2010 AP Course Requirements
Your guide for what is needed for this course and what is expected of you in this
course.
2010 AP Biology Curriculum Schedule
This is the projected 2010-2011 schedule. We will try to fit all this in, but this
schedule is always subject to change depending on class needs & opportunity. But
you can use this as a guide for the pace of this course -- FAST!
2010 Organizing Your Notebook
You must be sure to understand the difference between "pile" and "file". Piles of
papers will not lead to success in this course. Filing your papers daily in separate
sections of your notebook will help you find success. Here is the organization
scheme we will use as a class. Dividers will be provided to you on the first day of
class.
Cornell Notes Template
Here are blank sheets for you to use to write up your Cornell Notes when you outline
each chapter.
Formal Lab Report Guideline/Rubric
Use this as a guideline to write up formal lab reports. Also take a look at LabWrite as
a very helpful resource to train in writing first-class lab reports.
APA Citation Guide
Use this as a guideline to help you format your references cited (bibliography) in
your lab report. Cite all works used and don't forget textbook.
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Animal Behavior
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 52: Animal Behavior
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
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Animal Systems
The Great Animal Systems Challenge!
Let's look at animal systems from a thematic approach: structure/function,
movememnt across a membrane, cell-to-cell communication, and so much more...
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 49: Maintaining the Internal Environment
(Kidneys & Homeostasis)
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 45: The Nervous System
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 43: Fueling Body Activities -- Digestion
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 44: Circulation & Respiration
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 42: The Animal Body and How It Moves
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Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 48: The Immune System
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Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 47: The Endocrine System
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Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 40: Intro to Animal Structure & Function
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 41: Animal Nutrition
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 42: Circulation & Gas Exchange
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 43: The Immune System
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 44: Osmoregulation and Excretion
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 45: Hormones & the Endocrine System
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 48: Nervous Systems
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 49: Sensory & Motor Mechanisms
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
"Super Size Me" Video Worksheet
A worksheet to accompany "Super Size Me", the critically acclaimed documentary
from filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, which entertainingly explores the correlation
between fast-food, lack of exercise, inadequate nutritional and physical education,
and the obesity epidemic currently plaguing our nation. "Would you like fries with
that?" will never sound the same!
Extra Credit: The Bacteria behind Ulcers
One half to one third of the world's population harbors Helicobacter pylori, "slow"
bacteria that infect the stomach and can cause ulcers and cancer there. Download
questions by clicking here.
Extra Credit: An Endangered Species in the Stomach
Is the decline of Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium living in the human stomach since
time immemorial, good or bad for public health? Download questions by clicking
here.
Extra Credit: Dying to See
Studies of the lens of the eye not only could reveal ways to prevent cataracts but
also might illuminate the biology of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other diseases in
which cells commit suicide. Download questions by clicking here.
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Cells
Cell Structure: Auto-tutorial Assignment
Your overall assignment is to learn Chapter 5: Cell Structure ON YOUR OWN (that's
what "auto-tutorial" means!) and be ready for a Quizzam (Quiz/Exam) on it. To help
you I am offering you a whole lot of resources:
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00organelles2008.pdf: Worksheets that you received in class, but can
download again if you need. Included in the worksheets is an illustration of an
animal and a plant cell that you can fill out with the "Baby Bio" PPT listed
below. Fill out the blank chart while you watch the AP PPTs and then add
from textbook reading.
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01CellOrganelles2008REGENTS.ppt: An introductory PPT that I use in
"Baby Bio". It's a good place to start, but don't stop there! Fill out the
worksheets with the animal and plant cell diagrams while watching this.
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02Ch05organelles12007.ppt: The first of the AP lectures. It's about the
organelles involved in making proteins. Fill out the blank chart worksheet
while watching this.
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03Ch05organelles22007.ppt: The second of the AP lectures. It's about the
organelles involved in making energy. Fill out the blank chart worksheet while
watching this.
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04Ch05organelles32007.ppt: The third of the AP lectures. It's about the
organelles involved in making new cells. Fill out the blank chart worksheet
while watching this.
