AP Biology 2024-2025-Even Periods Assignments

I will notify you of the results within the first week of school in August.

All projects need to be attached here in ADVANCE of the class period regardless of project type. INCLUDE ALL GROUP MEMBERS' NAMES IN A COMMENT IF SUBMITTING ONE PRODUCT.

Presentations attach slides.
Videos attach links.
Art/models attach photos. 

All projects need to be attached here in ADVANCE of the class period regardless of project type. INCLUDE ALL GROUP MEMBERS' NAMES IN A COMMENT IF SUBMITTING ONE PRODUCT.

Presentations attach slides.
Videos attach links.
Art/models attach photos. 

You Need:
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Pen or Pencil

You Need:
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Pen or Pencil

You Need:
School-issued ChromeBook charged
Charger
Calculator
Pen or Pencil

Complete the attached packet using the click and learn INDIVIDUALLY.

The program uses a random number generator-it will be obvious if you copy from a peer because you each should have your own unique data set. NO CREDIT will be given for duplicated packets.

This is meant to serve as an introduction to our final statistics lesson next class.

SKIP #11-13.

Open-note

If you were absent, attempt the packet at home using the attached video explanation.

Open-note

Here is a freshmen throwback. An oldie but a goodie to practice identifying mutations.

One of our labs was delivered during the shutdown and we will not be sent the replacement materials in time for this unit. For this lab, we will complete a digital version instead. Next week, we will have our first real wet lab of the unit.

You can work as an individual, a pair or a trio. The lab write-up will be digital. All partners contribute to the writing. Make a copy of the attached file and share it with your group.

Use Level 1 for the LabXchange simulation.

Attach your pink protein strip with a paper clip to your packets.

Wait for in-class prompts. Only one person per group needs to submit the Google form.

EACH group member submits the completion code given at the end of the form as a comment when submitting this digital assignment.

Will be completed in class. Wait for instructions.

For the fall, you will be submitting a cumulative draft of your lab report. The score for this assignment is simply earned for turning in a printed paper copy of all sections combined. 

Via hard-copy, turn in a compiled report in the following order. You MAY copy and paste from your digital submissions now. 
Introduction
Materials and Methods
Results
Discussion
I will be using the testing time during finals and time over break to write individualized feedback. In the spring semester, we will have a separate assignment for your final draft, once you have had a chance to receive revision feedback.

To clarify:
Fall scores are all draft/completion scores
Digital copies are being used to ensure integrity of writing process
I need a printed copy of your combined drafts for feedback purposes
You will not be graded on writing quality (fall) until after receiving feedback (spring)
This assignment is simply to print and bring
The library has free printing

Complete ALL writing in the attached GoogleDoc. DO NOT cut and paste writing from another document or website. Your writing will be inspected with a playback feature to ensure integrity. Writing not completed in the GoogleDoc will not be eligible for credit. You will have a chance to revise your work before your final submission. 

Remember, all writing is completed as an INDIVIDUAL. This is YOUR introduction to the experiment. A sample introduction is not attached to reduce risk of plagiarism. The PDF narrative instructions provide example introductions from different experiments, should you wish to view those.

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Components of the Introduction:

Stating the Question
What was the purpose of your experiment? The question should be scientific/empirical/testable. Reference your lab planning worksheet. It is fine to phrase it in a sentence using how instead of a true question.
Examples: The purpose of this investigation was to observe how increasing temperature affects enzyme rates. or How does increasing temperature affect the rate of enzymatic reactions?
Stating Hypotheses and Predictions
What did you expect to occur? Reference your lab planning worksheet.
Background Information
Include explanations for all terms and concepts relevant for understanding your investigation and why you made your initial prediction(s). 
Example 1 Experiment testing the effect of wavelengths of light on photosynthesis: basic explanation of photosynthesis, explanation of photosynthetic pigments and absorption spectra, basic explanation of visible light, connection between light absorption and photosynthetic rates
Example 2 Experiment testing the effect of temperature on cellular respiration: basic explanation of cell respiration, explanation of enzymatic structure, explanation of the effect of temperature on rates of reactions and protein structure, connection between cell respiration and enzymes
Knowledge that you have to seek a reference for should be cited. If you can explain the Light Reactions from your memory, you are welcome to leave it in your own words. If you need to reference your notes or the textbook to support your description, those need to be cited even though you rephrase the explanations in your own words. Lectures can be cited in text as (Pierson, 2024), the lab manual (CollegeBoard Lab Manual, 2011) and the textbook (Campbell, 2001).
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NOTE: Though the narrative explanation of the Introduction section uses first person "we/I/us," the norm in scientific writing is to not use first person. Try and avoid it, when possible.
Yes: In this study, the oxygen consumption of germinating peas was measured to investigate the relationship between cellular respiration and temperature. 
No: In this study, we measure the oxygen consumption of germinating peas to investigate the relationship between cellular respiration and temperature.

