📘 Campbell Biology AP Edition (12th Edition) Outline

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Unit 1: Chemistry of Life

• Chapter 2: The Chemical Context of Life

• Chapter 3: Water and Life

• Chapter 4: Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life

• Chapter 5: Structure and Function of Large Biological Molecules

AP Big Idea: The chemical and structural basis of life, properties of water, macromolecules.
Skills: Modeling molecular structure, explaining biochemical reactions.

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Unit 2: Cell Structure and Function

• Chapter 6: A Tour of the Cell

• Chapter 7: Membrane Structure and Function

• Chapter 36 (sections): Transport in Plants (for cell transport processes)

AP Big Idea: Cell organelles, membrane transport, cell communication.
Skills: Interpreting microscope images, modeling membrane dynamics.

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Unit 3: Cellular Energetics

• Chapter 8: An Introduction to Metabolism

• Chapter 9: Cellular Respiration and Fermentation

• Chapter 10: Photosynthesis

AP Big Idea: Energy transformation in cells (ATP, respiration, photosynthesis).
Skills: Analyzing data from experiments, creating energy pathway diagrams.

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Unit 4: Cell Communication and Cell Cycle

• Chapter 11: Cell Communication

• Chapter 12: The Cell Cycle

AP Big Idea: Signal transduction pathways, regulation of the cell cycle.
Skills: Describing feedback mechanisms, explaining disruptions in cell cycles.

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Unit 5: Heredity

• Chapter 13: Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles

• Chapter 14: Mendel and the Gene Idea

• Chapter 15: The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance

AP Big Idea: Patterns of inheritance, meiosis, and genetic variation.
Skills: Solving Punnett squares, interpreting pedigree charts.

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Unit 6: Gene Expression and Regulation

• Chapter 16: Molecular Basis of Inheritance

• Chapter 17: Gene Expression: From Gene to Protein

• Chapter 18: Regulation of Gene Expression

• Chapter 20: Biotechnology

• Chapter 21: Genomes and Their Evolution

AP Big Idea: DNA structure, gene expression, regulation, biotechnology.
Skills: Explaining transcription/translation, analyzing biotechnology techniques.

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Unit 7: Natural Selection

• Chapter 22: Descent with Modification

• Chapter 23: Evolution of Populations

• Chapter 24: The Origin of Species

AP Big Idea: Evolutionary processes, evidence of evolution, speciation.
Skills: Using models to describe allele frequency changes, constructing phylogenies.

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Unit 8: Ecology

• Chapter 40: Population Ecology

• Chapter 41: Community Ecology

• Chapter 42: Ecosystems and Energy

• Chapter 43: Global Ecology and Conservation Biology

AP Big Idea: Ecosystems, population dynamics, energy flow, human impact.
Skills: Analyzing population growth data, constructing ecological models.

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🧪 Additional Chapters for Enrichment (Optional or As Time Permits)

• Chapter 19: Viruses

• Chapter 25–34: Animal and Plant Form and Function (selected sections for application in labs or review)

• Chapter 35–39: Plant Structure, Growth, and Development (for FRQs/labs)