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The goal of this ap biology course is to prepare students to transition from high school to college by developing their critical thinking and problem solving skills, laboratory techniques, and establishing an enduring understanding of biological concepts. My primary assignment is teaching a combined ib and ap biology course. These labs will be inquiry based, studentdirected investigations. Biology course taught for the first time in 201220. Ap biology course revisions new for 2012 20 lab manual provided. Click on the files, select download, and then save the zip file to your computer.
The college board has published a new lab manual, ap biology investigative labs. This investigation process will be used throughout this ap biology course. This lab manual features studentdirected lab investigations that emphasize scientific inquiry, reasoning, and critical thinking, with a realignment of course content to the new ap biology course and exam description binder. An inquirybased approach was developed in collaboration with ap teachers, inquiry experts, and higher education faculty to support teachers in implementing the new focus on inquiry in their biology labs. A new sequence of lab topics more closely follows the campbellreece biology, eighth edition chapter sequence an entirely new bioinformatics lab gives students handson practice with the techniques and evidence from biology, molecular genetics, computer science and evolutionary biology. You should read all the handouts thoroughly and then keep this booklet for continued reference. The labs in this manual support the concepts, content, and science practices within the revised ap biology course. It clearly lays out the course content and describes the exam and ap program in general. The 2012 school year will be the fourth year ap biology has been offered for students in this district. Ap biology can lead to a wide range of careers and college majors. Ap r biology lab manual for teachers 2001 the college board has published a new lab manual, ap biology investigative labs. These students will have completed regular biology in tenth grade as well as chemistry their junior year. Pearson lab manual biology books online ap biology lab manual for teachers supplement. Biology is a great course to teach because it affords me the opportunity to demonstrate to.
An inquirybased approach student manual 2012, which is also available in this store. Diffusion and osmosis materials kits for ap example labs. The website to accompany the main text provides animations, investigations, powerpoint and other audiovisual sources to enhance instruction ap biology investigative lab manual. In cases where links are no longer working, we suggest that you try to find the resource by doing a keyword web search. Comparing dna sequences to understand evolutionary relationships with blast investigation 3. The college board animations and quizzes to check comprehension, can be found at pearson educations lab pearson investigating biology lab manual. An inquirybased approach supplement to the first printing this document provides. My version was modified because the ap lab was just too long to be manageable in the time frame that i had.
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All links to online resources were verified before publication. Course description the ap biology course is a second year biology course and students should have already mastered the introductory knowledge of cells, biochemistry, genetics, bacteria and viruses, evolutiondiversity and body systems as well as introductory laboratory techniques and processes. This lab is fairly easy to conduct, though organizing the time frame can be challenging. A letter to the ap biology student ceres high school. Additional laboratory activities will be conducted to deepen students conceptual understanding and to reinforce the application of science practices within a handson, discovery based environment. Ap biology laboratory 1 diffusion and osmosis answer key. College board knowing a collection of facts about biology is beneficial only if you can use that information to understand and investigate a particular aspect of the natural world. Updated urls corrections clarifications to lab procedures and equipment needs sample data tables for investigation 7 updated version of ap biology equations and formulas appendix page chapter investigation change. Collectively, they created ap biology investigative labs. Escience labs manual answers biology multiprogramvictoria. The materials provided in this lab activity have been prepared by wards to adapt to the specifications outlined in ap biology investigative labs. The ap labs in the ap investigative labs manual are used in full or in some modified. Reece biology, 3rd edition, 2008, pearson benjamin cummings.