AP Biology Calendars & Assignments

1 AP Biology Fall 2019

Unit 2- Cell Structure and Function


Chapter 4

A tour of the cell


Chapter 5

Membrane transport and cell signaling


Unit 3- Cellular Energetics


Chapter 6

An introduction to metabolism


Chapter 7

Cellular respiration and fermentation



Chapter 8

Photosynthesis


Unit 3- Cellular Energetics


Chapter 6

An introduction to metabolism


Chapter 7

Cellular respiration and fermentation


Unit 4- Cell Communication and Cell Cycle

  • 9- The cell cycle

  • 32- Feedback control, homeostasis, thermoregulation


Unit 5- Heredity

  • 10- Meiosis and sexual life cycles

  • 11- Mendel and the gene idea

  • 12- The chromosomal basis of inheritance


Unit 6- Gene Expression and Regulation

  • 13- The molecular basis of inheritance

  • 14- Gene expression: from gene to protein

  • 15- Regulation of gene expression

  • 16- Development, stem cells, and cancer

  • 17- Viruses

  • 24.2, 24.3- Bacterial genetics


Unit 7- Natural Selection

  • 19- Descent with modification

  • 20- Phylogeny

  • 21- The evolution of populations

  • 22- The origin of species

  • 23- Broad patterns of evolution

  • 24- Early life and the diversification of prokaryotes

  • 25.1- The origin and diversification of eukaryotes


Unit 8- Ecology

  • 29- Animal behavior

  • 40- Population ecology and the distribution of organisms

  • 41- Species interactions

  • 42- Ecosystems and energy

  • 43- Global ecology and conservation biology

1 AP Biology August 2019