AP Biology 1-Day Workshop

Date:  February 28, 2015 (Saturday)
Presenter:  Mary Wuerth

• Building Equity and Access Question - Be sure to do vertical/horizontal alignment
• collaborate with Pre-AP Biology Teachers some basic requirements
• collaborate with Human Physiology Teacher to cover immune, nervous, and endocrine system
• AP Potential - Access code can be obtained from AP coordinator.   This can be used to send letters to potential AP biology candidates from their PSAT score.  
• ACT science score can be used to recruit students.
• Exam tips
• make copy from AP workshop today and share with students before next exam
• have them watch Bozeman Video to know the command words (especially Predict/Justify)
• OPENSTACK- university level biology textbooks available written by Rice University 

• Going over the 2014 Exam
• Students do not need to calculate SD but needs to know what it means.  SEM - students need understand.
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To Do After the workshop

• Make Copies after workshop(ClearBiology-Exam Tip, Formative Assessment, Prelab assignments for all labs)
• Before Exam, show bozeman command term video 
• Go over SEM (67% confidence  +/-1 from mean, 95% confidence +/-2, 99% confidence +/-3)
• Add 2014 #1 to genetics unit exam, good question to add - How meiosis generate diversity
• Remember to make copies of scoring guidelines for students to correct their own papers. 
• Use standard error bar for labs (examples: pill bug, fast plants, onion root tip - data only email Mary for data)
• In AP biology Quantitative Skills Guide - do the practice activity.
• Go to HHMI Eukaryotic Cell:  Cell Cycle + Worksheet + Activity - use it
• Couple of good chi square activities (Mendelian Genetic, Probability, Pedigrees, and Chi-Square Statistics/ Mapping Genes to Traits in Dogs Using SNIPs. 
• Cheap and Easy Operon - great way to teach operon
• Have TA type up modeling meiosis and fertilization
• Update website

AP workshops are really worth the time.  Actually not enough time.  Mary was teaching after the session was over.  I love the chenille cladogram.  I cannot wait to share with my students when I return.  I might start with meiosis poker activity.  The session was definitely worthwhile.  I wish they had these sessions couple of times a year.