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AP Calendar 2010-11

1st Semester AP Biology

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

APRIL

MAY

2010
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
16	17	18	19	20
			Issue textbook and Lab book Cover Classroom Rules and Materials Give Flinn’s Safety Rules & Contract Answer Sponge Bob Gang in the Lab	Sponge Bob Gang in the Lab DUE Handout: Writing Abstracts Assign 1st abstract, Aquaporin Water Channels Read Chapter 1, Exploring Life Answer chapter 1 Reading guide
23	24	25	26	27
Lab Safety Test Handout: Scientific Prefixes & Suffixes Start Chapter 1 Exploring Biology ppt	Continue Chapter 1 Exploring Biology ppt Chapter 1 Reading guide DUE	Assign Leaf Collection Read Chapter 2, Chemistry of Life Answer chapter 2 Reading guide	Start Chapter 2 Chemistry of Life ppt Answer worksheet Activity 2.1 Quick review of Elements & Compound	Continue Chapter 2 Chemistry of Life ppt Chapter 2 Reading guide DUE Handout: Chemistry Notes Read Chapter 3, Water Answer chapter 3 Reading guide
30	31
Set up Lab Notebook Handout: Writing a Good Conclusion AP lab notebook label Lab: Cabbage Juice indicator (prepare indicator) HW: Pre-lab Cabbage Juice indicator write up	Cabbage Juice indicator LAB

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2010
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
		1	2	3
		Finish Chapter 2 Chemistry of Life ppt Activity 2.1 Quick review of Elements & Compound DUE	Cabbage Juice indicator LAB DUE Handout: Water Properties Handout & assign Lab Demo Handout: Websites on Water Activities Handout: Chemistry of Water properties Water properties Animation Show Scientific Method ppt Answer Thinking Like a Scientist	Chapter 3 Reading guide DUE Read Chapter 4 Carbon Compounds Answer Chapter 4 Reading guide Properties of Water Animation Start Water and the Fitness of the Environment ppt
6	7	8	9	10
	Aquaporin Water Channels Abstract DUE Answer Activity 3.1 water Properties Water Properties Animation Continue Water and the Fitness of the Environment ppt	Chapter 4 Reading guide DUE Water Shockwave animation Finish Water and the Fitness of the Environment ppt Start Chapter 4 Carbon Chemistry ppt	Activity 3.1 water Properties DUE Read Chapter 5, Macromolecules Answer chapter 5 Reading guide Continue Chapter 4 Carbon Chemistry ppt Assign Practicing Biology wksht 5.1 and Practicing Biology wksht 5.2 Unit 1 Biochemistry Study Guide Practice TEST	UNIT 1A BIOCHEMISTRY TEST (Chapters 1-3) Work on Practicing Biology wksht 5.1 and Practicing Biology wksht 5.2 and Chapter 5 Reading guide
13	14	15	16	17
Start Chapter 5 Macromolecules Chapter 5 Reading guide DUE Handout: Organic Chemistry Notes	Continue Chapter 5 Macromolecules Practicing Biology wksht 5.1 and Practicing Biology wksht 5.2 DUE	Lab: Building Monomers of Macromolecules & Write Up	UNIT 1B BIOCHEMISTRY TEST (Chapters 4 & 5) Read Chapter 6, Tour of the Cells Answer Chapter 6 Reading Guide	EARLY LEAF COLLECTION DUE (20) Building Monomers of Macromolecules lab DUE McMush (Test for Macromolecules)
20	21	22	23	24
EARLY LEAF COLLECTION DUE (10) Complete McMush (Test for Macromolecules)	LEAF COLLECTION DUE Finish & turn in McMush Lab Start Tour of the Cell ppt INTERIMS P-T Conference SHS	Handout: Notes on Cells Continue Tour of the Cell ppt	Chapter 6 Reading Guide DUE Continue Tour of the Cell ppt Read Chapter 7, Cell Membranes Answer Chapter 7 Reading Guide P-T Conference SJHS	Finish Tour of the Cell ppt (if needed) Handout: Cell Organelles Assign Cell Organelles Project Start Cell Membrane ppt
27	28	29	30
Handout: Cell Membrane notes Continue Cell Membrane ppt Assign Tonicity Worksheet	Complete Cell Membrane ppt Tonicity Worksheet DUE	Cell Membrane Interactive Read Chapter 11, Cell Communication Answer Chapter 11 Reading Guide	Start Cell Communication ppt Handout: Cell Communication Notes Read Chapter 12, Cell Cycle & Mitosis Answer Chapter 12 Reading Guide

