2012-2013 AP Biology Syllabus/Reading Assignments
Week
Reading
Assignments due
Class Topics/Labs
Quiz/Test dates
Ch. 51-56 Ecology Unit
(Summer work)
Intro to the AP Exam
Question/Observation Activity
Sample Essay Question
Ecology Review
Fri. 8/25 – Big Idea Quiz
9/49/7
4 days
9/109/14
9/179/21
9/249/28
Ecology continued
Ecology Review
Termite Lab
Controlled Experiment Quiz
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Ch. 4
Ch. 5
Ch. 7
AP Lab 12 - Behavior
Mon. 9/10 Ecology Unit Test
Water Quiz
10/110/5
10/810/12
Ch. 7
Ch.6
Ch. 8
10/1510/19
10/2210/26
10/2911/2
11/511/9
11/1311/16
4 days
11/1911/23
11/2611/30
Ch. 9
Macromolecules
Protein Structure
Lab report practice and peer
grade
AP Lab 4 – Diffusion/Osmosis
Cellular Transport
Cells
Metabolism
Enzymes
AP Lab 13 alternative –
Enzyme Catalysis
Cellular Respiration
AP Lab 6 – Cell Respiration
Mon. 10/22 Cell Respiration Quiz
Photosynthesis
AP Lab 5 – Photosynthesis
Cell Communication
Mon. 10/29 Cell Resp. Lab Quiz
Wed. 10/31 Photosynthesis Quiz
Tues. 11/6 Cells and Metabolism
Unit Test – Cumulative
Mitosis Quiz
14
12/312/7
Ch. 14
Ch. 15
15
12/10- 16
12/14
Meiosis
Animal Development
AP Lab 7 Part 4-5 – Meiosis
Mendelian Inheritance
Chromosomal Inheritance &
Gene Linkage
Drosophila Genetics Activity
DNA Structure & Replication
Protein Synthesis
16
12/17- 17
12/21 18
Viruses and Bacteria
AP Lab 8 Transformation
1
8/288/31
4 days
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Ch. 9
Ch. 10
Ch. 10
Ch. 11
12
Cell Cycle & Regulation
AP Lab 7 Part 1-3 – Mitosis
Organic Chemistry/Macromolecule
Quiz
Wed 10/3 Chemistry Unit Test Cumulative
No quiz
Tues. 10/16 Enzyme Quiz
THANKSGIVING BREAK
Ch. 13
Ch. 47
Meiosis Quiz
Inheritance Quiz
Monday 12/10 – Cell signaling,
Cell Repro, and Mendelian
Genetics Unit Test - Cumulative
DNA Structure & Protein
Synthesis Quiz
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1/11
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1/18
1/221/25
4days
1/302/1
3 days
2/42/8
None
2/112/14
4days
2/192/22
4 days
2/253/1
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25
3/43/8
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WINTER BREAK
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(36.3-36.4)
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3/113/15
3/183/22
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3/253/29
4/1 4/5
4/84/12
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49.2
4/154/19
4/224/26
AP Prep Guide–
Molecules and Cells
AP Prep Guide–
Heredity & Evolution
4/295/3
5/6-
AP Prep GuideOrganisms & Populations
AP Final Review
Systems Review
Gene Regulation
Biotechnology
AP Lab 9 DNA
Fingerprinting (CSI) Lab
Review and Finals
Test Corrections
Practical Applications of
Biotechnology
AP Lab 3 BLAST
What Darwin Never Knew
Video
Natural Selection
Speciation
Classification
Hardy-Weinberg
AP Lab 2 Hardy-Weinberg
Origin of Life
Bacteria and Archaea
Tree of Life
Basic Principles of Animal
Form and Function
AP Lab 11 Transpiration
Plant Reproduction &
Development
Body’s Defenses
Chemical Signals
Plant Responses to Internal &
External Signals
Mitosis Lab with IAA (auxin)
Nervous System
Lab writeup due for peer edit
SPRING BREAK
Final Lab writeup due
Lab 10 Energy Dynamics –
Virtual?
Test-taking Strategies
Review Molecules and Cells
Review Heredity and Evolution
Review Organisms &
Populations
Practice questions
Biotechnology Quiz
1st SEMESTER FINAL –
CUMULATIVE WITH
MOLECULAR GENETICS
EMPHASIS
None
None
Natural Selection Formative
Quizzes
Hardy-Weinberg Quiz
Wednesday 2/27 Evolution and
Diversity Test
Homeostasis Quiz?
Plant repro quiz?
Immune/Endocrine quiz?
Practice AP Exam Saturday 3/23
Systems Test Friday 3/29
Cumulative Final Exam
Free Response Questions
Practice AP Exam
Saturday 4/27
Free Response Questions
STAR testing
Free Response Questions and
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5/135/17
AP Test
Movie
35
5/205/24
5/285/31
4 days
6/36/7
None
AP Lab 1 Artificial Selection?
practice exams
1st week of AP testing
AP BIOLOGY EXAM MONDAY
5/13 8AM!!!!
2nd week of AP testing
None
Research
Final Project
None
Research
Presentations
Dissections
None
6/106/13
4 days
None
Presentations
2nd Semester Finals-End of
School!
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