AP BIOLOGY WLP 2025-2026
AP BIOLOGY WLP 2025-2026
October 6th - October 10th
Agenda:
QuestBase Retakes
Planting Fast Plants?
I'll demonstrate, try to get four growing systems planted by Friday.
Special pollination training required......
We'll talk.....later.....
First Draft Ecology Field Study due Monday 10/6
Learning Sequence...Where are you? Take stock and get it done for test revision access!
Ecological Relationships Skits.....Make um....
Getting Ready for the test on....10/10
Study Groups?
Small Lectures?
Whatever You Need!
September 29th - October 3rd
Agenda:
General Agenda:
Monday/Tuesday - Forest Survey Data Collection (Weather Dependent)
Questbase PA 1? Retakes
Questbase PA 2? Retakes
Questbase PA 3 NEW!! You're readings should be all done if you're taking this one!
Wolves and Rabbits Presentations 10/1 and 10/3? Prolly
Lab Synopsis for Ecology Field Study Due 10/6
Ecological Relationships Skits - Check the Learning Sequence for your groups, visit me as a team.
We'll have a film festival... It'll be fun....
Start by Friday.....
September 22nd-26th
Agenda:
Four Summer Presentations Each Day
A Few Notes on Presenting....
Questbase 1: General and Population Ecology (two more when ready)
FSG - We'll plan at the beginning of the week and execute toward the end!
What is your focusing question?
What are you trying to find out about our forest here? Can you compare it to any of the data that I've provided?
9/22 Planning for the forest survey. This is important.....
...Let's Talk about it!
9/23 Solidifying your plan:
What data will you collect?
How will you collect it?
To what will you compare your data?
How will you know if it is statistically significant?
Plan to be outside at the end of this week or beginning of next week for at least two days! Don't worry, I'll check the weather!
9/26ish Wolves and Rabbits Presentations (So be working on it!)
On to the Ecology Learning Sequence
Rabbits and Wolves Presentations - On or about the end of the week.
Questbase PA 1? Probably should have tried this by Wednesday
Questbase PA 2? First try by Friday.
September 15th -19th
Do Now:
Sit down and study!
9/15
PHOTOSYNTHESIS TEST!!!!
Preview the Ecology Learning Sequence
9/16-9/19
Let's Join Our College Board Classroom Code: 9ZAL6X
Test Make Up - Corrections/FRQ Retakes Due Thursday by 2:20
Multiple Guess:
85% of points lost up to 96%
FRQ:
100% of points up to a 96%
Tree ID day will be in here somewhere (Friday Maybe?).
Tree ID Guide as a group.
Ecological Relationships Part 1: Spoiler Alert.....Find and turn in on Classroom?
Set up Fast plants....Maybe
General Learning Sequence Work
Choose your own adventure....
First try on first Questbase Ecology 1 Quiz (first two readings) by Friday!
September 10th-12th
I understand how the College Board assigns points for FRQ answers in AP BIology
I can revise my understanding of 2xSEM Graphing
I can reflect postivily on my test score and use that reflection to do better next time.
I understand what photosynthesis is in basic terms.
Do Now:
Check your Learning Sequence, make a plan, execute the plan!
Photosynthesis Test On MONDAY 9/15
Photosynthesis Lecture on Wednescay 9/10
Photosynthesis Lab revision due TBA
Questbase Electronic Photosynthesis PA - Take as many times as you'd like but only during class or AT!
Double check to make sure everything is handed in before you leave class on Friday!
September 5th,8th, 9th
I understand how the College Board assigns points for FRQ answers in AP BIology
I can revise my understanding of 2xSEM Graphing
I can reflect postivily on my test score and use that reflection to do better next time.
I understand what photosynthesis is in basic terms.
Do Now:
Draft a null hypothesis and an alternative (your actual) hypothesis for the lab that we just collected data for. How are they different?
Photosynthesis Lab - Rough Draft Due: Tuesday
For Now....What's your null hypothesis? Your alternative hypothesis? You should probably write them....
Turning a rough draft in on the due date gives you the ability to revise your synopsis.
Lab notebook - You'll need this for our experiment this week, yes, you'll actually need this.....
Photosynthesis Lab Report Writing
Summary section can be tricky, you can write it before you comlete the lab...maybe you should try it out today.....
You could outline your lab synopsis so that you basically just need to fill in the blanks....
Questbase Electronic Photosynthesis PA - We'll cover this on Monday!
Lecture? Up to you....
September 3-4
I understand how the College Board assigns points for FRQ answers in AP BIology
I can revise my understanding of 2xSEM Graphing
I can reflect postivily on my test score and use that reflection to do better next time.
I understand what photosynthesis is in basic terms.
Do Now:
Make sure all of your summer work is in.
Photosynthesis Lab
HW:
Are your Readings and Video Notes done?
September 2nd A
I understand how the College Board assigns points for FRQ answers in AP BIology
I can revise my understanding of 2xSEM Graphing
I can reflect postivily on my test score and use that reflection to do better next time.
I understand what photosynthesis is in basic terms.
Do Now:
Make sure all of your summer work is in.
Photosynthesis Lab
Get a Lab Notebook...I'll show you an example.
Define Procedure - As a group?.....
What's your Hypothesis?
What's your Null Hypothesis?
HW:
Are your Readings and Video Notes done?
August 29th B
I understand how the College Board assigns points for FRQ answers in AP BIology
I can revise my understanding of 2xSEM Graphing
I can reflect postivily on my test score and use that reflection to do better next time.
I understand what photosynthesis is in basic terms.
Do Now:
Agenda:
Here we go....
Today I'm introducing you to the AP Bio FRQ...Woah....
Debriefing the FRQ
What you need to know!
Fishy Business....
