•Acquire subject matterAcquire subject matter•Laboratory procedures and contentLaboratory procedures and content•Exam strategiesExam strategies•Reading and writing skills and strategiesReading and writing skills and strategies•High score on AP examHigh score on AP exam

•Willing to spend the time!•Self motivated!•Self responsibility! (If you need something— Ask For IT!!!!!)•Ability to communicate! (Vocabulary)•Write, write, write!!!!!!!

•5- point scale•100 Multiple choice (60%), 4 Essay (40%)•Graded against all others taking test (bell curve)•At least a 3 for chance at credit/ advanced placement•25% molecules and cells, 25% heredity and evolution, 50% organisms and populations

•12 required labs (some lengthy!)•Brisk pace (about 1 chapter per week)•Grade about 50% test (graded on “curve”), 35% lab, 15% homework•Lots of writing practice!•You will learn to “think outside the box”!!!

•A way of knowing•Discovery process using inductive reasoning or•Process of hypothesis testing

•Change of organisms over time•Driven by natural selection•Accounts for diversity on Earth

•Capacity to do work•Living requires ability to link energy reactions to biochemical reactions within cells

•All species use same genetic code•However, species change over time (evolution)

•Structural level from molecules to organisms ensure successful functioning in systems and organisms

•Cells to organisms are in state of dynamic balance•Controlled by positive or negative feedback mechanisms

•Living organisms rarely exist alone•Everything “connected” in the “big picture”

•Research often leads to technologicalResearch often leads to technological advancesadvances•Can have positive or negative effectsCan have positive or negative effects