Advanced Placement Summer Institute for the AP Biology Program

Joy KilloughAustin, Texas

joykillough@gmail.comhttp://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

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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…