August 2012 Dr. Lau
Monday
RM 119 Lab 117
AP Biology 2012-13
DeBakey HSHP
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Welcome Back
Friday
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3
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teacher prep
27 A/B
28 A
29 B
30 A
31 B
Policies, Procedures,
Introduction
Ch.2-3: The Chemical Context
of Life + Water & the Fitness
of the Environment
teacher service days
HW ch 2-3
Ch.4-5: Carbon & Molecular
Diversity of Life + The
Structure & Function of
Macromolecules
HW Ch 4-5
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September 2012
Monday
3
Tuesday
4A
Wednesday
Thursday
5B
6A
Ch 5
Labor Day Holiday
10 A
7B
Ch 6 Enzymes
Review Ch2-6
HW ch 6
HW Ch 8
11 B
TEST: CH.2-5 and 6
AP BIO LAB 13 Enzyme
activity
17
Friday
12 A
13 B
FR protein structure/function
Ch 6
14 A
Ch.8: Membrane Structure &
Function
HW Ch 11
18 B
19 A
20 B
Ch.11 Cell Communication,
Assign project of signal
transduction
Fall Holiday
21 A
Ch.11 Cell Communication,
Assign project of signal
transduction
AP BIO LAB 4 Diffusion and
Osmosis
24 B
25 A
Cycle 1 Project Signal
transduction presentation
26 B
early dissmissal
27 A
Cycle 1 Project Signal
transduction presentation
HW ch 7
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28 B
October 2012
Monday
1A
Tuesday
2B
Ch.7: A Tour of the Cell I
Cycle test review
8B
9A
Wednesday
Thursday
3A
4B
16 B
Ch.10: Photosynthesis, AP
BIO LAB 5 Photosynthesis
22 B
HW Ch 6
HW Ch 9
10 B
11 A
HW Ch 10
17 A
18 B
24 B
HW Ch 13
30 B
19 A
Cycle 2 Project
Photosynthesis/cell
respiration
25 A
early Dismissal
TEST: Ch. 9-10 & AP BIO
LABS 4-5
HW Ch 12
Ch.12: The Cell Cycle
12 B
Quiz: Ch. 6&9,
Cycle 2 Project
Photosynthesis/cell
respiration
29 A
End of cycle 1
Review CA-1 post-test
Ch.9: Cellular Respiration
AP BIO LAB 5
photosynthesis
23 A
5A
TEST: Ch. 7-8, 11 & AP BIO
LAB 4, 13
AP BIO LAB 6 Cell
respiration
15 A
Friday
31 A
Ch.13: Meiosis & the Sexual
Life Cycles,
HW Ch 14
Halloween
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26 B
November 2012
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
1B
Friday
2A
Quiz: Ch. 12&13,
Ch.14: Mendel & the Gene
Idea
HW Ch 15
5B
6A
7B
Ch.15: The Chromosomal
Basis of Inheritance
8A
9B
end of cycle 2
TEST: Ch.9-10 12-13 & AP
BIO LAB 5 6 7 ...
