Course Overview

  • 1

    Introduction to WondersOfBio AP Biology Course

    • Introduction

    • Contact Info

    • Course Structure Details and Credits

    • Developing good study skills

    • Note-taking Tips

    • Websites Worth Bookmarking

    • Let's Begin our Explorations!
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    Introduction to AP Biology

    • AP Bio Course at a Glance

    • AP Biology Course and Exam Description (CED) effective Fall 2019

    • AP Bio Formula Sheet (will be provided on the exam)

    • Using AP Classroom resources for review and practice

    • Prefix, Suffix, Root Word list
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    Graphing and Computational Biology

    • AP Bio Formula Sheet (will be provided on the exam)

    • Science Practices on the AP Exam

    • Slide deck: Graphing Skills in AP Biology

    • Slide deck: Graphing Rate of Change

    • Slide deck: Intro to Biostatistics

    • Practice: Graphing review and Practice Sheet

    • Practice: Graph and Data Analysis Questions

    • Review: Graph Choice Chart

    • Review: Tips for Using Google Sheets for Graphing

    • Review: Graphing and Error Bars on Google Sheets

    • Review: Mathematics and Statistics in Biology (HHMI Resource)
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    Inquiry and Experimentation

    • Inquiry-based Laboratory Investigations in AP Biology Overview

    • AP Biology Lab Manual from CB

    • The Nature of Scientific Inquiry

    • Lab Safety and Proper Technique

    • Experimental Design in AP Biology - Main Vocab and Concepts

    • Slide deck: Experimental Design

    • Experimental Design Review sheet with additional links

    • Practice: Experimental Design Packet

    • Practice: Science Practices Review Packet

    • Practice: Experimental Design and Science Skills Practice Questions from past AP exams

    • Review: Generating APA Style Citations

    • Review: Using Models in Science

    • Review: Argumentation in Science_Writing a CER

    • Review: Metric Conversion

    • Review: Significant Figures

    • Enrichment: The Nature of Scientific Inquiry: R. Ross Nobel Prize Lecture on the Discovery of the Malarial Parasite (Original Paper)
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    Tackling the FRQ Section

    • FRQ Helpful HInts

    • Slide deck: FRQ Power Words

    • Practice FRQs
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    Practice, Practice, Practice!

    • Practice Questions By Unit (Review Guides)

    • Experimental Design Packet

    • Statistics in Biology Packet

    • Genetics Practice Packet

    • Heredity Practice Packet

    • Hardy-Weinberg Practice Packet

    • Population Ecology Practice Packet

    • Computation Questions by Unit Practice Packet

    • AP Bio Review Resources By Unit

    • Additional Review Resources for AP Biology

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    Unit 1: Chemistry of Life

    • Unit 1 Vocab list and Study Guide

    • Chapter 1 Slide deck: Big Themes/Ideas in AP Biology

    • Chapter 2 Slide deck: The Chemical Context of Life

    • Chapter 3 Slide deck: Water and Life

    • Chapter 4 Slide deck: Importance of Carbon

    • Chapter 5 Slide deck: Biological Macromolecules

    • Chapter 8 (partial) Slide deck: Enzymes

    • Practice: Amino Acids Sketchnote

    • Practice: Concord Protein Folding Virtual Activity

    • Practice: Set 1 Questions

    • Practice: Set 2 Questions

    • Lab 1: Water (Descriptive Statistics)

    • Lab 2: Transpiration (Experimental Design, Percentage Change)

    • Lab 2: Transpiration Lab Info Slides

    • Lab 3: Enzyme Activity Simulation

    • Review Guide: Unit 1

    • Review: Macromolecules

    • Review: Relevance of Chemistry in Biology

    • Enrichment Article: Difference between sugar and sweeteners
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    Unit 2: Cell Biology

