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Advanced Placement Summer Institute for the AP Biology Program
Joy KilloughAustin, Texas
[email protected]://teacherweb.com/TX/
westwoodhighschool/KilloughJoy/index.html
Welcome to your
AP Biology …
• College biology• May earn college credit• Focuses on Inquiry and
Integration of the Curriculum with Science Practices
Four Big Ideas
• Big Idea 1: The process of evolution drives the diversity and unity of life.
• Big Idea 2: Biological systems utilize free energy and molecular building blocks to grow, to reproduce and to maintain dynamic homeostasis.
• Big Idea 3: Living systems store, retrieve, transmit and respond to information essential to life processes.
• Big Idea 4: Biological systems interact, and these systems and their interactions possess complex properties
Seven Science Practices
1. Modeling2. Mathematics 3. Questioning4. Data collecting5. Analysis6. Explaining7. Generalizing
AP® Biology Curriculum FrameworkBig Ideas
5
Enduring Understandings
Essential Knowledge Science Practices
Learning Objectives
This APSI will prepare you.• Curriculum Framework• Inquiry Lab Experience• Equity and Vertical Teams• Planning and Pacing• The Exam• Statistics for Biology• Syllabus Preparation and Audit Information• Resources
Resources from the College Board
• Biology Course and Exam Description– Curriculum Framework– Exam Information– Sample Questions
• AP Biology Investigative Labs
• AP Biology Quantitative Skills Guide
• AP Biology Community
As soon as possible go to AP Central and find these resources.
Google AP Central and find the Biology home page.
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/teachers_corner/2117.html
Labs are Integral
• Complete 2 or more labs per big idea.
• Extended, inquiry based, student directed labs allow you to integrate the content (Essential Knowledge), Science Practice, and Learning Objective.
Maintain Rigor• Set high student expectations.• Use lots of formative assessment. • Make studentsresponsible forlearning.
Housekeeping• Vendor Contact List• Break and Lunch• Restroom Location• Handouts and Agenda:
http://teacherweb.com/TX/westwoodhighschool/KilloughJoy/
On to our first lab…