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2023/2024 AP BIOLOGY
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  • Unit 1: Chemistry of Life
  • Unit 2: Cell Structure and Function
  • Unit 3: Cellular Energetics
  • Emergency Sub Plans
  • 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 the AP EXAM
2023/2024 AP BIOLOGY
  • Home
  • Unit 1: Chemistry of Life
  • Unit 2: Cell Structure and Function
  • Unit 3: Cellular Energetics
  • Emergency Sub Plans
  • 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 the AP EXAM
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    • Home
    • Unit 1: Chemistry of Life
    • Unit 2: Cell Structure and Function
    • Unit 3: Cellular Energetics
    • Emergency Sub Plans
    • 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 the AP EXAM

Unit 3: Cellular Energetics

Monday October 30th

Essential Understanding- 3.1 Enzyme Structure

1) QUICK INTRO: How Enzymes Work (1 min animation) 

2) Enzymatic BioMan Game - Play the first two games (What are Enzymes and Specificity)

3) WATCH BOZEMAN: Enzymes (video worksheet)  12 minutes 

4) Cut Out Enzyme Activity (each shape page has double the components a group needs) 

Homework: Chapter 8 Book Work- due Thursday 11/2

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Tuesday 10/31 (HALF DAY)

Essential Understanding- 3.2 Enzyme Catalysis

1) Check Cut Out Enzyme Activity 

2) Read Intro to Enzymes (read about enzyme specificity) 

3) HOW do enzymes lower activation energy? (notes)  (13 min) 

4) Expert Puzzle Out (From Structure to Function) 

  • Musetti to chunk

Homework: Section 3.1 Progress Check and Section 3.2 Progress Check

Chapter 8 Book Work due Thursday

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Wednesday 11/1

1) Finish Puzzling Out and then Report Out 

2) Watch this review video 3.1 and 3.2 Lecture Review (13 min) 

3) Section 3.1 and 3.2 Quizzes 

4) Time to work on Chapter 8 Book Work 

Homework: Chapter 8 Book Work due Thursday

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Thursday 11/2

1) TURN IN Chapter 8 Book Work 

Essential Understanding- 3.3 Environmental Impacts on Enzyme Function

2) Enzymes and Cellular Regulation POGIL (teacher key) (key)

  • do page 5 verbally (not printed)

3) Prep for Lab:  Sinking Feeling Enzyme Catalysis Lab

  • AP Biology Lab 2: Enzyme Catalysis (7 min) 

    • List of Materials (for teacher) 
    • How to make Catalase from Potatoes (for teacher)
  • Remember doing Toothpickase or Pennyase Lab in Honors Biology?

  • you will  be writing a lab report for this! (due Friday 11/10)

4) Video: Acids, Bases and pH (9 min) 

5) AK Lecture Videos

Video: Factors Affecting Enzyme Activity Video (wkst) (12 min)

Video: Competitive vs Noncompetitive Inhibitor Video (wkst) (16 min) 

Video: Allosteric Regulation of Enzymes (notes) (11 min) 

HMK: Page 3 and Page 7 of Sinking Feeling Enzyme Catalysis Lab as well as finishing any videos from today you didn't get to

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Friday 11/3

  • Check Prelab homework questions

Sinking Feeling Enzyme Catalysis Lab Day 1 

... skim this version and pick a variable to test Enzyme Catalysis LAB  for Day 2 (Monday) of Lab

HWK: Complete Post Lab Questions

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Monday 11/6

Sinking Feeling Enzyme Catalysis Lab with YOUR variable

  • Lab Rubric (Lab Report due 11/9)

  • Sample General Lab Rubric

  • How do you find a good source?

SDST Library Resource

  1. Search term in EBSCO

  2. check the online full text box

  3. select peer reviewed 

  4. go to all filers and change source type to academic journal 

Optional SOURCES: 

    • Cold Active Enzymes and their Potential Industrial Applications 

    • Regulation of enzyme activity in the cell: effect of enzyme concentration  (too old) 

    • Why do bacteria use so many enzymes to scavenge hydrogen peroxide?

