AP Biology Quarter 1: Weeks 1-3

August 28-September 13, 2013

DATE / IN CLASS / HOMEWORK
Wednesday-Thursday
(2; 85 min.
6,7; 95 min.)
8/28-29/13 / Introduction and Expectations
Chemistry/Water
Safety Quiz
* What is the role of chemical structure in biological systems?Why is water the most important substance to life? / 1. Ch34.17-23, 3.1-3: SG
DUE: F-T 8/30-9/3
2. Water Essay
DUE: F-T 8/30-9/3
3. Challenge Assignment:
Water article
DUE: F-T 8/30-9/3
Friday-Tuesday
(2,6,7;95 min.)
8/30-9/3/13 / Biogeochemical Cycles
Carbon Chemistry
* Why are macromolecules made from repeating subunits? How do 4 classes of molecules create such diversity? / 1. Ch 3.4-7: SG
DUE: W-Th 9/4-5
2. Learning Targets
DUE: W-Th 9/4-5

Wednesday-Thursday

(2;85 min.
6,7; 95 min.)
9/4-5/13 / Carbohydrates/Lactose Intolerance
* What is the role of carbohydrates in biological systems? Why did lactase persistence evolve in humans? / 1. Ch 3.8-17 SG
DUE: F-M 9/6-9
2. Macromolecule chart
DUE: F-M 9/6-9

Friday-Monday

(2,6,7;95 min.)
9/6-9/13 / Lipids, Nucleic Acids, Amino Acids
* What is the role of lipids, nucleic acids and proteins in biological systems? How does structure determine function? / 1. Ch 21.1-3, 14-23
DUE: T-W 9/10-11
2. Learning Targets
DUE: T-W 9/10-11

Tuesday-Wednesday

(2; 95 min.
6-7; 85 min.)
9/10-11/13 / Protein Structure
* How do the rules of chemistry govern protein structure? What is the evolutionary significance of protein diversity? / 1. PreLab: Bradford Assay
DUE: Th-F 9/12-13
Thursday-Friday
(2,6,7; 95 min.)
9/12-13/13 / Got Milk? Bradford Assay
* How can you quantify the amount of protein in milk? / 1. Postlab: Bradford Assay
DUE: M-T 9/16-17
2. Ch 5.10-16, 21.8, 17.14
DUE: M-T 9/16-17

C. Gay 8/15/12Steamboat Springs High School AP Biology

Knowledge:

Essential elements of life

Structure and Behavior of Atoms

  • subatomic particles
  • atomic number and weight
  • isotopes
  • energy levels
  • electron orbitals
  • electron configuration and chemical properties

Chemical bonds and molecules

  • covalent bonds
  • molecular shapes
  • nonpolar and polar covalent bonds
  • ionic bonds
  • hydrogen bonds
  • Van der Waals interactions
  • hydrophobic interactions

Chemical reactions and equilibrium

Water molecules and hydrogen bonding

Properties of water

  • cohesiveness
  • high specific heat
  • high heat of vaporization
  • freezing and expansion
  • versatile solvent

Aqueous solutions

  • solute concentration
  • acid, bases, pH and buffers

Foundations of organic chemistry

Versatility of carbon in molecular architecture

Variation in carbon skeletons

  • isomers

Functional groups

  • hydroxyl groups
  • carbonyl groups
  • carboxyl groups
  • amino groups
  • sulfhydral groups
  • phosphate groups

Polymers

  • polymers and molecular diversity
  • making and breaking polymers

Carbohydrates

  • monosaccharides
  • disaccharides
  • polysaccharides

Lipids

  • fats
  • phospholipids
  • steroids

Proteins

  • amino acids
  • polypeptide chains
  • determination of protein conformation
  • levels of protein structure

Nucleic acids

  • nucleotides
  • polynucleotides
  • the double helix

Energy principles

  • forms of energy
  • energy transformations
  • laws of thermodynamics

Chemical energy

  • heat of reaction
  • spontaneous reactions
  • free energy
  • exergonic and endergonic reactions
  • free energy and equilibrium

Energy for cellular work

  • structure and hydrolysis of ATP
  • how ATP performs work
  • regeneration of ATP

Enzymes

  • enzymes and activation energy
  • specificity of enzymes
  • catalytic cycle of enzymes
  • factors affecting enzyme activity

Control of metabolism

  • feedback inhibition
  • structural order and metabolism

C. Gay 8/15/12Steamboat Springs High School AP Biology

Skills:

Create a baseline, and measure the effects of changes of temperature, pH, enzyme concentration, and substrate concentration on reaction rates of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction in a controlled experiment

Analyze empirical data to explain how environmental factors affect the rate of enzyme-catalyzed reactions

C. Gay 8/15/12Steamboat Springs High School AP Biology