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I have also included links to PDF versions of the PPTs, in case you do not
have a working copy of PowerPoint. But it is much better to watch the PPTs
with the animations. Try to go to the Public Library (Click here for their
hours) and use their computers
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 5: Cell Structure
Take ownership of your learning! Complete the textbook reading and this reading
guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 6: Membranes
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gxuide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 11: How Cells Divide
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Cell Membrane Drawing Project
Students produce a detailed drawing that includes the structure and function of the
cell membrane. The illustration must be completely hand-drawn. It also must include
detailed, accurate images and labeled components.
Concept Map -- Cell Membrane
Students produce a hierarchical concept map given a list of words. The first word is
the topmost concept. Students must add at least two of their own concepts to the
map.
Sounding Smart Paragraph -- Cell Membrane
FRQ practice -- After producing a hierarchical concept map, students write a
paragraph on the same topic using the same concepts.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 7: Cells
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 8: Cell Membranes
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 12: Cell Cycle -- Mitosis
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Cells: Putting It All Together
A worksheet to push you to look at the organelles as an interconnected working
system and not just a list of biology vocabulary words.
Extra Credit: Aquaporins (Nobel Prize)
The "public information" article from the Nobel Web site about the Nobel Prize in
Chemistry 2003 shared by Peter Agre & Roderick MacKinnon for their pioneering
discoveries concerning the water & ion channels of cells. A worksheet is included.
Extra Credit: Osmosis Challenge Questions Worksheet.
Think you've nailed down Osmosis? Take the challenge! This was actually an
assignment I had to complete as a Cornell freshman.
Extra Credit: Timothy Syndrome (Current Events)
A synopsis of the paper from the journal Cell -- "Calcium Channel Dysfunction
Causes Multisystem Disorder" -- published on September 30, 2004
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Chemistry & Biochemistry
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 2: The Nature of Molecules
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 3: The Chemical Building Blocks of Life
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 1: Themes of Biology
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 2 & 3: Chemistry & Water
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 4: Carbon & Molecular Diversity
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 5A: Macromolecues (General) &
Carbohydrates
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 5B: Lipids, Proteins & DNA
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
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Classification & Taxonomy
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 25: Systematics and the Phylogenetic
Revolution
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
A Universal "Parade through the Kingdoms" Classification Review Worksheet
This review assignment serves as an overview of all of Systematics/Classification. It
is not specifically tied to any textbook and any textbook can be used as a reference
for completing the assignment. Use it to summarize our present understanding of the
evolutionary relationships of the diverse forms of life on Earth.
Classification Who Am I?
A rapid review worksheet for classification. These are my characteristics... who am
I? Students can us it as a quickie self-quiz.
Campbell "Parade through the Kingdoms" Vacation Assignment
This assignment serves to guide you through Chapters 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34 in
Campbell's 5th edition. Complete it using the textbook as a resource. This
assignment is an adaptation of works originally created by Cheryl Hollinger (Central
York High School) and Glen Cochrane (Half Hollow Hills High School).
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 27: Prokaryotes
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 28: Protists
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 29: Plant Diversity
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 30: Fungi
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
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Ecology
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 53: Population Ecology
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 54: Community Ecology
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 55: Dynamics of Ecosystems
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 50: Introduction to Ecology & the
Biosphere
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 51: Behavioral Ecology
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 52: Population Ecology
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 53: Community Ecology
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 54: Ecosystems
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
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Enzymes & Metabolism
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 8: Energy And Metabolism (Enzymes)
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 9: How Cell Harvest Energy (Respiration)
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 10: Photosynthesis
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 6: Metabolism & Enzymes
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 9: Cellular Respiration
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Extra Credit: Enzymes At Work
We actually bump into enzyme chemistry in a lot of experiences in everyday life,
especially in the kitchen. Test out your understanding of enzyme principles with this
extra credit worksheet.
Extra Credit: Real Life Respiration
What happens when a farmer stores wet hay bales in the barn?... and other real life
applications of respiration.
