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AP Biology Lesson Plans

May 4-8
Mon: Complete practice AP exam

Tues: Lab Review handout, go over review questions, review photosynthesis

Wed: Ecology handout, go over practice questions, review cell respiration

Thurs: Lab 11 Animal Behavior

Fri: review evolution, review taxonomy, trivia game

May 11-15
AP exam, collect, mount and name insects

April 27- May 1

Mon: go over review packet, review genetics
HW- Practice questions

Tues: Review evolution, Tissues microscope lab
HW- Practice questions

Wed: Review classification, Drosophila activity
HW- Practice questions

Thurs: Review cell respiration and photosynthesis, Exam info sheet
HW- practice questions

Fri: practice test (part 1)
HW- none

April 20-24
Mon: Read plant review (You may not take this home. I only have a class 
set), read flashcards ( 1 set- you will have to take turns), computer lab- 
Ch 31-33 activities
HW- STUDY for Ch 31-33 test tomorrow: all plant terms, all notes and 
handouts, diagrams in book, read chapter summary, answer questions at the 
end of each chapter (answers in back of book)

Tues: Ch 31-33 Test
HW- study Latin packet one more time!  

Wed: Review packet- use book to find chapters that will 
help you.  You may work in pairs.
HW- complete packet

Thurs: Latin Bonus Quiz, Go over review packet
HW:none

Fri: Lab 12 Dissolved Oxygen (graph)
HW:none

April 13-17
Mon: notes-plant reproduction
HW- study ALL Latin, read pp.642-647

Tues: Latin bonus quiz, notes-transport of plant nutrients
HW- read pp.648-655

Wed: notes- nutrients in soil
HW- read pp.660-667

Thurs: notes-plant hormones, plant biological rhythms
HW- study Ch 31-33 terms, read pp.668-673

Fri: Ch 31-33 voc quiz, plant video
HW- study for Ch 31-33 test on Tuesday

April 6-9
Mon: set up plant lab, start plant terms
HW- finish extra credit, read pp. 620-627

Tues: mass plants, Ch 31 notes
HW- study ALL Latin, read pp. 628-631

Wed: Bonus Latin quiz 1, mass plants, Ch 31 notes
HW- finish plant terms, read pp. 632-637

Thurs: mass plants, complete plant lab
HW- none

March 30- April 3
Mon: finish mollusks, annelids, arthropods, echinoderms
HW- read pp.384- 391

Tues: vertebrates- fish, amphibians, reptiles, present animals
HW- Ch 18 worksheets

Wed: Ch 18 voc quiz,birds, mammals, Ch 19 sheet
HW- study for test

Thurs: review, quiz Ch 18 
HW- study for test

Fri: Test 18, 19
HW- NONE

March 23-27
Mon: Intro to Animals, Sponges
HW- Complete Human Systems assignment

Tues: Cnidarians, Flatworms,  
HW- Complete Lab 10, read pp.368-375

Wed: Write Lab 5 essay
HW- complete Ch 18 terms, read pp.376-383

Thurs: Roundworms, Mollusks
HW- study Latin 12, 

Fri: Latin 12 quiz, Animal activity
HW- none

March 9-13
Mon
lesson- review, study old tests
HW- study for exam

Tues
lesson- 4th- study old tests, work on human systems assignment
7th- EXAM
HW- 4th- study for exam

Wed
lesson-4th- EXAM
7th- work on human systems assignment
HW-none

Thurs
lesson- Lab 10
HW- none

Fri
lesson- finish lab 10 questions, go outside- look for plants and fungi
HW-none


March 2-6
Mon:BW- fern life cycle sheet
lesson- notes: bryophytes, vascular plants, gymnosperms, and angiosperms, 
alternation of generatons
HW- read pp.346-350

Tues:BW- angiosperm life cycle sheet
lesson- notes- life cycles, flowers parts, seed dispersal
HW- read pp. 351-356

Wed:BW- read pp.359-364
lesson-notes- fungi
HW- exercise 9

Thurs:BW-
lesson- notes quiz 17, video- plants, fungi
HW- study Ch 17 terms, study for exam (Ch 12, 13)

Fri:BW- study terms
lesson- Ch 17 voc quiz, review for exam
HW- study for exam (Ch 14, 15)



Feb 23-27
Mon:BW- start video
lesson- classification video (sheet), complete prokaryote notes sheet
HW- complete Lab 5

Tues:BW- protist notes sheet
lesson- complete protist sheet, computer lab (Ch 15, 16 activities)
HW- read pp. 334-342, study for Ch 15, 16 test

Wed:BW- prepare for reading quiz
lesson- Ch 16 reading quiz, go over Ch 16 notes
HW- study for Ch 15, 16 test

Thurs:BW- study
lesson- Ch 15, 16 test
HW- none

Fri:BW-start notes Ch 17
lesson- double bubble map, introduction to plants, plant terms, tests back
HW- finish plant notes



