AP Biology Course Outline – 1st Semester
Week 1 – September 7 – 10
MONDAY - No school Labor Day
TUESDAY - Introduction to AP Biology, expectations, grading, etc. Collect Summer Assignment Part II (Chapter
51-55 questions) Choose 1st round lab partner.
WEDNESDAY – Diagnostic Test – What do you remember?
THURSDAY - Chapter 1 powerpoint, Review of Themes of Biology
FRIDAY - Collect and judge Summer Assignment Part I, Lecture Chapter 51, Animal Behavior
Hand out AP Lab 11 Animal Behavior. For Monday, lab design, data tables, graphs set up.
Look at Lab Bench and take Lab 11 quiz.
Week 2 – September 13 – 17
MONDAY - Hand in lab bench quiz. Obtain pillbugs and carry out Lab 11 Part 1.
TUESDAY - Complete Behavior lab, Part 2, Sexual behavior in fruit flies.
WEDNESDAY – Ecology Lecture 1
THURSDAY - Ecology Lecture 2
FRIDAY - Summer Assignment Part III due (photo assignment) Discuss AP Lab 12; Demonstrate Winkler Method
used in lab. For Monday, predict outcome of lab and prepare any data tables or graphs required. Look at Lab
Bench 12 and take quiz.
Week 3 – September 20 – 24
MONDAY – AP Lab 12 Part I
TUESDAY - AP Lab 12 Set up Part 2; Reading of bottles will require more than I hour, expect to stay after school
on Wednesday to complete titrations.
WEDNESDAY - AP Lab 12 Part III, extra time required to complete Part II. AP Lab 12 will require a formal write
up. Formal report will be due on Wednesday, September 29.
THURSDAY - TEST ON BEHAVIOR AND ECOLOGY 30 – 40 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS AND TWO FREE
RESPONSE ESSAYS.
FRIDAY - Begin Evolution Unit: Chapter 22 reading guide due at beginning of hour. Lecture on Darwin and his
theory. Hand out vocabulary for this unit.
Week 4 – September 27 – October 1
MONDAY - Chapter 23 reading guide due at beginning of hour. Lecture Chapter 23, Population Biology. Review
basic genetics terminology : homozygous, heterozygous, dominant, recessive, simple punnett squares.
TUESDAY - Hardy-Weinberg equation and practice problems. Look at Lab Bench and take quiz for AP Lab 8
Population Genetics.
WEDNESDAY – Formal lab report AP Lab 12 Dissolved Oxygen due at beginning of hour. AP Lab 8 Population
Genetics. Lab due on Friday, October 1.
THURSDAY – Chapter 24 reading guide due at beginning of hour. Lecture Chapter 24 Origins of Species.
FRIDAY - Flexible, catch up day.
Week 5 – October 4 - 8
MONDAY - Chapter 25 reading guide due at beginning of hour. Lecture Chapter 25, Origins of Life.
TUESDAY - EVOLUTION UNIT TEST 30 – 40 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS AND TWO FREE RESPONSE
QUESTIONS.
WEDNESDAY – Chapter 26 reading guide due at beginning of hour; Lecture on phylogeny and classification
THURSDAY – Evolutionary relationships Lab
FRIDAY - Chapter 27 reading guide due at beginning of hour; Lecture Bacteria and Archaea
Week 6 - October 11 – 15
MONDAY - Protist classification?? Looking at protists in lab
TUESDAY - Chapter 29 reading guide due at beginning of hour; Lecture: Plant evolution: algae, non-vascular
plants, seedless vascular plants.
WEDNESDAY – Chapter 30 reading guide due at beginning of hour; Lecture: Seed Plants
THURSDAY – Looking at plants lab 1
FRIDAY - Looking at plants lab 2
Week 7 - October 18 - 22
MONDAY - Chapter 31 reading guide due at beginning of hour; Lecture: Fungi
TUESDAY - Looking at fungi lab.
WEDNESDAY – Chapter 32 reading guide due at beginning of hour; Lecture: Animal Diversity, embryology and
phylogeny
THURSDAY - Chapter 33 reading guide due at beginning of hour; Lecture: Invertebrate groups
FRIDAY - Looking at invertebrates lab
Week 8 - October 25 – 29
MONDAY - Chapter 34 reading guide due at beginning of hour; Lecture: Vertebrates
TUESDAY - Flexible, catch up day
WEDNESDAY - TEST BIODIVERSITY UNIT (CHAPTERS 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34) 30 – 40 MULTIPLE CHOICE
QUESTIONS AND 2 FREE RESPONSE QUESTIONS
THURSDAY - Begin Chemistry Unit; Review of basic chemistry (Chapter 2 on your own) Look at review
powerpoint; /Chapter 3 reading guide due at beginning of hour. Lecture: Properties and importance of water.
