AP Biology On-line Syllabus

North Warren Regional High School

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1st Marking Period

2nd Marking Period

3rd & 4th Marking Periods

AP Biology Links


First Quarter - Molecules and Cells
(25% of Course - College Board Online)  

Date Topic of Study
Publisher links
(% of Course)
Chapter Tools
Lecture Outlines

Online Activities

9/2 

to 

9/19 

Chemistry
of Life
(7%)
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Mathmol Hypermedia Textbook - NYU 
Chemicool Periodic Table - MIT 
Chemistry Review Problems - Halloran 
Chemistry Tutorial Introduction - The Biology Project, Univ. of Arizona
Biochemistry Problem sets -The Biology Project, Univ. of Arizona 
Chemistry Review - MIT Hypertextbook 
Large Molecules - MIT Hypertextbook
9/22 

to 

10/10

Cells
(10%)
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
History of the Light Microscope 
Microscopy Tutorial - Cornell University 
Studying Cells Tutorial - The Biology Project, Univ. of Arizona 
CELLS - On-line Biology Text 
Cell Biology - MIT Hypertextbook 
Cell Biology Course/Tutorial - University of Minnesota 
Virtual Mitosis - University of Cincinnati 
Osmosis Laboratory Tutorial - Cornell University 
The Cell Cycle & Mitosis Tutorial - The Biology Project, Univ. of Arizona
Online Onion Root Tip Activity - The Biology Project, Univ. of Arizona 
Cell Division Laboratory Tutorial - Cornell University
10/13 

to 

11/5

Cellular
Energetics
(8%)
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Enzyme Tutorial - Western Michigan University 
Enzyme Biochemistry - MIT Hypertextbook 
Enzyme Laboratory Tutorial - Cornell University 
Energy, Enzymes, and Catalysis Problem Set - The Biology Project 
Learning About Photosynthesis - Arizona State Univ. 
Photosynthesis Problem Set 1 - The Biology Project, Univ. of Arizona 
Photosynthesis Problem Set 2 - The Biology Project, Univ. of Arizona 
Photosynthesis Directory - MIT Hypertextbook 
Glycolysis and the Krebs Cycle - MIT Hypertextbook 
Metabolism Problem Sets - The Biology Project 
Light Dependent Reactions - Questions 
Light Independent Reactions - Questions

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Second Quarter - Heredity and Evolution
(25% of Course - College Board Online)  

Date Topic of Study
Publisher links
(% of Course)
Chapter Tools
Lecture Outlines

Online Activities

11/6 

to 

11/28

Heredity
(8%)
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Virtual Meiosis - University of Cincinnati 
Meiosis and Mendelian Genetics Tutorial - UCSB 
Problem sets Genetics - The Biology Project, Univ. of Arizona 
Mendelian Genetics - MIT Hypertextbook 
Virtual Punnet Square - University of Cincinnati 
Experimenting with Mendel's Peas - University of Cincinnati 
The Morgan Tutorial - Waksman Institute at Rutgers University. 
Virtual FlyLab - California State University, Los Angeles 
Problem sets Human Biology Genetics - The Biology Project 
On-line Activity Web Karyotyping - The Biology Project 
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium Simulation - Univ. of Chicago 
Blazing a Genetic Trail - Howard Hughes Medical Institute
12/1 

to 

12/19

Molecular 
Genetics
(9%)
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
DNA - Access Excellence Classic Collection 
Molecular Biology - The Biology Project 
Central Dogma Directory - MIT Hypertextbook 
NetBiochem Nucleic Acids - AlleghenyUniversity 
Bacterial Genetics and Recombinant DNA - Cornell University 
Prokaryotic Genetics and Gene Expression - MIT Hypertextbook 
Recombinant DNA - MIT Hypertextbook 
1/5 

to 

1/23

Evolutionary
Biology
(8%)
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Origin of Life - Univ. of Texas 
The Museum of Paleontology (UCMP) - UC Berkeley 
The Tree of Life - University of Arizona 
Darwin's Life and Work - Prof. Charles Urbanowicz 
The Talk. Origins Archive - Usenet newsgroup

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Third and Fourth Marking Periods - Organisms and Populations
(50% of Course - College Board Online)  

Date Topic of Study
Publisher Links
(% of Course)
Chapter Tools
Lecture Outlines

Online Activities

  Diversity
of Organisms
(8%)
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Biodiversity & Biological Collections Web Server - Cornell Univ. 
Introduction to Bacteria - UC Berkely 
Prokaryotic Diversity Web Site - Arizona State University 
Introduction to Viruses - UC Berkeley 
Institute for Molecular Virology - University of Wisconsin 
Introduction to the Fungi - University of California, Berkeley 
Fungi Oline - Cornell University
Mushroom Science - by Gary E. Novak
Protist Image Data - Univ. of Montreal 
Introduction to Protists (Eukaryota)- UC Berkely
  Structure &
Function
of
Plants & Animals 
(32%)
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Introduction to the Plantae - University of California, Berkeley 
Greenhouse Tour - Univ. of Georgia 
Internet Directory for Botany Web Page 
Bryology at the Missouri Botanical Garden 
The National PLANTS Database - US Depatment of Agriculture 
A Survey of the Plant Kingdoms - Manhattan College 
Angiosperm Structure and Function - Cornell University 
A Virtual Tour of the Flynn Bogs System - Texas A&M Univ. 

Introduction to the Metazoa (Animals) - UC Berkeley 
Animal Diversity Lab Tutorial - Cornell University 
Animal Diversity Web - The University of Michigan 
General Zoology - University of Minnesota. 
Museum of Zoology - University of Michigan 
British Columbia Creature Page 
Entomology Image Gallery - Iowa State University 
Arachnology - Antwerp University 
Amphibian Embryology Tutorial - University of Wisconsin 
Frog Anatomy and Physiology Tutorials - Cornell University 
Netfrog - University of Virginia 
Whole Frog Project - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 


Human Biology - The Biology Project 
Human Anatomy Online - Informative Graphics Corp. Phoenix, Az. 
The Visible Human Project - National Library of Medicine 
Immunology - The Biology Project 
Neuroscience for Kids - Univ. of Washington 
The Body - a multimedia AIDS and HIV resource 
Community Outreach Health Information System - Boston Uni 
Human Developmental Biology - The Biology Project 
Human Reproduction - The Biology Project

  Ecology
(10%)
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Simulation Server Behavior of Ecological Models - Lund University

     

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