AP Test Prep
College Board

2018 AP® Biology Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
The average AP Biology score dropped in 2018 with the addition of more data tables and graphs. Offer additional practice free-response questions by using the questions from the 2018 AP exam covering phylogenetic trees, cell structure and...
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Lactase Persistence: Evidence for Selection

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What's the link between lactase persistence and dairy farming? Biology scholars analyze data to find evidence of the connection, then relate this to human adaptation. Working individually and in small groups, learners view short video...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: A Genetic Mutation With Prognostic Value for Glioblastoma Patients

For Students 9th - 10th
Questions related to processes of cell division, differentiation, and specialization.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Mutations That Cause Crohn's Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice questions over genetic mutations- Passage 1.
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Indiana University

Ensi: Comparison of Human: Chimpanzee Chromosomes Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a great lesson plan that combines Karoytypes and evolution. Students will recognize that the chromosomes of chimpanzees and humans are remarkably similar, then correlate that to their evolutionary relationship.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Some Dna Can Jump

For Students 9th - 10th
This article contains information on how DNA is repaired to prevent mutated damage from interrupting DNA processes.
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National Health Museum

Nhm: Amino Acid Sequences Show Evolution

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan focuses on differences in the amino acid sequence of hemoglobin and myoglobin proteins. They use the number of differences to create a phylogenetic tree.