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2010
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
				1
				Cell Organelles Project DUE Complete Cell Communication ppt
4	5	6	7	8
Chapter 11 Reading Guide DUE Read Chapter 13, Meiosis Answer Chapter 13 Reading Guide Handout: Mitosis Notes Start Cell Cycle & Mitosis ppt	Chapter 12 Reading Guide DUE Continue Cell Cycle & Mitosis ppt Assign Interphase Worksheet and Mitosis worksheet	Chapter 13 Reading Guide DUE Handout: Meiosis Notes Start Meiosis ppt	Complete Meiosis ppt Assign Paperase PreLab	UNIT 2 CELL TEST Read Chapter 8, Metabolism Answer Chapter 8 Reading Guide
11	12	13	14	15
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT	Assign reading, Cry of the Kalahari Paperase PreLab DUE Start Metabolism ppt Handout: Metabolism Notes	Chapter 8 Reading Guide DUE Paperase Lab	Read Chapter 9, Cellular Respiration Answer Chapter 9 Reading Guide Metabolism Worksheet Continue Metabolism ppt	Finish Metabolism ppt Read Chapter 10, Photosynthesis Answer Chapter 10 Reading Guide
18	19	20	21	22
Start Cell Respiration ppt Handout: Cell Respiration Notes	Continue Cell Respiration ppt	Finish Cell Respiration ppt Chapter 9 Reading Guide DUE	Start Photosynthesis ppt Handout: Photosynthesis Notes	Continue Photosynthesis ppt
25	26	27	28	29
Chapter 10 Reading Guide DUE Finish Photosynthesis ppt Read Chapter 14 Mendelian Genetic Answer Chapter 14, Reading Guide	Osmosis Lab	Finish Osmosis Lab Chapter 14 Reading Guide DUE	UNIT 3 CELLULAR ENERGETICS TEST Read Chapter 15 on Chromosomes Answer Chapter 15 Reading Guide	Cry Quiz #1 Osmosis Lab DUE

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2010
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
1	2	3	4	5
Start Mendelian Genetics ppt Handout: Mendelian Genetics Notes	Chapter 15 Reading Guide DUE Continue Mendelian Genetics ppt Start answering Genetic Problem Worksheet	Finish Mendelian Genetics ppt Start Chromosomes ppt	Start Catalase Enzyme Lab	Catalase Enzyme Lab
8	9	10	11	12
Genetic Problem Worksheet DUE Continue Chromosomes ppt	Finish Chromosomes ppt Finish going over Genetics Problems	UNIT 4 GENETICS TEST Read Chapter 16 Molecular basis of Inheritance Answer chapter 16 Reading Guide	Catalase Enzyme Lab DUE Start Corn Genetics Lab	Cry Quiz #2 Continue Corn Genetics Lab
15	16	17	18	19
Chapter 16 Reading Guide DUE Start Nucleic acids ppt	Corn Genetics Lab DUE Continue Nucleic acids ppt Read Chapter 17 Gene to Protein Answer Chapter 17 Reading Guide	Handout: Nucleic acids Start Gene to Protein ppt	Continue Gene to Protein ppt Chapter 17 Reading Guide DUE	Finish Gene to Protein ppt Spool DNA Read Chapter 20 Biotechnology Answer Chapter 20 Reading Guide
22	23	24	25	26

29	30
Start Biotechnology ppt	Continue Biotechnology ppt Answer Chapter 20 Reading Guide DUE

