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AP Biology:
Making the Transition to the
New Curriculum Framework
Fred and Theresa Holtzclaw
Webb School of Knoxville
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I. How will this change . . .WHAT you teach?
The BIG IDEAS
From AP Biology: A Summary of Course Revisions
Enduring Understandings
From AP Biology: A Summary of Course Revisions
Essential Knowledge
From AP Biology: A Summary of Course Revisions
From AP Biology: A Summary of Course Revisions
Getting to the LEARNING OBJECTIVES
155 Learning Objectives . . .
From AP Biology: A Summary of Course Revisions
How will this change . . .WHAT you teach?
From AP Biology: A Summary of Course Revisions
Where do you find information?
Go to “Advances in AP”
advancesinap.collegeboard.org
(Google “Advances in AP”)
Can connect to Campbell
Resources from here
From AP Biology: Textbook Correlations
Illustrative examples will draw from many sections of the textbook.
Ideas for developing your own new course . . .
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4 Big Ideas
92 page Curriculum Framework
155 Learning Objectives
Don’t forget the Illustrative Examples for richness!
See our Summary Outline.
Organizes the C.F. topics into a 4-page outline (in your packet
today)
Shows where they are found in Campbell Biology
Do this for your textbook
Highlight your Table of Contents
Packet includes first 4
pages as a sample—see
Campbell website for
entire TOC
Packet includes
first 4 pages as
a sample—see
Campbell
website for
entire TOC
Add your selection of
Illustrative Examples
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Now, you are ready to see what you will teach
in the new course
Can continue to use current sequence of topics
You will still teach much the same content: cell
biology, respiration/photosynthesis, DNA/RNA,
genetics
Incorporate science practices in your activities
D. Incorporating Science Practices into your
course
Figure 41.4
Richard Smithells “Possible prevention of neural-tube defects by
periconceptional vitamin supplementation, Lancet 1980
How will this change . . .LABS?
Help for the new labs . . .
Your own ideas
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Take existing labs to Guided Inquiry
Select a system
Teach a technique for gathering data
Give a limited number of testable
options
Present results with MiniPosters
(Brad Williamson)
Enzyme Lab Suggestion
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Reaction Chamber
Ideas
Effect of Concentration of Enzyme on Catalase Activity
Devise a plan to prepare 4 concentrations of enzyme. Include a control.
Discuss your plan with your teacher.
Prepare a data chart.
Hypothesis:
Effect of Concentration of substrate on Catalase Activity
Devise a plan to prepare 4 concentrations of substrate. Include a control. The stock solution of hydrogen
peroxide is 3%.
Discuss your plan with your teacher.
Prepare a data chart.
Hypothesis:
Effect of Temperature on Catalase Activity
Devise a plan to prepare look at the action of catalase at 4 temperatures. The room temperature reaction
will serve as your control.
Discuss your plan with your teacher.
Prepare a data chart.
Hypothesis:
Effect of pH on Catalase Activity
Devise a plan to prepare look at the action of catalase at pH 6, 7, 8 and 12. Test the pH of the original
experiment. This will serve as your control.
Discuss your plan with your teacher.
Prepare a data chart.
Hypothesis:
Help for the new labs . . .
from College Board
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The student and teacher editions of our new,
innovative lab manual, AP Biology Investigative
Labs: An Inquiry-Based Approach, will be
available online January 2012.
To implement inquiry-based investigation,
teachers can choose to either update their
existing labs or use our manual.
It is unlikely that schools will need to make
significant investments in new equipment for
this purpose.
To preview the labs in our new manual, download
AP Biology Investigative Labs: An Overview.
Help for the new labs . . .
from Carolina Biological
See their website for kits designed just for the new
Curriculum Framework.
We have used and like: Photosynthesis, Respiration, and
Transpiration. These are Guided Inquiry variations on the
“old” labs.
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How will this change . . .the Exam?
63 MC + 6 Grid-in
2 multi-part questions
6 short questions
Go to the
9e Campbell
Biology test
bank for
data sets
that you can
use to
develop
questions
appropriate
for the new
course.
Here are
some ideas
for
cladograms.
The Mastering Biology site is being revised so that you will be
able to pull down any of the 155 objectives, and see what
activities you might use to teach and reinforce these concepts.