AP Biology A & B - SCI777/SCI778

Course Equivalency

SC600A/B

Course Description

This course is taught at the college level and designed to prepare students to take the Advanced Placement Examination and score high enough to earn college credit in those colleges that recognize the examination. College level textbooks are used. College level AP Biology will cover all of the topics in the AP Biology course description. These include biochemistry, cell structure and function, cell energetics, cellular reproduction and communication, heredity, molecular genetics, evolution, ecology, diversity of organisms, structure and function of plants and animals, and comparative anatomy.

Major Concepts: Semester A

• Change in the genetic makeup of a population over time is evolution.
• Organisms are linked by lines of descent from common ancestry.
• The origin of living systems is explained by natural processes.
• Growth, reproduction and maintenance of the organization of living systems require free energy and matter.
• Growth, reproduction and dynamic homeostasis require that cells create and maintain internal environments that are different from their external environments.
• Organisms use feedback mechanisms to regulate growth and reproduction, and to maintain dynamic homeostasis.
• Heritable information provides for continuity of life.
• Expression of genetic information involves cellular and molecular mechanisms.
• The processing of genetic information is imperfect and is a source of genetic variation.
• Cells communicate by generating, transmitting and receiving chemical signals.
• Transmission of information results in changes within and between biological systems.
• Interactions within biological systems lead to complex properties.
• Competition and cooperation are important aspects of biological systems.

Major Concepts: Semester B

• Change is the genetic makeup of a population over time is evolution.
• Organisms are linked by lines of descent from common ancestry.
• Life continues to evolve within a changing environment.
• Growth, reproduction and maintenance of the organization of living systems require free energy and matter.
• Growth, reproduction and dynamic homeostasis require that cells create and maintain internal environments that are different from their external environments.
• Organisms use feedback mechanisms to regulate growth and reproduction, and to maintain dynamic homeostasis.
• Growth and dynamic homeostasis of a biological system are influenced by changes in the system’s environment.
• Many biological processes involved in growth, reproduction and dynamic homeostasis include temporal regulation and coordination.
• Naturally occurring diversity among and between components within biological systems affects interactions with the environment.

Grade Level

10-12

Materials

Campbell Biology, 11th edition Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V Minorsky, Jane B. Reece Published by Pearson (September 26th 2016) – Copyright © 2017

ISBN-13: 978-0134446417

Princeton Review AP Biology Premium Prep, 2024

ISBN-10: 0593517032
ISBN-13: 978-0593517031

AP Biology Lab Kit

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