AP Biology Unit 1

Big Idea:

Understand the classroom lab safety protocols and the process of communicating the data for peer review.

Learn the C-E-R (Claim/Evidence/Reasoning) writing style and use it throughout the course.

Student Expectations:

Science Practices

Science Practice 1: The student can use representations and models to communicate scientific phenomena and solve scientific problems.

Science Practice 2: The student can use mathematics appropriately.

Science Practice 3: The student can engage in scientific questioning to extend thinking or to guide investigations within the context of the AP course.

Science Practice 4: The student can plan and implement data collection strategies in relation to a particular scientific question.

Science Practice 5: The student can perform data analysis and evaluation of evidence.

Science Practice 6: The student can work with scientific explanations and theories.

Science Practice 7: The student is able to connect and relate knowledge across various scales, concepts and representations in and across domains.

Student Learning Targets:

• Lab Safety Guidelines
• Experimental Guidelines
• Scientific Writing

Essential Questions:

• How do I run an experiment safely and record the acquired data in a format that is presentable in a lab notebook?
• How do I create a lab data document that can be submitted to peers & instructors for peer review & assessment?
• What does it mean to be living?

Extra Information:

Adopted Textbook:

District Grading Policy

Texas Gateway Online Resource Center