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Welcome! Here you will find copies of most of the handouts you receive in class. Some will be material that I photocopy, so those I cannot post online.
- Unless otherwise noted, all Chapter numbers refer to the textbook, Biology by Raven & Johnson, 7th edition. References to Campbell signify Campbell & Reece (5th edition).
Essentials
- AP Course Requirements
Your guide for what is needed for this course and what is expected of you in this course.
- AP Biology Curriculum Schedule
This is a tentative schedule for the year & is always subject to change depending on class needs & opportunity, but you can use this as a guide for the pace of this course -- FAST!
- Cornell Notes Template
Here are blank sheets for you to use to write up your Cornell Notes when you outline each chapter.
- Formal Lab Report Guideline/Rubric
Use this as a guideline to write up formal lab reports. Also take a look at LabWrite as a very helpful resource to train in writing first-class lab reports.
- APA Citation Guide
Use this as a guideline to help you format your references cited (bibliography) in your lab report. Cite all works used and don't forget textbook.
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Cells
- Cell Structure: Auto-tutorial Assignment
Your overall assignment is to learn Chapter 5: Cell Structure ON YOUR OWN (that's what "auto-tutorial" means!) and be ready for a Quizzam (Quiz/Exam) on it. To help you I am offering you a whole lot of resources:
- 00organelles2008.pdf: Worksheets that you received in class, but can download again if you need. Included in the worksheets is an illustration of an animal and a plant cell that you can fill out with the "Baby Bio" PPT listed below. Fill out the blank chart while you watch the AP PPTs and then add from textbook reading.
- 01CellOrganelles2008REGENTS.ppt: An introductory PPT that I use in "Baby Bio". It's a good place to start, but don't stop there! Fill out the worksheets with the animal and plant cell diagrams while watching this.
- 02Ch05organelles12007.ppt: The first of the AP lectures. It's about the organelles involved in making proteins. Fill out the blank chart worksheet while watching this.
- 03Ch05organelles22007.ppt: The second of the AP lectures. It's about the organelles involved in making energy. Fill out the blank chart worksheet while watching this.
- 04Ch05organelles32007.ppt: The third of the AP lectures. It's about the organelles involved in making new cells. Fill out the blank chart worksheet while watching this.
- I have also included links to PDF versions of the PPTs, in case you do not have a working copy of PowerPoint. But it is much better to watch the PPTs with the animations. Try to go to the Public Library (Click here for their hours) and use their computers
- Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 5: Cell Structure
Take ownership of your learning! Complete the textbook reading and this reading guide before lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
- Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 6: Membranes
Take ownership of your learning! Complete the textbook reading and this reading guide before lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
- Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 11: How Cells Divide
Take ownership of your learning! Complete the textbook reading and this reading guide before lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
- Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 7: Cells
Take ownership of your learning! Complete the textbook reading and this reading guide before lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
- Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 8: Cell Membranes
Take ownership of your learning! Complete the textbook reading and this reading guide before lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
- Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 12: Cell Cycle -- Mitosis
Take ownership of your learning! Complete the textbook reading and this reading guide before lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
- Cells: Putting It All Together
A worksheet to push you to look at the organelles as an interconnected working system and not just a list of biology vocabulary words.
- Extra Credit: Aquaporins (Nobel Prize)
The "public information" article from the Nobel Web site about the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2003 shared by Peter Agre & Roderick MacKinnon for their pioneering discoveries concerning the water & ion channels of cells. A worksheet is included.
- Extra Credit: Osmosis Challenge Questions Worksheet.
Think you've nailed down Osmosis? Take the challenge! This was actually an assignment I had to complete as a Cornell freshman.
- Extra Credit: Timothy Syndrome (Current Events)
A synopsis of the paper from the journal Cell -- "Calcium Channel Dysfunction Causes Multisystem Disorder" -- published on September 30, 2004
Enzymes & Metabolism
Genetics
Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
Evolution
Classification & Taxonomy
- A Universal "Parade through the Kingdoms" Classification Review Worksheet
This review assignment serves as an overview of all of Systematics/Classification. It is not specifically tied to any textbook and any textbook can be used as a reference for completing the assignment. Use it to summarize our present understanding of the evolutionary relationships of the diverse forms of life on Earth.