    • Unit 2 Vocab List and Study Guide

    • Chapter 6 Slide deck: Tour of a Cell

    • Chapter 7 Slide deck: Membrane Structure and Function

    • Practice: Analyzing Evidence_ A theory on the Origins of Eukaryotic Cells

    • Lab 4: Cell Size, Diffusion and Osmosis 3-part Investigation

    • Review Guide: Unit 2

    • Review: Cell Membrane Sketchnote Sheets

    • Enrichment: Stem Cells - Reality vs Controversy

    • Enrichment Article: Membranous Organelles in Bacteria

    • Enrichment Article: Mitochondrial Evolution

    • Enrichment Article: The shape-shifting blobs that shook up cell biology

    • Apply/ Enrichment: New Imaging Tools
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    Unit 3: Cell Energetics

    • Unit 3 Vocab List and Study Guide

    • Chapter 8 Slide deck: Introduction to Metabolism

    • ATP Hydrolysis Simulation

    • Slide deck: Graphing Rate of Change

    • Enzyme Simulations

    • Lab 5: Enzyme Lab with Yeast Spheres

    • Slide deck: Overview of PS and CR

    • Chapter 9 Slide deck: Cellular Respiration

    • Cellular Respiration: Accounting Simulation

    • Chapter 10 Slide deck: Photosynthesis

    • Photosynthesis Simulation

    • Slidedeck: Connecting Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration

    • Lab 6: Factors affecting Photosynthesis (Inquiry, rate of reaction, CER)

    • Practice: Photosynthesis Factors Simulation Lab

    • Review Guide: Unit 3

    • Review: Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis Foldables

    • Apply/Enrichment: Digestion, Absorption, and the Role of Enzymes

    • Enrichment: Oxygenation of Earth due to Rise in Photosynthesis (and other articles from BioNinja - bookmark site for review)
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    Unit 4: Cell Communication and Cell Cycle

    • Unit 4 Vocab List and Study Guide

    • Chapter 11 Slide deck: Cell Communication

    • Slide deck on Exploring Signal Transduction: Examples to be familiar with

    • Chapter 12 Slide deck: The Cell Cycle

    • Lab 7: Cell Communication Project

    • Review Guide: Unit 4

    • Review: Cell Communication Overview

    • Review: Mechanism of Cell Communication

    • Review: Examples of Cell Communication

    • Review: Cell Cycle, Division, and Regulation

    • Article: Cell Cycle Checkpoints Review

    • Enrichment/ Practice: Modeling Action Potential

    • Enrichment/ Practice: How Cholera affects Cell Signaling

    • Apply/ Enrichment: The Cancer Breakthrough Boom
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    Unit 5: Genetics

    • Unit 5 Vocab list and Study Guide

    • Chapter 13 Slide deck: Meiosis

    • Chapter 14 Slide deck: Mendelian Genetics

    • Chapter 14 Part 2 Slide deck: Pedigree Analysis

    • Chapter 15 Slide deck: Chromosomes

    • Lab: Mitosis and Meiosis Lab (Modeling, Chi-square analysis)

    • Lab Slide deck: Mitosis and Meiosis

    • Lab: Genetics Fly Lab (Artificial Selection, Mendelian Ratios, Chi-Square Analysis)

    • Practice: Punnett Squares and Pedigree Analysis Problems

    • Practice: Hypothesis Testing

    • Practice: CER using Karyotypes

    • Review Guide: Unit 5

    • Review: Genetics Concepts - Utah Genetics

    • Review: Pedigree Analysis of Mendelian Traits

    • Review: Guide to Pedigree Symbols

    • Review: Genotyping Pedigrees

    • Review: Genetic Disorders Exploration

    • Enrichment Article: Case study of SOD1 mutation in a family with ALS

    • Apply/ Enrichment: Significance of extra chromosomes in cancer

    • Enrichment: Genetics Bookshelf
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    Unit 6: Molecular Biology