FRIDAY - Chapter 4 reading guide due at the beginning of hour Chapter 4 and 5.1. Lecture carbon chemistry
and macromolecules. Make flashcards of functional groups.
Week 9 - Nov 1 – 5
MONDAY - Reading guide 5.2 – 5.3 due at beginning of hour; Lecture: Carbohydrates and Lipids
TUESDAY - No school
WEDNESDAY – Modeling carbs and lipids lab
THURSDAY - Reading guide 5.4 due at the beginning of hour; Lecture: Protein structure
FRIDAY - Half day, flexible, catch-up day
END OF 1ST CARDMARKING
2nd cardmarking
Week 1 - November 8 – 12
MONDAY - Modeling Protein structure using toobars
TUESDAY - Reading guide 8.4 due at beginning of hour; Lecture: Enzymes; Introduce AP Lab 2 Enzyme
Catalysis; Access Lab Bench web site, go over lab and take quiz, send to me or print; prepare any data tables or
graph setups needed for lab. Be prepared to predict expected results.
WEDNESDAY - AP Lab 2 Enzyme catalysis, Part A, 2B (practice baseline), setup 2C
THURSDAY – AP Lab 2 Enzyme catalysis, complete 2C, then 2D, Lab packet due Monday.
FRIDAY - Reading guide 5.5 due at beginning of hour; Lecture nucleic acids
Week 2 - November 15 – 19
MONDAY - TEST CHEMISTRY UNIT (CHAPTERS 2,3,4,5,8.4) 30-40 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS AND TWO FREE
RESPONSE QUESTIONS
TUESDAY - Chapter 6 reading guide due at the beginning of hour; Lecture: prokaryote and eukaryotic cells,
cell organelles. Make flashcards of cell organelles.
WEDNESDAY - Cells to higher animals, how do they do that? Chapter 42 reading guide due at the beginning of
hour. Lecture: digestion
THURSDAY - Continue lecture digestion; Go over tests for biomolecules in food.
FRIDAY - Chapter 7.1 reading guide due at beginning of hour. Lecture: plasma membrane structure and
function
Week 3 - November 22 – 26
MONDAY - Lab: Building model of plasma membrane
TUESDAY - Half-day, flexible, catch-up day
WEDNESDAY - Thanksgiving break, no school
THURSDAY - Thanksgiving Day, No school
FRIDAY - Thanksgiving break, No school
Week 4 - November 29 – December 3
MONDAY - Reading guide 7.2, 7.3, 36.2 due at the beginning of the hour; Lecture Cellular Transport and Water
Potential; Preparation for AP Lab 1: Diffusion and Osmosis; Prepare any data tables and/or graphs needed for
this lab. Go to Lab Bench and review lab, take quiz and email to me or print out results.
TUESDAY: AP Lab 1A and setup 1C
WEDNESDAY: AP Lab 1B and complete 1C
THURSDAY: AP Lab 1D, 1E; This lab will require a formal lab report, which will be due on Thursday, December
10
FRIDAY - How do they do that? Cells to higher animals. Chapter 44 reading guide due at beginning of hour.
Lecture: Osmoregulation.
Week 5 - December 6 – 10
MONDAY - Continue Osmoregulation lecture
TUESDAY - Chapter 11 reading guide due at the beginning of hour. Lecture: Cell communication.
WEDNESDAY - Chapter 48 reading guide due at beginning of hour. Lecture: Neurons, synapses, and signaling.
THURSDAY - Chapter 45 reading guide due at beginning of hour. Lecture: Cell signaling in the endocrine
system.
FRIDAY - TEST CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION (CHAPTERS 6,7,11, 44, 45, 48)
Week 6 - December 13 – 17
MONDAY - Chapter 8.1, 8.2, 8.3 reading guides due at beginning of hour; Lecture: Introduction to metabolism.
TUESDAY - Chapter 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 reading guides due at beginning of hour; Lecture: Glycolysis and the Kreb’s
Cycle
WEDNESDAY – Chapter 9.4, 9.5, 9.6 reading guides due at beginning of hour. Lecture: Electron transport,
chemiosmosis, and fementation. Introduce AP Lab 5: Cell Respiration. Prepare any data tables or graphs
needed for lab. Go to Lab Bench and review lab, take quiz and email to me or print to turn in. Be prepared to
predict outcomes of lab.
THURSDAY - AP Lab 5: Cellular respiraton; Formal lab report, due Thursday, January 6
FRIDAY - Flexible, catch-up day
December 20 – 24 Christmas break
December 27 - 31 Christmas break
Week 7 - January 3 -7
MONDAY - Chapter 42 reading guide due at beginning of hour; Lecture: how do they do that? Cells to higher
animals. Circulation and respiration.