Due at the end of the next class period.

If absent on 11/22, watch the attached video BEFORE the next class period.

NO LINKED GENES


For 5.4, focus on jigsaw topics.

If absent, you can complete the packet using your textbook. Skip the "presenter problem" portion if absent.

NO LINKED GENES


For 5.4, focus on jigsaw topics.

If absent, see me for M&Ms and further instructions.

10 Multiple Choice

2 Short Free Response

Complete practice quiz in your CollegeBoard account.

Complete ALL writing in the attached GoogleDoc. DO NOT cut and paste writing from another document or website. Your writing will be inspected with a playback feature to ensure integrity. Writing not completed in the GoogleDoc will not be eligible for credit. You will have a chance to revise your work before your final submission. 

Remember, all writing is completed as an INDIVIDUAL. This is your interpretation of your group's results.

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Discussion section guiding questions:

What did you expect to find and why?

How did your actual results compare with the results you expected? Do the data support your hypothesis?
It is NORMAL for data to not support a hypothesis. Do not go back and edit your original prediction.
Describe specific data points that lead you to your conclusion of whether or not your hypothesis was supported. 
What are possible explanations for unexpected results?
If you believe your original assumptions were wrong, explain that here. For example, if you though green cellophane was emitting green light to spinach disks, explain how you now understand the cellophane to function.
If you believe there was an error in the experimental design or execution, address that here.
How could you test the explanations in a future experiment?
How could you improve the current experiment to account for flaws in this one?
Based on your results, what would be your next line of inquiry?
What future variables or treatment groups would you want to explore to deepen your understanding of photosynthesis/cell respiration?
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NOTE: Though these questions are asked of "you/your group," the norm in scientific writing is to not use first person. 
Yes: The prediction that spinach disks in green cellophane would rise the slowest was not supported by the data. 
No: We were incorrect in assuming the spinach disks in green cellophane would rise the slowest.

Complete practice quiz in your CollegeBoard aacount.

Open-note and taken on paper

Open-note and taken on paper.

Complete ALL writing in the attached GoogleDoc. DO NOT cut and paste writing from another document or website. Your writing will be inspected with a playback feature to ensure integrity. Writing not completed in the GoogleDoc will not be eligible for credit. You will have a chance to revise your work before your final submission. 

Draft due by the END of the period on Monday. 

Notes:
You MAY have the same figures (data tables and graphs) as your group. It is find to copy and paste these from a shared GoogleSheets.
Your description of the results must be your own INDIVIDUAL writing.
You are not analyzing your results yet- that is for the Discussion section. You are describing the data in narrative form.

Complete practice quiz in your CollegeBoard account.

Unit 3 is the only unit you need to directly study. Units 1 and 2 are background material that has been revisited throughout Unit 3.

25 Multiple Choice
2 SFRQ

90 Minutes

Complete ALL writing in the attached GoogleDoc. DO NOT cut and paste writing from another document or website. Your writing will be inspected with a playback feature to ensure integrity. Writing not completed in the GoogleDoc will not be eligible for credit. You will have a chance to revise your work before your final submission. 


For the methods, you may rephrase instructions from the lab manual if you cite the lab manual.

Draft due by the END of the period.

See me for a paper copy, if absent.

Will be collected at the END of your class period.

See me for a paper copy if absent.

See me for a paper copy if absent.

See me for a paper copy, if absent.

Will be collected at the END of your class period.

See me for a paper copy if absent.

See me for a paper copy if absent.

If absent, see me to pick up a paper copy.

Closed-Note
AP-Style Questions
20 MC Unit 2
5 MC Unit 1

See assignment in your CollegeBoard account.

See assignment in your CollegeBoard account.

Submit the following from the potato lab:

1) Your data table and graph.
2) Calculation of water potential of the potato cell with work shown. Can be a document or a handwritten photo.

See assignment in your CollegeBoard account.

Use this template to organize your data. This is sample data. Complete your calculations for your actual data.

See assignment in your CollegeBoard account.

formative
open-note (handwritten)
5 questions

You will receive a hard-copy of this packet from the sub. Complete it as best you can individually. The sub will collect it from you before the end of the period.

This quiz will be closed-note and AP format.

See note in stream.

To be completed in class on paper. Due by the end of the period.

This will be an open-note quiz. Notes must be handwritten.

To be completed in class on paper. Due by the end of the period.