Distance Learning Schedule for AP Biology, Semester 1:
Congratulations on signing up for AP Biology! 
AP Biology is a challenging class that will allow you to take the knowledge you learned in Honors Biology and delve deeper.  This class will empower you with the knowledge needed to be able to form connections between other areas of scientific study, as well as connections between biology units and the role evolution plays in these connections. This class will serve as a fundamental core set of knowledge for students thinking to study medicine, biology, bioengineering, and many other avenues of study, as well as allowing you to be able to interpret personal medical information for you and your family in the future. 

AP Biology has a large and challenging curriculum that is going to require your commitment of time and effort.  This year will be a challenge for all of us- you and me both!  I will be providing you with all of the tools you need to succeed, but you will have to give your very best effort to do your own work with care and diligence, to the best of your ability and with integrity, and when you struggle, you must reach out to me personally so that I may help you succeed!   The AP Exam is in May, and with the ever-changing situation that COVID-19 presents, we have no way of knowing what that test will look like.  It will be very important that you commit yourself to memorizing and forming deep understandings of the material now and throughout this year.  If you rely on Google for answers on checks for understanding, rather than your own brain, you will find that, come May, you have not equipped yourself with the arsenal of information needed to be successful on the test when Google is not at your fingertips.   You can do it! I believe in you! :)

Because of the large curriculum for AP Biology, it will be expected that on the days that you do not have AP Biology class, you are completing the prepared "Asynchronous" lesson.   Live Zoom meetings will take the entire 2 hours and will either have a 15 min break in between each hour.  We will be using all this time. You must attend the zoom lessons to be prepared for this class. 
Materials to Buy for AP Bio:

​Materials to buy for AP Biology: 
  1. 3-subject Spiral notebook (or larger)
  2. Pens and Pencils-- colored pens may be useful to you when taking notes
  3. Highlighters- at least 2-3 colors
  4. (for lab) Seeds or Dried Beans- For our first lab. You will need at least 40.  Beans sold in bags for cooking would work fine! (example)  Or any leftover garden seeds work too- you just need 40! 
  5. (for lab) 4 plastic bags (Ziploc-style) or 4 of the same sized tupperware
  6. (for lab) Standard size (1.69oz) bag of Milk Chocolate M&Ms (Can't be fun size OR larger size) (don't open it before we do the lab!) 
  7. Colored pencils may be helpful if we are able to distribute lab packets later in the quarter.