Over the course of the Summer Institute, new and old teachers alike will become familiar with the NEW AP Biology course syllabus, as described in College Board's course description publication. This will include various strategies and hands-on activities that may help both students and teachers alike to become more comfortable with AP Biology. In addition to these strategies, methods in converting the 12 existing labs into more inquiry-based labs will be addressed, as well as, the new AP Biology exam format scheduled for the 2013 exam year.

APSI AP Biology Course Objectives

• To introduce teachers to (and hopefully become familiar with) the new AP Biology curriculum and exam
• The more difficult concepts in AP Biology
• Inquiry-based laboratories
• Eight recommended AP Biology Laboratories
• The concepts of AP Vertical Teams and Pre-AP Biology
• AP Biology textbooks and multimedia resources
• Teaching strategies for under-prepared and prepared AP Biology students.

• Note taking materials

After receiving his BS in Marine Biology from Texas A&M University, Mark Adame started working in a research laboratory at UTMB, in Galveston, which moved him to the University of Arkansas for Medical Science, where he continued his research. After a year in Arkansas, Mark received his teaching certificate through the alternative certification program. For seven years, Mark taught both Pre-AP Biology and AP Biology at WD Mills University Studies High School, in Little Rock, as well as coaching cross-country and maintaining his research position. In 2003, Mark moved to Carrollton, Texas, where he continued to teach Pre-AP Biology and AP Biology and serve as Carrollton-Farmers Branch school district's lead AP Science teacher until 2007. He currently teaches both AP and Pre-AP Biology at St. Mark's School of Texas.