PDF AP Biology - Katy ISD

AP Biology

"What could be more important than the study of LIFE to any intelligent being who has the good fortune to be alive?" Isaac Asimov

Teacher: Mary Lee House

Room: S202

E-mail: marylhouse@

Phone: 281-237-3591

Website: Look under the MCHS website for Teacher Webs for instructions to register with Remind 101and Mastering Biology.

Course Description: This course is designed to be the equivalent of a two-semester college introductory biology course. The AP course differs from the usual first high school biology course with respect to the kind of textbook used, the range and depth of topics covered, they type of laboratory work done by the students, and the time and effort required of students. It aims to provide students with the conceptual framework, factual knowledge, and analytical skills necessary to deal critically with the rapidly changing science of biology and skills needed to enter today post high school coursework. At the completion of the course, students are expected to take the AP Exam which may provide them with the opportunity to earn college credit or qualify to take upper level sciences upon entrance to college.

Textbook: Biology 9th ed. Campbell-Reese Supplies: Composition notebook, 1" 3 ring binder, Novels- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (due date 12/2015) either and Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin or The Hot Zone by Richard Preston (due date 3/2016). Recommended: students should purchase Cliffs AP Biology 4th ed.

Grading:

ExamsDaily WorkLabs/Quizzes-

70% 10% 20% 100%

Assignments:

Extra Credit: Resources: Tutorials:

Students will keep a composition notebook to prepare for each unit test. Composition notebooks are to be turned in on the date of a test for a quiz grade. Requirement vary by unit and are posted online. Late work will receive a 10 point deduction if not turned in during student's assigned class period and 20 points deduction per day if after the due date. Students should spend at least 30 minutes to 1 hour a day reviewing material that was covered in class or reading the chapter that corresponds to the material being covered. Most assignments are posted anywhere from 2-10 days in advance of their due date. Labs/Quizzes: 1 week is usually the time for completion and it will be the student's responsibility to get the lab completed. Labs are assessed by mini poster presentations, formal lab reports or completed lab paperwork. Quizzes may be given at any time during the unit. All students are expected to keep up with the assigned workload. However, on occasion, I will present the class with an opportunity for extra credit. The website will provide students with online tutorials. Access codes will be provided to students. There will be one Mastering Biology assignment for each unit that will be a quiz grade. The website is another very valuable website to assist students with material. TeacherWeb is available through the school website with PPT presentations, course paperwork and helpful statistical, presentation and lab report guidelines. Bozeman Biology podcasts are engaging informative tutorials for all AP Biology content. Test dates are given at the beginning of each unit. Keep this syllabus and record the dates!!!! By appointment.

Absences: If you are absent from class, you have the 1+ days to get the work made up. If work was assigned before you were absent, it is due the day you return. This includes tests and projects. However, if you know in advance that you are going to be absent, it is highly recommended that you get your work before you leave so you won't be behind when you return. It is your responsibility to request the appropriate make-up work.

Exams and Make-ups: Exams will be administered on even days of the month and will be modeled after the AP Exam format. For more details on the testing policy, please refer to my TeacherWeb under documents.

Classroom Expectations: 1. The highest degree of good behavior is expected at all times. 2. Be prepared each day or understand and accept the consequences. NO EXCUSES!! 3. No food or drinks- unless given special permission by me for the purpose of an experiment. 4. Cheating on any assignment or test will result in a 0 and result in an N in conduct (which requires the student to take the final

exam).

