Advanced Placement Biology (AP Biology or AP Bio), is an Advanced Placement biology course and exam offered by the College Board. For the 2012-2013 school year, the College Board unveiled a new curriculum with a greater focus on "scientific practices."
This course is designed for students who wish to pursue an interest in the life sciences. The College Board recommends successful completion of high school biology and high school chemistry before commencing AP Biology, although the actual prerequisites vary from school to school and from state to state.
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Topics outline
Topics covered by this course include:
- Biochemistry
- Botany
- Cell biology
- Developmental biology
- Ecology
- Evolution
- Genetics
- Microbiology
- Molecular biology
- Physiology
- Population biology
- Zoology
In addition to the standard biology topics above, students are required to be familiar with a set of 12 specific biology labs, as well as general lab procedure.
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Exam
Students are allowed to use a four-function, scientific, or graphing calculator.
General composition
- Molecules and cells, 25%
- Heredity and evolution, 25%
- Organisms and populations, 50%
Multiple choice (50% of score)
- 69 Questions in 90 Minutes
- 63 multiple choice
- 6 short answer questions
Free response (50% of score)
- 8 questions in 90 minutes
- 2 essay prompts
- 6 shorter essays
Score distribution
Commonly used textbooks
- Mader, Biology, AP Edition by Sylvia Mader (2012, Hardcover ISBN 0076620042)
- Life: The Science Of Biology (Sadava, Heller, Orians, Purves, and Hillis, ISBN 978-0-7167-7671-0)
- Campbell Biology AP Ninth Edition (Reece, Urry, Cain, Wasserman, Minorsky, and Andrew Jackson ISBN 978-0131375048)
See also
- Biology
- Glossary of biology
References
External links
- AP Biology at CollegeBoard.com
- AP Biology Teacher Community at CollegeBoard.org
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