AP Biology

This course is designed to be the equivalent of a college introductory biology course usually taken by biology majors during their first year. Some AP students, as college freshmen, are permitted to undertake upper-level courses in biology or to register for courses for which biology is a prerequisite. Other students may have fulfilled a basic requirement for a laboratory science course and will be able to undertake other courses to pursue their majors.

AP Biology should include the topics regularly covered in a college biology course for majors. The textbooks used for AP Biology should be those used by college biology majors and the labs done by AP students must be the equivalent of those done by college students.

• Textbook: Biology, 2002-6th Edition, Campbell, Reece, Mitchell (Provided by PHS)

•Study Guide: Barron's AP Biology Preparation Guide, (ISBN:0-7641-2498-6)

•Technology: Interactive Study Partner CD-ROM with textbook (Provided by PHS)

•Notebook (lecture notes), writing instrument, and scientific calculator for certain labs.

• You are required to take the Advanced Placement Examination in Biology in May.
• Laboratory notebook: It must be permanently bound and have graph paper pages. The recommended book is: Rediform
Lab Notebook, 5 Squares Per Inch,10-1/8"x7-7/8", Black Cover
5 Square Per Inch; 10-1/8"x7-7/8"; 60 Sheets