    • Effect of pH on the Electrochemical Behavior of Hydrogen Peroxide in the Presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    • Effect of pH Upon the Reaction Kinetics of the Enzyme-Substrate Compounds of Catalase

Homework: Find one peer reviewed source for your background and read/annotate it. Will be checked on Wednesday for a grade

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Tuesday 11/7- NO SCHOOL (Election Day)

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Wednesday 11/8

Check Annotated Peer Reviewed Paper

I am going to be ordering lab coats this Friday

1) Talk about Statistical Analysis of the data from the enzyme lab 

- Write Up/Type Up Statistical Analysis and Background for this lab

  • Satistics for Dummies

  • data table with averages

  • calculate standard error of the mean (SEM) for data points

  • graph your data (LINE GRAPH) 

  • Linear Regression T-Test? Do you concur?


2) work on lab report (Due Friday 11/10)
  • Lab Rubric

  • Sample General Lab Rubric

Homework: Work on your lab report (rough draft due PRINTED Friday)

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Thursday 11/9

I am going to be ordering lab coats this Friday

1) Peer Partner finish your Background Introduction

2) Skim Essential Understanding- 3.3 Environmental Impacts on Enzyme Function

3) 3.3 Progress Check

Homework: Printed Draft of your COMPLETED lab report is due tomorrow 

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Friday 11/10

Lab Coat Order form 

1) Section 3.3 Quiz

2) Peer Review Lab Report

Understanding- 3.4 Cellular Energy

3) Video: BOZEMAN: Life Requires Free Energy Video Review Sheet  (video worksheet) (12 min) 

2) ATP POGIL (key)

Homework: Finish ATP POGIL

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Monday 11/13

Turn in Lab Report

Homework Check: ATP POGIL

1) Free Energy POGIL (key)

2) ATP and Photosynthesis (Google Drive download) 6 min

3) ATP Analogy and Diagram

4) Skim Understanding- 3.4 Cellular Energy

5) Section 3.4 Progress Check

6)  Time to work on Chapter 10 Book Work with Ch 10 Lecture Video (39 mi) 

  • Optional Resources:

  • Outline
  • Power Point 
  • Book Power Point
  • Clicker Power Point

HMK: Chapter 10 Book Work due 11/30

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Tuesday 11/14

1) Section 3.4 QUIZ

2) Watch the following videos and while you do, on a piece of notebook paper or on your computers, keep a running list of steps of photosynthesis 

  • Bozeman- Photosynthesis (13 min) (not using: video sheet)

  • Photosynthesis Light Reaction, Calvin Cycle, Electron Transport 3D Animation (7 min)


3) Photosynthesis packet  (k'ey)

4) REVIEW LAB: Floating Discs Lab 

              • Complete Pre-Lab Questions While you watch the Bozeman Walkthrough

              • VIDEO: Bozeman- Photosynthesis Lab Walkthrough and part 2:30-4:45

              • Practice Sinking Disks

HMK: Chapter 10 Book Work due 11/30

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Wednesday 11/15

Essential Understanding- 3.5 Photosynthesis

1) Day 1 of Floating Discs Lab  

    • Set Up and Start Lab

    • Discuss factors that can be manipulated

2) Start planning for Day 2

    • What is your sample size?

Class Data for First part of Lab

Photosynthesis Lab (Floating Disk) Report Rubric

Homework: Type up Procedure for your Lab 

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Thursday 11/16

Essential Understanding- 3.5 Photosynthesis

1) Floating Discs Lab  

  • What factors are you going to test?

              • The Effect of Light Intensity on Rate of Photosynthesis 

              • The Effect of Light Color on Rate of Photosynthesis

              • The Effect of Temperature on Rate of Photosynthesis

2) Complete lab packet

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Friday 11/17 (HALF DAY)  SENIOR BREAKFAST (9:30-10:30; does not affect our A Block) 

1) VIDEO: Bozeman- The Importance of Oxygen (video sheet) (10 min) 

2) Photosynthesis Unleashes Chemical Superweapon: Oxygen (5 min)

3) Write your title, background, materials and method, and start your results section 

4) Time to find peer edited relevant sources to references in your introduction

  • Photosynthesis Lab (Floating Disk) Report Rubric

Homework: Finish writing your Title, Background, Materials and Method (which MUST include two peer reviewed sources that are PRINTED) 

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Monday 11/20 (half day)

Homework check: check annotated source

Musetti's birthday!

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Tuesday 11/21 (half day)

1) Write your title, background, materials and method, and start your results section 

  • what statistical methods will you use to analyze your data?

Homework: Your printed lab needs to be here in class Monday for us to peer edit. One printed lab per person in your group

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NO SCHOOL- THANKSGIVING BREAK

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Monday 11/27 

REMIND MUSETTI to germinate peas!!!!