Extra Credit: Hans Krebs
Questions to accompany your reading, "Hans Krebs & The Puzzle of Cellular
Respiration".
NOTE TO TEACHERS: This reading comes from the book "Doing Biology" -- a
series of stories about the real-life scientists behind some of the great discoveries of
biology. Buy it now on Amazon.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 10: Photosynthesis
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Extra Credit: Peter Mitchell
Questions to accompany your reading, "Peter Mitchell & How Cells Make ATP".
NOTE TO TEACHERS: This reading comes from the book "Doing Biology" -- a
series of stories about the real-life scientists behind some of the great discoveries of
biology. Buy it now on Amazon.
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Evolution
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 4: The Origin and Early History of Life
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 21: Genes Within Populations
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 22: Evolution by Natural Selection
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 23: The Origin of Species
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 24: Evolution of Genomes and
Developmental Mechanisms
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Evolution Concept Map
Concept map terms for evolution unit.
Evolution Sounding Smart Essay
The essay that students write from their evolution unit concept map.
"Walking with Cavemen" movie worksheet
Questions to accompany the wonderful video from the Discovery Channel. The
worksheet is a series of questions repeated for each hominid group -- not all
questions can be fully answered for all hominid groups, but I pose them so the
students can frame their thoughts about this lineage. I also give them a timeline to
use during the viewing. The movie takes an evolutionary, ecological perspective. It
is up-to-date and accurate and it's presented as a series of re-enactments
punctuated by introductions narrated by Alec Baldwin (While he is walking through
what I think is the old Hall of Human Origins at AMNH). Students are fascinated. My
ony warning is it's long -- 1 hour 40 minutes, if you show the whole movie.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 22: Descent with Modification
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 23: The Evolution of Populations
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 24: The Origin of Species
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 25: Phylogeny and Systematics
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 26: Origin of Life
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Evolution Essay: Guess Who Came To Dinner!
Alternative capstone (assessment) assignment for the Evolution unit.
Extra Credit: Diet and Primate Evolution
Many characteristics of modern primates, including our own species, derive from an
early ancestor's practice of taking most of its food from the tropical canopy.
Interesting research on the relationship between diet & primate evolution. Download
questions by clicking here.
Extra Credit: Under Your Skin
Race is one of the most divisive issues plaguing the human species. But is "race" a
biologically meaningful concept or is it a cultural illusion. Find out here and take the
race identity quiz. Download questions by clicking here.
Extra Credit: It's All About Vitamins
What were the selective forces that drove the evolution of skin colors in humans?
Download questions by clicking here.
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Genetics
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 12: Sexual Reproduction & Meiosis
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 13: Patterns of Inheritance
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 14: DNA -- The Genetic Material
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 15: Genes & How They Work
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Genetics Problems 1 -- Monohybrid & Dihybrid Crosses
Practice basic monohybrid & dihybrid crosses to test if you understand basic
Mendelian genetics.
Genetics Problems 2 -- Non-Mendelian Crosses
On Beyond Mendel! Practice crosses for incomplete dominance, codominance, and
more to test if you understand genetics beyond Mendelian inheritance.
Genetics Problems 3 -- Probability Practice
Practice predicting the outcome of matings using the laws of probability so you can
solve complex genetics problems without drawing complex Punnett squares.
Genetics Problems 4 -- Pedigrees
Practice analyzing pedigrees to test if you understand how to interpret family genetic
trees.
Extra Credit: Thomas Hunt Morgan
Questions to accompany your reading, "Thomas Hunt Morgan & the White-Eyed
Mutant".
NOTE TO TEACHERS: This reading comes from the book "Doing Biology" -- a
series of stories about the real-life scientists behind some of the great discoveries of
biology. Buy it now on Amazon.
Extra Credit: Y Chromosome
Questions to accompany your reading, "The Hidden History of Men: Secrets of the Y
Chromsoome".
NOTE TO TEACHERS: This reading comes from Discover magazine (2004 cover
article). http://discovermagazine.com/2004/dec/cover/
Extra Credit: Oswald Avery
Questions to accompany your reading, "Oswald Avery & the Search For The
Transforming Factor."
