Biology for the AP® Course, First Edition, by James Morris; Domenic Castignetti; John Lepri; Rick Relyea - ©2022 from BFW High School Publishers

Biology for the AP® Course

First  Edition©2022  James Morris; Domenic Castignetti; John Lepri; Rick Relyea

ISBN:9781319113599

ISBN:9781319113315

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Explore Biology for the AP® Course, a textbook program  designed expressly for AP® teachers and students by veteran AP® educators. Biology for the AP® Course provides content organized into modules aligned to the CED, AP® skill-building instruction and practice, stunning visuals, and much more.

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Table of Contents

Unit 1: Chemistry of Life
Module 0: Introduction
Tutorial 1: Statistics
Module 1: Elements of Life
Module 2: Water and Life
Module 3: Carbohydrates and Lipids
Module 4: Proteins
Module 5: Nucleic Acids
 
Unit 2: Cell Structure and Function
Module 6: Cell Structure and Function
Module 7: Subcellular Components of Eukaryotes
Module 8: Cell and Organism Size
Module 9: Cell Membranes
Module 10: Membrane Transport
Module 11: Water Movement: Osmosis, Tonicity, and Osmoregulation
Module 12: Origin of Compartmentalization and the Eukaryotic Cell
 
Unit 3: Cellular Energetics
Module 13: Cellular Energetics
Module 14: Enzymes
Module 15: Photosynthesis I: Overview
Module 16: Photosynthesis II: Biochemistry
Module 17: Cellular Respiration I: Overview
Module 18: Cellular Respiration II: Biochemistry
Module 19: Metabolism, the Environment, and Evolutionary Fitness
 
Unit 4: Cell Communication and Cell Cycle
Module 20: Cell Communication
Module 21: Signal Transduction
Module 22: Changes in Signal Transduction Pathways
Module 23: Feedback in Cell Communication
Module 24: The Cell Cycle
Module 25: Regulation of the Cell Cycle
 
Unit 5: Heredity
Module 26: Meiosis and Genetic Diversity
Module 27: Mendelian Genetics
Tutorial 2: Probability
Module 28: Non-Mendelian Genetics
Module 29: Environmental Effects on Phenotype
Module 30: Chromosomal Inheritance
 
Unit 6: Gene Expression and Regulation
Module 31: DNA and RNA Structure and Function
Module 32: DNA Replication
Module 33: Transcription and RNA Processing
Module 34: Translation
Module 35: Regulation of Gene Expression
Module 36: Cell Specialization and Development
Module 37: Mutation
Module 38: Biotechnology
Module 39: Viruses
 
Unit 7: Evolution and Natural Selection
Module 40: Introduction to Evolution and Natural Selection
Module 41: Natural and Artificial Selection
Module 42: Population Genetics
Module 43: Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Module 44: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Evolution
Module 45: Continuing Evolution
Module 46: Phylogeny
Module 47: Speciation
Module 48: Extinction
Module 49: Variation in Populations
Module 50: Origins of Life on Earth
 
Unit 8: Ecology
Module 51: Responses to Environment
Module 52: Energy Flow through Ecosystems
Module 53: Population Ecology
Module 54: Effect of Density of Populations
Tutorial 3: Rate and Growth in Population Ecology
Module 55: Community Ecology
Module 56: Biodiversity
Module 57: Disruptions to Ecosystems
 
Tutorial 4: Graphing
AP® Practice Exam

James Morris

James Morris is Professor of Biology at Brandeis University. He teaches a wide variety of courses for majors and non-majors, including introductory biology, evolution, genetics and genomics, epigenetics, comparative vertebrate anatomy, and a first-year seminar on Darwin’s On the Origin of Species. He is the recipient of numerous teaching awards from Brandeis and Harvard. His research focuses on epigenetics. He currently pursues this research with undergraduates to give them the opportunity to do genuine, laboratory-based research. Dr. Morris received a PhD in genetics from Harvard University and an MD from Harvard Medical School. He was a Junior Fellow in the Society of Fellows at Harvard University and a National Academies Education Fellow and Mentor in the Life Sciences. He is also a reader for the AP® Biology exam and an author of Biology for the AP® Course.

Domenic Castignetti

Domenic Castignetti is professor emeritus of biology at Loyola University Chicago. During his 37 years at Loyola, he taught many courses, including the introductory biology two-semester course, general microbiology, microbial physiology, and biochemistry. He was awarded Loyola University’s Master Teacher of the College of Arts and Sciences Award and received the first Faculty/Staff Member of the Year Award from the Student Government Association. Dr. Castignetti received an MS from Colorado State University and a PhD in microbial ecology and physiology from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. His research, conducted with undergraduate and graduate students, focused on the microbiology and biochemistry of soil microorganisms. He has been associated with the AP® Biology program since 2003 and has served as a reader, table leader, and a member of the Development Committee. He was chief reader from 2011 through 2015.

John Lepri

John Lepri is Professor of Biology and Faculty Fellow in the Lloyds International Honors Program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He teaches courses in introductory biology, biological clocks, and animal physiology. His earlier research focused on hormones and pheromones that coordinate reproduction in mammals. Professor Lepri earned a PhD in zoology at North Carolina State University. His professional activities include teacher preparation programs for high school science teachers. He has worked with College Board and ETS for more than 25 years, including five years as chief reader for the AP® Biology exam.

Rick Relyea

Rick Relyea is the David Darrin Senior ‘40 Endowed Chair in Biological Sciences and the director of the Darrin Freshwater Institute at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He received a BS in environmental forest biology from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, an MS in wildlife management from Texas Tech University, and a PhD in ecology and evolution from the University of Michigan. He has authored more than 200 scientific articles and book chapters and presented research seminars throughout the world. Rick was a professor at the University of Pittsburgh for 15 years, where he was named the Chancellor’s Distinguished Researcher and received the Tina and David Bellet Teaching Excellence Award. In 2014, he moved to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to direct The Jefferson Project, which is the most technologically advanced research endeavor to study freshwater lakes. Rick has a strong interest in high school education, including hosting high school science teachers who conduct research in his laboratory. He is co-author of Environmental Science for the AP® Course, also published by BFW publishers.