{"id":703,"date":"2025-10-15T10:20:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T10:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kapdec.com\/help\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=703"},"modified":"2026-04-13T06:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T06:30:00","slug":"ap-biology-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kapdec.com\/help\/ap-biology-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"AP Biology Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>AP Biology<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>About the Course<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Study\u00a0the core scientific principles, theories, and processes that govern living organisms and biological systems.\u00a0You\u2019ll\u00a0do hands-on laboratory work to investigate natural phenomena.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Skills\u00a0You\u2019ll\u00a0Learn<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Designing experiments and procedures to test a prediction or theory.<\/li>\n<li>Collecting and analyzing data.<\/li>\n<li>Interpreting data to draw conclusions.<\/li>\n<li>Developing and supporting a scientific claim with evidence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Equivalency and Prerequisites<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>College Course Equivalent<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A two-semester college introductory biology course for biology majors.<\/p>\n<p><b>Recommended Prerequisites<\/b><\/p>\n<p>High school courses in biology and chemistry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Course Content<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The course content outlined below is organized into commonly taught units of study that\u00a0provide\u00a0one\u00a0possible sequence\u00a0for the course. Your teacher may choose to organize the course content differently based on local priorities and preferences.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Unit 1: Chemistry of Life<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll\u00a0learn about water\u2019s role as the basis of life and the functions of macromolecules like lipids and proteins.<\/p>\n<p><b>Unit 2: Cell Structure and Function<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll\u00a0study the makeup of cells and the fundamentals of evolution.<\/p>\n<p><b>Unit 3: Cellular Energetics<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll\u00a0explore how cells interact with their environment and how fundamental biological processes work at the cellular level.<\/p>\n<p><b>Unit 4:\u00a0Cell Communication and Cell Cycle<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll\u00a0learn how cells grow and reproduce, as well as how cells communicate.<\/p>\n<p><b>Unit 5: Heredity<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll\u00a0learn how traits are passed down from one generation to the next.<\/p>\n<p><b>Unit 6: Gene Expression and Regulation<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll\u00a0study how hereditary information passes from parent to offspring and how those traits are expressed.<\/p>\n<p><b>Unit 7: Natural Selection<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll\u00a0learn about Darwin\u2019s theory, the concept of natural selection, and evolution.<\/p>\n<p><b>Unit 8: Ecology<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll\u00a0explore biological concepts at a broader organism level and analyze how populations interact within ecosystems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AP Biology &nbsp; About the Course &nbsp; Study\u00a0the core scientific principles, theories, and processes that govern living organisms and biological systems.\u00a0You\u2019ll\u00a0do hands-on laboratory work to investigate natural phenomena. Skills\u00a0You\u2019ll\u00a0Learn &nbsp; Designing experiments and procedures to test a prediction or theory. Collecting and analyzing data. Interpreting data to draw conclusions. Developing and supporting a scientific claim [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[599],"class_list":["post-703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ap-courses","tag-advanced-placement-courses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kapdec.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kapdec.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kapdec.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapdec.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapdec.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kapdec.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1694,"href":"https:\/\/kapdec.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703\/revisions\/1694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kapdec.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapdec.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapdec.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}