembly – No
Class
Chemistry, Biochemistry, and
Cell Exam
11/18
DNA Replication
www.ravenbiology.com Chapter
14: DNA Replication
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14: DNA Replication
DNA Replication Mini-Poster
11/22
11/23
DNA Replication Mini-Poster
Mitosis
11/29
11/30
Chromosome Structure
Meiosis
12/1
www.ravenbiology.com
Chapter 11: Meiosis
11/17
Plant Pigment and
Photosynthesis
Chapter 14.3 – 14.5
Chapter 10.3 – 10.6
Chapter 10.2
Chapter 11.1 –
11.11.3
12/2
Mitosis and Meiosis
12/6
12/7
12/8
Mitosis and Meiosis
Mitosis and Meiosis
12/9
12/13
12/14
Patterence of Inheritance
Momohybrid Crosses
Dihybrid Crosses and Independent
Assortment
Chapter 12.1, 12.2
Probability: Predicting Crosses
Incomplete Dominance,
Codominance Polygenic
Inheritance, Epistasis, Pleitrophy
Chapter 12.4
Chapter 12.6
Chapter 12.3
12/15
12/16
1/3
1/4
1/5
Genetics of Organisms
Genetics of Organisms
Protein Synthesis: Transcription
Protein Synthesis: Translation
Protein Synthesis: Translation
Genetics of Organisms
Chapter 14.3 – 14.6
1/6
www.ravenbiology.com
Chapter 14:DNA Genetic Material
1/10
Viral Replication: Lysogenic
Cycle
Viral Replication: Lytic Cycle
www.ravenbiology.com
Chapter 27: Viruses
Prokaryotes: Structure and Binary
Fission
1/11
1/12
1/13
1/18
1/19
1/20
1/21
1/24
1/25
1/26
1/27
1/31
2/1
2/2
2/3
2/7
Chapter 27.1 – 27.4
Chapter 27.1 – 27.4
Chapter 28.3 – 28.4
Prokaryotes: Translation,
Transduction, and Conjugation
www.ravenbiology.com
Chapter 28: Prokaryotes
Medicine and Biotechnology
Molecular Cloning
Chapter 17.1, 17.4
Chapter 17.2
DNA Analysis
Stem Cell Research
Chapter 17.3
Page 378 - 379
Molecular Biology
Molecular Biology
Molecular Biology
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu
Stem Cell Research
Cloning a mouse
Genetics and Biotechnology
Exam
Genetics and Biotechnology
Exam
Genes within Populations
www.ravenbiology.com
Chapter 20: Genes Within a
Population
Chapter 20
2/8
2/9
2/10
2/14
2/15
2/16
2/17
2/22
2/23
2/24
2/25
Population Genetics
Population Genetics
Population Genetics
Evidence of Evolution
Origin of Species
Chapter 21, 22
Phylogenetics and Systematic
www.ravenbiology.com
Chapter 23: Phylogenetics and
Systematics
Chapter 23
Origin of Life and Classification
of Organisms
Plant Structure and Growth
Overview of Animal Diversity
Noncoelomate Invertebrates
Chapter 26.1 – 26.3
Chapter 36.1 – 36.4
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
2/28
3/1
3/2
3/3
3/7
3/8
3/9
3/14
3/15
3/16
3/17
Coelomate Invertebrates
Vertebrates
Plant Structure and Growth
Plant Reproduction, development,
and Behavior
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36.1 – 36.4
Chapter 30
Transpiration
Transpiration
Animal Physiology
Chapter 43
Integumentary, Skeletal, and
Muscular Systems
www.ravenbiology.com
Chapter 47: The Muscloskeletal
System
Gas Exchange and Circulation
www.ravenbiology.com
Chapter 49: The Respiratory
System
Chapter 47
Chapter 49
3/28
Circulatory
Physiology
Circulatory
Physiology
3/29
3/30
3/31
Nutrition and Digestion
www.ravenbiology.com
Chapter 48: The Digestive System
Chapter 48
4/4
Osmoregulation, urinary System
and the Immune System
www.ravenbiology.com
Chapter 51: Osmotic Regulation
and the Urinary System
Endocrine System
www.ravenbiology.com
Chapter 46: The Endorcrine
System
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Nervous System
www.ravenbiology.com
Chapter 44: The Nervous System
Animal Reproduction and
Development
www.ravenbiology.com
Chapter 53: The Reproductive
System
Chapter 44
4/5
4/6
4/7
4/11
4/12
4/13
4/14
4/18
4/19
4/20
4/21
Chapter 46
Chapter 53
Animal Behavior
Animal Behavior
Animal Behavior
Animal Behavior
Population Dynamics and
Community Ecology
Chapter 55, 56
4/25
4/26
4/27
4/28
Ecosystems, Biomes and
Conservation
Chapter 58, 59, 60
Dissolved Oxygen
Dissolved Oxygen
www.ravenbiology.com
Chapter 58: Dynamics of
Ecosystems
5/2
5/3
5/4
5/5
Review for AP Biology Exam
Review for AP Biology Exam
Review for AP Biology Exam
Review for AP Biology Exam
5/9
AP EXAM
Chapter 59: The
Biosphere
Chapter 60:
Conservation
Biology