Jason Burton Buford High School AP Biology Overview 2012-2013 Jason Burton Buford High School

AP Expectations College Level Class No Homework GRADES (See Syllabus for percentages) Work Hard Have a passion (or appreciation) for biology. Mental Toughness – This won’t be easy. Accountability Partner Let’s Strive for Five!!!!

AP Materials 2 inch binder with 5 dividers Paper, pencil/pen Student Lab Notebook (Purchase) Strive for Five Study Guide (Purchase) Be Prepared Everyday!

AP Standards You will be tested May 13 on the “Four Big Ideas” Big Idea 1: Evolution The process of evolution drives the diversity and unity of life. Big Idea 2: Cellular Processes: Energy and Communication Biological systems utilize free energy and molecular building blocks to grow, to reproduce, and to maintain dynamic homeostasis. Big Idea 3: Genetics and Information Transfer Living systems store, retrieve, transmit, and respond to information essential to life processes. Big Idea 4: Interactions Biological systems interact, and these systems and their interactions possess complex properties.

AP Standards Big Ideas (BI) - Number Hierarchy of Standards Big Ideas (BI) - Number Enduring Understanding (EU) _ Letter Essential Knowledge (EK) - Number Learning Objectives (LO) - LO Science Practices (SP) – SP

Example: 2.A.3 Organisms must exchange matter with the environment to grow, reproduce, and maintain organization BI, EU, EK and LO Document will be on my website.

AP Standards We will be using Campbell Reece Biology 7th Edition. Our textbook is correlated with the standards (Essential Knowledge). It is posted on my website.

Investigative Labs There are 13 AP Investigative Labs We are required to do 8. We will do at least 10 of them. AP Lab Manual (on website)

Syllabus Our Syllabus Questions?