Welcome to AP Bio
Parents Night
For access to my class website, scan the QR code to
the right, take a picture of the website with your
phone, or grab a handout on the table
http://staff.camas.wednet.edu/blogs/cmarshall08/
Email: cory.marshall@camas.wednet.edu
The AP Class
• The AP Biology exam is Monday, May
13th in the morning (always the 2nd
Monday of May)
• 152 days of classroom study before
the exam
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1 semester final
5 review days for AP exam
13 unit exams
41 lectures
92 days of labs and activities
• This years exam is the second year of
the first major revision to the AP
program in decades
The AP Exam
Exam Component
Amount
Amount of time
90 minutes each
MC Questions
63, 4 options
Math Questions
6
Long Essay Q’s
2
Short Essay Q’s
6
The AP Biology Class
• 13 Units
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Ch 43-47: Ecology
Ch 1-3: Atoms and Biomolecules
Ch 4-5: Cell structure, function, communication
Ch 6-8: Energy
Ch 9-10: Cell Reproduction
Ch 11-12: Genetics, DNA and Heredity
Ch 13-14: Genetic Technology
Ch 15-17: Darwinian and Modern Evolution
Ch 18-19: Earth history and Classification
Ch 31-40: Three Human A&P Units
Ch 23-27: Plant Anatomy & Physiology Units
• Total: 39 Chapters
The AP Biology Class
• Category 1: Homework (15%)
– Two options for homework
• Vocab, Review Questions
– One homework assignment due for each
chapter the day before the unit exam
– Throughout the year, we will also do
small, ½ day-1 day labs
• Category 2: Genome (5%)
– Read one chapter of Genome by Matt
Ridley for each unit.
– For that chapter, turn in a 1-page
reflection assignment to Turnitin.com
The AP Biology Class
• Category 3: AP Labs (25%)
– 13 Required labs written and recommended
by College Board
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Lab 12: Animal Behavior
Lab 10: Dissolved O2
Lab 4: Diffusion and Osmosis
Lab 13: Enzyme Catalysis
Lab 5: Photosynthesis
Lab 6: Cellular Respiration
Lab 7: Mitosis and Meiosis
Lab 1: Genetics of Fruit Flies
Lab 8-9: pGLO and DNA Fingerprinting
Lab 2: Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Lab 3: Cladogram Evolution
Lab 11: Transpiration
– Each lab requires a full lab write-up
– These labs are fair game for the AP Exam
The AP Biology Class
• Category 4: QUIA Quizzes (10%)
– QUIA is a website that we use to build
quizzes, surveys, etc.
– Every week students have textbook
reading assignments.
– Every Monday at 11:59 PM a quiz is due
based on this reading
• Quiz is available on Thursday
– Students may take the quiz as many times
as they like
– 2 of the 17 quizzes will be dropped at the
end of the semester.
– The reading schedule is available on the
class website.
The AP Biology Class
• Category 5: Unit Exams (25%)
– Each exam is 49 MC questions and 1
math question
– Exams will either have 1 long essay
question or 2 short essay questions
– ALL QUESTIONS are taken directly off of
previous AP Exams. We don’t write them.
– Retakes
• MC exams: Students may retake these
ONCE per semester
• Essay exams: Students may not retake
these.
• Gives students both the sense of
importance that the real exam will have
while giving them additional chances to
practice/improve grades.
The AP Biology Class
• Extra Credit Opportunities
– Retaking MC and vocab exams
– Textbook website quizzes for extra points
on the MC exams
– Each unit has a challenge question for
extra points on essay exams
– Extra credit handout sheet; larger
projects for end-of-semester grade
bumps
– CHS grade bump for students who pass
the AP exam
• 3+5% on one semester.
• 4+5% both semesters, or 10% one sem.
• 5+10% both semesters.
The AP Biology Class
• Other grades
– Participation grade and final exam will
also be counted at the end of the
semester.
• Study skills
– If your student struggles with how to
study, this is a specialty of mine—not just
for science!
• Science fees
– Don’t forget to pay down at the ASB office
if you haven’t already