AP Biology BIG IDEASThe College Board's AP Biology Curriculum Framework is structured around what are referred to as the 4 BIG IDEAS. To access and read contents included in each IDEA, click HERE and refer to the pages in the Table of Contents.
BIG IDEA 1: The process of evolution drives the diversity and unity of life. BIG IDEA 2: Biological systems utilize free energy and molecular building blocks to grow, to reproduce and to maintain dynamic homeostasis. BIG IDEA 3: Living systems store, retrieve, transmit and respond to information essential to life processes. BIG IDEA 4: Biological systems interact, and these systems and their interactions possess complex properties.
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AP Biology Course TopicsTo access a course topic that we will study in depth, click on that topic's red link below, or select a topic from the drop-down menu on this tab. You will be directed to a page dedicated solely to that topic.
Once on that page, you will find the course notes, videos, power point and/or prezi presentations, games, homework assignments, quizzes, etc, etc, etc. Don't worry.....it's all been made EZ! TOPIC 1: Scientific Method TOPIC 2: Prokaryotes, Eukaryotes and Cell Biology TOPIC 3: Viruses and Human Disease TOPIC 4: Cell Membrane & Exchange Mechanisms TOPIC 5: Biomolecules & the Chemistry of Life TOPIC 6: Enzymes, Free Energy, & Metabolism TOPIC 7: DNA, RNA, Protein Synthesis & Gene Expression TOPIC 8: Mutations, Apoptosis & Cancer TOPIC 9: Mitosis TOPIC 10: Meiosis TOPIC 11: Mendelian & Population Genetics TOPIC 12: Cellular Respiration & Photosynthesis TOPIC 13: Evolution TOPIC 14: Ecology, Global Warming & Climate Change TOPIC 15: Human Physiology |