AP Biology in 2012 13 Science Practice Esenatil

AP Biology in 2012 -13 Science Practice Esenatil Knowledge 4 Big Ideas: 1. The process of evolution drives the diversity and unity of life. 2. Biological systems utilize energy and molecular building blocks to grow, reproduce, and maintain homeostasis. 3. Living systems retrieve, transmit, and respond to information essential to life processes. 4. Biological systems interact, and these interactions possess complex properties. Learning Objective Big Idea Science Practices: 1. Enduring understanding 2. 3. Essential Knowledge Science Practice Core Concepts 4. 5. 6. The new curriculum framework supports Essential Knowledge with Science Practice Peggy O’Neill Skinner 7. Learning Objective Testable explanations and predictions: The New AP Biology Exam The student can use representations and models to communicate scientific phenomena and solve scientific problems. The student can use mathematics appropriately. The student can engage in scientific questioning to extend thinking or to guide investigations within the context of the AP course. Student can plan and implement data collection strategies in relation to a particular scientific question. The student can perform data analysis and evaluation of evidence. The student can work with scientific explanations and theories. The student can connect and relate knowledge across various scales, concepts, and representations in and across domains. 13 New Laboratory Investigations