    • Unit 6 Vocab list and Study Guide

    • Chapter 16 Slide deck: DNA, Replication

    • Chapter 17 Slide deck: Gene Expression

    • Modeling Central Dogma

    • Chapter 18 Slide deck: Regulation of Gene Expression

    • Chapter 27 Slide deck: Prokaryotes

    • Chapter 19 Slide deck: Viruses

    • Chapter 20 Slide deck: Biotechnology

    • Chapter 21 Slide deck: Genomes

    • Practice: Gene Expression and Mutations

    • Practice: Eurkaryotic Gene Regulation Mechanisms

    • Lab 10: Bacterial Transformation Overview Slide deck

    • Lab 10: Bacterial Transformation Quick Guide

    • Lab 10: Bacterial Transformation Lab Analysis Questions

    • Lab 11: Taste of Genetics Student Guide

    • Lab 11: Taste of Genetics Slide deck

    • Lab 11: Taste of Genetics Analysis Questions

    • Lab 11 Analysis: Gel Electrophoresis Standard Curve Worksheet

    • Project: Applications of Biotech

    • Review Guide: Unit 6

    • Review: Gene Regulation

    • Review/ Enrichment: DNA from the Beginning_Historical Experiments

    • Review Article: Meselson and Stahl on how DNA replicates

    • Article Review: Plants between light and darkness (Units 3, 5, 6, 7)

    • Enrichment Article: Watson and Crick_Guided Paper_April 1953

    • Enrichment Article: Rosalind Franklin original paper April 1953 (same issue of Nature)

    • Enrichment Article: Watson and Crick_Guided_Paper_May 1953

    • Enrichment Article: Why do some embryos fail to develop during IVF?

    • Enrichment Article: Role of MicroRNAs in Gene Regulation

    • Infographic Visualizing Bacteria

    • Enrichment Article: Origin of Introns

    • Enrichment Article: Mechanism of post-transcriptional repression by miRNA (Practice Data Analysis, Argumentation)

    • Enrichment Article: Epigenetics and plant phenotypic plasticity

    • Enrichment: Genetics and Molecular Biology Career Connection

    • Enrichment Article: Lipid Nanoparticles deliver mRNA vaccine to cells

    • Enrichment Article: Biofabrication
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    Unit 7: Evolution

    • Unit 7 Vocab list and Study Guide

    • Chapter 22 Slide deck: Descent With Modification

    • Slide deck: Evidence for Evolution

    • Slide deck: Hominin Evolution

    • Chapter 23 Slide deck: Evolution of Populations - Hardy Weinberg Law

    • Chapter 24 Slide deck: Speciation

    • Chapter 25 Slide deck: History of Life on Earth

    • Chapter 26 Slide deck: Phylogeny

    • Practice: Worked out Sample Hardy-Weinberg problems

    • Practice: Biochemical Homology

    • Practice: Amino Acid Sequence Homology and Evolutionary Relationships

    • Practice: Cytochrome C Molecular Homology

    • Practice: Problems using Hardy-Weinberg Equations

    • Lab 12: Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium (Modeling, Computation)

    • Lab 13: BLAST worksheet

    • Review Guide: Unit 7

    • Review: Evolution Digital textbook from UC Berkeley

    • Review: Understanding the Hardy-Weinberg Equation

    • Review: Constructing and Analyzing Cladograms

    • Enrichment: OneZoom Tree of Life

    • Enrichment Article: Penguin loss of flight_adaptation or de-evolution_

    • Enrichment Article: The evolution of sour taste

    • Enrichment Article: Selection of a body size variant in dog species
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    Unit 8: Ecology

    • Unit 8 Vocab list and Study Guide

    • Chapter 51 Slide deck: Animal Behavior

    • Chapters 52, 55 Slide deck: Ecosystem Ecology

    • Chapter 53 Slide deck: Population Ecology

    • Chapter 54 Slide deck: Community Ecology

    • Chapter 56 Slide deck: Conservation Biology

    • Practice: Anthropogenic Impacts Data Analysis, Arguing from Evidence

    • Practice: Authentic Data Analysis of Climate Change Evidence

    • Lab 14: Simpson Diversity Index

    • Lab 15: Inquiry into Animal Behavior (biostatistics, experimental design)

    • Lab 15: Animal Behavior Lab Reading

    • Review Guide: Unit 8

    • Review: Ecological Succession

    • Review Article: eDNA review 2015

    • Enrichment Practice: Modeling Factors contributing to temperature and climate

    • Enrichment Practice: Modeling Feedback Loops that influence Climate

    • Enrichment: Unit 8 Bookshelf

    • Enrichment Article: Climate change and decline of native trout in the Rocky Mountains

    • Enrichment Practice: Simulating Regulations of Processes and Systems