AP Biology Class Bonneville High School Mr. Walker The goal of the class is to prepare you for a single test in April. -The score on the test may allow you to get college credits. -This is a college level class. You are to give a college level effort. The expectations are also on a college level. No late work or retakes on tests.

Enduring understanding Learning Objective Essential Knowledge Science Practice The New AP Biology 4 Big Ideas: The process of evolution drives the diversity and unity of life. Biological systems utilize energy and molecular building blocks to grow, reproduce, and maintain homeostasis. Living systems retrieve, transmit, and respond to information essential to life processes. Biological systems interact, and these interactions possess complex properties. Big Idea Science Practices: The student can use representations and models to communicate scientific phenomena and solve scientific problems. The student can use mathematics appropriately. The student can engage in scientific questioning to extend thinking or to guide investigations within the context of the AP course. Student can plan and implement data collection strategies in relation to a particular scientific question. The student can perform data analysis and evaluation of evidence. The student can work with scientific explanations and theories. The student can connect and relate knowledge across various scales, concepts, and representations in and across domains. Essential Knowledge Science Practice Enduring understanding Core Concepts The new curriculum framework supports Essential Knowledge with Science Practice Learning Objective Testable explanations and predictions: The New AP Biology Exam 13 New Laboratory Investigations Peggy O’Neill Skinner

4 Big Ideas BIG IDEA 1: The process of evolution drives the diversity and unity of life. BIG IDEA 2: Biological systems utilize energy and molecular building blocks to grow, to reproduce, and to maintain 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 interactions possess complex properties.

Understanding the Exam Section Question Type Number of Questions Timing 1 Multiple Choice 63 90 Minutes Grid-Ins 6 2 Long Free Response Short Free Response 80 Minutes + 10 minute Reading Period

What we will do this year: Discuss the concepts which may be tested. Conduct labs which will support the main ideas Create responses to potential short answer and long answer questions on the exam.

Ten Topics Unit 1 –Chemistry of Life Unit 2 – The Cell and Viruses Unit 3 – The Energy of Life Unit 4 – Plant Form and Function Unit 5 – Animal Form and Function Unit 6 - Genetics Unit 7 – Molecular Genetics Unit 8 – Evolution Unit 9 – Evolutionary History of Life Unit 10 – Ecology

What we will do: For Each Topic: Test Formal Quizzes Labs Short and long answer questions examples