Final: 4/21/2020

Summer Assignment Template

Course Title: AP Biology Teacher: Haley Brown PLC Content Area: AP PLC Summer Assignment Description

Three Part Assignment: 1. Introduction Email 2. Chapters 1 and 3 Study Guides 3. Intro to Statistics and Practice

Date Due

1. Introduction Email- Monday, August 3rd, 2020 2. Chapters 1 and 3 Study Guides- Monday, August 10th, 2020 3. Intro to Statistics and Practice- Monday, August 10th, 2020

Estimated Time for Completion

1. Introduction Email- 15 minutes 2. Chapters 1 and 3 Study Guides- 90 minutes 3. Intro to Statistics and Practice- 2 hours

Tennessee Academic Standards/Approved Standards Supporting Reference (List standard(s) correlation to summer work)

AP Biology Science Practices 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d Standards 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, and 1.5

Rationale for Summer Assignment

Students will introduce themselves so that I may learn more about them and their need in the class. Content based assignments are to familiarize students with the many themes and topics the course covers as well as getting them used to the expectations for the course.

Resources needed to complete Summer assignment

iPad, email (students will be given textbook access upon email instructions in assignment)

How and when will this summer assignment be assessed and scored? Also, what grading category and what percentage will this summer assignment count in the student’s grade?

All three AP Biology assignments will count as classwork and will be graded the first week of school.

Additional Summer Assessments (If applicable - what grading category and what percentage will each additional summer assignment count in the student’s grade?)

See above

Teacher Summer Contact Information

Haley.brown@acsk-12.org

Summer Assignments:

Welcome to Advanced Placement Biology!

In order to prepare you for this course, the following summer assignments highlight many of the topics we will be discussing throughout the year. These include evolution, cellular processes, energy and communication, genetics, information transfer, ecology, and interactions.  You will submit assignments in varying ways, so be sure to read the details below!  Assignment #1: Introduction Letter Due date: Monday, August 3rd, 2020 (one week before school starts) Turn in method: Email, haley.brown@acsk-12.org Grade: Classwork  You will write a letter introducing yourself so that I know a little more about you and the needs of our class. The info from these letters will not be shared with the class and are for my purposes only.   Begin the e-mail with a formal salutation, then introduce yourself by responding to the following questions:   

● Aside from school, what do you like to do (hobbies, sports, music, interests, etc.)? ● Do you have a job? If so, tell me about your job - what you do, do you enjoy it? What is the most (or least) 

enjoyable thing about your job? How is it going to prepare you for the future? (hint-there is a positive answer to this question regardless of the job) 

● Tell me a little bit about your family (Mom? Dad? Guardian? Siblings? Pets?) What do your parents do for a living? 

● What previous science classes have you taken? Did you enjoy them? Who were your teachers, and what grades did you get? 

● What was the last book you read for fun? ● What are you looking forward to the most in AP Bio? ● What are you most anxious about in AP Bio? ● What are your future education goals? ● Why are you taking AP Bio? ● Do you have any siblings, relatives or friends that have taken AP Bio? If so, what have they told you about the 

course? ● How do you feel you learn best? ● How do you study for tests?  

 End the e-mail with a formal closing and add your name as if you signed a letter.   Make the Subject: “AP Bio: Introduction to <Insert Your Name Here>” (Do not include the quote marks or the brackets, just the words)   Assignment #2: Chapters 1 and 3 Study Guides Due date: Monday, August 10th, 2020 (first day of school) Turn in method: Schoology All study guide answers should be handwritten. You can insert the study guide into OneNote and handwrite your answers or you can print the study guide, handwrite the answers, and submit a picture. (Typed answers will not be graded!) Grade: Classwork  Since this course contains a fair amount of material, we are going to get a headstart this summer. This will allow us to have more class time for review and labs. This is also a great way for you to get used to the format of the class. Before we start each chapter, for both this assignment and throughout the year, you will complete a chapter study guide. You 

will use the textbook (not Google) to find these answers. For the summer assignment, you will need to email me, haley.brown@acsk-12.org, to access the textbook. I will automatically reply to your Introduction Email with this information as well. At the end of this document, you will find the Chapter 1 and 3 study guides.   Assignment #3: Statistics Practice Due date: Monday, August 10th, 2020 (first day of school) Turn in method: Schoology All answers should be handwritten. You can insert the sheet into OneNote and handwrite your answers or you can print the sheet, handwrite the answers, and submit a picture. (Typed answers will not be graded!) Grade: Classwork Watch the linked videos and complete the statistics practice sheets. Make sure to write down any questions you have so we can cover them the first week of school! 