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2010
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
		1	2	3
		Start Lab 3 Sordaria Lab	Finish Sordaria Lab	Cry Quiz #3
6	7	8	9	10
UNIT 5 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY TEST	Sordaria Lab DUE Start Population Ecology Lab	Complete Population Ecology Lab	Cry of the Kalahari paper DUE! Assign Ecology Unit	Population Ecology Lab DUE Work on Ecology Unit
13	14	15	16	17
Proficient-Advanced Students Exempt ECOLOGY UNIT	Proficient-Advanced Students Exempt ECOLOGY UNIT	Proficient-Advanced Students Exempt ECOLOGY UNIT	Proficient-Advanced Students Exempt ECOLOGY UNIT	END OF 2ND 9 WEEKS ECOLOGY UNIT DUE JANUARY 5
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2nd Semester Biology

2011
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
3	4	5	6	7
		ECOLOGY UNIT DUE
10	11	12	13	14
UNIT 11 ECOLOGY TEST
17	18	19	20	21
MLK DAY!
24	25	26	27	28
			UNIT 6 EVOLUTION TEST
31
Assign Darwin Day Project

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2011
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
	1	2	3	4

7	8	9	10	11
	P-T Conference SJHS		P-T Conference SHS	Darwin Day Celebration; Project DUE
14	15	16	17	18
				UNIT 7 VIRUSES & SIMPLE ORGANISMS TEST
21	22	23	24	25
President’s Day
28

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2011
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
	1	2	3	4
			UNIT 8A PLANTS TEST
7	8	9	10	11
	Literacy Test	Literacy Test		END OF 3rd 9 WEEKS
14	15	16	17	18
				UNIT 8B PLANTS TEST
21	22	23	24	25
BREAK	BREAK	BREAK	BREAK	BREAK
28	29	30	31

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2011
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
				1

4	5	6	7	8
			UNIT 9A INVERTEBRATES
11	12	13	14	15
				UNIT 9B VERTEBRATES
18	19	20	21	22
Assign Wildflower Collection	EOC GEOMETRY	EOC GEOMETRY
25	26	27	28	29
	UNIT 10A BODY SYSTEMS TEST

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2011
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
2	3	4	5	6
		AP CALCULUS EXAM	AP ENGLISH LIT EXAM	UNIT 10B BODY SYSTEMS TEST
9	10	11	12	13
AP BIOLOGY EXAM	Start Fetal Pig Dissection	AP ENGLISH COMP EXAM	AP HISTORY EXAM	Wildflower Collection DUE
16	17	18	19	20
				TEST over FETAL PIGS
23	24	25	26	27
		SEMESTER TEST	SEMESTER TEST	SEMESTER TEST
30	31
MEMORIAL DAY	SEMESTER TEST

2011
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
	1	2	3	4
	STUDENT’S LAST DAY	TEACHER’S WORK DAY

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AP Lecture Guide 01 – Themes in the Study of Life

AP Biology: CHAPTER 1

THEMES IN THE STUDY OF LIFE

1. Why do Biology courses build their content around themes and major concepts?

__________________________________________________________________________

2. List each major theme and briefly describe.

a. ________________________________________________________________________

b. ________________________________________________________________________

c. ________________________________________________________________________

d. ________________________________________________________________________

e. ________________________________________________________________________

f. ________________________________________________________________________

g. ________________________________________________________________________

h. ________________________________________________________________________

i. ________________________________________________________________________

j. ________________________________________________________________________

3. What is the primary model for regulation?

__________________________________________________________________________

4. List and give an example of the three domains.

__________________________________________________________________________

5. How does biology account for the unity and diversity of life?

__________________________________________________________________________

6. What is meant by the statement that science is a process?

__________________________________________________________________________

AP Lecture Guide 04 – Carbon & the Molecular Diversity of Life

AP Biology: CHAPTER 4

CARBON & THE MOLECULAR DIVERSITY OF LIFE

1. Define organic chemistry.

___________________________________________________________________________

2. What are the major groups of organic compounds studied in biology?

___________________________________________________________________________

3. Describe some of the shapes of carbon skeletons.

___________________________________________________________________________

4. Define the following:

a. Isotopes ________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

b. Geometric isotopes ________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

c. Enantiomers _____________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

5. Why are enantiomers of biological interest?

___________________________________________________________________________

6. What is the significance of functional groups?

___________________________________________________________________________

7. For each of the functional groups, complete the chart:

Group	Formula	Properties
Hydroxyl	..	.
Carbonyl	..	aldehyde
Carbonyl	.	ketone
Carboxyl	.	.
Amino	.	.
Sulfhydryl	.	.
Phosphate	.	.

