Introduction to Course & Student Expectations

• Benefits of participating in the AP exam.  Impacts of AP: More than a score @ APCentral.CollegeBoard.org

• What is expected of students in preparation for the AP Biology exam @ blog.prepscholar.com

• Is AP Biology hard?  @ blog.prepscholar.com

• What is learning & 7 AP Sci. Practices (Slideshow @ mrknuffke.net)

• What is science - Sci. method, sci. thinking, biology - domains of older AP Biology (Prezi @ mrknuffke.net)

• Bozeman Science:  Sci. skills - Sci. method, sig. figs, graphing (Playlist @ YouTube)

Student Preparation

• Understand how your brain works to optimize it @ brainrules.net

• Identify your learning styles @ webtools.ncsu.edu

Research resources:

• Encyclopedia of life (eol.org) - Detailed info. about any species and niche in ecosystems

• How to reference in APA @ library.concordia.ca

• Roche's interactive biochemical pathway map @ biochemical-pathways.com

• Sigma Aldrich's interactive metabolic pathways map @ metabolic-pathway.com

Online teaching resources:  Lessons, virtual tutorials, activities

• HHMI Biointeractive (biointeractive.org)

• Learn.Genetics (https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/ )

Animations of biol. processes:

• Cell biology animations @ johnkyrk.com

• Animated infographics on physiology, astronomy @ tabletopwhale.com

Virtual simulations:

• PhET interactive simulations (Biology @ phet.colorado.edu)

AP Biology Labs

AP Biology: 7 Science Practices

• AP Biology labs (2021) - Overview, tutorials, virtual simulations with data @ fiveable.me 

• Bozeman Science:  AP Biology Sci. Practices (Playlist @ YouTube)

• Summary of AP Sci. Practices @ mrknuffke.net

AP Biology: Virtual labs

• Jon Darkow - Lab simulations with data @ https://sites.google.com/site/biologydarkow/home

• HHMI Biointeractive lab bench @ biointeractive.org

AP Biology: In-class labs

• Biology labs @ mrknuffke.net

• Biology labs @ thebiologyspace.com

• Biology labs @ biologyalive.com

• Biology labs @ serendipstudio.org

• Biology labs library @ White Station HS Biology - sites.google.com (incl. classic labs)

Bozeman Science: AP Biology Labs (Playlist @ YouTube)

• Writing up AP Biology lab reports @ d125.org

AP Biology Quantitative Skills and Calculations

Booklet on AP biology quantitative skills @ bcreek.k12.mi.us

Lessons & Prac. Qs @ apcentral.collegeboard.org

Sci. method (test group, experimental group, variables, controls - positive, negative; hypothesis - null, alternative), percent change, error bars; mean, median, mode @ Module 0 in Biology For The AP Course 

Statistics: Signif. fig's, mean, median, mode, distribution, range, standard deviation, standard error of the mean @ Tutorial 1 in Biology For The AP Course

Graphing: Line, bar, histogram, dual Y, log scale, pie, box & whisker, area, scatter plot @ Tutorial 4 in Biology For The AP Course

Probability: Addition rule, multiplication rule, chi-square test @ Tutorial 2 in Biology For The AP Course

Pop'n growth, pop'n growth per capita, exponential growth, logistic growth @ Tutorial 3 in Biology For The AP Course

Preparation for AP Biology Exam

• "AP Biology Live" exam review (Advanced Placement playlist, 2022 @YouTube;  playlist 2021 @YouTube)

• "AP Biology Unit Reviews" (Marco Learning playlist, May 7, 2022 @YouTube)

• "2022 Last Minute Crash Review: AP Biology Exam CRAM Study Session" (Lasseter's Lab, May 2, 2022 @YouTube)

• "Everything you'll learned in AP Bio in 25 minutes" (Lasseter's Lab, Apr. 11 2022 @YouTube)

• "AP Biology - Cram before the exam" (Robert Tait playlist 2019 @ YouTube)

  • How to use the formula sheet,  1 year of AP Biology in 43 min.,  pass exam w/ min. knowledge,  2019 tricks @ tips