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AP Exams are given each year in May. Students who earn a qualifying score on an AP Exam are typically eligible, in college, to receive credit, placement into advanced courses, or both. Every aspect of  \nAP course and exam development is the result of collaboration between AP teachers and college faculty. They work together to develop AP courses and exams, set scoring standards, and score the exams. College faculty review every AP teacher’s course syllabus.  \nAP Biology Course Overview  \nThe AP Biology course is an introductory college-level biology course. Students cultivate their understanding of biology through inquirybased investigations as they explore the following topics: evolution, cellular processes, energy and communication, genetic information transfer, ecology, and interactions.  \nRECOMMENDED PREREQUISITES  \nStudents should have successfully completed high school courses in biology and chemistry.  \nLABORATORY REQUIREMENT  \nThis course requires that 25 percent of the instructional time will be spent in hands-on laboratory work, with an emphasis on inquiry-based investigations that provide students with opportunities to apply the science practices.  \nInquiry-based laboratory experiences support the AP Biology course and AP Course Audit curricular requirements by providing opportunities for students to engage in the science practices as they design plans for experiments, make predictions, collect and analyze data, apply mathematical routines, develop explanations, and communicate about their work.  \nAP Biology Course Content  \nThe AP Biology course is organized into commonly taught units of study that provide a suggested sequence for the course. These units comprise the content and skills colleges and universities typically expect students to master to qualify for college credit and/or placement.  \ny Unit 1: Chemistry of Life  \ny Unit 2: Cells  \ny Unit 3: Cellular Energetics  \ny Unit 4: Cell Communication and Cell Cycle  \ny Unit 5: Heredity  \ny Unit 6: Gene Expression and Regulation  \ny Unit 7: Natural Selection  \ny Unit 8: Ecology  \nThis content is grounded in big ideas, which are crosscutting concepts that build conceptual understanding and spiral throughout the course. The following are the big ideas of the course and a brief description of each:  \ny Big Idea 1: Evolution  \n􀂊 The process of evolution drives the diversity and unity of life. y Big Idea 2: Energetics  \n􀂊 Biological systems use energy and molecular building blocks to grow, reproduce, and maintain dynamic homeostasis.  \ny Big Idea 3: Information Storage and Transmission  \n􀂊 Living systems store, retrieve, transmit, and respond to information essential to life processes.  \ny Big Idea 4: Systems Interactions  \n􀂊 Biological systems interact, and these systems and their interactions exhibit complex properties.  \nScience Practices  \nThe following are the science practices that students should develop during the AP Biology course. These practices and skills form the basis of the tasks on the AP Biology Exam.  \ny Concept Explanation  \n􀂊 Explain biological concepts and processes presented in written format.  \ny Visual Representations  \n􀂊 Analyze visual representations of biological conceptsand processes.  \ny Questions and Methods  \n􀂊 Determine scientific questions and methods. y Representing and Describing Data  \n􀂊 Represent and Describe Data.  \ny Statistical Tests and Data Analysis  \n􀂊 Perform statistical tests and mathematical calculations to analyze and interpret data.  \ny Argumentation  \n􀂊 Develop and justify scientific arguments using evidence  \nAP Biology Exam Structure  \nAP BIOLOGY EXAM: 3 HOURS  \nAssessment Overview  \nThe AP Biology Exam assesses student understanding of the science practices and learning objectives outl","cbCaijAwHNgYs3j0","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijAwHNgYs3j0","pdf",520247,"English","# AP Biology Course Overview\n## Recommended Prerequisites\n## Laboratory Requirement\n## AP Biology Course Content\n## Big Ideas\n## Science Practices\n## AP Biology Exam Structure","[{\"question\":\"What are the recommended prerequisites for AP Biology?\",\"answer\":\"Students should have successfully completed high school courses in biology and chemistry.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the laboratory requirement for AP Biology?\",\"answer\":\"At least 25% of instructional time must be spent on hands-on laboratory work using inquiry-based investigations.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the AP Biology Exam structured?\",\"answer\":\"The exam lasts 3 hours and includes 60 multiple-choice questions and 6 free-response questions, with 50% of the score from each section.\"}]","AP Biology Course Overview - course content, prerequisites, lab requirement, exam structure | PDF",1789894123]