AP Biology Assignment Calendar

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AP Biology Practices
1 - Models & Representation
2 - Using Mathematics
3 - Scientific Questioning
0: Preview
4 - Data Collection Strategies
5 - Analysis & Evaluation of Evidence
6 - Scientific Explanations & Theories
Summer Exam Format/Strategies N/A N/A 7 - Scales, Concepts & Representations
1. Natural Selection
2. Examples of Natural Selection
9. Evolution Continues
Review - Natural Selection
8/23 Introduction to Evolutionary Biology 19.1-19.2 8/24 Stickleback Evolution
8/27 Evolutionary Forces 21.3-21.4 8/31 3. Genetic Drift
4. Evidence for Evolution
8/30 Evidence of Evolution 19.3, 23 8/31 5. Essential Characteristics of Life
Solving Hardy-Weinberg Problems. Hardy-
1: Evolution (Big Weinberg Punnett Square.
Idea 1) Lab: Population Modeling
Hardy-Weinberg Lab 08: Population Genetics & Evolution
9/4 & 9/6 Measuring Evolution 21.1-21.2 Lab 9/7 52: Cellular Variation
6. Phylogenetics
9/10 & 9/13 Classification 20 BLAST Lab 9/14 Lab: Comparing DNA Sequences
7. Speciation and Extinction
8. Speciation
9/17 - 9/20 Speciation 22 9/21 Review: Speciation
10. Abiogenesis
9/24 Origin of Life 24-27 9/28 11. The Origin of Life - Scientific Evidence
Three Domains of Life
Prokaryotic Cellular Organization 4.1, 4.2- 17: Compartmentalization
9/27 - 10/1 vs. Eukaryotic Cell Anatomy 4.7 10/5 43: Cellular Organelles
Tentative Exam Unit 1: October 4, 2018
10/8 Chemistry, Water and Carbon 2, 3.1 10/12 Water: A Polar Molecule
Lab 06: Molecular Biology
10/11-10/15 Biological Molecules 3.2-3.6 10/19 42: Biological Molecules
10/18 Structure and Support 5.1-5.2 10/26 15: Cell Membranes
2: Matter (Big
Idea 2) 16: Transport Across Cell Membranes
Lab 01: Diffusion and Osmosis
Lab: Diffusion Demo
10/22-10/29 Transport 5.3-5.5 Sucrose Lab 10/26 Lab: Osmosis Lab Walkthrough

Tentative Exam Unit 2: November 5, 2018

12: Life Requires Free Energy
11/8 & 11/14 Cellular Energetic Theory 6.1-6.3 11/16 Gibbs Free Energy
11/15 Metabolic Strategies n/a
11/26 & Lab 02: Enzyme Catalysis
11/29 Enzymes 6.4-6.5 11/30 48: Enzymes
3: Energy (Big
Idea 2) 13. Photosynthesis and Respiration
photosynthesis Lab 04: Plant Pigments & Photosynthesis
12/3 & 12/6 Photoautotrophic Nutrition 8 lab 12/7 Lab: Photosynthesis Lab Walkthrough
Lab 05: Cellular Respiration
12/10 & (cellular The Importance of Oxygen
12/13 Chemoheterotrophic Nutrition 7 respiration lab) 12/14 Lab: Cellular Respiration Lab Walkthrough
Tentative Exam Unit 3: December 17, 2018
27: DNA and RNA Part 1
1/3 Introduction to DNA 13 1/18 Genetics Preview
1/7 & 1/10 &
1/14 The Central Dogma 14 1/18 28: DNA and RNA Part 2
28: Cell Cycle, Mitosis & Meiosis
1/17 & 1/18 & Lab 03: Mitosis and Meiosis
1/22 Mitosis & Cell Cycle Control 9.1-9.3 1/25 Cell Division

Diploid vs. Haploid

1/24 & 1/29 Meiosis 10 02/01 34: Increasing Genetic Variation
1/31 Introduction to Mendelian Genetics 11.1-11.2 02/08 29: Mendelian Genetics
4: Information
(Big Idea 3) 30: Advanced Genetics
Lab: Chi-Squared Test
Sodaria Cross
11.3, Corn & Chi- Probability in Genetics
2/4 & 2/7 Extensions to Mendielian Genetics 12.1-12.3 Squared Lab 02/08 Lab: Chi-Squared Test
2/11 Human Genetic Conditions 11.4 n/a
31: Gene Regulation
The Operon
2/14 & 2/21 Regulation of Gene Expression 15 2/22
 4: Information
(Big Idea 3)

AP Biology Assignment Calendar

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Transformation Epigenetics
2/25 & 2/28 Biotechnology & Viruses 16, 17 Lab 03/01 35: Viral Replication

Tentative Exam Unit 4: March 7, 2019

36: Evolution of Cell Communication
37: Cell Communication
5.6 38: Signal Transduction in Pathways
Cellular Communication & 32.2 39: Effects of Changes in Pathways
3/11 - 3/14 Hormonal Control 36.3 3/15 32: Signal Transmission and Gene Expression
36.4
3/18 Nutrition & Osmoregulation 33 3/22
3/21 & 4/1 Immunity 35 4/5 23: Plant and Animal Defenses
37
4/4 Nervous 38 4/5 41: The Nervous System
5: Organism Lab 09: Transpiration
Systems (Big Idea Transpiration Lab 10: Circulatory System Physiology
4) 4/8-4/11 Transport & Gas Exchange 34, 29 Lab 4/12 Lab: Finding Stomata
Tentative Exam Unit 5: April 15, 2019
26: Behavior and Natural Selection
25: Mechanisms of Timing and Control
19: Responses to External Environments
Animal Behavior Lab 11: Animal Behavor
4/18-4/25 Responses & Behavior 39, 31 Lab n/a 40: Information Exchange
45: Organ System
6: Ecological
49: Cooperative Interactions
nteractions (Big
20: Biotic and Abiotic Factors
Idea 4)
46: Communities
50: Populations
55: Biodiversity
54: Population Variation
47: Ecosystems
4/26-5/1 Ecology Overview n/a 51: Ecosystem Changes
No Exam. Study week May 6-10. Exam on May 13