Please review the information below, sign up for Remind, complete the survey, and access the summer assignments files.
If you will not have internet access over the summer, please contact me through Remind or email at brownj@readingsd.org.
Welcome to AP Biology! This course is designed to be the equivalent of a two‐semester introductory biology course usually taken in the first year of college. In other words, it’s a little like drinking from a fire hose. It will be a rewarding experience, but as with most things that are, it will also be very challenging. Throughout the course, you will become familiar with major recurring ideas that persist throughout all topics and material. The 4 Big Ideas are:
· Big Idea 1: The process of evolution drives the diversity and unity of life.
· Big Idea 2: Biological systems utilize free energy and molecular building blocks to grow, to reproduce and to maintain dynamic homeostasis.
· Big Idea 3: Living systems store, retrieve, transmit and respond to information essential to life processes.
· Big Idea 4: Biological systems interact, and these systems and their interactions possess complex properties.
To successfully complete the course and meet all of the required objectives, you will need to do independent work on your own at home. It will not replace classroom instruction or labs. It is to ensure all material is covered, as we do not have enough time allotted to cover every single topic in AP Biology. During the school year, you will be reading chapters in the book and taking some of your own notes to supplement notes taken in class. You will also check out other resources and links I may give to you in class or online, as they will help your understanding of the topic. It is necessary that you do this throughout the year.
Please complete the survey if you have not already done so to help me learn who you are and why you want to take AP biology. It will also help to determine if there is anyone that is planning on taking the course who is not showing up on the roster.
Please click on the AP Summer Assignments image for a link to summer assignment details.
Overview:
Read Survival of the Sickest using the library Sora (click borrow) borrowing system for a digital copy or you may purchase on your own if you prefer. Your Sora access to the book will become available later in June.
If you need an overview on how to use Sora, please watch this video.