TUESDAY - Continue lecture: Circulation and respiration; Prepare for AP Lab 10: Physiology of the Circulatory
System. Explain blood pressure and how to take it. Prepare any graphs and data tables required for lab; Go to
Lab Bench and review lab, take quiz and email me results or print and turn in.
WEDNESDAY – AP Lab 10, Part 1: Physiology of the Circulatory System
THURSDAY - AP Lab 10, complete Part 1 and Part 2; Lab due Tuesday, January 11
FRIDAY - Chapter 10.1 and 10.2 reading guide due at beginning of hour; Lecture: Structure of chloroplast and
light dependent reactions of photosynthesis.
Week 8 - January 10 -14
MONDAY - Chapter 10.3 and 10.4 reading guide due at beginning of hour; Lecture: Calvin Cycle and C4, CAM
photosynthesis.
TUESDAY - Explain AP Lab 4 Plant Pigments and Photosynthesis; demonstate how to use spectrophotomer;
Prepare tubes and setup for lab; Prepare any data tables or graphs required for this lab; Go to Lab Bench and
review lab, take quiz and email to me or print and turn in.
WEDNESDAY – AP Lab 4: Plant Pigments and Photosynthesis, Part 1 and Part 2 if time allows
THURSDAY - Complete AP Lab 4; Formal lab report due Monday, January 24
FRIDAY - TEST METABOLISM, CELLULAR RESPIRATION, CIRCULATION AND RESPIRATION, PHOTOSYNTHESIS
(CHAPTERS 8.1-3, 9, 10, 42)
Week 9 - January 17 – 21
MONDAY - MLK holiday, No School
TUESDAY - Practice AP Test
WEDNESDAY – Midterm exams
THURSDAY - Midterm exams
FRIDAY
-
Midterm exams
END OF FIRST SEMESTER
AP Biology Course Outline – 2nd Semester
Week 1 - January 24 – 28
MONDAY - Explanation of Blood Pressure and demonstration of how to take blood pressure. Lab Bench 10
due. AP Lab 10, Part A: Physiology of the Circulatory System
TUESDAY - Continue Lab 10, Part B
WEDNESDAY - Complete Lab 10, Part C; Chapter 12 reading guide due at the beginning of the hour; Lecture on
Cell Division in prokaryotes and eukaryotes; Mitosis and the Cell Cycle
THURSDAY - Continue lecture on Chapter 12 - Control of the cell cycle;
FRIDAY - Chapter 13 reading guide due at the beginning of the hour; Lecture on Chapter 13; Meiosis and
genetic variation
******************************************************************************
Week 2 - January 31 - February 4
MONDAY - Complete lecture on Chapter 13; Comparison of Mitosis and Meiosis; Lab Bench 3 – Mitosis and
Meiosis due Tuesday
TUESDAY - AP Biology Lab 3 “Mitosis and Meiosis” Part A and Part B
WEDNESDAY - Complete AP Biology Lab 3, Part C; Lab Packet due Monday, February 7
THURSDAY - Chapter 14 reading guide due at the beginning of the hour; Lecture Chapter 14 – Principles of
Medelian genetics and rules of probability
FRIDAY - Chi Squre Analysis: M&M Lab
Week 3 - February 7 - February 11
MONDAY - Complete Chapter 14 lecture; Complex patterns of inheritance; Human Mendelian traits; Lab 3
due at beginning of the hour
TUESDAY - Chapter 15 reading guide due at the beginning of the hour; Lecture: Chapter 15 - Chromosomal
basis of inheritance
WEDNESDAY - Complete Chapter 15 lecture; Handout Genetics Practice Problems - work on in class
THURSDAY - “Dragon Genetics”; afterschool review for Cell Division and Genetics Unit Test
FRIDAY - Cell Division and Genetics Unit Test;
Week 4 - February 14 - 18
MONDAY - Chapter 16 reading guide due at the beginning of the hour; Lecture: History and structure of DNA;
DNA replication and its relationship to cancer
TUESDAY - “Extraction of Strawberry DNA” Begin Chapter 17 lecture: Transcription and Translation
WEDNESDAY - Chapter 17 reading guide due at beginning of the hour (Begin with question 11; Continue
lecture on Transcription and Translation
THURSDAY - Chapter 18 reading guide due at the beginning of the hour; Lecture: Regulation of Gene
Expression
FRIDAY
- Complete Lecture on Chapter 18 - Regulation of Gene Expression
*********************************************************************************************
February 21 - February 25
WINTER BREAK – NO SCHOOL
aWeek 5 - February 28 - March 4
MONDAY - Chapter 19 reading guide due at the beginning of the hour; Chapter 19 lecture: Viruses; Explain
Lab 7: Fruit fly lab
TUESDAY - MME Testing Day 1
WEDNESDAY - MME Testing Day 2
THURSDAY
Students present on MME testing days will begin fly crosses.
