AP Biology Non Fiction Reading Assignment

In AP Biology, you will need to make connections between ideas studied, be able to apply concepts to diagrams, graphs and models as well as analyze experimental data related to concepts. This reading assignment will help support you learning these skills. The assignment will include two parts.

Part 1: Keep a journal while you read the book to use later. After you read each chapter of your nonfiction book, write a 1 page journal entry that explains the thoughts you have while you read including excerpts, quotes or ideas that interest you and your thoughts about those quotes/excerpts, how it relates to any of the four big ideas of biology, what the ideas make you think about, how the ideas apply to your life, and/or what other stories or ideas relate. Be sure your entries are hand written into a composition notebook.

Part 2:  How can ideas presented in a nonfiction book apply to the four big ideas of Biology? After reading one of the books from the AP Biology Non Fiction Reading List and reviewing the AP Biology Concept Outline, write a 2-4 page paper that defines at least of one of the essential knowledges for each of the four big ideas and explains how ideas from the book relate to each essential knowledge defined.   Support your discussion with evidence from the text.  L2 What conclusions can you draw?