AP Biology
Update (Tuesday, April 20, 2021): The tutorial video and resources of Unit 6.3 are live now!
Unit 1: Chemistry of Life
- Structure of Water and Hydrogen Bonding
- Elements of Life
- Introduction to Biological Macromolecules
- Properties of Biological Macromolecules
- Structure and Function of Biological Macromolecules
- Nucleic Acids
Unit 2: Cell Structure and Function
- Cell Structure: Subcellular Components
- Cell Structure and Function
- Cell Size
- Plasma Membranes
- Membrane Permeability
- Membrane Transport
- Facilitated Diffusion
- Tonicity and Osmoregulation
- Mechanisms of Transport
- Cell Compartmentalization
- Origins of Cell Compartmentalization
Unit 3: Cellular Energetics
- Enzyme Structure
- Enzyme Catalysis
- Environmental Impacts on Enzyme Function
- Cellular Energy
- Photosynthesis
- Cellular Respiration
- Fitness
Unit 4: Cell Communication and Cell Cycle
- Cell Communication
- Introduction to Signal Transduction
- Signal Transduction
- Changes in Signal Transduction Pathways
- Feedback
- Cell Cycle
- Regulation of Cell Cycle
Unit 5: Heredity
- Meiosis
- Meiosis and Genetic Diversity
- Mendelian Genetics
- Non-Mendelian Genetics
- Environmental Effects on Phenotype
- Chromosomal Inheritance
Unit 6: Gene Expression and Regulation
- DNA and RNA Structure
- Replication
- Transcription and RNA Processing
- Translation
- Regulation of Gene Expression
- Gene Expression and Cell Specialization
- Mutations
- Biotechnology
Unit 7: Natural Selection
- Introduction to Natural Selection
- Natural Selection
- Artificial Selection
- Population Genetics
- Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
- Evidence of Evolution
- Common Ancestry
- Continuing Evolution
- Phylogeny
- Speciation
- Extinction
- Variations in Populations
- Origins of Life on Earth
Unit 8: Ecology
- Responses to the Environment
- Energy Flow Through Ecosystems
- Population Ecology
- Effect of Density of Populations
- Community Ecology
- Biodiversity
- Disruptions to Ecosystems