Class Description AP Biology Exam Prep

AP Biology Exam Prep

2026 Spring

Neha Mathur

Mrs. Neha Mathur is an energetic and enthusiastic individual with eighteen years of teaching experience. She is skilled in designing science curricula targeted at meeting the needs of students with different abilities and backgrounds. After completing her Masters in biochemistry, she taught biotechnology at the graduate level for two years. After that she spend three years teaching students at the high school level and worked as a Research Associate at a Biotech firm.

Later she received her second master’s degree in education and has been teaching pre-AP biology, pre-AP chemistry, and AP Biology at private and public high schools in Texas and Louisiana. Currently, she is teaching pre-AP biology and SRD (Scientific Research and Development) at St. Johns School, Houston. She is also one of the moderators for the Science Olympiad team at the school.

Class Description
This class will prepare students for the upcoming AP Biology exam in May. AP Biology is an introductory college-level biology course. Students cultivate their understanding of biology through inquiry-based investigations as they explore topics like evolution, energetics, information storage and transfer, and system interactions.

Homework
Weekly homework will be assigned. It will take approximately 45 – 90 minutes to complete.

Prerequisite
Students should be currently taking AP Biology in school.

How Long Is The AP Biology Exam?
The AP Biology exam is three hours long and consists of two sections: a multiple-choice/grid-in quantitative section and a free-response section.

What’s The Structure Of The Exam?
The AP Biology Exam, like many of the other AP exams, is composed of two sections. The multiple choice section and the free response section.

• The multiple choice section is 1 hour and 30 minutes long, 60 questions, and is worth 50% of your total score including:
  • Concept explanations
  • Visual representations
  • Questions and methods
  • Representing and describing data
  • Statistical tests and data analysis
  • Argumentation
• The free response section is 1 hour and 30 minutes long, and is worth 50% of your total score.
  • The free response section consists of two long-form free-response questions, both of which require data analysis, and four short-form free-response questions that require a paragraph-length response that covers your ability to describe, explain, predict, justify, or represent a given scenario.

Exam Date
Monday, May 4, 2026: 8 AM Local