Units of Study

Unit 1: Introduction/ Nature of Science- 7-10 days- test on the _____ Chapter(s): 1, 51 Lecture Topics

1. Big Ideas 2. Scientific Method 3. Animal Behavior 4. Statistics Lab/s: AP Lab #12 Animal Behavior

Unit 2: Biochemistry- 10-12 days- test on _____ Chapter(s): 2, 3, 4, 5 Lecture Topics 1. Basic Principle of Inorganic Chemistry 2. Role of Water and Carbon 3. Functional Group Identifications 4. Macromolecules

Unit 3 ? Cells- 10-15 days- test on _____ Chapter(s): 6.2-6.5, 7, 11.1-11.4 Lecture Topics 1. Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells 2. Membranes 3. Sub cellular organization 4. Water Potential and Transport of molecules across the membrane 5. Cell communication

Lab/s: AP Lab #4 Diffusion and Osmosis Houston Zoo Field Trip ? Students will observe animals and construct an ethogram due in May

Unit 4: Metabolism -15-20 days- test on _____ Chapter(s): 8, 9, 10 Lecture Topics 1. Enzymes 2. Coupled reactions 3. Glycolysis, Fermentation and aerobic respiration 4. Chemiosmosis versus substrate level phosphorylation 5. Coupled reactions 6. Comparison of C3 ,C4 and CAM photosynthesis 7. Comparison of Chemiosmosis in mitochondria to chloroplast

Lab/s: AP Lab #13 Enzymes AP Lab #6 Cell Respiration AP Lab #5 Plant Pigments and Photosynthesis

Unit 5 ? Cell Cycle- 15-20 days- test on _____ Chapter(s): 12, 13, 16 Lecture Topics 1. DNA structure and replication 2. Chromosomal Structure 3. Cell cycle and its regulation 4. Meiosis and Gametogenesis 5. Uncontrolled cell growth and Cancer 6. p53 Apoptosis, and Cell cycle arrest

Lab/s: AP Lab #7 Cell Division: Mitosis and Meiosis Book Study: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by

Rebecca Skloot due ________

UTMB Galveston Genetics Tour

Unit 6 ? Proteins and Molecular Genetics? 15-20 days- test on _____

Chapter(s): 14, 15, 17, 18 Lecture Topics 1. Mendelian Genetics 2. RNA and structure and function 3. Transcription and translation 4. Regulation of gene expression 5. Mutations Biotechnology Seminar STEAM Center KISD

Unit 7: Biotechnology -10-12 days- test on _____ Chapter(s): 19, 20.1-20.2, 21, 27.1-27.2 Lecture Topics 1. Genetics of viruses and bacteria 2. PCR, Sequencing, MicroArrays, Cloning, RFLP Analysis, and Electrophoresis

Lab/s: AP Lab #8 Biorad pGlO Bacterial Transformation AP Lab #9 Biorad Forensic DNA Fingerprinting

Book Study: Hot Zone by Richard Preston due _______

Unit 8: Evolutionary Biology-15-20 days- test on _____ Chapter(s): 22.2-22.3, 23, 24, 25.1-25.4, 26.1-26.3, 26.6 Lecture Topics 3. Early evolution 4. Evidence for evolution 5. Mechanisms of evolution 6. Hardy Weinburg Theorum, Population Genetics

Lab/s: AP Lab #1 Artificial Selection AP Lab #2 Mathematical Modeling:Hardy Weinburg AP Lab #3 Comparing DNA Sequences to Understand Evolutionary Relationships with BLAST

Book Study: Your Inner Fish by Dr. Neil Shubin due ________

Unit 9 Organization of Life and Maintaining Homeostasis ? 15-20 days- test on _____

Chapter(s): 38, 39.2-39.3, 39.5, 40, 43, 48, 49.1-49.2, 50.1

Lecture Topics 1. Homeostasis and feedback mechanisms 2. Animals-Nervous, Immune and Endocrine 3. Plants- Responses, Transport and Reproduction Lab/s: AP Lab #11 Transpiration TAMU Galveston Trip ? Shark Dissection

Unit 10 ? Ecology- 10 days ? test on _____ Chapter(s): 52.2, 53, 54, 55, 56.1, 56.4 Lecture Topics 1. Population dynamics 2. Communities and ecosystems 3. Biogeochemical cycles 4. Global issues 5. Biomes

Lab/s: AP Lab #10 Energy Dynamics

*AP Exam Review- 5 days AP Exam: 5/9/2016 8:00am Students not taking the AP Exam will be responsible for a project to be counted as a test grade for the last 6 weeks

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