AP BiologyGearing up for May 2013!

Today’s Objectives

What is AP?

How to get to course website

How to sign on to www.masteringbiology.com

The “Big Ideas”

What is AP Biology to me?

Big ideas trump details

Inquiry

Scientific literacy

An “edge”

How is AP different than a typical senior elective College course, college credit?!?

Time commitment

Assignments follow a college model Lab notebooks Formal lab reports Journal Club Online HW

Tests count for a lot; prepare you for the AP test!

How has AP changed?

Test: more data analysis and application questions

Labs: inquiry based and include statistics

Be careful if you buy a review guide that it reflects the changes in the 2013 test!

Course Website

Needham Teacher Pages

http://fcw.needham.k12.ma.us/~jill%20stewart/

Resources: Calendar, virtual handouts, Powerpoints, rubrics

Campbell Book and Mastering Biology

Masteringbiology.com

Sometimes its easier to sign up online

Reading follow-up questions Online labs Online version of your book (think

ipad, ipod)

Sign up today! Your first assignment is up and its time sensitive.

Big Ideas

Can we put all of biology into 4 boxes? 1-The process of evolution drives the unity and

diversity of life 2-Biological systems utilize free energy and

molecular building blocks to grow, to reproduce, and to maintain homeostasis.

3-Living things store, retrieve, transmit, and respond to information essential to life processes

4-Biological systems interact and these systems and their interactions possess complex properties.