NOTE TO TEACHERS: This reading comes from the book "Doing Biology" -- a
series of stories about the real-life scientists behind some of the great discoveries of
biology. Buy it now on Amazon. Joel Hagan
Extra Credit: Racing with Sam
"At first, Sam Berns looked as odd as all the kids whose pictures I had been
studying: big bald head, beaky nose, strangely undersize chin and mouth, blue veins
twisting beneath a translucent scalp..." Very moving reading from the NY Times on
one family's experience with progeria. Questions are included with the article.
Extra Credit: One Family's Challenge: CDG
Article from Newsday on a rare recessive metabolic disorder affecting a family on
Long Island. Questions will be posted in the near future.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 13: Meiosis & Sexual Life Cycles
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 14: Mendel and the Gene Idea
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 15: The Chromosomal Basis of
Inheritance
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 16: The Molecular Basis of Inheritance
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 17: From Gene to Protein
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 18: Microbial Models
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 19: Control of Eukaryotic Genome
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Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 18: Control of Gene Expression
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 20: DNA Technology & Genomics
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Plants
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 10: Photosynthesis
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 29: Plant Diversity
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 35: Plant Form
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 37: Plant Transport
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 29 & 30: Plant Diversity
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 35: Plant Structure & Growth
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 36: Transport in Plants
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 37: Plant Nutrition
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 38: Plant Reproduction
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 39: Control Systems in Plants
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Extra Credit: The Flower and the Fly
Long insect mouthparts and deep flower tubes have become so specialized that
each organism has become dependent on the other. Questions are included with the
article.
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Review
All review materials have been moved to the Teachers' Center.
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Scientific Method
Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 1: The Science of Biology
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guide BEFORE lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
How to Write Hypotheses 1
An in-class exercise on how to develop an experimental design.
How to Write Hypotheses 2
An in-class exercise on how to develop an experimental design -- an extension of
Hypotheses 1. (Keys in Vault)
Lab Report Rubric
These are my expectations of what a student should hand in for a lab report.
Lab Report Grading Sheet
A comment worksheet to use while grading lab report.
Accept Defeat: The Neuroscience of Screwing Up
An article on how data anomalies are treated in science...and how failure can lead to
unexpected success.
Welcome! Here is a wide variety of resources to help you learn biology. These items may
be Web links or books or magazine articles. Please alert me at kim@ExploreBiology.com
ASAP if any of these links have expired
Essentials
AP Curriculum Calculator
A resource for teachers developing their curriculum. This is an Excel spreadsheet.
Input the total number of teaching days that you have in your school year and the
spreadsheet will automatically calculate how many days you can devote to each unit,
roughly based on the percentages recommended in the College Board's AP Biology
Course Description "Acorn" book.
Document as a ZIP file (may improve download).
Campbell Biology
http://phschool.com/access/
Web site supporting our Campbell Biology 5 textbook.
At the PHSchool Web site, click on "Student Registration" & then choose "New User"
& use the following "Access Code":
Student: SSNAST-BAEDA-RAJAH-BOSON-NADIR-LEGES
Be sure to choose a login name & password you will be able to remember all school
year.
The Biology Place
http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/
This is an early version of Prentice Hall Biology resource to support their textbooks.
It still has good info & practice questions on it. Access is free.
The Value of Taking AP Biology
Why take a course as hard as AP Biology? For many reasons! But just one is that it
is good training for your brain and your future academice career. Research shows
that students who take AP classes are far more successful in college, no matter
what grade they receive in the course or on the AP exam. The challenge of the
course and the emphasis on critical thinking, study skills and increased content
knowledge prepares a student for college work. AP is a predictor of college
success...read the report...
A Note to Parents: How to Help Your Child Succeed in AP Biology
You can help your child succeed in this course through five easy steps!
