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CHRONOLOGICAL MONTHLY CURRICULUM MAP FOR: AP Biology Course #106
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Month
Content and Essential Questions
Standards
Resources/Assessment/Standards
Topics:
 Themes in Biology
 Forms of Inquiry
 Evolution
o Charles Darwin
o Evolution of Populations
o Evolution of Species
 History of Life on Earth
September
Essential Questions:
 How do the concepts of biology
give rise to and connect to
overarching themes?
 What is the core theme in biology
and how does it account for the
unity and diversity of life?
 What are the two main forms of
inquiry used by scientists to study
nature?
 How did the Darwinian revolution
challenge the traditional views of a
young Earth inhabited by
unchanging species?
 How does descent with
modification by natural selection
explain the adaptations of
organisms and the unity and
diversity of life?
 What scientific evidence is used to
support the concept of evolution?
 What are the mechanisms that
make evolution possible?
 How is the Hardy-Weinberg
equation used to test whether a
population is evolving?
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What mechanisms alter allele
frequencies in a population?
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5.1.A.1
5.1.A.2
5.1.B.3
5.1.C.3
5.1.D.1
5.1.D.2
5.3.E.1
5.3.E.2
5.3.E.3
5.3.E.4
Lectures/Discussions:
 Themes
 Scientific Inquiry
 Evolution
 History of Life
AP Labs:
#11 Animal Behavior
New: Origin of Life
Supplemental Labs:
#1 Biochemical Evidence
of Evolution
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Month
Content and Essential Questions
Topics:
 The Biosphere
o Ecology
o Population Ecology
o Community Ecology
o Ecosystems
 Conservation Biology
 Restoration Biology
 Chemistry of Life
o Water
o Carbon
o Macromolecules
 Proteins
 Enzymes
Essential Questions:
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Standards
How does ecology integrate all areas of
biological research and informs
environmental decision making?
How do interactions between organisms
and the environment limit the distribution
of species?
How are aquatic biomes diverse and
dynamic systems?
How are the structures of and the
distribution of terrestrial biomes controlled
by climate and disturbance?
How do dynamic biological processes
influence population density, dispersion,
and demographics?
How does the exponential model describe
population growth in an idealized,
unlimited environment?
What and how to physical laws govern
energy flow and chemical cycling in
ecosystems?
Why is the energy transfer between tropic
levels only 10% efficient?
What biological and geochemical processes
cycle nutrients between organic and
inorganic parts of an ecosystem?
What human activities threaten Earth’
diversity and what mechanisms can assist
with population size, genetic diversity, and
critical habitat?
What are the four emergent properties of
water and how do they contribute to
Earth’s fitness for life?
What chemical groups are key to the
functioning of biological molecule?
What are the four major groups of
macromolecules important to the cell and
what are their functions?
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5.1.A.2
5.1.A.3
5.1.B.1
5.1.B.2
5.1.B.4
5.1.C.3
5.1.D.1
5.1.D.2
5.3.A.1
5.3.A.2
5.3.B.1
5.3.B.2
5.3.B.3
5.3.B.4
5.3.B.5
5.3.B.6
5.3.C.1
Resources/Assessment/Standards
Lectures/Discussions:
 Biosphere
 Ecology
 Conservation Biology
 Restoration Biology
AP Labs:
#12 Dissolved Oxygen and
Aquatic Productivity
#2 Enzyme Catalysis
Supplemental Labs:
#2 Terrestrial Ecology
#3 Pond Ecology
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Month
Content and Essential Questions
Standards
Resources/Assessment/Standards
Topics:
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Cytology
o Organelles
o Membrane Structures
Respiration
Photosynthesis
Essential Questions:
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What advantage do
compartmentalized internal
membranes of eukaryotic cells
provide?
What extracellular components and
connections between cells help
coordinate cellular activities?
How the cellular membrane structure
result in the cell being selectively
permeable?
How does an organism’s metabolism
transform matter and energy?
How do catabolic pathways yield
energy by oxidizing organic fuels?
How does photosynthesis convert light
energy into the chemical energy of
food?
What alternative mechanisms of
carbon fixation have evolved in hot,
arid climates?
