Update: Expanding AP® Biology!

This is great! I hope KA does this for other AP courses as well!

Do you know how to access this new material?  Thanks! 

Hi wolf.lsop962,

The new material is in Unit 6 of the AP Biology course, which you can access here. I hope that helps!

-Megan (Sciences content creator)

Would the new material be available for students who will be taking the AP Biology Exam this year?

Hi Gerardo Rodriguez,

The new material that we published is already available in Unit 6, which you can access here.

Meanwhile, we're working to create even more new content, which will be published over the next few months. If we are able to publish any of this content before the AP Biology exam, we'll be sure to announce it. Good luck with your studies!

-Megan (Sciences content creator)

Will there be any practice FRQs for us to do?

Hi shreya dhillon,

We don't have any practice FRQs for you to do on our platform, but we do have some videos of Sal working through old FRQs. In addition, we try to design many of our multiple choice practice questions to get at the type of thinking required for FRQs, so we hope they will be useful to you. Good luck with your studies!

-Megan (Sciences content creator)

Hi Megan,

Is there some way I can see and leave a review for a professor in the AP Biology course? I don't see a link to the professors' profiles anywhere in this course.

These videos are amazing, and really work for my learning style.

https://www.khanacademy.org/science/ap-biology/cell-structure-and-function/membrane-transport/v/endocytosis-phagocytosis-and-pinocytosis?modal=1 

I'm taking biology at the community college, and it was moved online due to COVID. The change in learning style (Powerpoints and info sessions) isn't working for me. It's gotten to the point I've been thinking I'll have to drop (or fail) online classes (the first step to my dream of changing careers to become a nurse!) Thanks to Khan Academy and this professor's videos I have renewed confidence I can learn this material. It's infinitely easier.

Hi karhyatt,

We are so happy that our AP Biology content is helping you during this challenging time!

The video that you linked was made by Sal, the founder of Khan Academy. If you'd like to describe how Khan Academy has helped you, you can do so here by clicking on "Share your story".

Good luck with your studies!

-Megan (Sciences content creator)

Im in 10th grade and i just heard about AP exams my school do not offer these type of programs my school isn't so advanced but i love learning at home (self-learning), can i still take the exam with nothing to do with my school like i just go and apply, and where should i apply, and can you tell more about AP exams why it's important etc.. Last question does this course covers everything on AP biology i will be taking the exam next year

Hey Osama Al-Saadi, 

Yes you can take AP exams without instruction from teachers or school.To register for the AP exams you will have to wait till the beginning of the school year(around august). And you will also have to register on collegeboard.org After the school year starts you may get info regarding when the registration begins. And you will have to pay a certain fee to do the exams. 

AP exams are important because they can help a student gain college credit for that course. So it makes it easier for the student, because they wouldn't have to take those classes during college. Infact, the more you can take by the end of your high school career you the better. Oh and there is a scoring range for these tests, from 1-5.1 being not acceptable, and 5 being amazing. Depending on your score colleges will accept your scores(generally from 3,4, and 5s).

For your last question, to be honest, I don't know whether or not it would cover everything, but since Khan academy is connected with CollegeBoard(the company that hosts these exams) they should cover everything. If you feel like it is not covering the entire course I would suggest for you to go and look for other resources, like princeton review, for more info regarding this topic. 

For more info regarding AP exams you can go message collegeBoard on their website at collegeboard.org and they can help you. Good luck and be safe.

Hi,

I'm an upcoming junior at my high school, and I didn't decide to request for the AP Biology course at my high school because I didn't have space in my schedule. Does the AP Biology course on Khan Academy cover everything that'll be covered on the AP exam in May? Along with that, are the practice tests and quizzes useful enough without having to purchase an AP Biology Practice Book?

Thank you so much. :)

@karthik.nuti2019 thanks a lot, it really helped.

Hi Kathleen Do and Osama Al-Saadi,

Our AP Biology course includes instructional content covering the major topics that will be on the exam, along with exercises containing multiple choice practice questions. Units 1-6 have an exercise in every lesson, and we are working on adding exercises to Units 7 and 8 so that they are also complete.

We don't offer any free-response practice, but we do have videos of Sal working through some free response questions here. In addition, our multiple choice questions are designed to help you practice the thinking skills necessary for both the multiple choice and free-response portions of the exam. 

I hope this helps. Good luck and happy learning in AP Biology!

-Megan (Science content creator)

Hi Megan Cohn, 

Thank you so much for the information! 

Is there going to be new AP Courses in Khan Academy?

Does this course have labs included? 

I am not able to include AP Biology in my chosen courses

Hi Jude Stahl,

The AP Biology course does include labs. We don't have any material directly supporting the labs on Khan Academy, however. Is there some type of specific support for labs that you are looking for?

-Megan (Science Content Creator)

Hi Myra Kaur,

I suggest you visit our help center to help get AP Biology into your chosen courses. If you can't find the information you need there, you can reach out via our "Report a problem" page.

Best,

Megan (Science Content Creator)

Hello Megan Cohn, 

No i was just wondering if labs existed with this course.

Hi Jude Stahl,

Ok! Well, let us know if there are ever features or content you'd like to see in the course - we take into account user requests when planning course updates :)

Best,

Megan (Science Content Creator)

Where do I find the basic stuff for intro college biology...atom Structure, molecules..covalent bonding..new student and new to KA...just trying to understand

Hi Scott O’Neal,

If you want to review chemistry concepts like the ones you listed, I'd recommend checking out our AP Chemistry beta course, or our legacy AP Chemistry course. You can also check out the Chemistry of life unit in our AP Biology course for a more biology-focused take on chemistry concepts. You'll get a good idea of what is in each lesson based on its title. Let me know if you have any more questions!

- Megan (Science content creator)

The "Elements of Life" questions are focused on chemical and nutrient cycles. They're useful for ecology, but the AP Biology standard about "Elements of Life" focuses on biochemistry, i.e. elements found in foundational macromolecules, polarity of macromolecules, ect.

Hi cat.needs.crunchies

Thank you for this feedback! This is a course that we're still actively working on, so we'll take your feedback into account as we make improvements to the course.

- Megan (Science content creator)

Is there a timeline/schedule available to plan what should be done each day to complete the coursework?  Is this a full school-year course, approved by the college board as an AP class, or a course to help prepare for the AP exam?  Just wondering if this could be used in conjunction with my daughter's current biology program or if it would be this is a course in and of itself. Thank you!   Also, a suggestion for future updates, primarily to the discussion questions/comments...a search within this section may be helpful to prevent admins from answering the same question multiple times, and so the user doesn't have to search through the many comments to find an answer to their question.

Hi Jen White,

The AP Biology course on Khan Academy is not approved by the College Board as a stand-alone class. Our course covers nearly all of the content included in the College Board's AP Biology Course and Exam Description, but it lacks certain areas that don't work well on our platform, such as the labs. So, our course is meant to be a supplemental tool, used in conjunction with an in-person class.

If your daughter is in a biology class and wants to take the AP exam at the end of the year, she can use our course to help supplement her in-class learning. Our AP Bio practice questions are in the style of the exam's multiple choice section, and we also have some videos of Sal working through AP Bio free-response questions, so both of these resources should be helpful.

And, thank you for your suggestion about the search - I'll pass it along!

- Megan (Science content creator)