AP BIOLOGY SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM
The AP Biology - Summer Bridge Assignment is an OPTIONAL assignment to review you from your previous
Biology class. There is no grade attached to this assignment, it is purely a review for you to be better prepared for AP
Biology. I would HIGHLY SUGGEST that you do review this material, it will increase your comprehension of the
new material and make the reading more comprehensible. I will add additional material in August.
If you have any questions please contact me, I will respond as soon as possible. Email or @baldmanscience
Biology class. There is no grade attached to this assignment, it is purely a review for you to be better prepared for AP
Biology. I would HIGHLY SUGGEST that you do review this material, it will increase your comprehension of the
new material and make the reading more comprehensible. I will add additional material in August.
If you have any questions please contact me, I will respond as soon as possible. Email or @baldmanscience
AP BIOLOGY - EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY
Have you ever wondered why the human body looks the way it does? Why our hands have five fingers instead of six?
Why we walk on two legs instead of four? It took more than 350 million years for the human body to take shape.
How did it become the complicated, quirky, amazing machine it is today? Your Inner Fish is a three part video series
which delves deep into the past to answer these questions.
The series is both an epic saga and a modern-day detective story — by turns surprising, funny and deeply profound.
Come face-to-face with your "inner fish" in this completely new take on the human body. After seeing the world
through Neil Shubin's eyes, you'll never look at yourself in quite the same way again!
Why we walk on two legs instead of four? It took more than 350 million years for the human body to take shape.
How did it become the complicated, quirky, amazing machine it is today? Your Inner Fish is a three part video series
which delves deep into the past to answer these questions.
The series is both an epic saga and a modern-day detective story — by turns surprising, funny and deeply profound.
Come face-to-face with your "inner fish" in this completely new take on the human body. After seeing the world
through Neil Shubin's eyes, you'll never look at yourself in quite the same way again!
You may watch the Your Inner Fish video series and answer the following questions at any time during the first grading
period for a major grade. You will submit your answers to the below questions in Schoology. Please answer the
questions in complete sentences. Answers should reflect college level writing.
Your Inner Fish Questions:
period for a major grade. You will submit your answers to the below questions in Schoology. Please answer the
questions in complete sentences. Answers should reflect college level writing.
Your Inner Fish Questions:
- Why should we care about evolution? Why is it important?
- What does it mean to be human? Did your concept change after reading the book?
- In what way do scientific explanations differ from other ways of knowing? What makes evolutionary biology a science?
- What insights do we gain when we integrate molecular and fossil data?
- Can we look to examples in the natural world to inform our conceptions of what is "normal" or ethical human behavior?
