Peggy O'Neill Skinner Biology (peggy.skinner@bush.edu)   Peggy received her BA and MS degrees from the University of Washington. Focusing on molecular biology, she has continued her education with course work many years after earning her degrees.    Peggy taught AP* Biology for forty years at The Bush School in Seattle, Washington. She has led numerous AP* Biology workshops and institutes as a consultant in the United States and internationally. She has been an AP* Biology exam reader, table leader, and question leader for over 30 years. Peggy has also served on the AP* Biology Test Development Committee. She is the former chairs of The College Board’s Science Academic Advisory Committee and The College Board’s Academic Council and just retired as a member of The College Board’s Board of Trustees and as a member of the AP* Biology CDAC committee that worked on the revision of curriculum for AP Biology.  She helped develop some of the new labs for the revision.    Peggy has received numerous recognitions as a teacher including the OBTA for Washington State, the Tandy Technology Teaching Award, and the first Siemens Award for Excellence in Advanced Placement Teaching, and has been a visiting scholar at The College Board in New York and even honored with a Peggy O’Neill Skinner Honorary Day in Seattle. She has published several articles about the process of inquiry and the teaching of science. Peggy enjoys reading and spending time with her family and her black lab, Touie.             Peggy teaching Biology at Sacred Heart

Stanford AP Biology Institute, 2012 Peggy O’Neill Skinner (peggy.skinner@bush.edu; peggyoskinner@comcast.net)                                                                 Monday, July 23 General introduction and curricular details of BIG IDEA 1:  Evolution   AM: Philosophy and Framework of new AP* Biology, using essential knowledge and learning objectives in the four big ideas as they are integrated into the new course of study. Lab:  Hardy-Weinberg revisited   PM:  Lab: An evolutionary analysis through Blast Tuesday, July 24 BIG IDEA 2:  Energy and Homeostasis  Essential knowledge and learning objective  AM:  Labs: Photosynthesis with a new technique Discussion about inquiry and how it fits the lab PM                   Labs: Cellular Respiration with new apparatus   Productivity with a conceptual approach  Wednesday, July 25    BIG IDEA 3:   Information Essential knowledge and learning objectives  AM                  Labs:  DNA fingerprinting set-up; importance in building skills Mitosis and Meiosis lab overviews and strategies PM             Labs:  Transformation and DNA electrophoresis    Discussion:  use of technology in the AP classroom Thursday, July 26        BIG IDEA 4:  Interaction                                     Essential knowledge and learning objectives AM Labs:  Data analysis from DNA labs Data analysis from Diffusion and Osmosis labs   Enzymes in the new curriculum   PM Labs: New Drosophila behavior lab and introduction to spermatogenesis.  Friday, July 27  INTEGRATION OF BIG IDEAS 1-4 (E2I2) Discussion:  Grading the 2012 AP* Biology exam Discussion:  “Less is More” (where are we in the new curriculum?) questions, resources, formulas and calculations in the new curriculum.  The four big ideas revisited.  Graduation.