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  • Unit 1: Chemistry of Life
  • Unit 2: Cell Structure and Function
  • Unit 3: Cellular Energetics
  • Unit 4: Cell Communication and Cell Cycle
  • Unit 5: Heredity
  • Unit 6: Gene Expression and Regulation
  • Unit 7: Natural Selection
  • Unit 8: Ecology
  • AP Exam Prep
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2024/2025 AP BIOLOGY
  • Home
  • Unit 1: Chemistry of Life
  • Unit 2: Cell Structure and Function
  • Unit 3: Cellular Energetics
  • Unit 4: Cell Communication and Cell Cycle
  • Unit 5: Heredity
  • Unit 6: Gene Expression and Regulation
  • Unit 7: Natural Selection
  • Unit 8: Ecology
  • AP Exam Prep
  • After AP Exam
  • Emergency Sub Plans
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    • Home
    • Unit 1: Chemistry of Life
    • Unit 2: Cell Structure and Function
    • Unit 3: Cellular Energetics
    • Unit 4: Cell Communication and Cell Cycle
    • Unit 5: Heredity
    • Unit 6: Gene Expression and Regulation
    • Unit 7: Natural Selection
    • Unit 8: Ecology
    • AP Exam Prep
    • After AP Exam
    • Emergency Sub Plans

Unit 2: Cell Structure and Function

Friday September 27th

1) What questions do you have from the test?

2) Intro: Watch this Unit 2 Review Video as a way to Intro next Unit (20 minutes) 

Color while you listen 

  • Prokaryotic Cell Coloring Diagram

  • Animal Cell Coloring Diagram

  • Plant Cell Coloring Diagram

Essential Understanding 2.11 Origins of Cell Compartmentalization

3) Eukaryotes vs. Prokaryotes

             Bacteria Bozeman (worksheet) (11 min)

             Eukaryotes Bozeman (worksheet) (7 min)

4) Complete a Venn Diagram for Eukaryotes v. Prokaryotes- Venn Diagrams 

5) Bozeman: Endosymbiosis (worksheet) (7 min) 

6) Endosymbiosis Contribution 

HMK:  Start Chapter 6: A Tour of the Cell- Chapter 6 Book Work (Chapter 6 Book Pages) (due Friday)

Optional Resources:Reading Guidelecture Power PointAnother Power PointLecture Videos-Mr J (Microscopes and Types of Cells) (Organelles)Other Lecturer part I and part II

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Monday September 30th

1) Amoeba Sister's Endosymbiotic Theory (5 min) 

2) Endosymbiosis Contribution (watch your video; skim your research; discuss)

3) Watch Section 2.11 Daily Video (7 min) 

Essential Understanding 2.1- Subcellular Components

4) WATCH BOZEMAN: Cellular Organelles (video worksheet) (10 min)

5) Introduce: Story Board and Children's Story Cell Analogy- Due Tuesday

6) Cell Game -Cell Explorer 

Homework: Section 2.11 Progress Check

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Tuesday October 1st

1) Section 2.11 Quiz

Essential Understanding 2.2- Cell Structure and Function

2) WATCH: Inside the Living Cell (3 min) 

  • same video WITH COMMENTARY (awesome!) (7 min) 

4) Cell City Analogy Video (8 min) 

5) In Class Analogy with Beach Ball 

6) Time to work on Children's Book 

Homework: Work on Children's Book (due Tuesday) and Chapter 6 is due Friday

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Wednesday October 2nd

1) Watch: 2.1 and 2.2 - Cell Structure: Subcellular Components, and Cell Structure and Function Video (12 min)

2) Organelle Relationships (complete digitally or verbally or on paper) 

3) Cell Types Activity 

4) Rest of Class to work on Cell Analogy Children's Book

HWK: Cell Analogy Children's Book due Tuesday

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Thursday October 3rd

No School

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Friday October 4th

Turn in Chapter 6 Book Work 

1) Agar Prep Team Collab

  • Time to make agarose gels (teacher resource)

2) Cell Organelle Disorders Activity

Pervious Years:

 Cell Organelle Disorders Activity -Student Completion Portion-  Complete on Google Classroom- I put it up where you each have your own copy to complete

Malfunctioning Cell Organelle Quick Research Slide Poster (teacher resource) complete digitally

  • Diseases to Pick From

  • CHECK YOUR organelle before you get started. Presenting tomorrow 

Homework: Children's Book is due Tuesday

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Monday October 7th

LAB COATS??

