Advanced Placement Biology
Marybeth Fenton
Windsor High School
(707)837-7767 x 2149
mfenton@wusd.org
About the CourseThe AP Biology course is the equivalent of an introductory two-semester college lab biology course. Enrollees should have been successful in their 9/10 sciences courses and are concurrently enrolled in Algebra 2, Math 3, or higher. Chemistry is recommended.
From the College Board: Course/Exam Description Framework SyllabiUnit 1. Mechanisms of Evolution
Unit 2. Macroevolution & Systematics Unit 3. Fundamental Design Unit 4. Foundations: Energetics Unit 5. DNA Unit 6. Inheritance Looking BackLooking Ahead |
Recommended ReadingEmperor of All Maladies Mukherjee
The Language of Cells Nadler Danger to Self Linde The Hot Zone Preston The Selfish Gene Dawkins Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Skloot A Short History of Nearly Everything Bryson And the Band Played On Shilts Lucy Johannsen Island of the Colorblind Sacks My Stroke of Insight Bolte Brain on Fire Cahalan Emotional Intelligence Goleman Four Fish Greenberg Your Inner Fish Shubin Never Cry Wolf Mowatt Gorillas in the Mist Fossey Survival of the Sickest Moalem Anything by: D. Quammen, S.J. Gould, J. McPhee, J. Michener, M Gladwell AP Central Great Books List NY Times: Think Like a Doctor Washington Post Medical Mysteries |
