Welcome to AP Biology Mrs. Lindsay Mathis CB 15 Pick up a welcome letter from the tray near the door. Pick up a highlighter from the front bench. Then find your assigned seat. Welcome to AP Biology Mrs. Lindsay Mathis CB 15

Meet Your Teacher! Follow the clues to reveal a few things about me before we begin!

About me I am from Charlotte, NC

My Family My Husband - Jason

Daughter Emily (4 yo)

Son Ethan (1 yo)

Interests Watching Panther’s football with my family Reading Working out at the YMCA Taking naps Coloring with my daughter Watching HBO’s Game of Thrones!

Education Graduated from Myers Park in 2001 Earned my Bachelor’s degree in Biology at UNC – Chapel Hill

Career Began teaching Biology at Waddell High School in 2005 (3 years) Taught for 1 year at West Charlotte HS (whew!) Spent 6 years at Garinger High School (teacher and Academic Facilitator) Came back to MP in 2015!

Fun Facts I love cats! My favorite treat is anything chocolate (or cheese!!!). My favorite color is purple. I played varsity volleyball when I was a student at MP. I still live in the house I was born/grew up in.

How did you do? And now let’s discuss a few class logistics…

Instructional Procedures and Expectations Share this letter with your parents tonight. Return the acknowledgment sheet filled out and signed tomorrow.

AP Biology Warning This course is HARD. You will struggle but you will succeed if you are willing to work hard. You must STUDY. No way around it. You must be present.

AP Biology Exams  will mimic the AP exam Labs Will be paper based No phones Calculator permitted (but no phone calculators) All tests will contain MC questions and free response questions No re-tests, but there will be opportunities to earn lost points back Labs 25% of this course is spent doing lab investigations These labs will be reflected on the AP exam in May You need a LAB NOTEBOOK: preferably one with graph lined paper This is good documentation for college lab credit

AP Biology Strategies & Activities You need this book: The Survival of the Sickest by Dr. Sharon Moalem This course will have a LOT of reading (both in and out of class) There will not be as much lecture as you may be used to Lot of group work, collaboration, partner discussion, class discussion

AP Scores & AP Credit Most colleges require a 4 or 5 (some accept a 3) on the AP exam to earn college credit for the course Scores of 3 and up indicate the student is ready for college level work. Students who take an AP course (even if they don’t score a 3, 4, or 5) are still better prepared for college than those who don’t experience the AP program

The AP Exam

AP Resources https://www.collegeboard.org Check out College Board and AP Central for testing information, dates, fees, scores, practice tests, etc.

AP Biology Required Materials Lab notebook (with graph paper) 3 Ring Binder (2”) Paper Blue and Black ink (all FRQs on tests must be done in ink) Pencil Calculator 10 dividers Survival of the Sickest

Instructional Procedures and Expectations Share this letter with your parents tonight. Return the acknowledgment sheet filled out and signed tomorrow. Highlight: Email Address: lindsay.faulkner@cms.k12.nc.us Class Website: www.MPHSbiologyAP.weebly.com

Don’t lose this!!!!!! AP Biology SYLLABUS Course Overview Big Ideas Evolution Free energy Information Interactions Enduring Understandings Science Practices Course Pacing

What Will We Cover this Year? Course Pacing is tentative Use this to know what chapters to read and study from I will give you more details as to what are you are and are not expected to know from those chapters Pay attention to the topics outlined in each unit These are the topics that will be addressed on the tests Expect about 9 tests for the year Unit 1 (intro) and 2 (evolution) will be combined for first test in about a month AP Biology Exam is on Monday May 14

Want to help out? Teacher wish list: Tissues, Paper towels, band-aids, feminine products, hand sanitizer ***gift cards for lab materials

Remind text this: @MPHSAPBIO TAKE OUT YOUR PHONES! Enter this number (704) 817-2641 Or text to 81010 text this: @MPHSAPBIO

My Website: Mrs. Mathis’s Website http://MPHSbiologyAP.weebly.com

Tonight’s Homework Bring a 2” 3-ring binder tomorrow with dividers Return contract signature page Return signed safety contract Start gathering other course materials