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1. Check out this new AP Bio Exam Study Outline
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AP Bio Interactive Tutorials

In the menu below, Tutorials are blue, and Student Learning Guides are underlined in red

Biology: Core Concepts | Biology Core Concepts Student Learning Guide

• • Biology’s 4 Big Ideas
  • Properties of Living Things 
  • Structure Determines Function
  • Levels of Biological Organization
  • Understanding Controlled Experiments
  • Thinking Like Darwin: Understanding Adaptation and Natural Selection

Unit 1: Chemistry of Life

• • Topic 1.1: The Structure of Water and Hydrogen Bonding |Structure of Water Student Learning Guide (SLG)
  • Carbon and Functional Groups (more useful background)|Carbon and Functional Groups SLG
  • Topics 1.3-1.6: Biochemistry (Monomers and Polymers, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids) | Biochemistry SLG

Unit 2: Cells and Cell Membranes

• • Topics 2.1 – 2.3, 2.10-2.11: Cell Structure and Function (includes cell size, the endomembrane system, and the origins of cell compartmentalization) | Cell Structure and Function Student Learning Guide
  • Topics 2.4-2.9: Cell Membrane Structure and Function/Osmosis | Cell Membranes SLG

First Quarter review quizzes (Units 1 and 2)

Unit 3: Cellular Energetics

• • Topics 3.1 to 3.3: Enzymes and Enzyme Regulation |Enzymes Student Learning Guide
  • Topics 3.4 and 3.6: Energy and Cellular Respiration  | Energy and Cellular Respiration Student Learning Guide
  • Topic 3.5: Photosynthesis | Photosynthesis Student Learning Guide

Unit 4: Cell Communication and the Cell Cycle

• • Topics 4.1 – 4.4: Cell Communication/Signal Transduction | Cell Communication Student Learning Guide
  • Topic 4.5: Feedback and Homeostasis: (Thermoregulation, Blood Glucose, Osmoregulation) | Feedback and Homeostasis SLG
  • Topics 4.6 and 4.7: Mitosis, the Cell Cycle, and Cell Cycle Regulation  | Mitosis, the Cell Cycle, and Cell Cycle Regulation SLG

First Semester review quizzes

• • Units 1 – 4, with a separate quiz on some topics from unit 6.

Unit 5: Heredity

• • Topics 5.1, 5.2, 5.6:  Meiosis, Sex Determination, Nondisjunction, and Chromosomal Variations | Meiosis Student Learning Guide
  • Topics 5.3 – 5.5: Genetics (includes Mendelian, Blood type, Sex linkage, Dihybrid Crosses, Linkage, Chi-Square and Environmental Effects on Phenotype) | Genetics Student Learning Guide

Unit 6: Gene Expression and Regulation

• • Topic 6.1 – 6.2: DNA Structure and Replication   | DNA Structure and Replication Student Learning Guide
  • Topic 6.3 and 6.4. Transcription and translation | Transcription and Translation SLG
  • Topic 6.5: Bacterial Gene Regulation/Operons  | Bacterial Genetics/Operons Student Learning Guide
  • Topic 6.6:
    • Part 1: Eukaryotic Gene Regulation and Expression | Eukaryotic Gene Regulation SLG
    • Part 2: Animal Development and Cell Specialization  | Animal Development SLG
  • Topic 6.7:
    • Part 1: Mutation | Mutation Student Learning Guide 
    • Part 2:  Viruses | Viruses Student Learning Guide
  • Topic 6.8: Genetic Engineering | Genetic Engineering Student Learning Guide 

Unit 7: Natural Selection/Evolution

• • Topic 7.1 – 7.5: Natural Selection and Population Genetics (including Hardy-Weinberg) | Natural Selection and Population Genetics Student Learning Guide
  • Topics 7.6 – 7.8: Evidence for Evolution, Common Ancestry and Continuing Evolution  | Evidence for Evolution Student Learning Guide
  • Topic 7.9: Phylogeny and Classification  | Phylogeny and Classification Student Learning Guide
  • Topic 7.10 – 7.12: Species, Speciation, and Extinction | Species, Speciation, and Extinction Student Learning Guide
  • Topic 7:13: Origin and Early History of Life, The RNA World | Origin of Life Student Learning Guide

Unit 8: Ecology

• • Topic 8.1: Responses to the Environment (Animal Behavior) | Animal Behavior Student Learning Guide
  • Topic 8.2: Energy Flow through Ecosystems | Ecosystems Student Learning Guide
  • Topics 8.3 and 8.4: Population Ecology | Population Ecology Student Learning Guide
  • Topics 8.5 and 8.6: Community Ecology and Biodiversity | Community Ecology Student Learning Guide
  • Topic 8.7: Ecosystem Disruption | Ecosystem Disruption Student Learning Guide

Illustrative examples

• • The Immune System | Immune System Student Learning Guide
  • Neurons and the Nervous System | Neurons and Nervous System Student Learning Guide
  • Transpiration and Water Transport in Plants | Transpiration and Water Transport SLG

Recommended Readings: Articles and books to extend your learning.

Click-On Challenges

Click-on games, with a timer and a leaderboard. An incredibly fun way to review for the AP Bio exam. They’re even better when played on the Biomania AP Bio app. 

• Unit 1: Molecules of Life
• Unit 2: Cells Parts and Functions | Cell Membranes
• Unit 3: Cellular Respiration | Photosynthesis
• Unit 4: Mitosis and Cell Division | Cell Signaling
• Unit 5: Meiosis
• Unit 6: DNA and DNA Replication | Transcription and Translation | Operons
• Unit 7: Evolution | Origin of Life
• Unit 8: Ecology