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A sample curriculum

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Sample only. Ms. Carla Jiménez asked for a full-year AP Biology course at the high-school level, meeting five times a week, with a high priority on AI-resistant assessment. Here is an excerpt of the curriculum the planner drafted for her to customize. The enzyme-lab short answer from this curriculum is graded in our Rubric sample, and one student's recommendation is drafted in our Letter sample.
Course overview

AP Biology

High school AP (College Board) Full year (about 36 weeks)

A full-year laboratory course organized around the four AP Biology Big Ideas: Evolution, Energetics, Information Storage and Transmission, and Systems Interactions. The course balances conceptual depth with the science practices, and assessment leans heavily on in-class and lab-based work so that understanding is demonstrated in front of the teacher.

Essential questions

  • How does evolution explain both the unity and the diversity of life?
  • How do living systems capture, store, and use energy and information?
  • How do interactions across scales keep biological systems stable?

Learning goals

  • Apply the AP science practices to design and analyze investigations.
  • Model the flow of energy and information through biological systems.
  • Use evidence to construct and defend explanations and arguments.
Units & lessons (excerpt)

The first stretch of the year

Unit 1. Chemistry of Life (~4 weeks)

Water, biological macromolecules, and the properties that make life possible, paired with the science practices for the year.

Properties of water
Hydrogen bonding, cohesion, and why water's properties matter for life.
Macromolecules
Structure and function of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids.
Lab: enzyme activity
Design an investigation into how temperature and pH affect enzyme rate.

Unit 2. Cell Structure & Function (~4 weeks)

Cell components, membranes, and transport, building toward energetics.

Membrane structure & transport
Fluid mosaic model, diffusion, osmosis, and active transport.
Lab: osmosis & tonicity
Measure water movement across membranes and model the results.
Pacing calendar (excerpt)

Weeks 1 to 6

WeekFocusMilestone
1Course launch; science practices; water propertiesDiagnostic check
2Macromolecules—
3Enzymes and enzyme labLab practical 1
4Unit 1 synthesisUnit 1 in-class assessment
5Cell structure and membranes—
6Transport and osmosis labLab practical 2
Assessment plan (excerpt)

Built to resist AI shortcuts

Unit 1 in-class assessment · exam · 100 pts

A handwritten, in-class assessment covering the chemistry of life and enzyme function, including a short free-response item analyzing a novel data set.

AI-resistant by design: Taken in class on paper with no devices, and built around interpreting an unfamiliar data set, so a chatbot cannot produce the answer in advance.

Suggested rubric

  • Concept mastery · 60 pts — Accuracy and depth on macromolecules and enzymes.
  • Data analysis · 40 pts — Reasoning from the provided data to a defensible claim.

Independent investigation · project · 100 pts

A student-designed lab investigation with a written report and a short oral defense of the methods and findings.

AI-resistant by design: Graded substantially on a live oral defense and the student's own lab notebook, so the work has to be understood, not just submitted.

Suggested rubric

  • Experimental design · 40 pts — A controlled, testable investigation.
  • Analysis & argument · 35 pts — Evidence-based conclusions.
  • Oral defense · 25 pts — Clear, accurate answers to questions about the work.

Pairs with The Rubric! Studio: in the live planner, each written assessment like these carries a one-click 'Build this in The Rubric! Studio' button that turns it into a ready-to-review grading job, with the questions and a matching rubric already drafted, and your curriculum then tracks each job's grading status.

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