AP Monthly Calendar

1st Semester AP Biology

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AP Biology
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AP Biology
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			1	2

5	6	7	8	9

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19	20	21	22	23

26	27	28	29	30

AP Biology
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3	4	5	6	7

10	11	12	13	14

17	18	19	20	21

24	25	26	27	28

31

AP Biology
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	1	2	3	4

7	8	9	10	11

14	15	16	17	18

21	22	23	24	25

28	29	30

AP Biology
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			1	2

5	6	7	8	9

12	13	14	15	16

19	20	21	22	23

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2nd Semester Biology

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

APRIL

MAY

AP Biology
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
2	3	4	5	6

9	10	11	12	13

16	17	18	19	20
MLK DAY!
23	24	25	26	27

30	31

AP Biology
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
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6	7	8	9	10

13	14	15	16	17

20	21	22	23	24

27	28	29

AP Biology
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			1	2

5	6	7	8	9

12	16	14	15	16

19	20	21	22	23
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26	27	28	29	30

AP Biology
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2	3	4	5	6

9	10	11	12	13

16	17	18	19	20

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30

AP Biology
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AP Monthly Calendar 2011

1st Semester AP Biology 2012

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

APRIL

MAY

The following are approximate dates and are subject to changes that may occur.


Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
20	21	22	23	24
Issue textbook and Lab book Cover Classroom Rules and Materials Give Flinn’s Safety Rules & Contract Sponge Bob Safety Activity	Handout: Writing Abstracts Assign 1st abstract, Aquaporin Water Channels Safety Contract DUE	Lab Safety Test Set up Lab Notebook		LAB: Quackers
27	28	29	30	31


Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
3	4	5	6	7

10	11	12	13	14

17	18	19	20	21

24	25	26	27	28
	INTERIMS


Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
1	2	3	4	5

8	9	10	11	12

15	16	17	18	19
		END OF FIRST 9 WEEKS
22	23	24	25	26

29	30	31
	P-T Conference 6-12


Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
			1	2
			P-T Conference K-5	Professional Development
5	6	7	8	9
Professional Development
12	13	14	15	16

19	20	21	22	23

26	27	28	29	30


Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
3	4	5	6	7

10	11	12	13	14

17	18	19	20	21
	SEMESTER TEST	SEMESTER TEST	SEMESTER TEST	SEMESTER TEST
Enjoy Your Christmas Vacation!

2nd Semester Biology 2013


Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
7	8	9	10	11
Professional Development
14	15	16	17	18

21	22	23	24	25
MLK DAY!
28	29	30	31


Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
				1

4	5	6	7	8

11	12	13	14	15
P-T Conference RHS	P-T Conference RJHS			Professional Development
18	19	20	21	22
Professional Development
25	26	27	28


Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
				1

4	5	6	7	8
	LITERACY EXAM	LITERACY EXAM
11	12	13	14	15
				END OF THIRD 9 WEEKS
18	19	20	21	22
BREAK	BREAK	BREAK	BREAK	BREAK
25	26	27	28	29


Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
1	2	3	4	5

8	9	10	11	12

15	16	17	18	19

22	23	24	25	26

29	30


Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
		1	2	3

6	7	8	9	10

13	14	15	16	17
				GRADUATION
20	21	22	23	24

27	28	29	30
MEMORIAL DAY	SEMESTER TEST REVIEW	SEMESTER TEST	SEMESTER TEST

Enjoy Your Christmas Vacation!

Enjoy Your Christmas Vacation!

Enjoy Your Christmas Vacation!