AP Biology

Your child's own
world‑class biology tutor

Pioneered by Stanford AI researchers and learning scientists, Aristotle is the world's first voice-based AI biology tutor.

Built for the AP Biology course and exam, Aristotle has improved thousands of grades over 22% within a week.

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The curriculum

Over 200 AP Biology skills, personalized to your child

Aristotle is designed to always know what to teach at exactly the right time.

Sample curriculum

+ 7 more science subjects available

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Chemistry of Life

Cells

Cellular Energetics

Cell Communication and Cell Cycle

Heredity

Gene Expression and Regulation

Natural Selection

Ecology

AP Biology tutoring curriculum205 skills across 8 units

Chemistry of Life

AP Exam weighting: 8-11%. Topics: Structure of Water and Hydrogen Bonding, Elements of Life, Introduction to Macromolecules, Carbohydrates, Lipids, Nucleic Acids, Proteins.

Cells

AP Exam weighting: 10-13%. Topics: Cell Structure and Function, Cell Size, Plasma Membrane, Membrane Permeability, Membrane Transport, Facilitated Diffusion, Tonicity and Osmoregulation, Mechanisms of Transport, Cell Compartmentalization, Origins of Cell Compartmentalization.

Cellular Energetics

AP Exam weighting: 12-16%. Topics: Enzymes, Environmental Impacts on Enzyme Function, Cellular Energy, Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration.

Cell Communication and Cell Cycle

AP Exam weighting: 10-15%. Topics: Cell Communication, Introduction to Signal Transduction, Signal Transduction Pathways, Feedback, Cell Cycle, Regulation of Cell Cycle.

Heredity

AP Exam weighting: 8-11%. Topics: Meiosis, Meiosis and Genetic Diversity, Mendelian Genetics, Non-Mendelian Genetics, Environmental Effects on Phenotype.

Gene Expression and Regulation

AP Exam weighting: 12-16%. Topics: DNA and RNA Structure, DNA Replication, Transcription and RNA Processing, Translation, Regulation of Gene Expression, Gene Expression and Cell Specialization, Mutations, Biotechnology.

Natural Selection

AP Exam weighting: 13-20%. Topics: Introduction to Natural Selection, Natural Selection, Artificial Selection, Population Genetics, Hardy–Weinberg Equilibrium, Evidence of Evolution, Common Ancestry, Continuing Evolution, Phylogeny, Speciation, Variations in Populations, Origins of Life on Earth.

Ecology

AP Exam weighting: 10-15%. Topics: Responses to the Environment, Energy Flow Through Ecosystems, Population Ecology, Effect of Density on Populations, Community Ecology, Biodiversity, Disruptions in Ecosystems.

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Why families switch

Everything an hourly tutor can't be

On demand, 24/7

No scheduling, no weekly slot. Help is there during homework at 9pm and the morning before the test.

A fraction of the cost

Unlimited sessions on a flat plan instead of paying a human tutor by the hour.

Truly personalized

Aristotle tracks every skill your child has mastered and teaches at their exact frontier: never too easy, never too far ahead.

Driven by science

How Aristotle works

Fits your child's AP Biology class

Aligned to the College Board framework

College Board framework

Every AP Biology skill maps to a unit and topic in the College Board's course and exam description, so sessions match what the exam tests.

Your child's school

Share your teacher's syllabus, textbook, or pacing guide and sessions follow your child's actual AP class.

Your exam goal

Aiming for a 5, or just to pass? Aristotle builds the path backwards from your target score and the May exam date.

FAQ

Common questions about online AP Biology tutoring

Aristotle's AP Biology course maps 205 skills to all eight units of the College Board framework: Chemistry of Life, Cells, Cellular Energetics, Cell Communication and the Cell Cycle, Heredity, Gene Expression and Regulation, Natural Selection, and Ecology. Every skill is tied to the framework and linked to its prerequisites, so the tutor always knows which part of the course your child has mastered and what still needs work.

Aristotle works unit by unit to find your child's weak spots and focus there. Because every one of the 205 skills is tracked, the tutor can tell the difference between a topic your child has mastered and one they only half understand, then spend session time on the gaps that will cost points. Your child can review a single unit before a test or run the whole framework before the May exam, practicing the reasoning the free-response questions demand.

AP Biology moves faster, goes deeper into molecular detail, and is graded against the College Board's framework rather than a general standard. This course tracks 205 skills, compared with 120 in general high school Biology, and emphasizes the data analysis and experimental-design reasoning the AP exam rewards. Aristotle tunes every session to that exam standard instead of a general biology class.

Your child talks through problems out loud with Aristotle on a shared whiteboard, whether that is diagramming a signal transduction pathway, working a chi-square problem, or interpreting experimental data like a free-response question. Aristotle asks questions, listens to their reasoning, and guides them to the answer instead of handing it over. Sessions start whenever your child is ready, with no scheduling, available 24/7, the night before a unit test or during homework.

Science tutors typically charge $50 to $90 an hour, which comes to $600 to $1,080 a month at three hours a week, and AP-level tutors usually add a 20 to 40 percent premium on top of that. Aristotle costs $299 a month for unlimited sessions across every subject, or $49 for a single session.

Read more about why Aristotle costs $299 a month

Chatbots hand your child the answer and forget them when the chat ends. Aristotle teaches the way expert AP tutors do: it asks your child to explain their reasoning, finds the misconception underneath a wrong answer, and guides them with questions until they can work it themselves. It also carries the learning process across sessions, remembering which units your child has mastered and planning what to review next, like a tutor who never forgets.

Read more about why AI chatbots make bad tutors

Yes. Parents get a summary after every session, and the parent dashboard shows which AP Biology units your child has mastered and where they are stuck. Sessions are reviewed, and every tutor response is checked before it reaches your child.

Yes. AP Biology stacks concepts quickly, so a shaky grasp of cellular energetics or gene expression can quietly undermine everything after it. Each of the 205 skills is linked to its prerequisites, so Aristotle traces a current struggle back to the exact earlier skill that is missing and rebuilds from there, instead of repeating the same lesson louder. Your child can catch up mid-course without starting the whole year over.

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