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AP BIOLOGY FORENSIC SCIENCE
(Full year, 1 AP credit, Grades 10, 11, 12) ELECTIVE: Does not count towards science
graduation requirements (Semester, .5 Credit
Prerequisite Recommendation: Students should Grades 11-12)
Prerequisite: Successful completion of
have successfully completed Honors Biology Biology/Honors Biology AND Physical
Science/Chemistry/Honors Chemistry
and Chemistry/Honors Chemistry.
Chemistry/Honors Chemistry can be taken
concurrently with this course.
Advanced Placement Biology is a college-level Enjoy watching CSI, NCIS, Law and Order, and
introduction to the Biological Sciences. It is Bones? Find out how these popular shows
intended as a survey of the many fields of study that misrepresent forensic science and crime solving!
comprise “biology.” At the end of the course, This exciting semester course will study real cases
students take the AP Biology exam administered by and episodes from these popular TV series. We will
the College Board. By qualifying on the AP test, focus on how forensic science plays a key role in all
students may be permitted to enter advanced aspects of criminal investigation and prosecution.
courses in college and also earn college credit. The Students will learn the basic principles of crime
curriculum standards set forth by the College Board scene analysis: collection, preservation, and testing
are available in the AP Biology Course Description of evidence. Topics investigated will include organic
online. and inorganic chemical analyses of physical
evidence, principles of serology and DNA analysis,
This class spans all levels of biological organization ballistics, arson, fingerprint analysis, drug analysis,
from atoms and molecules, through cells and organs and document examination. Spend your semester
and into interactions among and between investigating forensic science in this engaging lab
organisms based on four areas/ideas: based course and see criminal investigation through
NCIS’s Kasie Hines’ eyes.
Big Idea 1 (EVOLUTION): The process of evolution
drives the diversity and unity of life. Lab Fee: $25.00
Big Idea 2 (METABOLISM: cell respiration & Additional Fees: Students are expected to purchase
photosynthesis): Biological systems utilize free splash goggles (~$8.00)
energy &molecular building blocks to grow, to
reproduce & to maintain dynamic homeostasis. MARINE BIOLOGY
Big Idea 3 (GENETICS & INFO TRANSMISSION): Living
systems store, retrieve, transmit and respond to ELECTIVE: Does not count towards science
information essential to life processes. graduation requirements (Semester, .5 Credit
Big Idea 4 (ECOLOGY INTERACTIONS): Biological Grades 11-12)
systems interact and these systems and their Prerequisite: Successful completion of
interactions possess complex properties. Biology/Honors Biology AND Physical
Science/Chemistry/Honors Chemistry
Students enrolled in this class are required to take
the AP exam in May. If you enjoyed watching Finding Nemo, or Finding
Dory, you are going to love this course. Marine
Lab Fees: $30.00 Biology is a semester course that takes you into the
Additional Fees: Students are required to pay the realms of the unknown. It is an excellent course to
standard AP exam fee and purchase AP Barron's take if you have any interest in the “life under the
Test Prep Book (approximately $15). sea!” Through lectures, field trips (Stone Lab,
AP Exam: $94.00 Cleveland Aquarium), laboratory investigations, and
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