- MME Testing Day 3
FRIDAY - Chapter 20 reading guide due at the beginning of the hour; Lecture on DNA technology
Week 6 - March 7 - March 11
MONDAY - Complete Chapter 20 lecture: DNA Technology; Lab Bench 6 due Tuesday
TUESDAY - AP Biology Lab 6 “Molecular Genetics” Complete Lab 6A “Transfomation”
WEDNESDAY - AP Biology Lab 6 B “Gel Electrophoresis and Restriction Fragment Mapping” Formal lab report
due on Wednesday, March 16
THURSDAY - Parent Teacher conferences - Half-day - Flexible catch up day
FRIDAY -
Molecular Genetics Unit Test
Drosophilia Genetics Lab is a continuous lab; Students will complete crosses and count flies
on their own time. Flies are on their own biological clock
Week 7 - March 14 - March 18
MONDAY - Chapter 35 reading guide due at the beginning of the hour: Lecture on plant structure and growth
TUESDAY - Lab: Angiosperm tissues: Leaves, stems, roots
WEDNESDAY - Chapter 36 (Review water potential from 1st semester) reading guide due at beginning of the
hour; Lecture on transport in plants and plant nutrition; Lab Bench for AP lab 9 Transpiration due Thrusday
THURSDAY - AP Biology Lab 9 “Transpiration” Lab Packet due Tuesday, March 22
FRIDAY
reproduction
Chapter 38 reading guide due at the beginning of the hour; Lecture Chapter 38 Angiosperm
AWeek 8 - March 20 - March 24
MONDAY - Lab: Flowers and Fruits
TUESDAY - Chapter 39 reading guide due at the beginning of the hour; Lecture on plant hormones and
photoperiodism
WEDNESDAY - Complete plant unit
THURSDAY
- Plant Unit Test
FRIDAY -
Chapter 43 reading guide due at the beginning of the hour; Lecture on the Immune system
Week 9 - March 27 - April 1
MONDAY - Chapter 46 reading guide due at the beginning of the hour; Complete lecture on immune system
and begin Animal Reproduction
TUESDAY - Complete lecture on Animal Reproduction
WEDNESDAY - Chapter 47 reading guide due at the beginning of the hour; Lecture on chapter 47 Animal
Development
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
- Flexible Catch up day
-
Half-day; 2nd hour Film on Homeostasis
DROSOPHILA LAB MUST BE COMPLETED BY NOW; FORMAL LAB WRITE UP DUE ON APRIL 13
******************************************************************************
END OF 3RD QUARTER
SPRING BREAK - APRIL 4 - APRIL 8
4TH CARDMARKING
Week 1 - April 11 - April 15
MONDAY - Chapter 49 reading guide due at the beginning of the hour: Lecture: Nervous systems
TUESDAY - Chapter 50 reading guide due at the beginning of the hour: Lecture: Sensory systems
WEDNESDAY - Continue Chapter 50 lecture: Motor Mechanisms
THURSDAY - Test on Remaining vertebrates systems : Chapters 43, 46, 47, 49, 50 (Immune system, Animal
Reproduction and Development, Nervous systems, and Sensory systems and motor mechanisms)
FRIDAY
- AP Test Review Animal Behavior and Lab 12
Week 2 - April 18 - April 22
MONDAY - AP Test Review
Ecology Unit
TUESDAY - AP Test Review
Ecology Unit and Lab 11 Dissolved Oxygen
WEDNESDAY - AP Test Review
Evolution Unit
THURSDAY
- AP Test Review
Evolution Unit and Lab 8 Population Genetics
FRIDAY
-
AP Test Review Biodiversity Review
Week 3 - April 25 - April 29
MONDAY - AP Test Review
Biodiversity
TUESDAY -
Chemistry Unit
AP Test Review
WEDNESDAY - AP Test Review Chemistry Unit and Labs 2 Enzyme Catalysis
THURSDAY
- AP Test Review
Cell Unit
FRIDAY
-
Cell Unit and Lab 1 Diffusion and Osmosis
AP Test Review
Week 4 - May 1 – May 5
MONDAY
-
AP Test Review Cell Energy Unit
TUESDAY
-
AP Test Review
WEDNESDAY -
AP Test Review
Cell Energy Unit and Labs 4 and 5 Photosynthesis and Cell Respiration
Body Systems
THURSDAY - AP Test Review
Body Systems and Homeostasis
FRIDAY
DNA Labs 6 and 7 Mendelian and Molecular Genetics
-
AP Test Review
In addition to class review, there will be after school review session during the week of April
25 – April 29
AP Biology Exam is Monday, May 9