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AP Biology Syllabus October 2011
Topics and
Dates Ch. Pages Major Concepts
Homework
Differentiate between the two types of metabolic
pathways. Provide a biological example for each.
Describe the forms of energy found in an apple as it
grows on a tree, then falls and is digested by someone
who eats it.
10/310/6
8
142-143
146-160
Metabolism
-ATP
-Enzymes
Labs and
Activities
AP® Lab: Enzyme
catalysis
Inquiry activity on
carbohydrates and
enzymes
Complete the case analysis of the picture perfect
investigation
Explain the similarities and differences between each
of the three types of inhibitors.
You can use any format you wish: a table, sentences,
drawing
Finish Lab #2
Discuss the location, reactants and products of
glycolysis. Explain the series of events that allows
the energy of pyruvate to be added to the citric acid
cycle.
10/710/13
9
163-181
Cellular respiration
-Aerobic
respiration
-Anaerobic
respiration
Draw one big picture of glycolysis and the citric acid
cycle. Only the overviews need to be drawn but they
must include all ATP, NADH and CO2 molecules
Also be sure to demonstrate the idea of forming 2
pyruvate molecules
Be sure to leave room for the addition of the ETC
Complete the case analysis and critical reading
sections of the bean brew investigation
1995 AP essay
AP® Lab: Cellular
Respiration
Inquiry activity on
fermentation
Bean brew investigation
TEST: Chapters 8-9
Topics and
Dates Ch. Pages Major Concepts
10/1410/19
10
184-203
Photosynthesis
-Photochemical
reactions
-Carbon fixation
-Photorespiration
Homework
Complete lab 4A
Labs and
Activities
AP® Lab: Photosynthesis
Describe each component of a photosystem
Compare and contrast cyclic and noncyclic electron
flow
TEST: Chapters 9-10
Complete lab 4B
Finish 1982 essay
10/2010/21
10/2410/25
11
12
206-221
228-243
Cell Communication
-Signal transduction
pathway
Describe the G-protein linked, tyrosine-kinase and ion
receptors. Compare and contrast the three types.
Mitosis
-Cell cycle
-Regulation of
cycle
Differentiate between cell division in plant and
animal cells.
AP® Lab: Mitosis
Add the difference between eukaryotic and
prokaryotic cells to your chart.
Discuss the various control mechanisms that regulate
cell division.
10/2610/28
10/3111/4
Meiosis
13
248-260
Discuss the significance of independent assortment in
meiosis.
AP® Lab: Meiosis
TEST: Chapters 11-13
14
262-276
Mendelian genetics
-Mendelian laws
-Environmental
roles
-Human genetics
Discuss Mendel's laws of segregation and
independent assortment. Explain how the events of
meiosis I account for the observations that led Mendel
to formulate these laws.
Discuss how the following deviate from Mendel’s
laws and give a biological example: incomplete
dominance, codominance, pleiotropy, polygenic
inheritance, and epistasis.
AP® Lab #7 Drosophila
genetics