If you have any questions over the summer, do not hesitate to contact me. I hope you have a great summer and I look forward to having you in AP Biology! Haley Brown haley.brown@acsk-12.org Checklist: ❏ Email introduction letter (haley.brown@acsk-12.org) by 8/3/20 ❏ Email to access textbook ❏ Completed Chapters 1 and 3 Study Guides (with handwritten answers)  ❏ Completed Statistics Practice 

                               

     Chapter 1 Study Guide- AP Bio Invitation to Biology   Section 2 

1. List the levels of the organization of life from smallest to largest. a.   b.   c.   d.   e.   f.   g.   h.   i.   j.   

 Section 3 

2. How is producer different from a consumer?  

3. What is another name for a producer? Consumer? (Think back to 9th grade)  

4. How do nutrients move through the environment?  

5. Describe homeostasis. Include why it is necessary to sustain life.  Section 4 

6. Describe the characteristics of a prokaryote.  

7. Describe the characteristics of a eukaryote.  

8. List and describe the four main types of eukaryotes. a.    b.   c.    d.   

 Section 5 

9. What is taxonomy?  

10. What is the difference between a scientific name and a common name? 11. Detail how you write a scientific name. 

 12. What is taxa? 

 13. List the levels of taxonomic organization from largest to smallest. 

a.   b.   c.   d.   e.   f.   g.   h.   

14. Go back to question 14, research (...google) a mnemonic to help you remember these levels and write it out to the side of the previous list. 

15. List an advancement in biotechnology that has changed taxonomy.  

16. How did Ernst Mayr classify organisms? What do we call this method?  

Section 6 17. Why is critical thinking important? (Make sure to review the sample questions to ask yourself when thinking 

critically!)  

18. What is the difference between a dependent variable and an independent variable?  

19. Why is it important to have a control group?  

20. After reading about the Olestra study, would you consume chips that contain Olestra? Defend your choice.  

Section 7 21. Why is understanding sampling errors important? 

  

22. Is it better to have a large or a small sample size? Defend your answer.  

23. What does it mean to be statistically significant?  

24. What are some methods used to reduce bias in scientific studies?  

25. What changes when a hypothesis is classified as a scientific theory? Why does this happen?  

26. Name three common scientific theories (you can google).  

27. How does adding the word “scientific” to the word “theory” change its meaning?   

28. Go to a national news outlet and find a headline that is probably pseudoscience. Write the headline, news outlet, and date of article below. 

                       

     Ch 3 Molecules of Life Study Guide   Section 2 

1. List the elements that are necessary for life.  

2. Why do we need these major elements?  

3. List the four macromolecules a.   b.   c.   d.   

4. Describe the difference(s) between organic and inorganic molecules.   

5. What element is most commonly found in the human body? 6. What is a hydrocarbon? 

 7. How is a monomer different from a polymer? 

 8. A ____________ is when we break a polymer apart to release monomers. 9. What reactions are involved in metabolism? 

 10. What are enzymes? Why are they important for metabolism? 

   

11. Describe the process of hydrolysis.     

12. Describe the process of condensation (better known as dehydration synthesis).     

Section 3 13. Describe the components (elements) of a carbohydrate. 

 14. What ratio are they found in? 

 15. Give an example of a carbohydrate (general food and specific sugar). 

     

16. What are the three types of carbohydrates? (give all possible names) a.   b.   c.   

17. What is the purpose of a simple carbohydrate?    

18. How is a complex carbohydrate different from a simple carbohydrate structurally?     

19. What are the four main types of complex carbs and their functions? a.    

     

b.        

c.         

d.     

 20. What is an oligosaccharide?  

 21. Sketch various carbohydrates and label them. 

      

  

Section 4 22. Identify the four main types of lipids. 

a.   b.   c.   d.   

23. What are the monomers of a lipid? 24. Describe the relationship between lipids and water. 

 25. What are the characteristics of a saturated fat? Draw an image or two. 

    

  

26. What are the characteristics of an unsaturated fat? Draw an image or two.       

27. Describe and draw a steroid.   

   

28. Describe a wax and give specific examples.   

Section 5 29. What is the monomer of a protein? 30. Describe the structure of an amino acid? How many amino acids are there in total? 