Feb 16-20
Mon:BW- study Ch 15 terms
lesson- Ch 15 quiz, notes- origin of life, Miller's experiment, first 
genetic material
HW- read pp. 318-323

Tues:BW- read topic
lesson- group posters- prokaryotes
HW-read pp.324-328

Wed:BW- complete prokaryote notes page
lesson- present posters, review cell respiration
HW- read lab procedure

Thurs:BW- go to lab
lesson- Lab 5 Cell Respiration
HW- read pp. 329-333

Fri:BW- go to lab
lesson- complete Lab 5
HW- none

Feb 9-13
Mon:BW- Fruit Fly info
lesson- Lab 7 Chi Square (Statistical Analysis)
HW- complete Ch 36 packet

Tues:BW- Fill in notes 15.1-15.3
lesson- notes: the fossil record and macroevolution, radiometric dating, 
continental drift
HW- Ch 15 terms, read pp. 296-301

Wed:BW- start notes
lesson-notes: mass extinctions, "evo-devo", phylogenetic  trees
HW-exercise 5, read pp.302-307

Thurs:BW- exercise 6
lesson-notes: systematic, analagous structures, 3 domain system vs 5 kingdom 
system
HW-read pp. 308-313, study Latin 11

Fri:BW- study Latin 11
lesson-Latin 11 quiz, class discussion- scientific evidence for intelligent 
design (optional participation)
HW- study Ch 15 terms

Feb 2-6
Mon:BW- start notes
lesson- notes- species concepts, reproductive barriers 
HW- Study Latin 10, complete exercise 2

Tues:BW- Study Latin 10
lesson- Latin 10 quiz, notes- allopatric and sympatric speciation, 
gradualist and punctuated equilibrium models
HW- complete exercises 3&6, prepare of essay

Wed:BW- plan essay
lesson- write essay (evidence for evolution or Hardy-Weinberg)
HW- study for Ch 13&14 test

Thurs:BW- start packet
lesson- complete Ch 36 packet in groups
HW- Study for Ch 13&14 test

Fri:BW- study
lesson- Ch 13&14 test
HW- complete Ch 36 packet 


Jan 26-30
Mon:BW- turn in Ch 35 packet
lesson- speaker- Ms Griffin, Hardy Weinberg problem
HW- read pp.274-277

Tues:BW- Hardy-Weinberg problem
lesson- microevolution- genetic drift, bottleneck effect, founder effect, 
gene flow, mutation
HW- study Latin 9

Wed:BW- study Latin 9
lesson- Natural selection and variation- polymorphic, cline, heterozygous 
advantage, Darwinian fitness, outcomes of natural selection
HW- prepare for reading quiz

Thurs:BW- prepare for reading quiz
lesson- reading quiz, Lab 8 Population Genetics and Evolution
HW- Chapter 14 terms (due before you leave class Friday)

Fri:BW- work on terms
lesson- computer activities, complete Lab 8
HW- complete Lab 8 


Jan 20-23
Tues:BW- start notes
lesson- notes- natural selection, populations evolve, microevolution
HW- finish Ch 13 terms, read pp. 260-264

Wed:BW- turn in terms
lesson- Ch 35 packet Population Dynamics (ecology) 
HW- study Latin 8 quiz, read pp. 267-272

Thurs:BW- study
lesson- Latin 8 quiz, speaker- Ms. Griffin, introduce Hardy Weinberg 
equilibrium
HW- read pp.274-277

Fri:BW- read lab procedure
lesson- lab 6 gel electrophoresis
HW- complete Ch 35 packet

Jan 12-16
Mon:BW- start notes
lesson- restriction enzyme activity, notes- restriction fragment analysis, 
PCR
HW- finish notes page, read 243-244

Tues:BW- review reading
lesson- reading quiz, DNA video, notes- human genome project
HW- study Ch 12 terms

Wed:BW- study Ch 12 terms
lesson- Ch 12 voc quiz, review Ch 12
HW- study Ch 12

Thurs:BW- study Ch 12
lesson- Test Ch 12
HW- none

Fri:BW- read pp. 258-259
lesson- introduce evolution, notes- evidence for evoltion, Ch 13 terms  
HW- none

Jan 6-9 AP Bio
Tues:BW- start notes
lesson- interactive DNA technology, notes- 3 ways bacteria transfer DNA, 
plasmids
HW- Ch 12 terms

Wed:BW- start notes
lesson- notes- enzymes cut and paste DNA, genomic libraries
HW- study Latin 7, read pp.232-235

Thurs:BW- study Latin 7
lesson- Latin 7 quiz, notes- reverse transcriptase, nucleic acid probes,gel 
electrophoresis
HW- read pp. 236-238, organize lab binder

Fri:BW- article questions
lesson- review gel electrophoresis, group activity- DNA at the races
HW- read pp. 239-242

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