1) POP Question

  • When you are done your progress check (play with this until everyone else is finished- Cell Size)

2) Cell Size Lab (teacher version) 

  • During Down Time, work on your book

  • if you are absent- Cell Size Agar Lab Video (10 min) 

3) Section 2.1 and 2.2 Progress Check on CollegeBoard

Homework: Finish all work from today, complete the Progress Check if you haven't and also Children's Book Due tomorrow

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Tuesday October 8th

1) Show and Tell- Children's Book 

2) Section 2.1 and 2.2 Quiz

Essential Understanding 2.3- Cell Size

3) Bozeman: Why Are Cells Small? (worksheet) 6 min

Skipping- Surface Area to Volume Worksheet 

4) Surface Area and Cell Efficiency Clip (11 min)

5) Talk about yesterday's Lab

6) Diffusion Race

7) Tonicity Video Lecture

Homework: Begin Chapter 7- Membrane Structure and Function Chapter 7 Book Work  due Tuesday 10/15 

Chapter 7 Book Pages

Optional Resources:Power Point- Ch 7 Power Point: Cell Transport NotesLecture- Watch Chapter 7 Review: Part I, Part II, Part IIIReading Guide- Chapter 7 Reading Guide

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Wednesday October 9th

Last Call for LAB COATS??

1) Teacher's Resource

2) Finish Diffusion Race

Essential Understanding 2.4 Plasma Membrane & Essential Understanding 2.5 Membrane Permeability

3) Cell Membrane Packet (not printing; review as a class digitally) 

4) Cell Membrane Digital Model simulation

5) VIDEO: Bozeman- Cell Membranes (video worksheet) 11 min

6) LET's look at what last year made! AWESOME cell membrane diagram 

7) The Cell Membrane Doodle Notes

HMK: Watch: Section 2.4 and 2.5 Lecture (19 min) and complete 2.3, 2.4 & 2.5 Progress Check on CollegeBoard

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Thursday October 10th

1) Ted-Ed Fluid Mosaic Model Video (5 min) 

2) Section 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5 Quiz

Essential Understanding 2.6 Membrane Transport

3) WATCH VIDEO: Bozeman- Transport Across Cell Membranes (video worksheet) (14 min) 

4) Cell Membrane Transport Clip (11 min)

  • Musetti's Notes

  • Create a Graphic Organizer for the information in the Cell Membrane Transport Clip

6) If you finish with extra time, work on Chapter 7 Book Work 

Homework: Chapter 7 Book Work  due Tuesday 10/15

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Friday October 11th

1) DISCUSS: Discuss factors that affect rate of diffusion-permeability, surface are/volume ratio, temperature, concentration difference, particle size, pressure (make a chart) 

  • How would you design a lab for these?

  • Review: Factors Affecting Rate of Diffusion Examples 

  • Discuss what molecules can come into a cell and what cannot. List HOW those that enter get it (type of transport) and list why those that cannot are incapable. 

Essential Understanding 2.7 Facilitated Diffusion 

2) Function of the Plasma Membrane (print version) (teacher key) 

3) Aquaporins Video (8 min)- Take Notes on the printout Musetti gave you

4) Cell Defense- Cell Membrane Game 

HMK: Chapter 7 Book Work  due Tuesday 10/15

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Monday October 14th

1) Watch: 2.6/2.7/2.9 Lecture Video (20 min) and take notes skipping: Fill out your slide with notes

Essential Understanding 2.8 Toxicity and Osmoregulation

2) WATCH: VIDEO: Bozeman: Water Potential 10 min (video worksheet)

3) Water Potential Problems I (front teacher key) (back teacher key)

4) Water Potential Practice (#1 teacher key) (#2 teacher key) (#3 teacher key) (#4 teacher key) (packet key)

