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Welcome to the NEW AP Biology
The first exam was given in May 2013.
National results were a bell curve.
Big Idea 1:
The process of evolution drives the diversity and
unity of life.
Big Idea 2:
Biological systems utilize free energy and
molecular building blocks to grow, to reproduce, and to maintain dynamic
homeostasis.
Big Idea 3:
Living systems store, retrieve, transmit, and
respond to information
essential to life processes.
Big idea 4:
Biological systems interact, and these systems and their
interactions possess complex
properties.
Objectives for the Year
Be able to link the Big Ideas together!Be able to design, implement, and
analyze the results of a controlled experiment.
Be able to apply the concepts of biology to “real life”
Themes of the Study of Life
Campbell Biology
Chapter 1
“An organism is a living whole greater than the sum of its parts.”
Heirarchy of Living Things
Cell Theory
What did each of these people provide as part of the cell theory?
HookeVon LeewenhoekSchleidenSchwannWhy is this the basis of all biology??
Structure determines function…and function determines structure
And this determines everything…
LIFE
Regulation of Cycles and Reactions
Ex. Temperature control Ex. Blood clotting
Diversity of Living Things
EVOLUTION- unifying theme in biology
Charles DarwinGalapagos IslandsDescent with
modificationNatural selectionAdaptationsGeographic isolationAlfred Wallace
Scientific Research and Discovery
Quantitative dataQualitative dataInductive reasoning Deductive reasoningControlled experiments
Science + Technology = Jobs
Medicine (doctor, nurse, PA, radiation etc)Pharmaceutical research, production,
marketing, salesGene therapy researchClassification of new and existing species
based on DNACancer and HIV treatment researchComputer programs for scientific work
What specific questions do you have about the information
in this chapter???
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