Maximize learning for AP Bio
These 8 datasets are the perfect companion for your labs
DataClassroom designs Classroom-Ready activities with the modern classroom in mind, aligning our modules with Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core State Standards. We’re excited to announce our array of Classroom-Ready activities modeled on the AP Biology Investigative Labs!
We have activities that offer either simulated datasets produced with the procedures outlined in the Fall 2019 AB Bio Investigations Manual. You’ll find classic datasets such as the Potato Osmosis Lab, or demonstrations of the concepts in real-world applications such as Single-celled Survival of the Fittest, where students can study how E. coli behaves in hospitals and how Gonorrhea has become increasingly virulent in the past twenty years based on real research.
Keep reading for examples of activities perfect for AP Bio and high school bio required curriculum:
Investigation 1: Artificial Selection
Based on the results of an AP Bio classroom, students can investigate the impact of artificial selection on trait expression in Wisconsin Fast Plants, using an animated t-test to compare parent and F1 generations.
Investigation 2: Mathematical Modeling with Hardy-Weinberg
Students can analyze the results of a study investigating minor allele frequency in Red Clover populations, putting Mr. Hardy and Mr. Weinberg’s equation into practice to detect disturbances in the clover’s habitat.
Investigation 4: Diffusion and osmosis
This classic lab adapted into an online activity makes the data simple to assess for students of any age.
Investigation 5: Photosynthesis
Students can compare the rate of photosynthesis in two different types of plants based on results from the floating disk photosynthesis lab.
Investiation 6: Cellular Respiration
Using the results carried out by scientists at Lanzhou University, students can investigate the impact of phosphorus content on a plant’s rate of respiration as well as the growth rates of different plant types in different settings.
Investigation 7: Mitosis and Meiosis
Students can use results from an AP Bio classroom to run an animated chi-square test investigating the impact of lectin on cell division in cells from onion roots (and better understand the process of chi-square analysis!).
Investigation 8: Bacterial Transformation
It is very possible that by frequently prescribing antibiotics, modern medicine is driving the evolution of more antibiotic resistant bacterial populations. Students can explore the possible relationship between antibiotic use and the evolution of antibiotic resistance.
Investigation 10: Energy Dynamics
Students can explore the findings from a professional survey of the energy pathways of a freshwater ecosystem, findings made utilizing the concepts of energy transfer between trophic levels that the relationship between Brassica larvae and Wisconsin Fast Plants demonstrate.