A remarkably high number of scholars passed the AP Biology exam in 2016 with over 61 percent earning college credit. The College Board released the entire free-response section for future scholars to study. After answering the eight questions on topics ranging from alleles to prolactin, pupils discuss the ideal answers to improve their own performance.

Concepts

salinity, bacteria, nutrients, population density, plants, eukaryotic cells, transcription, dna, chromosomes, alleles

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Set up an uninterrupted 90 minute block to use the questions in the full format for scholars to practice time management
• Use the scoring guidelines and student performance Q&A to discuss the results

Classroom Considerations

• Assumes all test takers have prior knowledge of all AP Biology content

Pros

• Encourages mathematical analysis, scientific writing, and high level problem solving
• Includes sample answers for every question

Cons

• None

Common Core

RST.9-10.1 RST.9-10.2 RST.9-10.4 RST.9-10.5 RST.9-10.6 RST.9-10.8 RST.9-10.10 RST.11-12.1 RST.11-12.2 RST.11-12.4 RST.11-12.5 RST.11-12.6 RST.11-12.8 RST.11-12.10