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 2012-2013 AP Biology Syllabus/Reading Assignments 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 12/241/4 1/719 1/11 20 1/14- 21 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 24 25 3/43/8 40 WINTER BREAK 22 23 26 27 (36.3-36.4) 38.1 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 3/113/15 3/183/22 43 45 39 3/253/29 4/1 4/5 4/84/12 48 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 2012-2013 AP Biology Syllabus/Reading Assignments 5/10 34 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! 36 37 38