AP BIOLOGY COURSE OUTLINE
AP BIOLOGY COURSE OUTLINE
CENTRAL BUCKS HIGH SCHOOL EAST
Mrs. Willis
AP Biology has been revamped and the course centers on 4 BIG IDEAS:
1. Evolution
2. Energy Transfer
3. Genetics (Information Transfer)
4. Interactions
Topics/ Chapters Labs (Subject to Change)
INTRODUCTION
Themes in Biology Scientific Method
M & M Statistical Analysis
CHEMISTRY OF LIFE
Chemical Context of Life – Chapter 2 (review)
Water – Chapter 3 (review)
Carbon and Macromolecules – Chapters 4 & 5 Enzyme Catalysis
CELLS
Cell Structure – Chapter 6
Membranes – Chapter 7
Metabolism – Chapter 8 Diffusion/Osmosis
Cellular Respiration – Chapter 9 Cell Respiration
Photosynthesis – Chapter 10
Cell Communication – Chapter 11 Plant Pigments& Photosynthesis
Cell Cycle and Mitosis – Chapters 12
GENETICS
Meiosis – Chapter 13 Mitosis/ Meiosis
Mendelian Genetics – Chapter 14 Genetics of Organisms
Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance – Chapter 15
Molecular Basis of Inheritance – Chapter 16 Molecular Biology
Gene to Protein – Chapter 17
Eukaryotic Genomes – Chapter 18, 21, 26
Viruses – Chapter 19
DNA Technology and Genomics – Chapter 20 & 21
MIDTERM EXAM (up to chapter 19!)
EVOLUTION
Darwinian View of Life – Chapter 22
Evolution of Populations – Chapter 23 Population Genetics& Evolution
Origin of Species – Chapter 24
History of Life on Earth – Chapter 25
EARLY EARTH AND PROKARYOTES
Phylogeny and the Tree of Life – Chapter 26
Prokaryotes – Chapter 27
PLANT STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
Plant Diversity – Chapters 29 & 30
Plant Structure and Growth – Chapter 35 Transpiration
Transport in Plants – Chapter 36
Plant Reproduction – Chapter 38
Plant Hormones – Chapter 39
ANIMAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
Intro to Animal Structure and Function – Chapter 40
Immunity – Chapter 43 Animal Behavior (Pillbugs)
Excretory – Chapter 44 Physiology of the Circulatory System
Endocrine System – Chapter 45
Nervous System – Chapter 48
ECOLOGY
Introduction to Ecology – Chapter 50 Dissolved Oxygen &
Behavioral Biology – Chapter 51 (time permitting) Aquatic Primary Productivity
Population Ecology – Chapter 52 (lab bench/ lecture)
Community Ecology – Chapter 53
Ecosystems – Chapter 54
FINAL EXAM (begins with material from Chapter 20)
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