UnitedStreaming Video on Demand
http://www.unitedstreaming.com/
Very good educational video clips. Use these access codes (updated 9/30/2006):
LOGIN: halfhollowhills
PASSWORD: darwin
AP Essays
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/members/article/1,3046,152-171-0-1996,00.html
Previous AP essays with answers and analysis posted at the College Board Web
site
AP Essays
http://www.csun.edu/~vceed002/biology/apbiology/index.html
Previous AP essays with answers and garding rubric
More AP Essays
http://apbio.biosci.uga.edu/exam/Essays/html/index.html
Previous AP essays with answers and garding rubric
NOTE: ?? = optional items that we may cut if we are running tight on time, so check with
me on those.
NOTE: All Chapters REQUIRE you to complete a Chapter Reading Guide and hand it in
BEFORE the class discusses the chapter in class. All Reading Guides can be found on the
ExploreBiology.com Web site under AP Biology > Handouts. Be sure the Reading Guide is
written for Raven 7th edition.
A.
INTRODUCTION
1. SCIENTIFIC METHOD: How do we do science?
a. Chapter 1: The Science of Biology
b. Lab: Blackworm Heart Rate Research
B. LARGE-SCALE INTERACTIONS
1. EVOLUTION: How has life changed over long periods of time?
a. Chapter 22: The Evidence for Evolution
b. Chapter 21: Genes within Populations
c. Chapter 4: The Origin and Early History of Life
d. Chapter 23: The Origin of Species
e. Lab: Natural Selection of Butterflies Activity
f. Lab: Natural Selection of Strawfish Activity
g. Lab: Population Genetics Hardy-Weinberg Activity
h. Lab: Wisconsin Fast Plant (Brassica rapa) Research
2. CLASSIFICATION / DIVERSITY OF LIFE: How do we organize life into
evolutionary-related groups?
a. Chapter 25: Systematics and the Phylogenetic Revolution
b. Chapters 26-34: "Parade Through The Kingdoms" -- NOTE: These
chapters provide a survey of life on Earth and its current organization.
You will NOT read these chapters. We may highlight some aspects of
this information throughout the course, but it is no longer included in
the new AP curriculum which will be formally instituted next year. And
it has been downplayed on the most recent APB exams.
c. Lab: Cladistics -- Evolution of Marine Mammals Research
d. Lab: Mushroom Dissection
e. Lab: Sex in a Dish
f. Lab: Corn and Bean Studies
3. ECOLOGY: How do individuals and groups of organisms interact?
a. Chapter 53: Population Ecology
b. Chapter 54: Community Ecology
c. Chapter 52: Behavioral Biology
d. Chapter 55: Dynamics of Ecosystems
e. ??Chapter 56: The Biosphere
f. ??Chapter 57: Conservation Biology
g. Lab: Chi Square Demonstration
h. Lab: Animal Behavior Research
i. Lab: Marsh Ecology Research (Sunken Meadow Field Trip)
j. ??Lab: Sex and The Single Guppy Simulation
C. CELLULAR PROCESSES: CELL STRUCTURE
1. BIOCHEMISTRY: What molecules are living organisms built out of?
a. Chapter 2: The Nature of Molecules
b. Chapter 3: The Chemical Building Blocks of Life
c. Lab: Dissolved Oxygen and Temperature Research
d. Lab: Chemistry of Life: Organisms and pH -- Buffers Research
2. CELL STRUCTURE: Cells are the basic unit of life; what are their parts
and what do these parts do?
a. WARNING: You are responsible for Chapter 5, but this chapter will
NOT be taught in class. It will be auto-tutorial. This chapter will be
tested. You need to read and review it yourself and come to class with
specific questions, if you have them. PowerPoint presentations and
worksheets will be posted on the ExploreBiology Web site to help you.
b. Chapter 5: Cell Structure
c. Chapter 6: Membranes
d. Chapter 49: Maintaining the Internal Environment
e. Chapter 45: The Nervous System
f. Lab: Freshwater Protist and Animal Observation Activity
g. Lab: Diffusion Through A Membrane Demonstration
h. Lab: Osmosis Through A Membrane Demonstration
i. Lab: Osmosis in a Plant Cell Demonstration
j. Lab: Osmosis Challenges
k. Lab: Limits to Cell Size Study
l. Lab: Lights, Camera, Action Potential Model
D. CELLULAR PROCESSES: MAKING ENERGY
1. RESPIRATION: How do cells harvest ATP energy from oxygen and
organic fuels?
