To: AP Biology Students 2018-2019 From: Dr. Whaley

AP Biology Summer Assignment Parts I and II are Both Due First Day of Class

It is important to set goals when studying AP Biology. The goal of this summer assignment is to introduce you to the great adventure of Biology. Science is a way of knowing. When studying science, we know by doing. Therefore to prepare for AP Biology you will be doing biology this summer! Part I: Life on Earth by E.O. Wilson Due first day of class You will download Unit 7 of the FREE iBook by Edward O. Wilson entitled Life on Earth. Requirements: To view this book, you must have an iPad with iBooks 2 or later and iOS 5 or later, or an iPhone with iOS 8.4 or later, or a Mac with OS X 10.9 or later. Note that there are 7 separate units of Life on Earth. Instructions for downloading Life on Earth ~ Remember it is FREE. Go to the iBooks Store and type in “Life on Earth” into the search window. See below.

You only need to download Unit 7: A Guided Tour of Ecosystems. It includes five chapters.

Unit 7: A Guided Tour of Ecosystems Chapter 37 ~ Introduction to Ecology Chapter 38 ~ Behavior and Ecology Chapter 39 ~ Population Ecology Chapter 40 ~ Ecosystems Chapter 41 ~ Conservation Ecology As you read each chapter, enjoy the colorful photographs and be sure to click on every video, animation, and link that is available to reinforce each concept. At the end of each chapter there are two sets of review questions. As you complete each chapter and each set of review questions, record your scores on the sheet attached at the very end of this handout. If you “try over” or “start again”, then record your second score as well. Project Based Learning Notice that at the end of each chapter there is a Project Based Learning application of the biological concepts presented. You will perform ONE project. You will choose either: Field Observation from Chapter 38

• your final report should look similar to the sample data shown on page 87 • include information on location, weather, date, time, activity, and notes • write a summary paragraph to conclude your report

OR… Ecological Survey from Chapter 39

• choose your location; it does not have to be an intertidal zone • your final report should look like the sample data shown on page 118 • include information on location, date, time, abiotic and biotic factors • write a summary paragraph to conclude your report

IF YOU DO NOT OWN AN iPHONE, iPAD, OR MAC COMPUTER, YOU CAN STILL COMPLETE THIS ASSIGNMENT. At the end of this document you will find the pages from Life on Earth that describe the two Project Based Learning choices. In order to gain background on the concepts presented in Unit 7 of Life on Earth, you will need to watch several “Bozeman Science” videos before choosing a project to complete. Bozeman Science Videos: Log onto the website http://www.bozemanscience.com/ap-biology Scroll down to the category, Big Idea 4 System. You will need to watch the following videos to replace the experience of exploring the EO Wilson’s Life on Earth iBook. 046-Communities 047-Ecosystems 049-Cooperative Interactions 050-Populations 051-Ecosystem Changes 055-Biodiversity PLEASE NOTE: Downloading the FREE iBook Life on Earth by EO Wilson is the preferred material needed to complete Part I of the summer assignment. We will continue to download and explore Units 1 – 6 throughout the school year.

Part II: Design Your Own Lab: Transpiration in Plants Due first day of class Scientific inquiry is an important part of every science class. It involves much more than simply following the “scientific method”. Your ability to ask a scientific question based on observations and background information, to state and test a hypothesis, to carry out an investigation, and to analyze the results shows that you are mastering the process of inquiry. The AP Biology course integrates scientific inquiry within the framework of Four Big Ideas: Evolution, Energy, Information and Interactions. In this assignment, you will design and carry out an investigation to study transpiration in plants, a topic that we will study further as we explore “Interactions”.

1. Watch the following Bozeman Science Videos to review/learn background information on the structure of the water molecule and the process of transpiration in plants: http://www.bozemanscience.com/water-a-polar-molecule http://www.bozemanscience.com/ap-bio-lab-9-transpiration

2. Design an experiment to answer the question, “What environmental factors affect the rate of transpiration in plants?”

3. Things you will need to do… • understand transpiration • decide on which environmental variable you will study (temperature, light,

humidity, pH, etc.) • state the hypothesis with a justification (If…then…because…) • design the experiment (independent variable, dependent variable, control,

constants, multiple trials, averages) • gather lab materials • prepare to use the “whole plant method” as described below • set up the experiment (take photos of you with your plants) • collect data (include a data table) • analyze the results (include a graph) • write a conclusion

4. Whole Plant Method ~ Procedure

5. Data Collection…

• Take photos of you with your experimental set-up. • Determine the mass of each plant and then its mass for several days under

your environmental condition. Since transpiration is a measure of water loss, you can assume that loss of mass is due to loss of water indicating that transpiration has occurred.

• Average the data from multiple plants and/or trials. • Report your data in a table and a graph made on graph paper or using a

computer.

6. Lab Report ~ Your typed lab report should include…

• Title: include the common name AND the scientific name of the plant • Brief introduction: what was the purpose of the experiment? • Experimental design: hypothesis with justification, independent variable,

dependent variable, control, constants, trials • Results: data table, graph, pictures of experiment • Conclusion/Discussion: revisit the hypothesis, explain results, sources of

error, next steps

LIFE ON EARTH Unit 7: A Guided Tour of Ecosystems

Review Questions Recording Sheet

Chapter Score 1 Re-Score

Chapter 37

37.1

/8

/8

37.2

/7

/7

Chapter 38

38.1

/10

/10

38.2

/5

/5

Chapter 39

39.1

/10

/10

39.2

/5

/5

Chapter 40

40.1

/8

/8

40.2

/7

/7

Chapter 41

41.1

/7

/7

41.2

/6

/6