1. Cypress Bay High School
AP Biology Review
Mr. Brandon Boswell
Cypress Bay High School
18600 Vista Park Blvd.
Weston, FL 33332

2. Background Undergrad: Philosophy & Biochemistry
Masters in Epidemiology
Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapies
HHMI (Howard Hughes Medical Institute) Cohort
Inaugural Fellow University of Florida
Identification-of-Emerging-Pathogens-by-Brandon-Boswell.pdf
Translational Medicine Institute UF
AP-Lab-6b-on-Students%E2%80%99-Knowledge-of-the-Methods-Utility-and-Application-of-Biotechnology- Techniques-by-Brandon-Boswell.pdf

3. AP - Background AP Summer Institute (2007, 2008, 2009, & 2012)
Nova SE, BCPS, NCS, and Stanford University
AP Annual Conference (2008 & 2012)
2012 AP Fellow Grant recipient from College Board
AP Biology review at 2012 US DOE National Science Bowl in Washington, DC
AP Biology Test Item Contributor

4. D-Day: 5/12/14
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5. 63% Pass AP Biology Exam (2013)

6. AP Biology 2013
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7. Part A: 63 Multiple-Choice
The Exam
Section
Content
Time 1
Part A: 63 Multiple-Choice
Part B:
6 Grid-Ins
90 min.
Break
Varies
(10 min.) 2
Long Free Response = 2
Short Free Response = 6
10 min. = Reading Period
80 min. = Writing Period
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8. Calculator for AP Biology?
ONLY 4-function calculator (with square root)
May bring up to 2 calculators
Can be used throughout The Exam
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11. Section 1 Part A Part B 63 Multiple-Choice 6 Grid-In questions
4 answer choices
Understanding and Application
Answer EVERY question
No point penalty for incorrect answers
Part B
6 Grid-In questions
Calculations
Enter answers in a grid on the answer sheet
This is the 1st year of the NEW AP Biology Exam. There are precious few resources for the Exam.
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14. Grid-Ins
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15. (890 – 200)/2
= 345 OR
(880 – 200)/2
= 340
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16. Reading Period (Section II)
10 min.
Questions ONLY, No response sheet
Read each Free Response Question (FRQs)
Determine which questions OR parts to answer first
Separate into 3 categories:
Clear
Translucent / Moderate
Unclear
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17. Section II Long Free-Response Short Free-Response 2 questions
Multipart (3 – 4)
Time: 40 min. (20 min. per question)
Short Free-Response
6 questions
Time: 39 min. (6.5 min. per question)
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19. Free Response Review How many Short FRQs are on the AP Exam?
How long should each Short FRQ take?
Which questions will be given to you during the Reading Period?

20. Free Response Review (Answers)
How many Short FRQs are on the AP Exam?
6 short FRQs
2. How long should each Short FRQ take?
About 6 minutes and 30 seconds
3. Which questions will be given to you during the Reading Period?
Both the 2 long FRQs and the 6 short FRQs

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23. Review What does each of the 2 Sections of the AP Exam contain?
If you are not sure of an answer to a multiple choice question should you answer it?
How many minutes for each long FRQ?

24. Review (Answers)
What does each of the 2 Sections of the AP Exam contain?
Section 1 = 63 Multiple Choice & 6 Grid-Ins
If you are not sure of an answer to a multiple choice question should you answer it?
Yes, since there is no point deduction for incorrect answers
How many minutes for each long FRQ?
About 20 minutes

25. Course Content
Hour 2

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30. The Four Big Ideas
Big Idea 1 - The process of evolution drives the diversity and unity of life
Big Idea 2 – Biological systems utilize free 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 systems and their interactions possess complex properties
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31. Hierarchy of Understanding
Big Ideas (4)
Enduring Understanding (17)
Essential Knowledge (55)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES (149)

32. Big Idea 1 - Evolution
Enduring understanding 1.A: Change in the genetic makeup of a population over time is evolution.
Enduring understanding 1.B: Organisms are linked by lines of descent from common ancestry.
Enduring understanding 1.C: Life continues to evolve within a changing environment.

34. Big Idea 2 – Molecular Biology
Enduring understanding 2.A: Growth, reproduction and maintenance of the organization of living systems require free energy and matter.
Enduring understanding 2.B: Growth, reproduction and dynamic homeostasis require that cells create and maintain internal environments that are different from their external environments.
Enduring understanding 2.C: Organisms use feedback mechanisms to regulate growth and reproduction, and to maintain dynamic homeostasis.

35. Big Idea 2 – Molecular Biology
Enduring understanding 2.D: Growth and dynamic homeostasis of a biological system are influenced by changes in the system’s environment.
Enduring understanding 2.E: Many biological processes involved in growth, reproduction and dynamic homeostasis include temporal regulation and coordination.

36. Big Idea 3 - Genetics
Enduring understanding 3.A: Heritable information provides for continuity of life.
Enduring understanding 3.B: Expression of genetic information involves cellular and molecular mechanisms.
Enduring understanding 3.C: The processing of genetic information is imperfect and is a source of genetic variation.

37. Big Idea 3 - Genetics
Enduring understanding 3.D: Cells communicate by generating, transmitting and receiving chemical signals.
Enduring understanding 3.E: Transmission of information results in changes within and between biological systems.

38. Big Idea 4 – Biological Systems
Enduring understanding 4.A: Interactions within biological systems lead to complex properties.
Enduring understanding 4.B: Competition and cooperation are important aspects of biological systems.
Enduring understanding 4.C: Naturally occurring diversity among and between components within biological systems affects interactions with the environment.

39. Laboratory Exercises

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41. Overview of Labs Student-Driven or Student-Directed
My goal: Guided Inquiry
Main drawback: Time Intensive
Overview and recommendations are provided in the “Lab Manual”
Your teacher may choose to do equivalent investigations rather than those in the “Lab Manual”

42. Big Idea 1: Evolution Lab 1: Artificial Selection
Follow a plant population as you select for certain traits
Quantitatively monitor the population phenotypic frequencies
Lab 2: Mathematical Modeling
Computer based quantitative simulation of population evolution or stasis utilizing Hardy-Weinberg equations
Lab 3: Comparing DNA Sequences
Use NCBI’s BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) to investigate evolutionary relationships between provided genetic sequences

43. Big Idea 2 Lab 4 – Diffusion & Osmosis
Surface Area & Cell Size – gelatin & phenolphthalein
Predict relative molarities of colored solutions
Plasmolysis – plant cells in hypertonic solutions

44. Big Idea 2 Lab 5 – Photosynthesis
Floating disks & photosynthetic gas production

45. Big Idea 2 Lab 6 – Cellular Respiration
Use a microrespirometer, peas (living organism), and measure O2 consumption under different conditions

46. Big Idea 3 Lab 7: Cell Division (Mitosis and Meiosis)
Onion Root tip cells (Chi Square)
Visual investigation of HeLa cells
Soridaria images & Meiosis
Lab 8: Bacterial Transformation
I intend to do the old version, but update the analysis
Lab 9: Restriction Enzyme Digest of DNA & Gel Electrophoresis

47. Big Idea 4 Lab 10 – Energy Dynamics (I will avoid this one)
Lab 11 – Transpiration (Not on AP Exam?)
Guided Inquiry - Fruit flies & Water bottles
Lab 12 – Animal Behavior
Made for Open inquiry
Lab 13 – Peroxidase (Enzyme) Activity