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AP Summer Reading 2010 |
AP Biology Summer Assignment 2010
AP Biology requires a lot of reading and retaining massive amounts of information. You will do better if you read along and keep up with the information and not resort to cramming. Our first test is a five chapter test (chapters 1-5). You will learn quickly that it is to your advantage to keep up!
For this class, you will need some type of binder to keep your notes in. You will also need a composition book (NOT ringed-notebooks) to write lab reports in. You can check the syllabus online at my web page. Tests count 60%, CD quizzes 15%, and labs/activities 25%. You have one drop grade on the CD Quizzes. At some point you need to purchase or borrow an AP Bio Review Guide to prepare for the AP Bio exam.
You can access the book and all CD activities on line. Follow the directions below.
Go to www.pearsonschool.com/access and select Campbell Biology 8e AP Edition, and choose student registration. Agree to the terms of service. Then it will ask if you have an account, click "no" and make up a user account (usually your email) and a password. Then enter ONE of the codes below in the boxes provided.
SSNAST – GIGLI – MELIC – BAJAN – SHAWM – GENES
SSNAST – STANK – MELIC – BAJAN – BUSBY - VEXES
At that point, you should be ready to go. If that does not work, log in as ID csapbio with password password1.
Once you have succeeded with the log-in, go to Chapter 1. Notice that there is an overview, concept sections, activities, investigations, and videos.
On the left side are links to different things, including the “ebook”. Notice there is also a cumulative test that you can build yourself and take with answers.
At the bottom is a self-quiz, activities quiz, and practice quizzes. There are also word study tools.
If you have trouble, please send a communication email to phwebaccess@pearsoned.com. or email me at charlotte.smith@ccboe.net.
Your assignments:
1. READ chapter one, noticing the highlighted words. You should be familiar with everything in the chapter. Take notes if you need to. Do all of the activities. Take all of the quizzes and check your knowledge with a cumulative test. Our first CD quiz will be the day you return to school.
Read the information about graphing. Be able to distinguish between a line plot, scatter plot, and bar graph and when you use each of those types of graphs. Answer the questions and see how you do. If you miss some, go back and review the types of graphs again.
This chapter is an introduction to the important concepts in biology as well as reviewing the scientific method and the nature of science. For some of you, this will be a review. For others, you may have forgotten a lot of this information and now is a good time to go back and reacquaint yourself with these very important basic concepts of biology.
2. Your first lab report. Go to the following URL:
http://www.jdenuno.com/APBiology/Labs/LeafLab.doc
This is basically how we organize our lab reports. In your composition book, on ONE side of the paper only, rewrite those sections. When you come to the results, include your data chart and your graphs. You may cut out graphs and paste them in your lab notebook. You can either use graph paper or download a graph from the internet. When you come to the question section, either write out the questions and then give the answers or write your answers in complete sentences that reflect what the question was asking. You can OMIT questions 1, 5, and 10. Also, you do not have to do the Reflection section. Place your 20 leaves in a baggie and stick them in your notebook.
3. Summer Book Report Purchase the book: Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin. Refer to the questions below. As you read the book, highlight passages that will help you to answer the questions, using specific examples when applicable. Questions/answers are to be in a word document in complete sentences.
1. Geneticist Theodosius Dobzhansky (1900-1975), claimed that “nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution”. According to this statement, why should we care about evolution? Why is it important? How would Shubin respond to this quote?
2. What does it mean to be human? Did your concept change after reading the book?
3. In what way do scientific explanations differ from other ways of knowing? What makes evolutionary biology a science, not a belief?
4. What insights do we gain when we integrate molecular and fossil data?
5. Discuss four parallels between fish and humans that Shubin discussed in his book.
6. Can we look to examples in the natural world to inform our conceptions of what is "normal" or ethical human behavior?
7. Do you think the author is anthropocentric? Explain.
8. Overall, how did you like the book?
SO…Have a great relaxing summer because AP Bio is a strenuous subject. Have your summer assignments ready for the first day back August 9th……CD Quiz Chapter 1, lab report on measurement of leaves, and book report questions/answers. I am looking forward to a great year!
Mrs. Smith (charlotte.smith@ccboe.net)
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