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High School AP Biology

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Suggested Prerequisites

Biology 1, Chemistry 2, Algebra 1

Description

Prepare for a college-level experience and gear up to ace the AP exam in early May. This course will help you develop an understanding of biological concepts through scientific inquiry, investigations, interactive experiences, higher-order thinking, real-world applications, writing analytical essays, statistical analysis, interpreting, and collecting data. You will participate in various engaging activities that enhance your mastery in system interactions, evolution, energetics, information storage, and transmission. This course fulfills one required science credit for high school graduation.

Module One: Chemistry of Life

-Structure of water and properties of water

-Biological macromolecules are essential to life

-Structure and function of each macromolecule


Module Two: Cell Structure and Function

-Cell structure and function

-Surface area-to-volume ratios affect cell size

-Membrane transport and facilitated diffusion

-Tonicity and osmoregulation

-Mechanism of transport

-Cell compartmentalization


Module Three: Cell Energetics

-Properties of enzymes

-Environmental impacts on enzymes

-Role of energy in living organisms

-Photosynthesis and cellular respiration

-Molecular variation and its response to environmental stimuli


Module Four: Cell Communication and Cell Cycle

-Cell communication over short and long distances

-Signal transduction pathways

-Changes to signal transduction

-Feedback mechanisms

-Events of the cell cycle

-Regulation of cell cycle

Module Five: Heredity

-Phases of meiosis

-Meiosis and genetic diversity

-Mendelian genetics and non-mendelian genetics

-Environmental effects on phenotype

-Chromosomal inheritance 


Module Six: Gene Expression and Regulation

-Structures involved in passing hereditary information

-Mechanisms of replication

-Transcription and RNA processing

-Process of translation

-Regulation of gene expression

-Gene expression and cell specialization 

-Mutations and their contributions to variation

-Genetic engineering techniques


Module Seven: Natural Selection

-Natural selection and artificial selection

-Population genetics

-Hardy-weinberg equilibrium

-Phylogenetic trees and cladograms

-Speciation and extinction

-Variation in populations

-Origins of life


Module Eight: Ecology

-Responses to the environment

-Energy flow through ecosystems

-Growth dynamics of populations

-Effects of density of populations

-Community ecology 

-Biodiversity and its influence on ecosystems

-Disruptions of ecosystems 

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