In our first AP Biology season, we covered mostly review from biology and chemistry. We learned about the characteristics of life, water, and organic chemistry. For our summer assignment, we read chapters one, two and three because they were mostly review, so in class, we discussed any questions we had and the new information that was in the text. Chapters four and five were also included in the season.
In season one we also had a visit from our guest, the candle. We were asked if the flame was alive or not. This helped us go over and apply the properties of life to something. After our properties of life activity, we covered the properties of water. Water is a polar molecule which is the reason for many of the properties of the substance. Organic molecules was another topic we talked about extensively. We discussed the four macromolecules: lipids, carbohydrates, proteins and nucleic acids. To collaboratively learn about the macromolecules we were divided up and created notes for each category.
- Carbohydrates notes
- Nucleic Acid notes
- Protein notes
- Lipids notes
In addition to the material we covered, we also laid the groundwork for an amazing year of biology! We got to know each other, set up our digital profiles and made our twitter accounts! On our very first day, we played four corners as an icebreaker and met each other. Throughout the season we watched each others introduction videos to learn more about our AP bio family! All the videos were very unique and the styles of the videos told us a lot about each individual. Our digital profiles are a work in progress but very interesting and just waiting for a year of amazing posts! The twitter accounts we made will connect us with each other but also with a wider following of people. We will be posting responses, updates and other biology related tweets to our twitter accounts.
Finally, as a review of the first five chapters, we created a web of review concepts as a class for each chapter. This was a great review of the material in the first season and was a fun way to work as a class. Overall the first season of AP Bio was a great success! I am very eager to see what’s ahead and know it will be an engaging, educational and exciting year!
- Our ch 3 review web
- Photo courtesy of Ms. Girard
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