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Welcome to AP Biology!
Trish Fortenbaugh
pfortenbaugh@cdschools.org
541-1662 x237
My science/education
background…
•Taught at Wheaton High
School in Montgomery County
MD for 1 year
•Anatomy & Physiology
•Biology
•Honors Biology
•9th year teaching at East High
•Biology II
•AP Biology
B.S. Biology – Susquehanna University
Secondary Ed. Cert. – Susquehanna University
Masters of Science Education - LVC
Requirements for all classes:
3 ring binder & lab notebook
Canvas– Online course format
Headphones/Earbuds
Prepared for class
Topics for AP Biology
Unit 1: Scientific Inquiry/Ecology
Unit 2: Biochemistry
Unit 3: Cell Structure & Function
Unit 4: Cellular Energetics
Unit 5: Cell Reproduction
Unit 6: Patterns of Inheritance & Human Genetics
Unit 7: Molecular Genetics
Unit 8: Evolution
Unit 9: Diversity of Organisms
Unit 10: Animal Structure & Function
Unit 11: Plant Anatomy & Physiology
AP Biology Exam – May 9 – 8 AM
Advanced Placement Biology Content
The AP Biology Course is structure around the following
Big Ideas:
•Big Idea 1: The process of evolution drives the diversity
and unity of life.
•Big Idea 2: Biological systems utilize free energy and
molecular building blocks to grow, to reproduce and to
maintain dynamic homeostasis.
•Big Idea 3: Living systems store, retrieve, transmit and
respond to information essential to life processes.
•Big Idea 4: Biological systems interact, and these systems
and their interactions possess complex properties..
Science Practices (SP)
1. The student can use representations and models to
communicate scientific phenomena and solve scientific problems.
2. The student can use mathematics appropriately.
3. The student can engage in scientific questioning to extend
thinking or to guide investigations within the context of the AP
course.
4. The student can plan and implement data collection strategies
appropriate to a particular scientific question.
5. The student can perform data analysis and evaluation of
evidence.
6. The student can work with scientific explanations and theories.
7. The student is able to connect and relate knowledge across
various scales, concepts and representations in and across
domains.
Assessments:
*Daily Journaling/Activators
*College Board Labs
*Class work
*Homework
*Tests/quizzes/assessments
*Projects
*Midterm exam (January)
*Final exam (May)
Grade Calculations
50% Tests
25% Quizzes
15% Classwork
10% Homework
Grading
East High Grading Scale
A
90 – 100
B
80 - 89
C
70 – 79
D
60 - 69
Homework assignments,
announcements, and daily class
documents can be viewed on my
Canvas AP Biology page
General Course documents on
my school Website
 www.cdschools.org
 Select a School: East High
 Staff
 Fortenbaugh
Homework is assigned most
evenings, often in advance
Thank you for
attending tonight!
If you wish to discuss the progress of
your student in honors biology,
please contact me via email or
telephone and I will be happy to
answer any questions you may have.
Please keep in touch!