Advanced Placement®

AP Biology -  Summer 2024 Assignment

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Follow posted instructions for AP Biology Summer Assignment

Please email Molly Lower [email protected] or Patty Ulrich  [email protected] if you are new to the district and do not have an RBUSD log in, they will provide you with detailed instructions.  

If a student is new to the district and unable to join classroom, here is what is posted on google classroom + attached pdfs.  You can forward them this information.

Below are the instructions for the summer assignment. Please read through all instructions. 

1. Read Chapter 2-5 in Campbell. The links to these chapters are provided below. Chapter 2-3 should be review of general chemistry. Chapter 4 and 5 are review of biology. These are chapters from a textbook you will check out during registration. 

2. Download, print and complete the notes packets for 2-5 (see due dates below). All notes must be completed by hand, not typed. If you have a program that allows you to handwrite on a pdf you may also use that and show me the notes on your device. 

The notes are based on reading the textbook, please be sure you completed step 1.

 3. Due the first day of school, August 21st. Active Studying: Complete the following questions based on the 6 minutes video. Instructions are here: 
https://forms.gle/p7kibG2ZB9t9Dtfv6   (you must be logged in with your RBUSD email to access – please complete once you have RBUSD login) 

4. Due the first day of school, August 21st. Note Taking: Complete the following questions based on the short video. 
Instructions are here: 
https://forms.gle/p6Ra5euE4tsbxmeH9  (you must be logged in with your RBUSD email to access– please complete once you have RBUSD login) 

This is a lot of material to cover, please plan accordingly. We have to cover the entire book by May so it is important that we get through this ‘review’ material early. Also, please note there might be additional work the first week of school. It will benefit you to complete all these notes before school begins to make sure you do not get overwhelmed and to get a feel for the depth of knowledge required for the class.

Notes DUE Wednesday 8/21 (first day of school) Chapter 2-3 Notes will be checked for completion on the first day of school.
Chapter 2 text: https://issuu.com/jmaldon/docs/chapter-2
Chapter 3 text: https://issuu.com/jmaldon/docs/chapter-3

There will be a quiz on chapters 2-3 during the first week of school. The quiz will be multiple choice and short answer. Date of quiz will be the first block day for your class, likely Thursday 8/22, TBD depending on schedule the first week. 

Notes DUE Monday 8/26 and Tuesday 8/27Chapter 4 (due Monday 8/26) and Ch 5 (due Tues 8/27) notes will be checked the second week of school, you do not HAVE to complete these over the summer, but it might help you get ahead of other work by completing before the school year and other classes start.
Chapter 4 text : https://issuu.com/jmaldon/docs/chapter-4
Chapter 5 text : https://issuu.com/jmaldon/docs/chapter-5

There will be a unit exam on all of this material (chapter 2-5) the third week of school, likely Tuesday 9/2/24,  date TBD depending on schedule that week. 
The exam will be multiple choice, short answer FRQ and a long answer FRQ.

Here are video lectures that you might find useful for this assignment:
Water: https://youtu.be/iOOvX0jmhJ4
Bonds: https://youtu.be/7DjsD7Hcd9U

Additionally, here is a link to an online source for most of the biology chapters in the AP bio textbook: http://issuu.com/jmaldon/docs

Summer AP Assignment for AP Macroeconomics estimated completion time is 2 - 2.5 hours:

1. Read the attached PDF textbook pages and take HANDWRITTEN notes (in any style) on these textbook pages.  
2. Watch the video at this link and complete the attached notes pages (HANDWRITTEN ONLY). 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T4ZJCypRxa7hVfiKUOcbTFcwJliXXHVA/view