Transcript NABT 2012 DALLAS How to Help Your Students Succeed in AP Biology Fred and Theresa Holtzclaw Webb School of Knoxville [email protected] or [email protected].

NABT 2012
DALLAS
How to Help Your
Students Succeed in
AP Biology
Fred and Theresa Holtzclaw
Webb School of Knoxville
[email protected] or
[email protected]
From AP Biology: A Summary of Course Revisions
I. What Content Will You Teach?
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4 Big Ideas
91 page Curriculum Framework
153 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
Add your OWN 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
Notice that you will still teach much the same:
cell biology, respiration/photosynthesis,
DNA/RNA, genetics
Incorporate science practices in your activities
Some new help from Pearson . . .
II.How Can You Incorporate Science Practices?
Getting to the LEARNING OBJECTIVES
153 Learning Objectives . . .
From AP Biology: A Summary of Course Revisions
Figure 41.4
Richard Smithells “Possible prevention of neural-tube defects by
periconceptional vitamin supplementation, Lancet 1980
III. What Will Your Labs Look Like?
The Levels of Inquiry
Level of Inquiry
Question?
Procedure?
Solution?
1 – Confirmation
Provided
Provided
Provided
2 – Structured
Provided
Provided
Student
generated
3 – Guided
Provided
Student
generated
Student
generated
Student
generated
Student
generated
Student
generated
4 – Open
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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)
Miniposters
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Enzyme Lab as Guided Inquiry
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:
V. Be Ready on Exam Day
Know the format of the exam
Section Information:
Item Types & Weight
Multiple Choice + Grid-ins
(50% of exam weight)
Question Types and Distribution
63 multiple choice
6 grid-in questions
(New type: mathematical
manipulation/calculation. Students will
write and bubble in numerated answer.)
Timing
90m
Five Minutes Required Reading Time in Advance of the Free-Response Section
Free Response
(50% of exam weight)
2 multi-part questions, 1 of which
connects to the lab experience
(25% of exam weight)
6 single-part questions
80 minutes + 10minute reading
period
CONCEPT GENERALIZATION:
GLYCOLYSIS
cytoplasm
 substrate level
phosphorylation
 NAD+
 NADH
 oxidize
 reduce
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glucose
 oxygen
 pyruvate
 2ATP
 4ATP
 net ATP production
 enzymes
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