How to Help Your Students Succeed in AP Biology

Fred and Theresa Holtzclaw

Webb School of Knoxville

Theresa_Holtzclaw@webbschool.org or Fred_Holtzclaw@webbschool.org

NABT 2012

DALLAS

From AP Biology: A Summary of Course Revisions

I. What Content Will You Teach? 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 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

4 – Open Student generated

Student generated

Student generated10

Help for the new labs . . . Your own ideas Take existing labs to Guided Inquiry

1. Select a system2. Teach a technique for gathering

data3. Give a limited number of testable

options4. Present results with MiniPosters

(Brad Williamson)

Miniposters

Enzyme Lab as Guided Inquiry Reaction Chamber Ideas

Effect of Concentration of Enzyme on Catalase ActivityDevise 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 ActivityDevise 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 ActivityDevise 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 ActivityDevise 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 DayKnow the format of the exam

CONCEPT GENERALIZATION:GLYCOLYSIS cytoplasm substrate level

phosphorylation NAD+ NADH oxidize reduce

glucose oxygen pyruvate 2ATP 4ATP net ATP

production enzymes