Welcome to AP Biology!

AP Biology will be a very challenging, yet rewarding course. This class will require time management and organizational skills from everyone. The AP Biology course is equivalent to a college introductory biology course taken by biology majors during their first year. What does this mean? We will be covering, on average, a chapter a week (sometimes more, yes, most likely more) out of a college-level textbook for the entire year. The end result will be a much deeper knowledge of biology and (hopefully) an excellent score on the AP Biology exam. 

Course Outline

• Natural Selection
• Chemistry of Life
• Cell Structure and Function
• Cellular Energetics
• Cellular Communication and Cell Cycle
• Heredity
• Gene Expression and Regulation
• Ecology
• Descriptive Statistics (throughout the course)

AP Exam Format

• 60 Multiple Choice (90 minutes)
• 6 Free Response Questions: 2 Long, 4 Short (90 minutes)