a. Chapter 8: Energy and Metabolism
b. Chapter 9: How Cells Harvest Energy
c. Lab: Enzyme Function Research
d. Lab: Enzymes & Jell-o Activity
e. Lab: Respiration Research
f. Lab: Sucrose Fermentation -- Making Root Beer Activity
g. Lab: Lactic Acid Fermentation -- Making Yogurt
2. ANIMAL SYSTEMS IN SUPPORT OF RESPIRATION: What systems in
organisms have evolved to support cells making energy from
respiration?
a. Chapter 43: Fueling Body Activities: Digestion
b. Chapter 44: Circulation and Respiration
c. Chapter 42: The Animal Body and How It Moves (Muscles)
d. Chapter 47 The Endocrine System / Chapter 7: Cell to Cell
Interactions (Pertinent parts of Chapter 7 will be included in the
discussion of hormones & endocrine system, Chapter 47)
e. Chapter 48: The Immune System
f. Lab: Hormones and the Human Menstrual Cycle Activity
3. PHOTOSYNTHESIS: How do cells harvest ATP energy & build
carbohydrates from solar energy, CO2 & water?
a. Chapter 10: Photosynthesis
b. Lab: Photosynthesis Research
c. Lab: Dissolved Oxygen & Primary Productivity (Lab Bench?)
4. PLANT SYSTEMS IN SUPPORT OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS: What systems
in plants have evolved to support cells making energy from
photosynthesis?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
Chapter 29: Overview of Plant Diversity
Chapter 35: Plant Form
Chapter 36: Vegetative Plant Development
Chapter 37: Transport in Plants
Chapter 38: Plant Nutrition
Chapter 40: Sensory Systems in Plants
Lab: Leaf Anatomy Activity
Lab: Transpiration Research
Lab: Plant Game Activity
E. MAKING CELLS & MAKING NEW ORGANISMS
1. MITOSIS: How do cells reproduce exact copies?
a. Chapter 11: How Cells Divide
b. Lab: Mitosis and Cancer Activity
2. MEIOSIS: How do organisms produce haploid cells for sexual
reproduction?
a. Chapter 12: Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis
b. Chapter 50: Sex and Reproduction
c. ??Chapter 51: Vertebrate Development
d. Chapter 41: Plant Reproduction
e. Lab: Meiosis Activity
f. Lab: Flower Structure Study
3. GENETICS: How do organisms reproduce sexually?
a. Chapter 13: Patterns of Inheritance
b. Lab: Chi Square Analysis & Genetics Demonstration
c. Lab: Virtual Fly Genetics Research
d. Lab: Genetics of Wisconsin Fast Plant (Brassica rapa) Research
F. MAKING PROTEINS
1. PROTEIN SYNTHESIS: How are proteins produced from our genetic
code?
a. Chapter 14: DNA--The Genetic Material
b. Chapter 15: Genes and How They Work
c. Lab: Protein Synthesis Modeling
2. GENE REGULATION: How are genes turned on and off at the correct
times for proper organism development and function?
a. Chapters 18: Control of Gene Expression
b. ??Chapter 19: Cellular Mechanisms of Development
c. ??Chapter 24: Evolution of Genomes and Developmental Mechanisms
d. ??Chapter 20: Cancer Biology and Cell Technology
3. BIOTECHNOLOGY: Now that we can decode the DNA of any organism
and move DNA from one organism to another, what new DNA
technologies can we implement?
a. Chapter 16: Gene Technology
b. Lab: Cloning A Paper Plasmid Simulation
c. Lab: Green Fluorescent Protein Cloning
d. Lab: Restriction Digest of DNA Simulation
e. Lab: Restriction Digest Demonstration
G. WHOLE COURSE REVIEW