Resources for 2012-2013
Cell Energetics (chap 6) PowerPoint
Link to Transformation Lab
Link to lab pre-test
Genes, Development, Evolution (chap 14) PowerPoint
Biotechnology (chap 13) PowerPoint
Genomes (chap 12) PowerPoint
Gene Regulation (chap 11) PowerPoint
Protein Synthesis (chap 10) PowerPoint
DNA structure and replication (chap 9) PowerPoint
Molecular Genetics (chaps 9-14) Objectives
Cell Cycle and Heredity (chap 7 & 8) Objectives
Heredity (chap 8) PowerPoint
Cell Cycle (chap 7) PowerPoint
Mid year study guide
Plant Evolution (chap 21) PowerPoint
Plant Body (chap 24) PowerPoint
Plant Nutrition (chap 25) PowerPoint
Plant Growth and Development (chap 26) PowerPoint
Reproduction of Flowering Plants (chap 27) PowerPoint
Plants in the Environment (chap 28) PowerPoint
Bean Bonsai Plant Project
Unity and Diversity of Life Wiki Project
Nervous and Immune Systems PowerPoint
Animal Hormones PowerPoint
Animal Environmental Physiology PowerPoint
Animal Physiology Unit Objectives
Classification and Phylogenetics (chap 16) PowerPoint
Evolution Unit objectives
Evolution (chaps 15-17) PowerPoint
Species Case Study
Data Page
Ecology unit objectives
Population Ecology (chap 43) PowerPoint
Environmental geography (chap 42) PowerPoint
Ecological relationships (chap 44) PowerPoint
Community Ecology (chap 45) PowerPoint
Global Resources (chap 46) PowerPoint
The 2012 AP Bio curriculum guide
The 2012 AP Bio Summer Assignment
Resources for Biochemistry test construction project:
Biochemistry Test Construction Project
AP Biochemistry objectives
Biochemistry slides from Hillis text
A sample AP style essay question with answer key
A PowerPoint illustrating the types of questions that will be used on the AP Bio Exam
A summary of Bloom's Taxonomy. This (or variations thereof) is used by teachers to construct tests that cover many thinking levels.
A variation on Bloom's Taxonomy
A primer on the types of questions that appear on tests
Tips for designing multiple choice questions
Tips for writing multiple choice questions for higher order thinking
A parody poem for your enjoyment:
If
(with apologies to Rudyard Kipling)
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on the teacher;
If you can trust the teacher’s faith in you,
When you are doubting yourself;
If you can work and not be too tired by working,
And do the work because it helps you learn,
And not because it will be graded.
Or because it is required;
If you can dream of success on the test- and not make those dreams your master;
If you can think-and not give up because you don’t know something;
If you can meet hard tests and independent projects with triumph and disaster
And treat those two results just the same;
If you can hear that biology truths are messy and not always true,
That thinking biology is merely facts and terms is a trap for fools,
And the teacher’s job is not to supply truths
But to challenge your mind and help you develop tools;
If you can make a judgment based on all your understandings
And risk it on one answer to an unfamiliar question,
And get it wrong but learn from that
And feel satisfied that you did;
If you can force yourself to take ownership of your learning
To truly learn long after you’ve been accepted into college,
And so not give up when there is nothing in it for you
Except the Will to develop more sophisticated understanding;
If you can talk to your class and help everyone learn,
Or ask questions of wonder or confusion or ‘possiblies’;
If you can recall your learning from last year or last week
And apply it to new situations and grow new synapses;
If you can believe that deeply understanding 70% of the concepts
Is better than knowing 100% of the terms;
If can believe that you own your learning in class and out
And tutors or looking up answers will not help on tests;
Yours is deeper understanding of biology and all that’s in it,
And-which is more-you’ll be an AP Scholar my student!
What we're up to...
Welcome to my AP Bio web site. The material below is from the 2011-2012 school year and I'll be updating it as we implement the new AP Bio curriculum this year. I'll use this page for announcements and thoughts. You can use the links on the side to check out course related materials and some interesting web sites we'll be using throughout the year. Below are links to some assignments and rubrics as well as unit objectives. There are links to many biology resources on the Bio Web page.
I'm very much looking forward to this year. I spent the summer working on developing synthetic biology materials for our use this year. Check out the BioBuilding link to learn more about how I spent my summer.
Older Unit Links
Lab Bench with the AP required labs
Biochemistry (c. 4-5) Power Point
Unit 6 Respiration and Photosynthesis (c. 9-10) Power Point
Unit 6 Metabolism (c. 6) Power Point
A list of animations. Scroll down to find two replication animations as well as ones for protein synthesis etc.
Unit 5 Molecular Genetics (c. 16-21) Power Point
Unit 5: Heredity (c. 14 & 15) Power Point
Unit 5: Cell Reproduction (c. 12 & 13) Power Point
Unit 4.5 Animal Digestion (c. 41) Power Point
Unit 4.4 Senses and muscles (c.49) Power Point
Unit 4.3: Nervous system (c. 48) Power Point
Unit 4.2: Endocrine system and cell signaling (chap 45 & 11) Power Point
Unit 4.1: Immune system (c. 43) Power Point
Unit 3.5 Animal structure and function (c. 40) Power Point
Unit 3.5: Environmental physiology (c. 44) Power Point
Unit 3.5: Animal Circulation and Respiration (c. 42) Power Point
Unit 3: Plant structure and transport (c. 35-38) Power Point
Unit 3: Cell Structure (c.7&8) Power Point
Bioinformatics activity
Unit 2: Evolution Power Point
Unit 2: Evolution Objectives PDF
Unit 1: Ecology Objectives PDF
Unit 1: Ecology slides
Assignments and Rubric Links
Molecular Ecology Project
When pigs fly case study parts 3 and 4 pdf
When pigs fly case study part 2 pdf
When pigs fly case study part 1 pdf
When pigs fly case study part 1 word
Color my world lab ppt
Cell Reproduction wiki period 2
Cell Reproduction wiki period 3
Cell Repro Project
Cell Repro Project rubric
Summer Assignment
Taxonomy Project
Taxonomy Project Rubric PDF
Species Case Study
Lab Report Rubric PDF
Essay Rubric PDF
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