AP Biology Summer Assignment 2017-2018

Ms. McKenna’s classes I am so excited that you have decided to take AP Biology next year. AP Bio is a very rigorous course designed to introduce you to the most fascinating and useful science around…Biology. This is, of course, my humble opinion! Due to the large amount of material that we need to cover during the year, it is unfortunately necessary for you to have a summer assignment.

I want to note right now, on the onset of your AP journey, you will get out of this class what you put into it. Students who have performed successfully on the AP exam (earned a 4 or a 5) WORKED STEADILY THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND THE SCHOOL YEAR. They work independently both inside and outside of the class room. Although I do not assign homework frequently, I am expecting that you spend a short period of time each night (20 to 30 minutes) studying or reviewing the concepts we covered that day. To help you with this, I suggest that you purchase an AP Biology prep book. Any of the well-known books (Cliff, Princeton Review, Barron’s) will help you study the day’s topic, just be sure that you purchase a book from 2012-2013 or later as the AP curriculum changed at that time!

The course is designed to be equivalent to an introductory Biology course usually taken in the first year of college. I hope it will be rewarding. I know it will be challenging. Throughout the course, you will become familiar with major recurring themes that show up throughout all of the topics and materials covered. The major themes are:

I. Science as a Process II. Evolution III. Energy Transfer IV. Continuity and Change V. Relationship of Structure and Function VI. Regulation VII. Interdependence in Nature VIII. Science, Technology, and Society

Before this school year (2016-2017) ends, you need to see me in the Multipurpose Science Room (125) so I can give you a book. At that time, I will ask you for your email address as this is one way I like to communicate with the class. My email is dmckenna@sboe.org. Feel free to contact me during the summer. I promise to get back to you ASAP. I do have some vacation planned, so if you email me during those weeks, I may not get back to you until the next week.

The summer assignments will count towards your first marking period grade. The assignments have different due dates and I can’t stress enough how important it is to meet the due dates. Any assignment that is to be emailed should be sent to sboe.us! Feel free to use any resources out there, including friends (family), but please make sure that you answer the questions in your OWN words. I do not want to see identical work from any two students.

And now, just what you have been waiting for….the assignments:

2. STUDENT INFORMATION SHEET – Due on or before 6/22/2017 (this June 22nd!)

Fill out the attached sheet. It is a brief survey about an easy topic…you. I want to know you before we even start the course in September. This counts as a class participation grade. I want this page printed out and hand written!!!! Another thing I want to stress…please follow directions!

Secaucus High School

Ms. D. McKenna dmckenna@sboe.us

Student Information Sheet Due On or BEFORE Thursday, June 22nd

Name: ___________________________________ Grade Level (2017-2018 school year): ____

E-mail Address: ________________________________________

1. Why did you sign up for AP Biology? 2. What are your personal strengths when it comes to learning new material? 3. What causes you to struggle in a course? 4. What is the most effective way for you to prepare for a test? 5. What are your plans after you graduate from SHS? 6. How many other AP courses are you enrolled in this (2017-2018) school year? Tell me which

ones!

3. GETTING YOUR NOTES READY FOR SEPTEMBER– due first day of class

I find that many students are visual learners. This means that they learn by seeing graphs, charts, or graphics. I love the Miller & Levine book that you used previously in your Biology class. The table below lists the figures that I want you to draw. This way you have them when we go over that topic in class. Although simpler than a college text, the basics are nicely demonstrated in Miller & Levine. We will obviously add to this info when we reach the unit in AP. Each figure should be on its own piece of 8x11 white paper. Write the title and explanation next to each figure. Some figures are easy and could be done in 5 minutes. Others are a little more detailed. For each, take your time and think about what you are drawing. Hopefully some memories will come back to you. Feel free to read the section in the text and take additional notes on the figure. Remember, the more work you put in, the better prepared you will be in class when we go over the information. This will count as a test grade as well. Page Figure Number Description 46 - 48 2-14 thru 2-17 Carbohydrates, Lipids, Nucleic Acids, and Amino Acids

