This Week in AP BIO Aug 3-7

 In AP Biology

Dear Parents and students,

We had a wonderful first 2 days!  It was such a pleasure to see all the students.  We have a great group of students this year and I am excited to see them grow. This is going to be a very fast paced class.  Your students will learn to speed read and gather important information from text.  They will also be exploring practice questions associated with the final test.  They should only be spending 30 minutes each night on this class at home.  If you find they take more time than this, please encourage them to slow down.

Here is our class schedule for the week:

1.2 Elements of Life
Read and take notes on Openstax:2.3 & 4.6
Collegeboard AP Classroom: Unit 1 Quiz 2 (80% or higher or ask for reset)
Prepare a 5-10 minute presentation on 3.1.  Be ready to present at any moment!

1.3 Introduction to Biological Macromolecules
Read and take notes on Openstax: 3.1
Collegeboard AP Classroom:  Unit 1 Quiz 3
Prepare a 5-10 minute presentation on 3.2.  Be ready to present at any moment!

1.4 Properties of Biological Macromolecules
Read and take notes on Openstax:  3.2 and 3.3
Collegeboard AP Classroom:  Unit 1 Quiz 4
Prepare a 5-10 minute presentation on 3.4.  Be ready to present at any moment!

1.5 Structure and Function of Biological Macromolecules
Read and take notes on Openstax: 3.4
Collegeboard AP Classroom:  Unit 1 Quiz 5
Prepare a 5-10 minute presentation on 3.5.  Be ready to present at any moment!

1.6 Nucleic Acids
Read and take notes on Openstax: 3.5
Collegeboard AP Classroom:  Unit 1 Quiz 6
Unit 1 Personal Progress Check on Collegeboard AP Classroom (MCQ)

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All work is due Friday by 3:30 PM

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I would love to hear any feedback or questions you or your student may have.  Feel free to contact me via email at any time.

Thank you again for sharing your wonderful student with us this year,

Chris Newton

AP BIO
San Tan Charter High School
cnewton@santancs.com