Welcome to Mrs.Della Mora’s AP

Biology Class!

Class Expectations found on Durango Website http://www.durangohighschool.net/

Course Information, supplemental materials, AP test info go to www.collegeboard.com

Online Textbook/Notes go to http://www.course-notes.org/Biology/Slides/Campbells_Biology_7th_Edition

Class PowerPoints/Notes go to my.ccsd.net

Review videos at http://www.bozemanscience.com/ap-biology/

Email me: kdellamora@interact.ccsd.net

After school help: EVERYDAY!!!!

AP Biology Resources

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.

Course Break Down (Learning Objectives)

Monday, May 12, 2014 http://

www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/biology/exam.html?biology

Multiple Choice (63 questions) & Grid-In (6 questions, math)◦ 90 minutes◦ 50%

Free Response (2 Long-FR, 6 Short-FR)◦ 80 minutes + 10 minute reading period◦ 50%

AP Biology Test

AP Exams For each AP course you take in high school

(typically your junior and/or senior year), an AP Exam is administered in May at participating high schools worldwide.

Each AP Exam is given an overall grade of 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5, (5 is the top score).

Colleges and universities set their own score for credit or advanced placement in each course, however, a score of 3, 4, or 5 typically indicates a student who is qualified to receive college credit and/or advanced placement.

AP Courses/Exams and College Success

Students who take AP courses and exams are more likely than their peers to complete a bachelor’s degree in four years or less.

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3-ring binder (2-inch or two smaller ones)

Loose-leaf paper

16 tabs=AP Biology Units 2013-2014

1. Experimental Design2. Carbon/Biomolecules3. Energy/Enzymes4. Cells5. Cell Transport6. Cell Signaling7. Cellular Respiration8. Photosynthesis9. Cell Cycle10. Genetics11. DNA12. Protein Synthesis13. Gene Regulation14. Evolution15. Animal Form & Function16. Ecology

AP Bio Binder a must-have!

1st AP Lab Report: Animal Behavior Mini- Posters

Microscopes to view the differences between Plant and Animal Cells

Agar “Cell” Models to show why cells have to be so small!

Please take a look around the lab stations to see what we have been up to: