Advanced Placement Biology

Core Laboratories

            Each year there are 12 core laboratories that must be completed by all AP Biology students.

                    In recent years the AP Biology Examination has always included questions, both
                         multiple choice and essay, either directly based from these labs or requiring students to design experiments.

                In addition to the specific objectives, the labs share the following common goals. Students should be able to:

understand problems

develop hypotheses

design and implement controlled experiments

identify independent and dependant variables

analyze data

draw conclusions

think analytically

communicate results with appropriate data tables and graphs

LABORATORY 1    Diffusion & Osmosis

LABORATORY  2     Enzyme Catalysis

LABORATORY  3     Mitosis & Meiosis

LABORATORY  4     Plant Pigments & Photosynthesis

LABORATORY  5     Cell Respiration

LABORATORY  6     Molecular Biology

LABORATORY  7     Genetics of Organisms

LABORATORY  8     Population Genetics & Evolution

LABORATORY  9    Transpiration

LABORATORY  10     Physiology of the Circulatory System

LABORATORY  11      Animal Behaviour

LABORATORY  12     Dissolved Oxygen and Aquatic Primary Productivity