Advanced Placement Biology

Course & Lab Syllabus

 

Course Topics Percentage Goals Core Laboratories
I       Molecules and Cells

25
     A. Chemistry of Life

7

       

           1. Water

1 Diffusion and Osmosis
           2. Organic Molecules in Organisms 2 Enzyme Catalysis
           3. Free Energy Changes
           4. Enzymes
    B. Cells

10

          
           1. Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells

6 - Cells  
 4 - Cell Cycle & Division

 3 Mitosis and Meiosis
           2. Membranes
           3. Subcellular Organization
           4. Cell Cycle and its Regulation
     C. Cellular Energetics

8
           1. Coupled Reactions 4 - Photosynthesis
4 - Cellular Respiration
 4 Plant Pigments & Photosynthesis
           2. Fermentation and Cellular Respiration 5 Cell Respiration
           3. Photosynthesis
II      Heredity and Evolution

25
     A. Heredity

8
           1. Meiosis and Gametogenesis 6 Molecular Biology (DNA Fingerprinting)
           2. Eukaryotic Chromosomes
           3. Inheritance Patterns
     B. Molecular Genetics

9
           1. RNA and DNA Structure and Function 7 Genetics of Organisms (Fast Plants)
           2. Gene Regulation
           3. Mutation
           4. Viral Structure and Regulation
           5. Nucleic Acid Technology and Applications
    C. Evolutionary Biology

8
           1. Early Evolution of Life 8 Population Genetics & Evolution
           2. Evidence for Evolution
           3. Mechanisms for Evolution
III    Organisms and Populations

50
    A. Diversity of Organisms

8
           1. Evolutionary Patterns

The Five-Kingdom Survey

 9 Transpiration
           2. Survey of the Diversity of Life
           3. Phylogenetic Classification
           4. Evolutionary Relationships
     B. Structure & Function of Plants & Animals

30
           1. Reproduction, Growth and Development

11 - Plants  
 15 - Animal Structure & Function
5 - Animal Reproduction & Development
1 - Animal Behavior

 10 Physiology of the Circulatory System
           2. Structural, Physiology & Behavior Adaptations 11 Animal Behavior
           3. Response to the Environment
     C. Ecology

10
           1. Population Dynamics 12. Oxygen & Aquatic Primary Productivity
           2. Communities and Ecosystems
           3. Global Issues