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AP BIOLOGY FORENSIC SCIENCE
(Full year, 1 AP credit, Grades 10, 11, 12) ELECTIVE: Does not count towards science
Prerequisite Recommendation: Students should graduation requirements (Semester, .5 Credit
have successfully completed Honors Biology Grades 11-12)
and Chemistry/Honors Chemistry. Chemistry/ Prerequisite: Successful completion of Biology/
Honors Chemistry can be taken concurrently with Honors Biology AND Physical Science/Chemistry/
this course. Honors Chemistry
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
Big Idea 1 (EVOLUTION): The process of evolution NCIS’s Kasie Hines’ eyes.
drives the diversity and unity of life. Lab Fee: $30.00
Big Idea 2 (METABOLISM: cell respiration &
photosynthesis): Biological systems utilize free
energy &molecular building blocks to grow, to MARINE BIOLOGY
reproduce & to maintain dynamic homeostasis. ELECTIVE: Does not count towards science
Big Idea 3 (GENETICS & INFO TRANSMISSION): Living graduation requirements (Semester, .5 Credit
systems store, retrieve, transmit and respond to Grades 11-12)
information essential to life processes. Prerequisite: Successful completion of Biology/
Big Idea 4 (ECOLOGY INTERACTIONS): Biological Honors Biology AND Physical Science/Chemistry/
systems interact and these systems and their Honors Chemistry
interactions possess complex properties.
If you enjoyed watching Finding Nemo, or Finding
Students enrolled in this class are required to take Dory, you are going to love this course. Marine
the AP exam in May. Biology is a semester course that takes you into the
Lab Fees: $30.00 realms of the unknown. It is an excellent course to
take if you have any interest in the “life under the
Additional Fees: Students are required to pay the
standard AP exam fee and purchase AP Barron's sea!” Through lectures, field trips (Stone Lab,
Cleveland Aquarium), laboratory investigations, and
Test Prep Book (approximately $15).
dissections, students will learn about diverse marine
AP Exam: $95.00
ecosystems (vertebrates and invertebrates),
impacts of humans on marine ecosystems, as well as
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