161 6-8 Biological Magnification

201 7-11 Making Proteins

204 7-13 Cell Membrane

211 7-18 Effects of Osmosis

212 7-19 Active Transport

226 8-1 ATP Molecule

231 8-5 Chloroplast (right most picture only)

233 8-7 Photosynthesis

237 & 238 8-10 & 8-11 Light Dependent Reactions & Light Independent Reactions

252 9-2 Overall Cell Respiration

255 9-4 Glycolysis

257 9-5 Krebs Cycle

259 9-6 ETC

260 9-7 The Totals

263 9-8 Fermentation

281 10-7 Cell Cycle

285 10-13 Mitosis

314 11-7 Segregation and Probability

317 11-9 & 11-10 Two Factor Crosses

324 & 325 11-15 & 11-16 Meiosis I & Meiosis II

351 12-8 DNA replication

363 13-2 RNA Types

364 13-3 Transcription

365 13-4 Introns & Exons

368 & 369 13-7 Translation

373 13-11 Mutations

374 13-12 Chromosomal Mutations

378 13-16 Lac Repressor

379 13-17 Tata Box

424 15-8 Recombinant DNA

425 15-10 Plasmid DNA / Transformation

468 16-14 Homologous Limb Bones

483 17-2 Alleles in a population

489 17-7 Selection

4. DIGITAL SCAVENGER HUNT – Due FIRST day of class, not the second or third day.

I am hoping this will be a fun assignment. I credit Mr. Greg Boyer of Spokane Schools for the idea! By participating in this hunt, you will become familiar with terms that we will be using in class throughout the year. Here are the assignment’s directions:

DIGITAL SCAVENGER HUNT - Chose 20 terms from the list provided. You are to find the term in nature and take a digital picture of the item with a camera/ phone. Then explain the picture. You must upload your pictures into a document (Word or PowerPoint). You should email me the presentation by July 21st. This counts as a test grade.

Here are some examples/details of what I am expecting:

If your term is an internal part of an organism, I do not expect you to dissect a sibling or friend for the picture. Take a picture related to your term and explain how the picture relates to your term. Here if your term is neuron, you would describe a neuron (a nerve cell)- the basic unit of the nervous system with a structure that allows it to conduct electrical signals across its cell membrane. Then you would explain that you took a picture of a person’s head because their brain is inside the head and there are lots of neurons in a person’s brain.

Radial Symmetry – Characterizing a body shaped like a pie or pizza. Many equal parts radiate out from a center, like the spokes on a wheel. This type of symmetry is present in cnidarians and echinoderms. The term can also refer to flower structure.

Original Photos Only: You cannot (repeat CANNOT) use images from the web or any publication. You have to have taken the picture yourself and you have to prove that you took the picture. You MUST place something personal in the picture as proof- take a small piece of paper or a coin (quarter) and sharpie marker your initials onto the paper or coin. Place the item in your pic! NO ITEM = NO CREDIT.

Natural Items Only: You can use one specimen for more than one term but they all must be from nature. Look around your backyard, downtown, or while you are on vacation.

Team Work: You can work with other students to complete the project (this can be helpful when you need to take a picture), but each student must turn in his or her own project with a unique set of terms. There are a lot of choices. Probability says that there is a very small chance that any two students will have most of the same 20 terms chosen!

