Academics · Grades 9–11

AP Biology

College-level biology, from a single molecule to an ecosystem.

Course overview

  • Homework: 60 minutes a week
  • Prerequisite: Honors Biology, or placement

What you’ll learn

The eight units, molecules to ecosystems

  • Chemistry of life — water, macromolecules, and why structure decides function
  • Cells and their compartments
  • Cellular energetics — respiration and photosynthesis
  • Cell communication and the cell cycle
  • Heredity
  • Gene expression and regulation
  • Natural selection — the largest share of the exam
  • Ecology, from populations to ecosystems

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