  

31. What kind of bond holds amino acids together in the formation of a protein (aka protein synthesis)?  

32. What other terms might we here instead of protein?  

33. Describe each of the types of protein structures and draw an image. a.   

   

b.       

c.       

d.       

34. What types of bonds hold the protein structures in place? 35. What is denaturation?  

 36. Describe the three types of enzyme denaturation. 

a.     

b.     

c.    

37. What is a prion? 38. Detail at least three prion diseases (including one not found in the text). 

a.   b.   c.   

  

Part II: Introduction to Statistics   These concepts will be part of our first exam, in addition to Chapters 1-3 in our text.   

http://www.bozemanscience.com/statistics-graphing/  

INTRO TO STATISTICS: 

Watch the following videos. Take notes and answer the following questions directly on this sheet. You must be able to APPLY and/or ANALYZE data on most EVERY assignment throughout this course based on these principles, concepts and practices: 

1. Bozeman- Beginners Guide To Graphing Data  (*MUST know when to use each type appropriately!) 

a. What type of graph uses a ‘best fit’ line?    

b. Explain the difference in a bar graph and a histogram.     

c. What type of graph shows a change over time?    

d. What type of graph displays a correlation of variables?    

e. Distinguish between the independent variable and dependent variable and where they are placed on a graph.  

   

f. Which type of graph is best for comparing 2 or more different groups?    

g. Which type of graph is better for showing distribution of data?   

h. Explain when a pie graph should be used and give (draw) any example.    

i. State at least 5 elements that any graph should always display.       

 2. Bozeman- Statistics for Science  

a. What is n?  

 b. What is x (bar)? 

  

c. What is M?   

d. What was the range of the sample he gave?   

e. Explain ‘Degrees of Freedom’ (with any example) and why the formula is n-1.      

3. Bozeman- Standard Deviation  a. What is meant by normal distribution? 

 

 

b. What does standard deviation (SD) measure? 

 

 

c. Can two sets of data have the same mean but a different SD? Explain. 

 

 

d. One SD means ______% of the population falls within this range; while two SD means _____% falls in this range.  

 

 

e. Pause the video and calculate the SD from the 2nd set of data given BY HAND. Show your work. 

 

 

4. Bozeman- Standard Error and Kevin Piers Standard Deviation & Standard Error of Mean  a. From Bozeman: Explain the significance of standard error among two different sets of data with 

different sample sizes that have the same Mean (in terms of precision). 

 

 

 

 

b. From Piers:  i. What do SEM bars that have overlapping Means on a graph indicate? 

 

 

ii. Explain the significance if SEM bars overlap, but the Means do not overlap. 

 

 

iii. Explain the significance if there is no overlap between SEM bars. 

 

 

Solve the following problems IN PENCIL. You must show ALL WORK. Make sure graphs have Titles and are properly labeled WITH UNITS:  

1. Graph the following sample data set showing the number of leaf disks that rise in a solution over time as photosynthesis occurs. 

 

 

2. Calculate the mean and standard deviation for the data set of annual monthly rainfall. B- Use the data to sketch the appropriate type of graph. 

 

 

 

 3. Below are two samples of data that were collected  (*we will ignore Units & Graph Title for this one): 

Sample A:  12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 

Sample B:  10, 15, 20 

Calculate the mean for Sample A ________ 

Calculate the mean for Sample B ________ 

Are the calculated means sufficient in explaining the data? Why or why not? (*Be specific!) 

 

 

Calculate:  

SD for Sample A _________   

SD for Sample B ___________  

Explain the significance of the results.   

 

 

 

Calculate the Standard Error of Mean for Sample A _______ 

Calculate the SEM for Sample B _______ 

Graph your results, showing error bars for each. 

Do the bars overlap? 

Do the means overlap? 

Explain whether or not there are ‘significant’ differences between the 2 populations. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. A student noticed that the ivy leaves growing on the shady side of a building were larger than ivy leaves growing on the sunny side of the same building. The student collected and measured the maximum width, in centimeters, of 30 leaves from each habitat. Use statistical analysis to determine if it’s likely that there is a significant difference in leaf size between the shady and sunny ivy plants with 95% confidence (±2 SE). Graph the data and indicate error bars.  

Calculated Results (from collected data):   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Using the data given and constructed graph, justify the significance between the two samples.