1) peer edit your labs

2) Time to make fixes to lab (final copy will be due Wednesday) 

3) Together as an entire class, come up with a Google Slide presentation that moves through the steps of photosynthesis

  • do small steps and have a diagram/picture for each slide

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Tuesday 11/28

1) Watch AP Bio Investigation 5: Photosynthesis  (45 min) 

2) Continue steps of photosynthesis

3) Section 3.5 Progress Check 

homework: Lab reports are due tomorrow (PRINTED) 

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Wednesday 11/29

Turn in your PRINTED lab report 

1) Section 3.5 Quiz

2) Repeat someone's experiment

HWK: Chapter 10 Book Work due tomorrow and STUDY

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Thursday 11/30

Turn in: Chapter 10 Book Work 


1)- Teacher Resource 

Essential Understanding- 3.6 Cellular Respiration

2) Watch VIDEO: Bozeman- Photosynthesis and Respiration (video worksheet) 15 min  

3) Board Diagram of Aerobic Respiration (Print out with presentation) 

4) VIDEO: Bozeman- Cellular Respiration (video sheet) 15 min 

Homework: Start working on: Chapter 9: Cellular Respiration and Fermentation

  • Chapter 9 Book Work  (Due 12/8)

  • Optional Resources:

OutlineLecture PresentationBook Power PointClicker Power Point

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Friday 12/1

1) Watch and Discuss Old Lab... we will be doing a respiration lab on Monday 

  • Cellular Respiration AP Lab *Old Version... Skim

    • VIDEO: Bozeman- Lab 5 - Cellular Respiration (worksheet) 

    • VIDEO: Bozeman- Cellular Respiration Lab Walkthrough

2) Read Lab: Cellular Respiration of Peas (we will be doing this Monday) 

3) Cellular Respiration Worksheet POGIL (key) 

Homework:  Start Completing Chapter 9: Cellular Respiration and Fermentation- Chapter 9 Book Work  (Due 12/8)

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Monday 12/4

1) Cellular Respiration of Peas

  • Read Over Lab, Discuss Procedure

  • Do lab

  • during downtime, work on Cellular Respiration Worksheet POGIL (key)

Homework: finish Cellular Respiration Worksheet POGIL (key)

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Tuesday 12/5

Turn in: Cellular Respiration Worksheet POGIL (key) 

1) Complete Cellular Respiration of Peas

2) Glycolysis and the Krebs Cycle POGIL (key)  

3) Design a Fermentation Lab

      • Starting Point- Fermentation of Yeast and Sugar

      • What else can you find? Lets do a Lab tomorrow... of YOUR design

Hmk: 

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Wednesday 12/6

Turn in: 2) Glycolysis and the Krebs Cycle POGIL (key)  

1) Yeast Fermentation Lab (of your own design)

  •  Teacher resource

  • what to include in your lab writeup

During Down time: 

  • 1) ETC Simulation Video (7 min) 

  • 2) Watch BOZEMAN: Anaerobic Respiration video- TAKE notes (8 min) 

  • 3) PRACTICE: Oxidative Phosphorylation worksheet (print version) (key)

Homework: Section 3.6 Progress Check and work on Chapter 9 Book Work  (Due Friday) 

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Thursday 12/7

1) Check and meet with your fermentation group (submit copy of your fermentation lab on Google Classroom) 

2) Watch: A Trusted Pill Turned Deadly. How Tylenol Made a Comeback | Retro Report (9 min)  

3) The Mystery of the Seven Deaths (converted to Google Doc) not printing, complete together as a class verbally


Skipping- 2) Exercise and Cellular Respiration Lab

4) Practice Essays  (Not printing) 

Homework: Chapter 9 Book Work due tomorrow


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Friday 12/8

Turn in Chapter 9 Book Work 


1) Section 3.6 Quiz

2) time to finish fermentation lab if necessary

Essential Understanding- 3.7 Fitness

2) WATCH: Video- Bozeman: Mechanisms that Increase Variation (video worksheet) (12 min) 

3)  WATCH BOZEMAN: Population Variation (video worksheet) (10 min) 

4) Progress Check 3.7 

5) finish Practice Essays  (Not printing) 


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Monday 12/11

1) Look over Unit 3 Overview as a class 

2) Section 3.7 Quiz

3) Unit 3 Progress Check

4) Answers to Practice Essays (Key)

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Tuesday 12/12

UNIT 3 TEST- essay

UNIT 3 TEST- multiple choice

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