AP Biology is a demanding course and expectations of the students are high. To assist with their success, I have provided a number of resources on the syllabus such as texts and online resources. Students can access class documents on Google Classroom on the unit outline I provide on my daily agendas. AP Classroom will be utilized on a regular basis to help students prepare for the AP exam in the spring.
Demonstrations, laboratory exercises and experiments, and other hands on activities are used for both scientific inquiry and to emphasize a conceptual point. These are also valuable tools for providing enjoyment in a learning environment. The AP course is structured around four big ideas, enduring understandings within the big ideas, and essential knowledge within the enduring understandings. Students are given opportunities to develop skills utilized by biologists as they employ the science practices throughout the course.
The course is organized into eight units of instruction.
Units of Instruction:
Unit 1: Chemistry of Life
Unit 2: Cell Structure and Function
Unit 3: Cellular Energetics
Unit 4: Cell Communication and Cell Cycle
Unit 5: Heredity
Unit 6: Gene Expression and Regulation
Unit 7: Natural Selection
Unit 8: Ecology
Demonstrations, laboratory exercises and experiments, and other hands on activities are used for both scientific inquiry and to emphasize a conceptual point. These are also valuable tools for providing enjoyment in a learning environment. The AP course is structured around four big ideas, enduring understandings within the big ideas, and essential knowledge within the enduring understandings. Students are given opportunities to develop skills utilized by biologists as they employ the science practices throughout the course.
The course is organized into eight units of instruction.
Units of Instruction:
Unit 1: Chemistry of Life
Unit 2: Cell Structure and Function
Unit 3: Cellular Energetics
Unit 4: Cell Communication and Cell Cycle
Unit 5: Heredity
Unit 6: Gene Expression and Regulation
Unit 7: Natural Selection
Unit 8: Ecology
Student objectives and additional course information is provided on the syllabus linked below. Click the Blogger icon to visit my AP Biology Blog.
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