AP Biology
Course Outline
- Molecules and Cells
- Chemistry of Life
- Chemistry of water
- Lab - Diffusion and Osmosis
- Biomolecules
- Free energy and thermodynamics
- Enzyme function
- 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
- 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
- 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