1. 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.
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Welcome to AP Biology
Mrs. Lindsay Mathis
CB 15

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

3. About me
I am from Charlotte, NC

4. My Family
My Husband - Jason

5. Daughter Emily (4 yo)

6. Son Ethan (1 yo)

7. 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!

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

9. 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!

10. 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.

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

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

13. 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.

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. The AP Exam

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

19. 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

20. Instructional Procedures and Expectations
Share this letter with your parents tonight.
Return the acknowledgment sheet filled out and signed tomorrow.
Highlight:
Address:
Class Website:

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

22. 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

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

24. Remind text this: @MPHSAPBIO TAKE OUT YOUR PHONES!
Enter this number (704)
Or text to 81010
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25. My Website:
Mrs. Mathis’s Website

26. 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