AP BIOLOGY 1st QUARTER SYLLABUS: EVOLUTION AND GENETICS
8/24
8/31
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Course Intro & Termite Lab: Observations
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Chapter 1: Scientific Method & Experimental Design
Lab Notebook Overview & Termite Lab: Experimental Design
Termite Lab: Experimentation
Termite Lab: Wrap-Up & Notebook Entry
AP Biology: Course Information, Policies, & Procedures
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Unit 1: Evolution Intro & Video: The Origin of Species: The Beak of the Finch
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Chapter 22: Evolution- Darwinian View
p. 2–27
p. 438-451
Geological gradualism
Lamarck’s theory
Darwin’s Galapagos observations
Natural selection
Lines of evidence for Darwin’s theory
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9/7
Chapter 23: How Populations Evolve
p. 454-470
Gene pool
Causes of genetic variation
Hardy-Weinberg theorem
Natural selection
Genetic drift
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Chapter 23: How Populations Evolve, contd.
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Hardy-Weinberg Lab: Application of Evolving Populations
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No School—Labor Day
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Video: The Making of the Fittest: Natural Selection and Adaptation
Activity: Allele and Phenotype Frequencies in Rock Pocket Mouse Populations
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9/14
Chapter 24: Origin of Species
p. 472-488
Biological “species”
Allopatric speciation
Isolating mechanisms
Sympatric speciation
Punctuated equilibrium
(pre- & post-zygotic)
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Chapter 24: Origin of Species, contd.
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Chapter 25: Macroevolution- Tracing Phylogeny
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p. 491-507
Fossils (formation & dating)
Adaptive radiation
Continental drift
Taxonomy (homology & molecular biology)
Chapter 26: Early Life and Origin of Life
Ch. 22-24 L. Logs Due
p. 512-528
Early atmosphere
Evidence for RNA
Miller & Urey’s experiment
Prokaryotic metabolism
Fox’s proteinoids
Evolution of eukaryotic cells
Protobionts
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Chapter 26: Early Life and Origin of Life
p. 529-531
Major Lineages (5 kingdom, 8 kingdom, 3 domain)
9/21
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BLAST Lab Intro & Instructions (Early Release Day)
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In-Class Essay
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Essay Rubric Overview and Essay Scoring
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Unit 1 Review & Math Practice
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UNIT 1: Evolution (Ch. 22-26) Test—Free Response Questions
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UNIT 1: Evolution (Ch. 22-26) Test—Multiple Choice & Math
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Test Follow-Up (Test Corrections & Grading Policies Overview)
Ch. 25-26 L. Logs Due
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Unit 2: Chapter 13: Meiosis
Importance of meiosis
9/28
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Meiosis I & II
Chapter 13: Meiosis
Karyotypes
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Genetic variation
Chapter 14: Mendel's Genetics
Gregor Mendel
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p. 238-249
p. 251–260
Law of segregation & Law of independent assortment
Monohybrid & dihybrid cross
Parental generation & filial generation
Dominant & recessive alleles
Homozygous & heterozygous genotypes
Chapter 14: Other Genetic Crosses & Inheritance in Humans (Early Release Day)
Incomplete dominance & codominance
10/5
Chapter 14: Other Genetic Crosses & Inheritance in Humans, contd.
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Work on Chapter 14 Genetics Problems or Ch. 13 & 14 Learning Logs
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Genetics Activity and/or Video
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Chapter 15: Chromosome Theory & Recombination
Sex determination
p. 260-270
Polygenic traits
Ch. 13-14 Learning Logs Due
p. 274 – 281
Sex-linked traits
Chapter 15: Chromosomes & Chromosomal Errors
X-inactivation
10/12
Multiple alleles
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Phenotypes
p. 281 – 290
Aneuploidy & polyploidy
Chromosomal disorders
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Chapter 15, contd. & Work on Chapter 15 Genetics problems or Ch. 15 Learning Logs
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Genetics Activity and/or Video
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Lab: Chi-Square Candy Simulation
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Lab: Genetics of Corn
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Lab Wrap-Up (Early Release Day)
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Chapter 16: History of DNA
Griffith Experiment
p. 293-298
Hershey-Chase Experiment
Watson & Crick DNA Model
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Chapter 16: DNA Replication
Meselson & Stahl Experiment
10/19
p. 299-307
Replication “zipper” model
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Unit 2 Wrap-Up & Math Practice
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UNIT 2: Genetics (Ch. 13-16) Test—Free Response Questions
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UNIT 2: Genetics (Ch. 13-16) Test—Multiple Choice & Math
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Unit 3: Chapter 17: Transcription
RNA synthesis
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Okazaki fragments
Ch. 15-16 Learning Logs Due
p. 309-319
Genetic code
mRNA
Ribosomes
Polypeptide formation
Chapter 17: Translation
tRNA & rRNA
END OF 1st QUARTER
p. 320-331
Mutations