AP Biology Students Study Plant Physiology and Breathe Success
Do you ever wonder why leaves really turn colors in the fall? And how plants actually produce the oxygen we breathe and need to live? If you run into a Sac High AP Biology student this New Year, she/he should be able to give you an explanation that would satisfy a college biology instructor!
During our first term, Sac High AP Biology students studied fall leaves and investigated plant pigments through paper chromatography. This inquiry was followed by a sophisticated study of how those pigments, including chlorophyll a and b, are involved with the biochemical processes of photosynthesis.
By designing investigations, recording, analyzing and reporting experimental results students carefully demonstrated their knowledge, outlining the intricate story of photosynthesis and its relationship to life on earth. Though the subject matter is challenging, working collaboratively the students demonstrated that learningcomplex biology concepts can also be fun! (Shown in the photo from left to right – Kierra Arafiles, Anaiyah Cabrellis, Lee Thao, Alex Sarille, Joi Lee and Tori Banks are synthesizing and reporting on their analyses).
It takes determination and diligence to be a high achieving AP Biology student. Each students’ scholarly investment through intense preparation will pay dividends by earning a passing score on the AP Biology test in May. The pay-off of a test score of 3 or higher is starting their college/university careers already having passed a college level Biology course.
Sac High students have multiple opportunities to invest their academic prowess and powers into AP courses, which give them high return when applying for and attending the colleges/universities of their choice.
Wanafunzi wa Biolojia ya AP Wanajifunza Fisiolojia ya Mimea na Kupumua Mafanikio Je, umewahi kujiuliza kwa nini majani hubadilisha rangi wakati wa vuli? Mimea hutengenezaje oksijeni inayotumiwa na wanadamu kuishi? Ikiwa utapata mwanafunzi wa Biolojia wa Sac High AP mwaka huu mpya, yeye anaweza kukupa ufafanuzi ambao utaridhisha mwalimu wa biolojia wa chuo kikuu! Katika kipindi cha kwanza cha masomo yetu, wanafunzi wa SAC High AP Biology walijifunza majani ya vuli na kuchunguza rangi za mimea kupitia chromatography ya karatasi. Utafiti huo ulifuatwa na utafiti wa kina kuhusu jinsi rangi hizo, kutia ndani klorofili a na b, zinavyohusika katika mchakato wa kibiokemia wa fotosintesisi. Kwa kubuni uchunguzi, kurekodi, kuchambua na kuripoti matokeo ya majaribio, wanafunzi walionyesha kwa uangalifu maarifa yao, wakionyesha hadithi tata ya photosynthesis na uhusiano wake na maisha duniani. Ingawa somo hilo ni gumu, wanafunzi walipofanya kazi kwa kushirikiana walionyesha kwamba kujifunza dhana tata za biolojia kwaweza pia kuwa yenye kufurahisha! (Imeonyeshwa katika picha kutoka kushoto kwenda kulia <unk> Kierra Arafiles, Anaiyah Cabrellis, Lee Thao, Alex Sarille, Joi Lee na Tori Banks wanachanganya na kuripoti uchambuzi wao). Inachukua azimio na bidii kuwa mwanafunzi wa juu wa kufikia AP Biolojia. Kila mwanafunzi wa kiuchumi uwekezaji kupitia maandalizi makali kulipa gawio kwa kupata alama ya kupitisha juu ya AP Biolojia mtihani Mei. Tuzo ya alama ya mtihani ya 3 au zaidi ni kuanza kazi zao za chuo kikuu tayari baada ya kupitisha kozi ya biolojia ya kiwango cha chuo kikuu. Wanafunzi wa shule ya sekondari wana fursa nyingi za kuwekeza uwezo wao wa kitaaluma na nguvu katika kozi za AP, ambazo huwapa faida kubwa wakati wa kuomba na kuhudhuria vyuo vikuu vya uchaguzi wao.