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AP Biology Calendar
Anatomy & Physiology
Date
Topic
Thursday, 12/8
Friday, 12/9
Classwork
Homework
Classification Test
VL: Anatomy & Physiology –
An Introduction
Activity: Intoduction to
Animals
VL: The Nervous System
Tissues and
Organs
Lab: Tissue Identification
(Due 12/12)
Monday, 12/12
Nervous System
Tuesday, 12/13
Nervous System
Read Article: Who Was
Phineas Gage?
FR Essay: Body Systems
Wednesday,
12/14
Thursday, 12/15
Nervous System
Activity: Swim Cap Brain
Map
Brain regions and brain
imaging technology
Action of Neurons - Model
an action potential
Friday, 12/16
Nervous System
Drugs change how neurons
work
Activity: Nervous System
VL: The Senses
Digestive System Self Study
Weekend
Peer grade FR Essay
No Class
Digestive System
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Weekend
VL: The Digestive System
Chapter 41 Outline
Extra Credit Response
Essay to “SuperSize Me”
(due 12/23)
Monday, 12/19
The Senses
Lecture & Review
VL: Muscles
Tuesday, 12/20
Muscles
Wednesday,
12/21
Modeling a muscle
contraction
½ Test: Chapters 40, 48, 49.
Individual and Group
Nervous &
Sensory/
Locomotion
Circulatory System AP Lab 10 - Circulation
Activity: Movement &
Locomotion
VL: The Circulatory System
Lab Bench: Lab #10
Thursday, 12/22
Friday, 12/23
Circulatory System AP Lab 10 – Circulation
(group write-up due 1/6)
Osmoregulation
and Excretion
FR Essay: Circulatory System
Peer Grade FR Essay
Osmoregulation and Excretion
Self Study
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Week Off
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Monday, 1/2
No School
Tuesday, 1/3
No Class
VL: Osmoregulation
VL: Yale Lecture – Renal
Physiology (take notes)
Activity: Controlling the
Internal Environment
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AP Biology Calendar
Anatomy & Physiology
Wednesday, 1/4
Thursday, 1/5
Osmoregulation
and Digestion
Immune System
½ Test: Chapters 41 & 44
Individual and Group
FR Essays – write and grade
Friday, 1/6
Endocrine System
Lecture & Review
Circulatory and
Immune Systems
Endocrine System
½ Test: Chapters 42 & 43
Individual and Group
Endocrine Disorders Research
Wednesday, 1/11
Reproduction and
Development
-Review
-Activity: Graphing the
Menstrual Cycle
Thursday, 1/12
No Class
Friday, 1/13
Reproduction and
Development
VL:The Immune System
Activity: Body Defenses
VL: The Endocrine System
Tracking Endocrine Signals (3
days)
Weekend
Monday, 1/9
Tuesday, 1/10
FR Essay: Feedback
mechanisms
Endocrine Disorders Chart –
Fill In.
Extra Credit: Letter to a
Doctor (due 1/18)
Peer grade FR Essay
VL: The Reproductive System
PreLab: Sea Urchin
Development
Lab: Sea Urchin
Development
Finish Lab. Due 1/18
Weekend
Monday, 1/16
No School
Tuesday, 1/17
½ Test: Chapters 45, 46, 47
Individual and Group
The Great Animal Systems
Challenge!
Wednesday, 1/18
Endocrine,
Reproduction &
Deveolopment
Anatomy Unit
Rat Dissection & Review
Study anatomy unit
Thursday, 1/19
Anatomy Unit
Rat Dissection & Review
Study anatomy unit
Friday, 1/20
Anatomy Unit
Unit Test: Chapters 40 - 49
The topic in each box indicates the lesson plan for that day. Text pages refer to the reading assignment
to be completed for that day along with reading guide questions. For the first 5 minutes of class there
may be a quiz about the reading, for which you may use your written homework.