DIGITAL SCAVENGER HUNT TERMS

achondroplasia deuterostome mesophyll

actin dihybrid metastasis

adaptation of a plant diploid chromosome number molecules

adaptation of an animal diversity multiple alleles

adaptive radiation ecosystem mutualism

adhesion ectotherm myosin

aerobic enantiomers natural selection

allele endergonic reaction negative feedback

alloseric regulation endotherm niche

amphipathic molecule enzyme noncompetitive inhibition

amylase epistasis noncyclic electron flow

anabolic epithelial tissue nucleoid

anaerobic eubacteria nucleotide

animal that has a segmented body eukaryote organelles

archaebacteria exergonic reaction P generation

autophagy exocytosis parasite

autosomes exoskeleton peptide bond

autotroph extracellular matrix peroxisome

Batesian mimicry F1 generation phagocytosis

biological magnification F2 generation phospholipid

biosphere fermentation photophosphorylation

buffer gametophyte pinocytosis

C3 plants genetically modified organism plasmodesmata

C4 plant genome pleiotropy

Calvin cycle geometric isomers pollen

CAM plants glycogen positive feedback

carbohydrate glycosidic linkage producer

carbon fixation haploid chromosome number prokaryote

catabolic hybridization protostome

cellulose heterotrophs pseudopodia

chaperonins heterozygous purine

chitin homologous chromosomes pyrimidine

chloroplast homozygous renaturation

codominance hormones rubisco

coelomate hydrocarbon saturated fatty acid

cohesion hydrogen bonding sickle-cell disease

commensalism hydrolysis spore

competitive inhibition incomplete dominance stroma

complete dominance ionic bonding structural isomers

connective tissue isotope surface tension

covalent bonding keratin tonicity

cyclic electron flow kinetochore transduction

cyclin-dependent kinases lichen true-breeding

cystic fibrosis ligand unicellular organism

dehydration reaction lipid used for energy storage unsaturated fatty acid

denaturation meristem van der Waals interactions

AP Biology Ms. McKenna’s Class Ground Rules 2017-2018

Believe it or not, each year your teachers learn from their classes. I take what I learned and then I change the next year’s class. So, I have some new ground rules for my AP class this year. I want you to be fully aware of the changes I am making in my classroom.

I follow NJCTL’s AP Biology curriculum. I know you know how to get onto their site. If you don’t know about NJCTL, please see me. I have taken their Smart Notebook files and re-written each and every slide into a PowerPoint slide. I will post my PowerPoint presentations on my Google Classroom. I will be reviewing them this summer (2016) to try to stream line them and hope to post them as I finish each unit.

Tests – Tests will be given during class and are always announced at least two days in advance. My tests are based off of the NJCTL’s material available to teachers. Typically they have 15 to 20 multiple choice, 1 or 2 quantitative problems, and 1 or 2 open ended problems. The open ended questions may have multiple parts. In the past I have allowed students to correct their tests for up to half credit back and that will continue. Here are the details:

I allow all multiple choice questions to be corrected, but the corrections will be done AFTER/BEFORE SCHOOL or at lunch. Correction days will be discussed after the test is taken. You will be allowed to use your PRINTED notes or any other AP Biology reference book to help you get the correct answer. You will document where you found the correct answer (slide number, book/page number). Cell phones will NOT be permitted to be used for test corrections. One date/time will be agreed to by everyone in class for this correction opportunity. You will also be able to correct the quantitative problem. All work must be shown. Open ended questions are not ‘correctible’ but I will have an additional open ended extra credit question for you to work on during test corrections. I take absenteeism very seriously. If you are not in class, you are not being introduced to the material. And if you are absent on a test day, you have additional time to study that the rest of the class did not get. Therefore, if you are absent on test day, you will not be allowed to participate in the open ended extra credit opportunity. Also note that make up tests are usually different than the test that the class took.

Exams – midterm and final count in 2nd and 4th marking period as two tests.

Quizzes – are typically unannounced but open notes. Open notes does not mean using your cell phone to open the notes on my site or the NJCTL site.

If you do not have your notes, you will not be able to use your cell phone to view the notes. I expect that you are taking notes in class or are printing out my PowerPoint presentation. Also, students will not share their notes with their neighbors.

Cell Phones – are not to be used in class unless we are looking something up. Please keep them in your bag or pocket. If you are looking at a cell phone, you are not listening to me!

Labs – yes, we have labs. Each write up is different and will be determined when we do the lab.

Grades – I use the point system. Tests are usually 80-100 points, quizzes around 20-30 points, labs range from 40-70 points. All points noted here are approximate.