Welcome to AP Biology with Ms. Poole

Get the papers from the front of the class!

The Name Game

• Get up from your seat and find someone else in the room. Tell them your name and give them an explanation about where you name came from– Where you named after a family member?

Celebrity?– Do you like your name? – If not, what would you rather be called?– If so, why do you like it?

Introductions

• Graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Enjoy cooking, yoga, teaching, biology, and research

Grading System

• Homework/Classwork: 50%• Participation: 10%• Assessments: 40%

Jupiter Grades

Classroom Expectations

• We will respect each other, ourselves, and our classroom

• This means…– No food or drink in the

classroom– No talking while others are

speaking– No distracting behaviors during

class

Consequences and Rewards

• 1st offense: Warning• 2nd offense: Detention• 3rd offense: Referral

My Classroom Philosophy

• RESPECT!

• I respect each of you for all that you do every day and I expect respect from you for what I do

• I also expect that you respect each other

Entering Class

• As you enter class you will pick up all necessary papers on the front table

• You will then turn in any assignments to the box at the front of the classroom. – If it isn’t turn in to the box the first

minute of class it is marked late

• Next, begin working on your warm-up even if it is before the bell has rung

During Class

• There will be no use of electronic devices during class.

• I see it ….– Once- I hold on to your device

until the end of class– Twice- I hold on to your device

and return it to your dean– More than twice- I arrange with

your parents for you to check your phone in and out of my classroom

Leaving Class

• Clean up any class materials and turn in any assignments to the box

• Write down your homework assignments in your planner

Tardiness

• You are considered tardy if you are not across the threshold of the door by the time the bell stops ringing.

• If you are tardy, you are not permitted to enter the classroom without a note (no matter what your story is)

About the Exam

• There are four main ideas we will focus on in this class– The process of evolution drives the diversity and unity of

life.– Biological systems utilize free energy and molecular

building block to grow, reproduce and maintain dynamic homeostasis.

– Living systems store, retrieve, transmit and respond to information essential to life processes.

– Biological systems interact. These systems and their interactions possess complex properties.

About the Exam

• There is an emphasis on science practices

• What would be an example of a science practice?

Science Practices• The student can use representations and models to communicate

scientific phenomena and solve scientific problems.• The student can use mathematics appropriately.• The student can engage in scientific questioning to extend thinking or

guide investigations within the context of the AP course• The student can plant and implement data collection strategies

appropriate to a particular scientific question• The student can perform data analysis and evaluation of evidence• The student can work with scientific explanations and theories• The student is able to connect and relate knowledge across various

scales, concepts and representations in and across domains.

Statistics

• There is an emphasis on statistics and math on the exam.

• What are some statistical tools we may use in biology??

Statistics

• We will focus on:– Standard deviation– Standard error of the mean– Chi squared analysis– T-tests– Average– Graphical analysis– Lines of best fit– Extrapolating and interpolating graphical data

Preparation for the Exam• Daily warm-ups• Unit Exams• Labs• ‘Strive for Five Book’• In class modeling activities• Statistics practice• Data analysis practice• Graphing practice• Test taking strategies• Saturday review sessions• After school review sessions• Self-Study• Mock Exam

HIGHLY Suggested Book

• ‘Strive for Five Principals of Life Science’– ISBN: 1429298499 / ISBN-13: 9781429298490

– By Franklin Bell and John Lepri

– ~$30 from Amazon

2016 AP Biology Exam

• May 9th at 8AM

• 64 multiple-choice questions, 6 math questions, 2 long FRQs, 6 short FRQs

Where can I get help?

• During STEP every day

• After school on Tuesdays and Thursdays

• Or EMAIL me anytime!

Class Website

• mspoolebiology.com

• This will be your LIFELINE this year

Remind 101

• Text this number: 81010

• With this message: @pooleapbio

FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM!!!

• @mspoolebiology

Biology Dream Boards• You will create a ‘dream’ board for each of the 4 main ideas in

AP biology based on your prior knowledge

1. The process of evolution drives the diversity and unity of life.2. Biological systems utilize free energy and molecular building block to grow, reproduce and maintain dynamic homeostasis.3. Living systems store, retrieve, transmit and respond to information essential to life processes.4. Biological systems interact. These systems and their interactions possess complex properties.