How to Help Your Students Succeed in AP Biology Fred and Theresa Holtzclaw Webb School of Knoxville NABT 2012 DALLAS
Jan 15, 2016
How to Help Your Students Succeed in AP Biology
Fred and Theresa Holtzclaw
Webb School of Knoxville
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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