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Advanced Placement Biology

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Marybeth Fenton
Windsor High School
(707)837-7767 x 2149
mfenton@wusd.org



About the Course

The AP Biology course is the equivalent of an introductory two-semester college lab biology course. It is designed for students who have already completed one year of high school biology and one year of chemistry. 

Course and Exam Description
Framework

Syllabi

Unit 1. Mechanisms of Evolution 
Unit 2. Macroevolution & Systematics

Unit 3. Fundamental Design
Unit 4. 
Foundations:  Energetics
Unit 5. DNA
Unit 6. Inheritance
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Looking Back

PPT  Methods    Features of Life
Terms      Science of Biology    Who's Who
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Looking Ahead

Summer Science Internships   
Science Electives at WHS
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Recommended Reading

Emperor 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 
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AP Central Great Books List

NY Times: Think Like a Doctor 
Washington Post Medical Mysteries
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