AP Bio resources

Future AP Bioheads: CLICK THESE WORDS TO OPEN YOUR SUMMER ASSIGNMENT.

Have fun and see you soon!

Are you a teacher? Below are links to my whole curriculum :)

(find this page easily at tinyurl.com/MilksAPBio)

Each curriculum map is a unit planner, showing the work we do in and out of class by standard, based on the official AP Biology Course and Exam Description. Our Bellwork / slideshows are linked at the top of each.
If a link on one of the curriculum maps listed below does not work for you, it's most likely because that resource is copyrighted, and I'm therefore not able to make it public.
This curriculum is always a work in progress, and I'd love to hear from you with feedback! Find my contact information by scrolling down here.

ALL ORIGINAL MATERIALS linked in the documents below, as well as the documents themselves, are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Have fun re-sequencing, re-mixing, and re-envisioning, but do not use these materials for commercial purposes and please credit me on the document(s) you create.

Trimester 1: Being a "doer" of biology.

0 Welcome to AP Biology: slides / vocab (7 days), plus the summer assignment

1 Chemistry of Life: slides / vocab (5-7 days)

2 Cell Structure & Function: slides / vocab (11-13 days)

3 Cellular Energetics: slides / vocab (14-17 days, plus Tri 1 review)

… and the Tri 1 Field Experiences.

Trimester 2: Communicating in science.

4 Cell Communication & Cell Cycle: slides / vocab (9-11 days)

6A Gene Expression: slides / vocab (5 days)

5 Heredity: slides / vocab (7-11 days)

6B Gene Changes & Regulation: slides / vocab (14 days)

… and the infamous Winter Reading Assignment and the Tri 2 Field Experiences.

Trimester 3: Synthesizing big understandings in biology.

7 Natural Selection: slides / vocab (20-23 days total)

8 Ecology: slides / vocab (18-21 days)

9 AP Bio Exam Review

10 Advanced Topics in Biology … and the Tri 3 Field Experiences.

I've co-developed several published lessons about teaching tree-thinking in evolution. Learn more here!

I've also developed a year-long field site assignment series used by hundreds of students across the United States. Watch the video or click here to learn more.