1(A-B) - AP Biology - Baker - 2023

 

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Ms. MK Baker 

About the Teacher

📧Email: mbaker@wcpss.net , mkbaker@ncsu.edu 

📩 Canvas Inbox: wcpss.instructure.com/conversations 

 @wakeSTEMscience

📞School Telephone: 919.694.8130

 

Ms. Baker's Lunch Schedule

Monday: 🏀 Lunch Duty Outside

Tuesday: 🌈 GSA 1403

Wednesday: 🏀 Lunch Duty Outside

Thursday: 🍎Science SMART Lunch

Friday: 👩‍🏫 Student Council 1505

 

🏢 Office Hours: Science SMART Lunch, or by appointment

 

⬅ Click MODULES to find all unit assignments and resources. 

AP Biology Equations & Formulas

AP Classroom

Course Resources

Course Information

Expectations:

Assignments will be posted within Canvas each day. Class time will be dedicated to applied learning activities and higher-order thinking tasks such as case studies, discussions, lab work, field work, and project-based learning.  We do labs and activities on a regular basis that require access to the internet, so you will need to bring a laptop or tablet to class each day. 

Absences/Make-Up Work:

Work assigned in advance of absences, including tests, are due upon the student’s return to school unless extenuating circumstances and a make up plan have been communicated. There will be a late penalty of 10% for each day an assignment is turned in late, up to 50% for 5 days late. Once a due date passes, an alternate/adjusted assignment may be given that assesses the same objectives. 

Grading:

Total Points will be used in determining quarter grades. Assignments are usually worth the following range of points:

  • Tests and Projects: 50-100 points
  • Quizzes and Lab work: 10-50 points

Points are dependent on the depth of content and skills

 

Course Outline: 

AP Biology Unit

Expected Dates

Summative Assessments

Unit 1: Chemistry of Life

8/3 - 8/14

Protein Folding Gallery Walk

Unit Test

Unit 2: Cell Structure and Function

8/15 - 9/5

GLP: You Are What You Eat

Unit Test

Unit 3: Cellular Energetics

9/6 - 9/20

Photosynthesis / Respiration Stop Motion Video OR Game Design

Unit Test

Unit 4: Cell Cycle and Communication

9/21- 9/25

Cell Cycle Game Design

Unit Test 

Units 5-6: Heredity, Gene Expression and Regulation

9/26 - 10/13

Genetic Counseling Project & Presentation

Unit Test

Unit 7: Natural Selection

10/16 - 11/6

Hijacking the Limbic System Political Ad 

Unit Test

Unit 8: Ecology

11/8 - 12/1

Ecosystem Project

Unit Test

Review / Exams

12/4 - 6

12/11 - 12/15

NC EOC Test - Dec 11-15

AP Bio Exam - May 16, 2024

Course Summary:

Course Summary
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