Each tutor will hold up a sign for students. (We will provide the signs.) Group numbers for students are printed on name tags. Tutors will lead students to breakout rooms (TMEC 7 rooms) or public meeting areas.
Session Goals
- Develop a mentoring relationship with students through personal connection, trust and support
- Understand how to use the language of science
- Understand the purpose of organizing AP Biology concepts using four Big Ideas & Selected Units
- Self-assess current understanding of AP Biology Essential Knowledge statements
- Reflect on the group's knowledge of AP Biology
- Demonstrate group understanding of AP Biology Essential Knowledge organized under different Enduring Understandings
3:35 PM - Improv activity
3:40 PM - Tutor welcome
- Tell a story about what got you interested in studying science. Students will relate to you better if they understand your passion for learning and interest in discovery.
3:45 PM - Improv activity
4:05 PM - Big Ideas Activity
- EVO Big Idea 1: The process of evolution drives the diversity and unity of life. #bigidea1
- ENE Big Idea 2: Biological systems utilize free energy and molecular building blocks to grow, to reproduce and to maintain dynamic homeostasis. #bigidea2
- IST Big Idea 3: Living systems store, retrieve, transmit and respond to information essential to life processes. #bigidea3
- SYI Big Idea 4: Biological systems interact, and these systems and their interactions possess complex properties. #bigidea4
- Each student receives a Big Ideas worksheet. Each group is assigned one of the four Big Ideas.
- Students indicate their comprehension level for each Essential Knowledge (EK) statement marking UC, KC or NC down the column. - 10 minutes
- Tutor will then ask each student to use color label stickers to share their responses on the group's Big Idea poster