AP Biology

Course Outline

• Molecules and Cells
• Chemistry of Life
• Chemistry of water
• Lab - Diffusion and Osmosis
• Biomolecules
• Free energy and thermodynamics
• Enzyme function
• Lab - Enzyme Catalysis
• Cells
• Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
• Membranes
• Subcellular organization
• Cell cycle and its regulation
• Reproduction of Cells
• Lab - Mitosis and Meiosis
• Cellular Energetics
• Coupled reactions
• Fermentation and cellular respiration
• Lab - Cell Respiration
• Photosynthesis
• Lab - Plant Pigments and Photosynthesis
• Heredity and Evolution
• Molecular Genetics
• Nucleic acids
• DNA structure and function
• Genome organization and expression
• Mutation
• Viral structure and replication
• Nucleic acid technology and applications
• Lab - Molecular Biology
• Heredity
• Eukaryotic chromosomes
• Inheritance patterns
• Lab - Genetics of Organisms
• Lab - Population Genetics and Evolution
• Evolutionary biology (7 days)
• Early evolution of life
• Evidence for evolution
• Mechanisms of evolution
• Organisms and Populations
• Diversity of organisms (7 days)
• Evolutionary patterns
• Survey of the diversity of life
• Phylogenetic classification
• Evolutionary relationships
• Structure and function of plants and animals (15 days)
• Reproduction, growth and development
• Structural, physiological, and behavioral adaptations
• Lab - Transpiration
• Lab - Physiology of the Circulatory System
• Response to the environment
• Lab - Animal Behavior
• Lab - Dissolved Oxygen and Aquatic Primary Productivity
• Ecology (5 days)
• Population dynamics
• Communities and ecosystems
• Global issues