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Advanced Placement Biology Syllabus2017-2018Instructor InformationInstructorEmailPlanning PeriodJodi Claytonjodi.clayton@4th PeriodDescriptionThe AP Biology course is designed to enable you to develop advanced inquiry and reasoning skills, such as designing a plan for collecting data, analyzing data, applying mathematical routines, and connecting concepts in and across domains. The result will be readiness for the study of advanced topics in subsequent college courses — a goal of every AP course.*** You will be required to take the AP Biology Exam on May 14, 2018. NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS PER MR. HOWARD. The Emphasis on Science PracticesA practice is a way to coordinate knowledge and skills in order to accomplish a goal or task. The science practices enable you to establish lines of evidence and use them to develop and refine testable explanations and predictions of natural phenomena. Because content, inquiry, and reasoning are equally important in AP Biology, each learning objective combines content with inquiry and reasoning skills described in the science practices. The science practices capture important aspects of the work that scientists engage in, at the level of competence expected of you, an AP Biology anized around Big Ideas:The key concepts and related content that define the AP Biology course and exam are organized around a few underlying principles called the big ideas, which encompass the core scientific principles, theories and processes governing living organisms and biological systems.Big Idea 1: EvolutionThe process of evolution drives the diversity and unity of life.Big Idea 2: Cellular Processes: Energy and CommunicationBiological systems utilize free energy and molecular building blocks to grow, to reproduce, and to maintain dynamic homeostasis.Big Idea 3: Genetics and Information TransferLiving systems store, retrieve, transmit, and respond to information essential to life processes.Big Idea 4: InteractionsBiological systems interact, and these systems and their interactions possess complex properties.Lab Notebooks and College CreditColleges may require students to present their laboratory materials from AP science courses before granting college credit for laboratory, so students are encouraged to retain their laboratory notebooks, reports, and other materials.Course MaterialsRequired MaterialsLab fee of $25GRAPH-ruled Composition Notebook (Walmart has these)12 pack Crayola Color Pencils (Brought and left in class, I will have a separate box to keep your color pencils in)1 pack BLACK Sharpie Markers (can be the 2 pack) (We will use this in lab)Paper TowelsPencil or Pen (blue or black in ONLY) 1 ream white printer paper1—1 inch 3 ring binder with tab dividers solely for AP (I will be doing periodic, unannounced notebook checks throughout the year.)1 box quart bags1 pack lined index cards (recommended)Required TextCampbell Biology?9th Edition, Reece, Urry, Cain, et al. Additional Information and ResourcesVideo Links and PowerPoints will be posted onto the class notebook. You can access the notebook by going to portal.Username and password are the same ones that are used to log in to school computers. With the username however, you must type username@students.All important information will be sent using class notebook and/or RemindIf you need to contact me, the best way to reach me it via email or via the Remind app. For Remind, you can do one of the following:Text @saintsAP1 to 81010Visit ................
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