5.1.A.2
5.1.A.3
5.1.B.1
5.1.B.2
5.1.B.4
5.1.C.3
5.1.D.2
5.3.A.2
5.3.A.3
5.3.B.4
5.3.B.5
5.3.B.6
5.3.C.1
Topics:
 Cell Communication
 Cell Cycle
 Genetics and Molecular Biology
o Chromosomal Basis of
Inheritance
o Molecular Basis of Inheritance
Essential Questions:
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How are external signals converted to
responses within the cell?
How is the eukaryotic cell cycle
regulated?
What are the mechanisms that
produce genetic variations and how
does this contribute to evolution?
How are inheritance patterns more
complex that simple Mendelian
genetics?
How does Mendelian inheritance have
its physical basis in the behavior of
chromosomes?
What proteins work together in DNA
replication and repair?
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5.1.A.2
5.1.D.1
5.3.A.4
5.3.D.3
Lectures/Discussions:
 Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic
Cells
 Cytology
 Energy Transformation
AP Labs:
#1 Diffusion and Osmosis
#4 Plant Pigments and
Photosynthesis
#5 Cell Respiration
Supplemental Labs:
#4 Microscope & Cells
Lectures/Discussions:
 Stages of Cell Signaling
 Cell Cycle and Mitosis
 Meiosis
 Mendelian Genetics
 DNA Structure and
Replication
AP Labs:
#3 Mitosis and Meiosis
#7 Drosophila Genetics
#8 Population Genetics and
Evolution
Supplemental Labs:
#5 Mendelian Genetics: Fast
Plants
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January
February
Content and Essential Questions
Topics:
 Gene Expression
 Regulation
 Viruses
 Biotechnology
 Genomes
Essential Questions:
 How do genes specify proteins
through transcription and
translation?
 How can the concept of the gene
be universal when gene expression
differs among the domains of life?
 How is gene regulation different in
prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?
 How do genetic changes in the
control of the cell cycle give rise to
cancer?
 How are viruses, viroids, and prions
formidable pathogens in plants and
animals?
 How do DNA cloning and DNA
technology provide practical
applications the quality of life?
 What are genomes?
 How do scientists use
bioinformatics to analyze genomes
and their functions?
Topics:
 Phylogeny and the Tree of Life
 Bacteria and Archaea
 Protista
 Fungi
 Plants
o Diversity
o Land Colonization
o Evolution of Seed Plants
 Animals
o Diversity
o Invertebrates
o Vertebrates
Essential Questions:
 How do phylogenies show
evolutionary relationships?
 How are phylogenies inferred from
morphological and molecular data?
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Standards
5.1.A.1
5.1.A.2
5.1.B.3
5.1.D.1
5.3.D.1
5.3.D.2
Resources/Assessment/Standards
Lectures/Discussions:
 Protein Synthesis
 Virology
 Biotechnology
AP Labs:
#6 Molecular Biology
Supplemental Labs:
#6 Population Genetics I
#7 Population Genetics II
5.1.B.3
5.3.C.1
5.3.C.2
5.3.D.1
5.3.E.1
5.3.E.2
5.3.E.3
5.3.E.4
Lectures/Discussions:
 Domains Bacteria,
Archaea, and Eukarya
 Plant Evolution
 Evolution of Animals
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February
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How is an organism’s evolutionary
history is documents in its
genome?
What and how do structural and
functional adaptations contribute
to prokaryotic success?
What crucial roles do prokaryotes
play in the biosphere?
What harmful and beneficial
impacts do prokaryotes have
humans?
How are the excavates,
chromalveolates, rhizarians, red
algae, green algae, unikonts, and
protists unique single-celled
eukaryotes in the ecosystem?
How did fungi evolve and how have
they radiated into a diverse set of
lineages?
What key roles do fungi play in
nutrient cycling, ecological
interactions, and human welfare?
How did the first land plants evolve
from the green algae and what
allowed the first land plants to
grow tall?
How are seeds and pollen grains
key adaptations and how did they
give rise to gymnosperms and
angiosperms?
How does human welfare depend
on seed plants?
How do animals, which are
multicellular, heterotrophic
eukaryotes with tissues, develop
from embryonic layers?
How does the history of animals
span over 500,000 years?