Cell Parts Test Wrapper/Test Return...(Lets go over the rest of today first!)
Retry Summer Fish Data Analysis if you need to!
Summer Data and Graphing
Let's try the data gathering again based on what you now know (or not if it all worked out for you!)
Photosynthesis Learning Sequence
Lets go over the first one!
HW:
Think about photosynthesis, what variables could you realistically test outside on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Should we all do the same experiment and compile data? Advantages?
August 28th B
I can understand the roles of indiviual cellular organelles
I can explain how cellular organelles work together to keep a cell alive.
Do Now:
Study for your test.
Agenda:
Cell Parts Test
Details that we still need to cover:
Firedrill
Clear the Halls
Anything else I forgot yesterday.
Questions for Me?
Get Biology in Focus Text - See me so that I can record your number.
Data from Last class, but before you graph it.....
Open up your Anemone Fish Vocalization summer assignment
Let's talk about what this means. (Yes you should take notes!)
If you really messed up your 2xSEM fish data....fix it now or in the next 24 hrs!
Create 2xSEM error bar graph for your data
Some thoughts about studying
It isn't reading....
Reorganization is necessary...
Homework:
Complete and SQ3R of 8.0-8.2 (that includes 8.2) in the Biology in Focus text. (Photosynthesis-intro, overview and light dependent reactions)
Be thinking about photosynthesis and variables that you might test regarding photosynthesis.
Update your Fish Data 2xSEM to reflect you new understanding of the concept, before I grade them this weekend!
August 27th A
I understand the studnet expectations in AP Biology
I understand the Lab Safety Requirements in AP Biology
I can use 2xSEM Graphing to determine statistical significance in a system.
I can apply 2xSEM analysis to a situation in my life.
I understand the role of individual cellular organelles and how some work together to keep cells alive.
Do Now:
Join our Google Classroom
Mod 5 - s62i6yc5
Check your summer work to be sure you turned in the work that you did....That's a different google classroom....
Complete "Who are you and why are you here?" aka Getting to know you! (Google Classroom)
Who am I and why I hope you're here.
Details
Monday, May 4th, it'll be here sooner than you can possibly imagine.
How this class is different from others you've taken here.
Intro to ideas.
You've got to be motivated enough to fill in the blanks.
Welcome to the University of Colchester!
Learning Opportunities and Revision
All work must be completed and up to date by the time a AAA is due/on or you will not have an opportunity to revise/redo work.
Cell Phones
I should never see them, unless I ask you to use them, and I usually won't.
Use the Sleeves.
Lab safety in general.
Choose something that was a part of what you did this summer that you can:
Collect numerical data about the degree to which your classmates did that thing.
Determine two subgroups within the class to compare the averages of the doing of that thing to one another.
Create a graph with 2xSEM bars to show your data.
Explain what your graph means in terms of 2xSEM bars.
Cell Part Questions
You've got a test tomorrow....
Know what the organelles do and how some of them work together.
HW:
Signed Syllabus and Safety Contract
Cell Parts Test
September 3rd -4th
I understand what the "null" hypothesis is.
I can set up my lab notebook properly
I know what is expected of me for the photosynthesis unit.
I understand how lab synopses well be graded.
Do Now:
Photosynthesis Lab Predictions: (Are we ready for this?)
What is your null hypothesis?
What is your alternative hypothesis?
What evidence do you have to support either?
Agenda:
Test Corrections Due on Thursday at the beginning of class!! CORRECTIONS STAPLED ON TOP OF OLD TEST OR NO POINTS!
Lab notebook - You'll need this for our experiment this week, yes, you'll actually need this.....
Must be a bound book.
Name and contact information on the front cover
Use black or blue INK
Date all entries
Reserve 3 pages for a table of contents (at the beginning if this is the only class this is for, make a new table of contents after other class' material, but put an entry in that class' table of contents indicating the presence of the new class)
All non-table of contents pages should be numbered
Cross out mistakes with a single line through the entry, then initial.
Draw a diagonal line through unused portions of a page
Do not skip pages
The start of each experiment should begin on a new page, but ALL information should be entered chronologically
All data should be entered directly into the notebook (we'll tape in electronically collected data)
Entries should be neat orderly, and complete.
Your Lab Notebook Must Include Record of Every Activity That You Manipulate Variables or Record Data For....NOT JUST "LABS"!!
Photosynthesis Learning Sequence
Photosynthesis experiment Tuesday/Wednesday (Probably, totally weather dependent.)
Lets figure out what we're going to do as a group....
Otherwise you are working through the learning sequence.
Remember, I'm here to support your learning in anyway that you need
Do you have a testable question and a hypothesis?
If you don't then you cant have an experiment....
Photosynthesis Experiment Perameters.
LAB NOTEBOOK (or other paper to transfer)
Things to include:
Summary of procedure.
Make note of the treatment for each trial.
SKETCH (rough trend is the goal) a graph for each trial.
Jot down observations and/or questions.
Photosynthesis Lecture - I'll break this up over two days, but only if you want it!
Photosynthesis Lab Synopsis First Draft Due on TBD!
You'll have time to work on it and ask questions on Thursday.
HW:
Study for your photosynthesis test - No, it isn't for a while but studying now will really help.
Photosynthesis lab briefing - I created parameters based on the discussion totally changeable.
September 5th B
Photosynthesis Learning Sequence
Today's Focus:
Presentations - Summer Data/Who you are!
Lab Synopsis First Draft Due Monday
Questbase PA's
What's left on the "Photosynthesis Learning Sequence"......
See me to get your "Questbase" username and password.
You can take this starting Monday (today if you feel ready!)
In Class or AT ONLY!
Looking like Test Time 9/11 or 9/12.....Are you going to be ready?
How will you Study?...make a plan!