Election Day
HW Ch 16
12 A
3B
Ch.16: The Molecular Basis of
Inheritance
15 B
Quiz: Ch. 15-16,
Corn lab, skin color
HW 18(19)
Early dismissal
HW ch 17
19 B
14 A
20 A
21
Ch.17: From Gene to Protein
Part II
26 B
27 A
Ch.17: From Gene to Protein
Part II
Review for test
Ch.18-19: Prokaryotic &
Eukaryotic Gene Expression
16 A
Talent show
Ch.17: From Gene to Protein
Part I
HW 19 (21)
22
23
Thanksgiving Day
28 B
29 A
TEST: Ch. 14 15 16 17
HW ch 20
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30 B
December 2012
Monday
3A
Tuesday
4B
Ch.18-19: Prokaryotic &
Eukaryotic Gene Expression
5 ACh.20: DNA
Thursday
6B
Technology & Genomic
AP BIO LAB 8 Biotech
Bacterial transformation
HW 18
HW 19
10 B
Wednesday
Friday
7A
AP BIO LAB 9 RFLP/PCR
HW 20
11 A
12 B
Cycle 3 Project on gene
regulation
13 A
14 B
Cycle 3 Project on gene
regulation
Test ch 18,19,20
17 A
18 B
Midterm Final Review
24
19 A
20 B
21 A
HW Ch 22 23
Ch.22: Mechanisms of
Evolution
HW Ch 22 23
27
28
Midterm Exam
25
26
Christmas Day
31
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end of cycle 3
January 2013
Monday
Tuesday
1
7
teacher prep
new year holiday
8B
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
2
3
4
9A
10
11 A
Ch.23: The Evolution of
Populations
HW Ch 24
14 B
15 A
16 B
Ch.24-25: The Origin of
Species + Phylogeny &
Systematics
17 A
18 B
Cycle 4 Project phylogeny
Hw Ch 25
21
22 A
Cycle 4 Project phylogeny
M L King Day holiday
23
report card
AP BIO LAB 1-2 Selection
and Hardy-Weinberg
24 A
TEST: Ch. 22-25 + AP BIO
LAB 1-2
HW Ch 43
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25 B
28 A
29 B
30 A
Ch.43: The Body’s Defenses
I
31
early dismissal
Ch.43: The Body’s Defenses
II
February 2013
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1A
TEST: Ch. 43
HW Ch 45
4B
5A
6B
7A
Ch.45: Chemical Signals in
Animals
HW Ch 48
11 A
12 B
Ch.49: Sensory & Motor
Mechanisms (emphasis on last
portion on muscle contraction)
18 B
13 A
14 B
Quiz: Ch.45 & 48, Wrap up
Ch.48-49
HW Ch 47
19 A
Ch.27: Prokaryotes & the
Origins of Metabolic Diversity
HW Ch 27 28
8B
Ch.48: Nervous Systems
(focus on neurophysiology)
HW Ch 49
20 B
15 A
Ch.47&21: Animal
Development + The Genetic
Basis of Development
21 A
Ch.28: The Origin of
Eukaryotic Diversity
HW Ch 32
Test Ch 27 28 & 47 21
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22 B
end of cycle 4
25 A
26 B
27 A
Quiz: 27-28
Ch.32-34: Animal Evolution,
Invertebrates & Vertebrates I
28 B
Ch.32-34: Animal Evolution,
Invertebrates & Vertebrates II
HW Ch 34
March 2013
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1A
TEST: Ch.32-34
4B
5A
6B
7A
8
Ch.36: Transport in Plants +
Ch.37: Plant Nutrition
AP BIO LAB 3 NCBI, Cycle
5 project assigned (research
prop) HW Ch 36
HW Ch 37
11
Spring Break
12
13
14
15
18 A
19 B
20 A
21B
22 A
Quiz: AP BIO LAB 11
Transpiration
TEST: Ch.36 37 + AP BIO
LAB 3 11
AP Bio lab 10 Biomass
HW Ch 51
HW ch 50
25 B
26 A
Ch 50-51 Ecology
HW Ch 52 53
27 B
28 A
Ch 52-54 Ecology
HW Ch 54
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29 B
Good Friday
April 2013
Monday
1A
Tuesday
2B
Test: Ch 50-54
8B
Wednesday
3A
Thursday
Friday
4B
5A
10 B
11
12
Cycle 6 Self-inquiry
research project Report
Posters
9A
Reviews with mock exams,
mock quizzes, pratice inquiry
lab tests.
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End of Cycle 5
May 2013
Monday
Tuesday
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Final Exams
31
6
AP EXAM Week
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Memorial Day
June 2013
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
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Friday
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Summer
School
18
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End of cycle 6
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July 2013
Monday
1
Tuesday
2
Wednesday
3
Thursday
4
Friday
5
Independence Day
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