As new molecular data emerges,
how do the views of animal
phylogeny change?
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Supplemental Labs:
#8 Bacteriology
#9 Protists and Fungi
#10 Nonvascular Plants,
Seedless Vascular Plants,
and Seed Plants
#11 Molecular Phylogeny of
Plants
#12 Animal Diversity I
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Content and Essential Questions
Topics:
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Resources/Assessment/Standards
Structure, Growth, and
Development
Transport in Vascular Plants
Soil and Nutrition
Plant Reproduction
Responses
Form and Function
Nutrition
Circulatory and Gas Exchange
Immune System
Essential Questions:
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How does the plant body demonstrate a
hierarchy of organs, tissues, and cells?
How does growth, morphogenesis, and
differentiation produce the plant body?
How do plants acquire they need for
survival?
How does the soil provide plants with the
essential elements they require to
complete their life cycles?
What relationships do plants establish with
other organisms for nutrition?
How do plants reproduce sexually and
asexually?
How do humans modify crops through
breeding and genetic engineering?
How does signal transduction pathways link
signal reception to response?
How do plant hormones help coordinate
growth, development, and responses to
stimuli?
In addition to light, what other stimuli do
plants respond to?
How is animal form and function correlated
to all levels of organization?
What feedback control loops and
homeostatic processes involve form,
function, and behavior?
How does an animal’s diet supply chemical
energy, organic molecules, and essential
nutrients?
What are the main stages of food
processing and what organ specialization
has evolved to accommodate mammalian
digestion?
How does the circulatory system contribute
to gas exchange, nutrient transport, and
defense?
What evolutionary adaptations have
allowed for development of an efficient
circulatory and respiratory system?
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5.3.A.4
5.3.C.1
5.3.C.2
5.3.D.1
5.3.E.1
5.3.E.2
5.3.E.3
5.3.E.4
Lecture/Discussion:
 Plant Structure, Growth,
and Reproduction
 Animals Shapes and
Structures
 Circulatory, Respiratory,
and Immune Systems
AP Labs:
#9 Transpiration
#10 Physiology of the
Circulatory System
Supplemental Labs:
#13 Animal Diversity II
#14 Plant Anatomy
#15 Plant Growth
#16 Vertebrate Anatomy I
#17 Vertebrate Anatomy II
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April
Content and Essential Questions
Standards
Topics:
 Animals (continued)
o Osmoregulation and
Excretion
o Hormones and the
Endocrine System
o Reproduction
o Development
o Nervous System
Essential Questions:
 How does osmoregulation balance
the uptake and loss of water and
solute?
 How does comparative anatomy
demonstrate variations on a
tubular theme of excretion?
 How does an animal’s nitrogenous
waste reflect its phylogeny and
habitat?
 How do the endocrine glands
respond to diverse stimuli in
regulating metabolism,
homeostasis, development, and
behavior?
 What types of asexual and sexual
reproduction occur In the animal
kingdom?
 When examining the evolution of
the reproductive system, how is
internal fertilization an advantage?
 After fertilization, what are the
stages of embryonic development
that give rise to an organism?
 How does the developmental fate
of cells depend on their history and
on inductive signals?
 How does neuron organization and
structure reflect function in
information transfer?
 How are the circuits of neurons and
supporting cells in the system
voluntary and involuntary
functions?
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Resources/Assessment/Standards
Lectures/Discussions:
 Excretory, Endocrine,
Reproductive, and
Nervous Systems
 Embryonic Development
Supplemental Labs:
#18 Animal Development
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May
June
Content and Essential Questions
Topics:
 Animals (continued)
o Sensory and Motor
Mechanisms
o Behavior
 AP Exam
Essential Questions:
 How do sensory receptors
mechanoreceptors contribute the
function of the nervous system?
 What are the differences between
simple and complex behaviors?
 How does learning establish
specific links between experience
and behavior?
 How do genetics and environment
contribute to the development of
behaviors?
Topics:
 Ecology of the Martins Creek Area
 Student Research Projects
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5.3.A.2
Resources/Assessment/Standards
Lectures/Discussions:
 Sensory and Motor
Mechanisms
 Animal Behavior
Supplemental Labs:
#19 Vertebrate Anatomy III