AP Biology Summer Institute Course Description:
Participants in this in-depth training will increase their knowledge of and comfort level with the AP Biology
Curriculum, including an in-depth review of the AP Biology Course and Exam Description (CED), and they will
learn how to plan their course around the CED. We will perform some of the labs from the new lab manual,
conduct some effective and inexpensive labs, perform ShoeBox Investigations (Take-Home Labs), and discuss
how to tweak labs you currently use to make them student-driven and inquiry-based. Various teaching and
learning strategies will be introduced in order for participants to fully integrate the science practices into their
daily classroom. In addition, time will be spent familiarizing ourselves with the format, sample questions, and
grading of the AP Biology exam. We will also look at the scope and sequence of the course with time being
dedicated to your own course syllabus and lesson planning.
Items Needed:
Laptop Computer and School Calendar
Oregon AP Biology Institute Agenda 2024
| Day 1: Understanding AP Biology
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| · Understanding the AP Biology Curriculum
o Course Framework, Unit Guides, Topic Pages · Planning Your Course-Schedule Challenges · Content and Skills: Teaching for Understanding · Science Practices: (Skills) Teaching for Transfer · Scaffolding and Spiraling the Science Practices · Investigations and Science Practices · AI Discussion o Transpiration o Exploring Mendelian Genetics o Primary Productivity/Photosynthesis o Hardy Weinberg Modeling o Artificial Selection |
| Day 2: Planning and Teaching AP Biology
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| · Equity and AP
· Instructional Approaches in AP Biology · Notebook use and Grading Strategies · Scaffolding and Spiraling Concepts in AP Biology · Planning Your Course · Science Practices o Statistics and Data Analysis o Visualizing Information · Investigations o Enzyme Catalysis o Diffusion o BLAST |
| Day 3: Planning and Teaching AP Biology
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| · Science Practices
o Representing and Describing Data o Question and Method o Statistics and Data Analysis o Argumentation · Investigation Reports (CER/CEJ…) Write Ups · Investigations o Gel Electrophoresis-DNA Restriction Analysis o Transformation · Planning Your Course · Using Scientific Argumentation to Make Connections
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| Day 4: Planning, Assessing Progress and Understanding
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| · Science Practices
o Concept Application · Investigations o Cellular Respiration o Signal Transduction of Taste o Animal Behavior · Assessments o AP Exam Structure o Formative vs Summative o Assessing Student Responses · AP Course Audit and Curricular Requirements · AP Teacher Community and Resources |
