AP Biology Summer
Assignment 2013
What you should have available for the summer:
• 8th Edition Biology Textbook & review packets for ch.3, 4, 5
• Bookmark guide to remind you of the note taking &
annotation process.
Outline for taking notes, recording questions & thinking relating to the 4 BIG IDEAS.
• Bookmark for Summer Reading Assignment (select one of 3)
Take the Risks, The Violinist’s Thumb, or Survival of the Sickest
Reminders:
• The only REQUIRED summer assignment is to read.
• Taking notes on one or more of the chapters will help you have less
homework the first couple of weeks & give you time to practice note taking.
• The textbook may be kept at home, while you are enrolled in AP Biology.
• Previous AP Biology students are ready to help.
• Saturday School is fun, and it doesn’t start until the end of September.
Notes
Notes
Notes
Read ONLY the assigned “sections” of the review
packet (see online weekly, for a reminder)
Read ONLY the assigned “sections” of the review
packet (see online weekly, for a reminder)
Read ONLY the assigned “sections” of the review
packet (see online weekly, for a reminder)
Step 2 – Annotations
Step 2 – Annotations
Step 2 – Annotations
Make annotations on review packet.
(see Annotations on reverse)
Make annotations on review packet.
(see Annotations on reverse)
Make annotations on review packet.
(see Annotations on reverse)
Step 3 – Skeleton notes
Step 3 – Skeleton notes
Step 3 – Skeleton notes
In your OWN words
In your OWN words
In your OWN words
Chapter # and Title
Big idea Connection
I. Major Heading –as a question
Chapter # and Title
Big idea Connection
I. Major Heading –as a question
Chapter # and Title
Big idea Connection
I. Major Heading –as a question
(Purple text that corresponds to
concept number i.e.- 6.1 is chapter 6, unit 1)
a. Sub Heading
(Blue text in the textbook;
italics in the review packet)
i. Major Details
(include the bolded vocab)
1. Minor Details
(clarify main ideas)
(Purple text that corresponds to
concept number i.e.- 6.1 is chapter 6, unit 1)
a. Sub Heading
(Blue text in the textbook;
italics in the review packet)
i. Major Details
(include the bolded vocab)
1. Minor Details
(clarify main ideas)
(Purple text that corresponds to
concept number i.e.- 6.1 is chapter 6, unit 1)
a. Sub Heading
(Blue text in the textbook;
italics in the review packet)
i. Major Details
(include the bolded vocab)
1. Minor Details
(clarify main ideas)
Leave column for additions
Drawings and Diagrams
Step 1 – Review packets
Leave column for additions
Drawings and Diagrams
Step 1 – Review packets
Leave column for additions
Drawings and Diagrams
Step 1 – Review packets
Step 4 – Class notes
Step 4 – Class notes
Step 4 – Class notes
Add sketches & notes in the column
during class
Add sketches & notes in the column
during class
Add sketches & notes in the column
during class
Step 5 – Study and review
Step 5 – Study and review
Step 5 – Study and review
Open the text, look at & draw diagrams,
and READ the sections and add clarifying
details to your notes.
Look at the “root” words section of review
packets and highlight them with in your
notes.
Go to web links on videos & animations,
watch, & summarize processes.
Buddy-up and explain it out loud.
Open the text, look at & draw diagrams,
and READ the sections and add clarifying
details to your notes.
Look at the “root” words section of review
packets and highlight them with in your
notes.
Go to web links on videos & animations,
watch, & summarize processes.
Buddy-up and explain it out loud.
Open the text, look at & draw diagrams,
and READ the sections and add clarifying
details to your notes.
Look at the “root” words section of review
packets and highlight them with in your
notes.
Go to web links on videos & animations,
watch, & summarize processes.
Buddy-up and explain it out loud.
Annotations
Annotations
Annotations
What?
What?
What?
All printed text, that is YOUR property: review
packets & journal articles.
Tools?
All printed text, that is YOUR property: review
packets & journal articles.
Tools?
All printed text, that is YOUR property: review
packets & journal articles.
Tools?
Pencil & Your Own Text: review packets & journal
articles
Pencil & Your Own Text: review packets & journal
articles
Pencil & Your Own Text: review packets & journal
articles
How?
1. First read with pencil in hand
How?
1. First read with pencil in hand
How?
1. First read with pencil in hand
A pencil is better than a pen because you can
make changes. While you read, use
marginalia—marginal notes—to mark key
material.
Marginalia
Important *
interesting

quotable “
questionable ?
Flow charts, pneumonics, vocab., models
A pencil is better than a pen because you can
make changes. While you read, use
marginalia—marginal notes—to mark key
material.
Marginalia
Important *
interesting

quotable “
questionable ?
Flow charts, pneumonics, vocab., models
A pencil is better than a pen because you can
make changes. While you read, use
marginalia—marginal notes—to mark key
material.
Marginalia
Important *
interesting

quotable “
questionable ?
Flow charts, pneumonics, vocab., models
2. Then write, as the heading to your
notes, a connection to at least ONE of
the 4 BIG IDEAS:
2. Then write, as the heading to your
notes, a connection to at least ONE of
the 4 BIG IDEAS:
2. Then write, as the heading to your
notes, a connection to at least ONE of
the 4 BIG IDEAS:
1 - The process of evolution drives the
diversity and unity of life.
2 - Biological systems utilize energy and
molecular building blocks to grow, to
reproduce, and to maintain homeostasis.
3 - Living systems store, retrieve, transmit,
and respond to information essential to life
processes.
4 - Biological systems interact, and these
interactions possess complex properties.
1 - The process of evolution drives the
diversity and unity of life.
2 - Biological systems utilize energy and
molecular building blocks to grow, to
reproduce, and to maintain homeostasis.
3 - Living systems store, retrieve, transmit,
and respond to information essential to life
processes.
4 - Biological systems interact, and these
interactions possess complex properties.
1 - The process of evolution drives the
diversity and unity of life.
2 - Biological systems utilize energy and
molecular building blocks to grow, to
reproduce, and to maintain homeostasis.
3 - Living systems store, retrieve, transmit,
and respond to information essential to life
processes.
4 - Biological systems interact, and these
interactions possess complex properties.
Add definitions or vocabulary you are uncertain of
or questions you have about the reading.
Add definitions or vocabulary you are uncertain of
or questions you have about the reading.
Add definitions or vocabulary you are uncertain of
or questions you have about the reading.
Survival of the
Sickest
How have diseases -caused by mutations
of different genes in
the human genome –
that once helped
humans to survive in
their different
environments
become harmful to
us?
The Violinist’s
Thumb
How does DNA play
a role in who we are
physically How does
it decide if we’ll have
no fingertips,
become cat ladies, or
make us great violin
players?
Mrs. Sobieszczyk
Ms. Cruz
Take the Risks
Is there such a thing
as too much safety?
What happens when
we don’t take risks?
Will separating
conjoined twins
allow them to move
forward or will the
risk be too deadly?
Mrs. Carias