Homework: Chapter 7 Book Work  due tomorrow


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Tuesday October 15th

Chapter 7 Book Work  Due

Dialysis Tube Lab Day 1 (hints from Day 1)

  • Dialysis Lab Day 1 beginning results overview

-Bozeman Videos that review this Lab

  • Complete the video worksheet while watching the (8 min) video: Diffusion & Osmosis 

    • first part is a different way to set up day 1 portion of this lab.... second part is the potato lab we will be doing next week

  • Particle Size/Diffusion Lab with my Children as a Refresher

Homework: Progress Check 2.6 on CollegeBoard

  • Study If you did not do well on the progress check (Quiz Thursday during lab down time)


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Wednesday October 16th- 11th graders take PSAT

  • 12th graders will help prep for tomorrow' lab

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Thursday October 17th

1) Dialysis Tube Lab Day 2 (Hints)

  • Data for Day 2 of Lab (Musetti template)

    • Teacher Set Up (Desks) (Weighing Samples) 

During Downtime:

  • Section 2.6 Quiz

  • Predict what will happen during the lab?

HWK: Complete the Lab

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Friday October 18th

  1. Grade Dialysis Tubing Lab

  2. Read Lab: Potato Core Osmosis Lab 

  3. Complete the Osmosis and Diffusion Practice Problems worksheet you were given yesterday in class (key front, key back) 

  4. Complete the Osmosis Diffusion Review worksheet you were given yesterday in class (Teacher Key)

  5.  Water Potential Practice- (KEY)


Homework: Take the 2.7 Progress Check on CollegeBoard and complete work from today

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Monday October 21st

  • Section 2.7 Quiz will need to be pushed back to tomorrow since I am out today

  • Set Up during Lunch and Learn: Potato Core Osmosis Lab (overnight Lab)

1) Hold your Wee for a Wii- Radios deadly stunts the Jennifer Strange Story (22 min) 

2) Water Can Kill (Exploring Effects of Osmosis) Case Study 

3) Start: DIFFUSION AND OSMOSIS  Short Answer Practice (KEY for MUSETTI) 


Homework: ALL WORK FROM TODAY (including case study questions and DIFFUSION AND OSMOSIS Short answer practice

and also Study, Test Friday

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Tuesday October 22nd

Section 2.7 Quiz 

1) Finish Potato Core Osmosis Lab (good sample Potato Lab Data)

  • class data

2) Cell Membrane Bubble Lab (Bubble Activity Demonstrated- YouTube) (Cell Membrane Bubble Lab Video)

4) Barron's Book- Have you guys checked out unit 2?

4) Section 2.8 Progress Check on CollegeBoard

Homework: Finish Potato Lab Analysis, Bubble Lab Analysis Questions and take progress check 

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Wednesday October 23rd

Essential Understanding 2.9 Mechanisms of Transport

1) Section 2.8 QUIZ 

  • Collect Labs and Homework to grade while students take their quiz 

2) PhET Membrane Channels Simulation with worksheet

3) Mechanisms of Transport: Maintaining Homeostasis in Living Organisms (15 min)

4) Review Colorful Doodle Outlines with a neighbor   

  • The Cell Membrane Doodle Notes 

  • Diffusion Doodle Notes

  • Osmosis Doodle Notes

  • Active Transport Doodle Notes

  • Cell Transport Comparison Chart Doodle Notes 

Essential Understanding 2.10 Compartmentalization

5) ​VIDEO: Bozeman- Compartmentalization (worksheet) 10 min

5) Remember when we did: Cell Types Activity (This is cell specialization) 

Homework: 2.9 Progress Check and Section 2.10 Progress Check

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Thursday October 24th

1) Section 2.9 and 2.10 Quiz

  • After you take the quiz- look over the 2 Unit 2 Progress Check FRQs

2) click through this: Active Transport Interactive Lesson 

3) Skim- AP Biology Unit 2 content information

4) Review Unit 2 Video (60 min) 

5) Unit 2 Progress Check

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Friday October 25th


UNIT 2 TEST 
  • Unit 2 FRQ Graph

HWK: Start Chapter 8 Book Work (due Thursday 11/2)


LAST YEAR- UNIT 2 TEST! (KEY) (short answers paper test)
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