Content exceeds the AP syllabus with a more intense experimental approach. Essential to conceptual understanding: science as a process rather than as an accumulation of facts; personal experience in scientific inquiry; recognition of unifying themes that integrate the major topics of biology; application of biological knowledge and critical thinking to environmental and social concerns. Activities include: Diffusion; Osmosis; Colony Transformation; Enzyme Catalysis; Genetics; Mitosis and Meiosis; Population Genetics; Evolution; Plant Pigments and Photosynthesis; Transpiration; Cell Respiration; Physiology of Human Systems.