H-B Woodlawn AP Biology Schedule - Updated 09-02-04
(see assignments list at www.hbwbiology.net )
QUARTER
1
|
WEEK |
CONCEPT(S) |
CHAPTER(S) |
|
1
(Sep.7) |
Themes
of Biology |
1 |
|
Scientific
Method Review |
|
|
|
2
(Sep.13) |
Nature
of Matter |
2 |
|
Water
Chemistry |
3 |
|
|
3
(Sep.20) |
Macromolecules |
4,
5 |
|
Cell
Chemistry and Metabolism |
6 |
|
|
4
(Sep.27) |
Energy
and Chemical Reactions |
6 |
|
5
(Oct.4) |
Classification,
Phylogeny and Cladistics |
25 |
|
6
(Oct.10) |
Taxonomy
and Overview of Kingdoms of Living Things |
|
|
7-8
(Oct.17) |
Early
History of the Earth |
26 |
|
History
of Life on Earth |
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|
8-9
(Oct.27) |
Development
of Complex Organisms |
|
|
Early
Oceans to Terrestrial Life |
QUARTER
2
|
WEEK |
CONCEPT(S) |
CHAPTER(S) |
|
10
(Nov.8) |
Viruses |
27 |
|
11
(Nov.15) |
Bacteria |
|
|
Diseases |
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|
12
(Nov.22) |
Protists |
28 |
|
(Thanksgiving Break) |
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|
13
(Dec.6) |
Fungi |
31 |
|
14
(Dec.13) |
Introduction
to Plants |
29 |
|
15
(Dec.20) |
Plant
Structures and Functions |
30 |
|
(Winter Break) |
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| 16
|
Plant
Cell Structures |
7 |
|
16-17
(Jan.8) |
Passive
Transport and Active Transport |
8 |
|
17-18
(Jan.12) |
Photosynthesis
and Cellular Respiration |
9-10 |
|
18
(Jan.15) |
MID-TERM
EXAM |
|
QUARTER
3
|
WEEK |
CONCEPT(S) |
CHAPTER(S) |
|
19
(Jan.27) |
The
Cell Cycle, Mitosis and Cytosinesis |
12 |
|
Meiosis
and Sexual Reproduction |
13 |
|
|
20
(Feb.2) |
Overview
of Mendelian Genetics |
14 |
|
21-22
(Feb.9) |
Chromosomes |
15 |
|
DNA
Structure |
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|
DNA
Replication |
16 |
|
|
22-23
(Feb.18) |
Protein
Synthesis and Gene Regulation |
17 |
|
23-24
(Feb.25) |
Gene
Technology in Medicine and Agriculture |
20 |
|
25
(Mar.8) |
Overview
of Kingdom Animalia |
32 |
|
Invertebrate
Evolution |
33 |
|
|
26
(Mar.15) |
Vertebrate
Evolution |
|
|
27
(Mar.22) |
Animal
Structure and Function |
40 |
|
Animal
Circulation and Gas Exchange |
42 |
QUARTER
4
|
WEEK |
CONCEPT(S) |
CHAPTER(S) |
|
28
(Mar.29) |
Animal
Immune System |
43 |
|
Animal
Endocrine System |
45 |
|
|
Animal
Nervous System |
48-49 |
|
|
(Spring Break - April ???) |
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|
29
(Apr.12) |
Prepare
for AP Exam |
|
|
Animal
Reproduction |
46 |
|
|
30
(Apr.19) |
Prepare
for AP Exam |
|
|
Embryology
and Development |
47 |
|
|
31
(Apr.26) |
Primate
and Hominid Evolution |
other
texts |
|
Prepare
for AP Exam |
|
|
|
32
(May 3) |
Overview
of Ecology |
50 |
|
Population
Biology |
52 |
|
|
33
(May 16) |
AP
EXAM (May 16??) |
|
|
34
|
Issues
in Conservation Biology |
55 |
|
FINAL
EXAM (May 21) |
|
|
|
Field
Trips |
|
|
|
35
(Jun. 3) |
Behavioral
Biology |
51 |
|
Dog
Training |
|
|
|
36
(Jun.10) |
FINAL
QUARTERLY PROJECTS DUE |
|
|
Graduation
Week |
|
|