AP Biology Semester 2

General Information

Go to the lab guide sheet pages for better information. I am making a hybrid guide sheet that blends this Virtual Lab Information document with the lab manual.

Reading Guides for Semester 2

The AP Biology test is scheduled for Monday, May 5, 2025, at 8 am.

Things Ms. Getz learned by scoring standardized tests

Unit 1 Homeostasis

1.1.7 Practice Introduction to Metabolism and Homeostasis

1.1.8 Lab: Understanding Enzymes

1.1.9 Discuss Understanding Enzymes

1.2.7 Practice: Adaptations, Behavior, and Learning

1.2.8 Explore: Thermoregulation in Turtle Embryos

1.3.2 Unit 1 teacher scored test

Unit 2 Cellular Energetics

2.1.7 Practice: Understanding Photosynthesis

2.1.8 Explore: Photosynthesis Over the Last 100 Years

2.2.7 Practice Understanding Cellular Respiration

2.2.8 Lab Cellular Energetics Labs Photosynthesis Part A and Cellular Respiration Part B

2.2.9 Discuss Cellular Energetics Labs Photosynthesis Part A and Cellular Respiration Part B

2.3.2 Unit 2 Teacher Scored Test

Unit 3: Cell Communication and Body Systems

3.1.7 Practice Integrating Cell Communication and the Immune System

3.1.8 Lab: Bacterial Transformation

3.1.9 Discuss: Bacterial Transformation

3.2.7 Practice Cell Signaling in the Nervous and Endocrine Systems

3.2.8 Explore Encounters with a Deadly Flatworm

3.3.2 Unit 3 Teacher Scored Test

Unit 4 Ecological Principles

4.1.7 Practice Organisms and Populations in Their Environment

4.1.8 Lab Energy Dynamics

follow the directions on the hybridized lab guide sheets

4.1.9 Discuss Energy Dynamics

Follow the directions on the guide sheet, and submit your answer using Apex.

4.2.5 Invasive Species

4.2.7 Practice Ecological Communities

4.2.8 Explore Tree Rings, Carbon Dioxide, and Climate Change

4.3.2 Unit 4 Teacher Scored Test

Unit 5

5.1.2 Final Teacher Scored Test

Categories and Weights

Academic Integrity- what you should or should not use for answers in discussions or constructed response questions

Advice for how to use artificial intelligence software.

Students will not earn full credit for assignments if Ms. Getz cannot tell that independent thought was used. If you trick her into giving you full credit, "yay" for you. It would be best if you still learned how to think for yourself.