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Welcome!
April Clark aclark_at_cdschools.org 541-1662
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AP Biology 11th 12th grade
I also Teach Biology I Advise Environmental Club
Envirothon
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Requirements for class Notebook Textbook Workboo
k AP Lab Manual Prepared for class Calculator
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Assessment Daily participation grade Labs
formal lab reports Class work Homework Tests/qu
izzes/assessments Projects Midterm exam
(January) Final exam cumulative
(May) Notebook checks (each marking period)
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AP Biology is 1.5 credits weighted
Equivalent to 2 semesters of college-level
biology Taught like a college-level class To
prepare for the AP Biology exam given in May 14th
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AP Lab Laboratory work is an important part of
this course. Every effort should be made to be
present and prepared for lab. All AP required
labs will have pre-lab work that must be
completed before student is allowed to begin a
lab. Most AP required labs will be written up
in formal lab report format.
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Topics for AP Biology Unit 1 Ecology (Ch.
45-50) Done! Unit 2 Chemistry of Life (Ch.
2,3,6) Test 10/4 Unit 3 Cell Structure
Function (Ch. 4, 5) Unit 4 Diversity of
Organisms (Ch. 21-27) Unit 5 Comparing Plants
Animals (Ch. 28) Unit 6 Plants (Ch. 6, 7,
29-32) Unit 7 Animals (Ch. 33-46) Unit 8 Cell
Structure Func. pt. 2 (Ch. 9, 10) Unit 9
Cellular Energetics (Ch. 8) Unit 10 Molecular
Genetics (Ch. 13-16) Unit 11 Heredity (Ch.
10-12) Unit 12 Evolution (Ch. 17-19)
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My science/education background

• Research technician Ft. Detrick/NIH AIDS clinic
• Veterinarian Assistant
• Quality Assurance Analyst Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
• Biology Teacher 11 years
• _at_ CDEHS 6 years

B.S. Biology University of MD, Baltimore
County Secondary Ed. Cert. Millersville
University M.S. Teaching Curriculum Penn
State Harrisburg Enrolled in M.S. Biology program
_at_ Shippensburg