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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2
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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
5B
6A
Ch 5
Labor Day Holiday
10 A
Friday
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
Thursday
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
3A
4B
16 B
Ch.10: Photosynthesis, AP
BIO LAB 5 Photosynthesis
22 B
HW Ch 9
10 B
11 A
HW Ch 13
30 B
12 B
Quiz: Ch. 6&9,
HW Ch 10
17 A
18 B
24 B
early Dismissal
19 A
Cycle 2 Project
Photosynthesis/cell
respiration
25 A
TEST: Ch. 9-10 & AP BIO
LABS 4-5
HW Ch 12
Ch.12: The Cell Cycle
End of cycle 1
HW Ch 6
Cycle 2 Project
Photosynthesis/cell
respiration
29 A
5A
Review CA-1 post-test
Ch.9: Cellular Respiration
AP BIO LAB 5
photosynthesis
23 A
Friday
TEST: Ch. 7-8, 11 & AP BIO
LAB 4, 13
AP BIO LAB 6 Cell
respiration
15 A
Thursday
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. 12-15 & 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,
Ch.17: From Gene to Protein
Part I
HW 18(19)
HW ch 17
19 B
14 A
20 A
Ch.18-19: Prokaryotic &
Eukaryotic Gene Expression
Part I
21
16 A
Ch.17: From Gene to Protein
Part II
HW 19 (21)
22
Thanksgiving Day
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26 B
27 A
28 B
29 A
Ch.18-19: Prokaryotic &
Eukaryotic Gene Expression
Part II
30 B
TEST: Ch. 15-19
HW ch 20
December 2012
Monday
3A
Tuesday
4B
Ch.20: DNA Technology &
Genomics
10 B
Wednesday
5A
11 A
18 B
Midterm Final Review
24
6B
AP BIO LAB 8 Biotech
Bacterial transformation
12 B
Cycle 3 Project on gene
regulation
17 A
Thursday
7A
AP BIO LAB 9 RFLP/PCR
13 A
14 B
Cycle 3 Project on gene
regulation
19 A
20 B
21 A
HW Ch 22 23
Ch.22: Mechanisms of
Evolution
HW Ch 22 23
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28
Midterm Exam
25
Friday
26
Christmas Day
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end of cycle 3
31
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
Ch.24-25: The Origin of
Species + Phylogeny &
Systematics
16 B
report card
AP BIO LAB 1-2 Selection
and Hardy-Weinberg
17 A
Cycle 4 Project phylogeny
Hw Ch 25
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18 B
21
22 A
23
24 A
M L King Day holiday
28 A
25 B
TEST: Ch. 22-25 + AP BIO
LAB 1-2
Cycle 4 Project phylogeny
HW Ch 43
29 B
30 A
Ch.43: The Body’s Defenses
I
early dismissal
31
Ch.43: The Body’s Defenses
II
February 2013
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1A
TEST: Ch. 43
HW Ch 45
4B
5A
6B
Ch.45: Chemical Signals in
Animals
Ch.49: Sensory & Motor
Mechanisms (emphasis on last
portion on muscle contraction)
12 B
8B
Ch.48: Nervous Systems
(focus on neurophysiology)
HW Ch 49
HW Ch 48
11 A
7A
13 A
14 B
Quiz: Ch.45 & 48, Wrap up
Ch.48-49
HW Ch 47
15 A
Ch.47&21: Animal
Development + The Genetic
Basis of Development
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18 B
19 A
20 B
Ch.27: Prokaryotes & the
Origins of Metabolic Diversity
26 B
27 A
Quiz: 27-28
Ch.32-34: Animal Evolution,
Invertebrates & Vertebrates I
22 B
end of cycle 4
Ch.28: The Origin of
Eukaryotic Diversity
HW Ch 32
Test Ch 27 28 & 47 21
HW Ch 27 28
25 A
21 A
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
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25 B
26 A
27 B
Ch 50-51 Ecology
HW Ch 52 53
28 A
Ch 52-54 Ecology
HW Ch 54
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
17
18
19
Cycle 6 Self-inquiry
research project Report
Posters
9A
Reviews with mock exams,
mock quizzes, pratice inquiry
lab tests.
15
16
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End of Cycle 5
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26
May 2013
Monday
6
Tuesday
7
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
2
3
8
9
10
AP EXAM Week
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Final Exams
31
Memorial Day
June 2013
Monday
3
Tuesday
4
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
End of cycle 6
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Summer
School
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July 2013
Monday
1
Tuesday
2
Wednesday
3
Thursday
4
Friday
5
Independence Day
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