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LISD AP Biology Year at a Glance
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Grading PeriodSemster 1Semester 2
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First CycleSecond CycleThird CycleFourth CycleFifth Cycle/Sixth Cycle
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ESSENTIAL UNITS OF STUDYUnit 1Unit 2Unit 3Unit 4Unit 5Unit 6Unit 7Unit 8AP EXAM REVIEW
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CONTENT TOPICS1.1 Structure of Water and Hydrogen Bonding2.1 Cell Structure: subcellular Components3.1 Enzyme Structure4.1 Cell Communication5.1 Meiosis6.1 DNA and RNA Natural Selection7.1 Introduction to Natural Selection8.1 Responses to the Environment
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1.2 Elements of Life2.2 Cell Structure and Function3.2 Enzyme Catalysis4.2 Introduction to Signal Transduction5.2 Meiosis and Genetic Diversity6.2 Replication7.2 Natural Selection8.2 Energy Flow through Ecosystem
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1.3/1.4 Properties of Biological Macromolecules2.3 Cell Size3.3 Environmental Impacts on Enzyme Function4.3 Signal Transduction5.3 Mendelian Genetics6.3 Transcription and RNA Processing7.3 Artificial Selection8.3 Population Ecology
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1.5 Structure and Function of Biological Molecules2.4 Plasma Membrane3.4 Cellular Energy4.4 Changes in Signal Transduction5.4 Non-Mendelian Genetics6.4 Translation7.4 Population Genetics8.4 Effect of Density of Populations
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1.6 Nucleic Acids2.5 Membrane Permeability3.5 Photosynthesis4.5 Feedback5.5 Environmental Effects on Phenotype6.5 Regulation of Gene Expression7.5 Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium8.5 Community Ecology
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2.6 Membrane Transport3.6 Cellular Respiration4.6 Cell Cycle5.6 Chromosomal Inheritance6.6 Gene Expression and Cell Specialization7.6 Evidence of Evolution8.6 Biodiversity
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2.7 Facilitated Diffusion3.7 Fitness4.7 Regulation of Cell Cycle6.7 Mutations7.7 Common Ancestry8.7 Disruptions to Ecosystems
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2.8 Tonicity and Osmoregulation6.8 Biotechnology7.8 Continuing Evolution
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2.9 Mechanisms of Transport7.9 Phylogeny
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2.10 Cell Comparmentalization7.10 Speciation
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2.11 Origins of Cell Compartmentalization7.11 Extinction
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7.12 Variations in Populations
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7.13 Origins of Life
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Labs & ActivitesExperimental Design LabWater Potential + Diffusion/Osmosis with Potato Core LabSinkers and FloatersOnion Root Tip LabPedigree Mini-ProjectGel ElectrophoresisOrgins of Life LabAnimal Behavior
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Chi-Sqaure with SkittlesOrganelle Mini-Poster /Speed DatingYeast Ceullar Respiration LabModeling Cell Signaling with DominoesFruit Fly Genetics LabBacterial TransformationHardy-Weinberg LabTranspiration Lab
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Bubble LabPhotosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Flow ChartsMendelian Corn GeneticsGenes and ConsequencesRock Pocket Mouse LabEnergy Dynamics Lab
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Enzyme LabBlood Typing Activity
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