AP BIOLOGY
Overview
This challenging two-semester course engages you in a wide variety of activities. There is substantial emphasis on interpreting and collecting data in virtual labs, writing analytical essays, and mastering biology concepts.
Major Topics and Concepts
Chemistry of Life
- Structure of Water and Hydrogen Bonding
- Elements of Life
- Introduction to Biological Macromolecules
- Structure and Function of Biological Macromolecules
Cell Structure and Function
- Cell Size
- Plasma Membranes and Permeability
- Membrane Transport
- Facilitated Diffusion
- Tonicity and Osmoregulation
- Mechanism of Transport
- Cell Compartmentalization
Cellular Energetics
- Enzymes
- Environmental Impacts on Enzyme Function
- Cellular Energy
- Photosynthesis
- Cellular
- Respiration
- Fitness
Cell Communication and Cell Cycle
- Signal Transduction
- Changes in Signal Transduction Pathways
- Cell Cycle
- Regulation of Cell Cycle
Heredity
- Meiosis
- Meiosis and Genetic Diversity
- Mendelian Genetics
- Environmental Effects on Phenotype
- Chromosomal Inheritance
Gene Expression and Regulation
- DNA and RNA Structure
- Replication
- Transcription and RNA Processing
- Translation Regulation of Gene Expression
- Gene Expression and Cell Specialization
- Mutations
- Biotechnology
Natural Selection
- Artificial Selection
- Population Genetics
- Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
- Evidence of Evolution
- Phylogeny
- Speciation and Extinction
- Variations in Populations
- Origins of Life
Ecology
- Responses to the Environment
- Energy Flow Through Ecosystems
- Population Ecology
- Effects of Density of Populations
- Community Ecology
- Biodiversity
- Disruption to Ecosystems
Fee Details
R 10,166.66
Grade 11, 12
Annual
- Urry, L., Cain, M., Wasserman, S., Minorsky, P. Orr, R. Campbell Biology in Focus. Third AP Edition. New Jersey: Pearson Education Inc., 2020.
- Household items for lab experiments
Biology 1, Chemistry 1 And Algebra 1 Recommended
