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AP Biology
CareerTech AP Biology is designed to be the equivalent of a first year Biology post-secondary course. The range and depth of knowledge of the content area, type of labs, and time expenditure is elevated and extensive. Students will develop a conceptual framework for biology and an appreciation of science as a process. The course follows Collegeboard's outlline and covers eight major themes. They are: Science as a Process, Evolution, Energy Transfer, Continuity and Change, Relationship of Structure to Function, Regulation, Interdependence in Nature, Science, Technology, and Society. Labs play an integral part of this course and there are twelve lab topics that will be covered. They will provide the student with an opportunity to learn a variety of skills and facts, principles, and concepts of biology. Lab investigations will encourage higher-order thinking, generating ideas, and formulating hypotheses. All students are expected to take the AP Exam upon completion of this course.
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Tina Fugate
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Robin Schott
Biology I
Chemistry is highly recommended or may be currently enrolled
Molecules and Cells
Chemistry of Life
Water, Organic molecules in organisms, free energy changes, enzymes
Cells
Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, membranes, subcellular organization, cell cycle and
its regulation
Cellular Energetics
Coupled reactions, fermentation and cellular respiration, photosynthesis
Heredity and Evolution
Heredity
Meiosis and gametogenesis, eukaryotic chromosomes, inheritance patterns
Molecular Genetics
RNA and DNA structure and function, gene regulation, mutation,viral structure and
replication, nucleic acid technology and applications
Evolutionary Biology
Early evolution of life, evidence for evolution, mechanisms of evolution
Organisms and Populations
Diversity of Organisms
Evolutionary patterns, survey of the diversity of life, phylogenetic classification,
evolutionary relationships
Structure and Function of Plants and Animals
Reproduction, growth, and development, Structural, physiological, and behavioral
adaptations, response to the environment
Ecology
Population dynamics, communities and ecosystems, global issues
Suggested Lab Topics
Diffusion and Osmosis
Enzyme Catalysis
Mitosis and Meiosis
Plant Pigments and Photosynthesis
Cell Respiration
Molecular Biology
Genetics of Organisms
Population Genetics and Evolution
Transpiration
Physiology of the Circulatory System
Animal Behavior
Dissolved Oxygen and Aquatic Primary Productivity
National Science Standards (5th ed). (1998). National Research Council, Washington, D.C., National Academy of Sciences
Oklahoma Priority Academic Student Skills (2003). Oklahoma State Department of Education-PASS-{ www.sde.state.ok.us}
All AP Courses undergo an AP Course Audit through College Board. Please refer to their website for further information.
All AP Courses undergo an AP Course Audit through College Board. Please refer to their website for further information.
More textbooks than those listed below may be appropriate for the AP Biology course. However, schools should make every effort to acquire textbooks no older than eight years old for use in this course.
Audesirk, Gerald, Bruce E. Byers, and Teresa Audesirk. Biology: Life on Earth. Upper Saddle
River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Campbell, Neil A., and Jane B. Reece. Biology. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Freeman, Scott. Biological Science. Boston: Prentice Hall.
Mader, Sylvia S. Biology. Blacklick, OH: McGraw-Hill.
Purves, William K., et al. Life: The Science of Biology. Cranbury, NJ: Sinauer Associates, Inc.
Raven, Peter H., George B. Johnson, Susan Singer, and Jonathan Losos. Biology. Blacklick,
OH: McGraw-Hill.
Solomon, Eldra, Linda Berg, and Diana W. Martin. Biology. Independence, KY: Brooks/Cole
Thomson Learning.
Starr, Cecie, and Ralph Taggart. Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life. Independence, KY:
Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning.
Tobin, Allan J., and Jennie Dusheck. Asking About Life. Independence, KY: Brooks/Cole
Thomson Learning.