- Classification Who Am I?
A rapid review worksheet for classification. These are my characteristics... who am I? Students can us it as a quickie self-quiz.
- Campbell "Parade through the Kingdoms" Vacation Assignment
This assignment serves to guide you through Chapters 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34 in Campbell's 5th edition. Complete it using the textbook as a resource. This assignment is an adaptation of works originally created by Cheryl Hollinger (Central York High School) and Glen Cochrane (Half Hollow Hills High School).
- Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 27: Prokaryotes
Take ownership of your learning! Complete the textbook reading and this reading guide before lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
- Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 28: Protists
Take ownership of your learning! Complete the textbook reading and this reading guide before lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
- Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 29: Plant Diversity
Take ownership of your learning! Complete the textbook reading and this reading guide before lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
- Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 30: Fungi
Take ownership of your learning! Complete the textbook reading and this reading guide before lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
Plants
Animal Systems
- The Great Animal Systems Challenge!
Let's look at animal systems from a thematic approach: structure/function, movememnt across a membrane, cell-to-cell communication, and so much more...
- Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 49: Maintaining the Internal Environment (Kidneys & Homeostasis)
Take ownership of your learning! Complete the textbook reading and this reading guide before lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
- Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 45: The Nervous System
Take ownership of your learning! Complete the textbook reading and this reading guide before lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
- Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 43: Fueling Body Activities -- Digestion
Take ownership of your learning! Complete the textbook reading and this reading guide before lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
- Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 44: Circulation & Respiration
Take ownership of your learning! Complete the textbook reading and this reading guide before lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
- Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 42: The Animal Body and How It Moves
Take ownership of your learning! Complete the textbook reading and this reading guide before lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
- Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 48: The Immune System
Take ownership of your learning! Complete the textbook reading and this reading guide before lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
- Raven (7th) Guided Notes Chapter 47: The Endocrine System
Take ownership of your learning! Complete the textbook reading and this reading guide before lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
- Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 40: Intro to Animal Structure & Function
Take ownership of your learning! Complete the textbook reading and this reading guide before lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
- Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 41: Animal Nutrition
Take ownership of your learning! Complete the textbook reading and this reading guide before lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
- Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 42: Circulation & Gas Exchange
Take ownership of your learning! Complete the textbook reading and this reading guide before lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
- Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 43: The Immune System
Take ownership of your learning! Complete the textbook reading and this reading guide before lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
- Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 44: Osmoregulation and Excretion
Take ownership of your learning! Complete the textbook reading and this reading guide before lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
- Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 45: Hormones & the Endocrine System
Take ownership of your learning! Complete the textbook reading and this reading guide before lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
- Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 48: Nervous Systems
Take ownership of your learning! Complete the textbook reading and this reading guide before lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
- Campbell (5th) Guided Notes Chapter 49: Sensory & Motor Mechanisms
Take ownership of your learning! Complete the textbook reading and this reading guide before lecture so that you are better prepared to learn this material.
- "Super Size Me" Video Worksheet
A worksheet to accompany "Super Size Me", the critically acclaimed documentary from filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, which entertainingly explores the correlation between fast-food, lack of exercise, inadequate nutritional and physical education, and the obesity epidemic currently plaguing our nation. "Would you like fries with that?" will never sound the same!
- Extra Credit: The Bacteria behind Ulcers
One half to one third of the world's population harbors Helicobacter pylori, "slow" bacteria that infect the stomach and can cause ulcers and cancer there. Download questions by clicking here.
- Extra Credit: An Endangered Species in the Stomach
Is the decline of Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium living in the human stomach since time immemorial, good or bad for public health? Download questions by clicking here.
- Extra Credit: Dying to See
Studies of the lens of the eye not only could reveal ways to prevent cataracts but also might illuminate the biology of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other diseases in which cells commit suicide. Download questions by clicking here.
Animal Behavior
Ecology
Review
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