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Course Outline AP Biology Mr. Somers

This course is aligned as a first year (two-semesters) biology course at any major university. It will require the same amount of as a full year biology course. You will be prepared throughout the year to take the AP Biology exam, which is administered on the second Monday of May. The focus of this course is to prepare you for a college level experience so it is expected that you are taking either the AP exam or the final. Along with these are the dates that these units will be covered (barring in the winter and other natural disasters) and testing on these units will occur on the last day listed. Tests will be given on the last day listed for each unit, which are Thursdays unless the falls on a holiday or mid-term week and we will adjust accordingly (indicated by **). Homework is due the day BEFORE the exam (typically vocabulary and essays).

Within each unit there will be several labs related to the topics being covered and proper lab report format is expected. Along with lab reports you will be expected to do various homework assignments, quizzes, and major tests. All work, both homework and lab reports are due on the day it is due. Electronic submissions are due by 7:30 AM that day, handouts are due at the beginning of that day. Many of your notes will be provided for the tests and quizzes early on in the course but you are responsible for adding or amending them as we go along.

Hope you have a great year and enjoy the show.

TOPIC OUTLINE FOR AP BIOLOGY 2019-2020

I. AND CELLS ………………………………………………………………….25% Unit 1: of …………9/4 – 9/26………Chapters 2, 3, 4, & 5…….……….8% Chemical Elements, Atomic , Molecular Bonds Properties of and Water’s Effect on as the Basic Unit of Life (, , , Nucleic ) and

Unit 2: Cells …………………..…9/27 – 10/17……….Chapters 6, 7, & 8 ……….……10% and Functions Membrane Structure and Transportation

Unit 3: Cellular …………10/18 – 11/7..….…Chapters 9 & 10 …………..……8% , Krebs Cycle, and and the

Unit 4: Cell ………..11/8-11/27**………...Chapters 11, 12, and 13 ...………8% Cell communication Mitosis and the and Sexual life cycles

II. AND ……………………………………………………………..40% Unit 5: Heredity …………………11/28 – 12/19…..……Chapters 14, 15, & 16………..…8% Mendelian and Patterns of Inheritance Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance Molecular Basis of Inheritance

Unit 6: .…….12/20 – 1/16…………Chapters 17, 18, & 19…....…..…8% From to Genetics of and Eukaryotic

Mid-Term Late January (Or date to be arranged if taking other mid-term on the assigned day)

Unit 7: and Development….1/17 – 1/30..…Chapters 20 & 21…..…….....…6% DNA Technology Genetic Basis of Development

End of First Semester

Unit 8: ……...….1/31– 2/13 ….…Chapters 22, 23, & 24…………..8% Darwin and the Evidence for Evolution Evolution of Origin of

Unit 9: Phylogeny and Organization …..2/14-3/6…… Chapters 25, 26, and 27…...……7% Phylogeny and Intro do

III. ORGANISMS ………………………………………………………………………………….25%

Unit 10: ……………….3/7 – 3/20 …...Chapters 38 &39 ………...... 10% Plant responses to stimuli

Unit 11. Form and Function …..3/21 – 4/17 …….Chapters 40-49 …..……….…22% Systems to be determined based on current AP Central guidelines. These will be clearly discussed and delineated before we enter Unit 11. This unit includes Spring Break (4/4-4/12)

IV. AND BASIC ECOLOGICAL CONCEPTS……………………………….10%

Unit 12: ………4/18 – 5/2………Chapters 50,51, 52,53, 54 & 55…….….10% Intro to Ecology Behavioral Ecology Ecology Ecology Ecosystems Conservation

May 11, 2020 ***AP EXAM***

AP Exam until last day of classes Complete and Dissection Practical Exam

**Indicates a different test day than normal (not Thursday) and/or shorter of for unit.