When composing this post about the College Board Webinar relating to PES in February of this year, I wrote; The things to take away from these much more complicated spectra for me, are two-fold; (i)...
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College Board PES Webcast – 6 months late
The College Board finally got around to releasing some official information about PES yesterday, Friday January 31st. This is information that should have been available to teachers BEFORE the new...
PES – a first attempt at creating a question
As those of us teaching the new AP chemistry curriculum for the first time struggle with the lack of example material and sample questions released by the College Board, we are left to our own...
Summary of additions to new AP Chemistry curriculum – PART #1. PES
Following my summary of the new, exclusion statements, this is the first in a series of short blog posts that I intend to write about each of the additions to the new, AP chemistry curriculum. Keep...
2026, 5(b), why orbitals get Bent out of shape, and the rule that redefines angles
As time has passed, and as the AP exam has been devastated in terms of its difficulty, I've decreasingly seen questions that pique my interest. Approximately once every decade the AP exam throws up...
AP TESTS 9 UNITS
In the Spring of 2022 my AP Chemistry tests were made available on the site for the first time ever. Below you will find details regarding their content. The tests reflect my own Breakpoints in...
AP SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS
AP SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS can be found on this page. These are materials that do not form part of the notes or the other course materials, but can be used to supplement learning in various ways....
van Arkel–Ketelaar allows for a more “definitive” classification of bonding type
One way or another I've spent the best part of four decades immersed in the world of secondary chemistry education. My experience is more diverse than most, and covers a lot of ground, but a large...
Daily Planner UNIT 03
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Daily Planner UNIT 04
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Daily Planner UNIT 01
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AP Chemistry Power Words and Phrases
AP CHEMISTRY POWER WORDS AND PHRASESHere you'll find some guidance that relates to the writing of good answers to FRQs. It complements the Writing Good Answers series of blog posts on similar. This...
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SUMMER WORKSHOPS for TEACHERS 2023
AP Chemistry Online Summer Workshops 2023: Once again this coming summer I plan to offer two, AP Chemistry Teacher Workshops, and I'd love to have you join me. These courses will be the 19th and...
Top Tips
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Roadmaps UNIT 01
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Roadmaps UNIT 02
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Roadmaps UNIT 03
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Roadmaps UNIT 04
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Support for REA AP Chemistry Crash Course Review Book
Unfortunately, tiny errors, typos, and the need for tweaks & amendments are all an inevitable part of publishing hard-copy books. Virtually all attempts to reduce them to zero, fail. No matter...
REGULAR WORKSHEETS
TOPIC TITLE ANSWERS 01a Matter & Measurement Answers 01b Unit Conversions Answers 01c Significant Figures Answers TOPIC TITLE ANSWERS 02a States of Matter Answers 02b Energy & Specific Heat...
HONORS WORKSHEETS
TOPIC TITLE ANSWERS 01b Unit Conversions Answers 01c Specific Heat Capacity Answers 01d Heat & Phase Change Answers 01e Cooling Curve Answers 01s Matter & Measurement Summary Answers TOPIC...
AP Chemistry Online Summer Workshops for TEACHERS 2022
AP Chemistry Online Summer Workshops 2022: Once again this coming summer I plan to offer two, AP Chemistry Teacher Workshops, and I'd love to have you join me. These courses will be the 17th and...
AP TESTS 9 UNITS
In the Spring of 2022 my AP Chemistry tests were made available on the site for the first time ever. Below you will find details regarding their content. The tests reflect my own "breakpoints" in...
HONORS NOTES
The date & time-stamps in red indicate the latest update, and should match the document that you've download. If the date & time on the document in your possession do not match the date...
WRITING PORTFOLIO
In addition to books, my writing extends into many other arenas and formats. Magazine and heavyweight journal articles, SEO focused chemistry blog posts and feature articles for businesses,...
Definitions – they’re important!
Old A Level and IB exams frequently featured questions that straight-up asked for definitions. Literally, "Define ... X". Common examples of X were things such as "Enthalpy of Formation", or "First...
AP Chemistry Online Summer Workshops for TEACHERS 2021
AP Chemistry Online Summer Workshops 2021: Once again this coming summer, I plan to offer two, AP Chemistry Teacher Workshops, and I'd love to have you join me. These courses will be the 15th and...
AP TOPICS & LOs (FALL 2024 – PRESENT)
Here you'll find the full list of 91 official TOPICS, and the 92 associated Learning Objectives (LOs) as defined by the College Board's AP Chemistry Course and Exam Description (CED) that are...
REGULAR NOTES
The date & time-stamps in red indicate the latest update, and should match the document that you've download. If the date & time on the document in your possession do not match the date...
AP Multiple-Choice Questions 9 UNITS
It's worth noting that these questions, written by me, are not necessarily attempting to be AP MCQ clones. Many of them certainly could appear on an AP MCQ exam, and all are linked to relevant LOs...
HONORS NOTES
The date & time-stamps in red indicate the latest update, and should match the document that you've download. If the date & time on the document in your possession do not match the date...
AP POWERPOINTS
The AP PowerPoints are a relatively new feature, first introduced during the 2019-20 academic year. A few notes about them. I have never used PowerPoints in any of my teaching but many subscribers...
AP NOTES 9 UNITS
Each of UNITS 1-9 listed below has a title, defined by me, that is designed to encapsulate the content of each of the nine UNITS as defined by the College Board in their Course and Exam Description...
AP TASK ANSWERS 9 UNITS
Here you'll find the answers to the Tasks that are embedded in the AP NOTES.1.3a 1. (a) FeO (b) Fe2O3 (c) Fe3O4 2. CH, CH2, CH3O, C3H6O2 - all cannot be simplified further. 1.4a 1. They are not the...
AP QUIZZES 9 UNITS
AP QUIZZES can be found on this page. On the whole they each take a very similar format, generally the approximate equivalent of two, long AP FRQ problems Each quiz that deals with the same LO (or...
AP WORKSHEETS 9 UNITS
Here you'll find the AP Worksheets that help to illustrate the content of each of the UNITS. Each worksheet covers either a single LO, or more likely, a small set of LOs within the UNIT. Each...
CHEMISTRY TUTORING
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Is it 17 TOPICS, or 6 UNITS, or 9 UNITS? I’m confused
That sounds like a Chicago song, but ... ... in various places on this site, you will see references in the AP sections to "17 TOPICS", "6 UNITS" and "9 UNITS". This can be confusing, so here's the...
Honors Chemistry Learning Objectives
HONORS CHEMISTRY LEARNING OBJECTIVES The specific learning objectives for each topic in the Honors course are listed here. TOPIC 1 Matter & Measurement ALL students should; Recall a definition...
AP Chemistry Summer Workshops 2020 Online
AP Chemistry Summer Workshops 2020 Online: Once again this coming summer, I plan to offer two, AP Chemistry Teacher Workshops, and I'd love to have you join me. These courses will be the 13th and...
AP Notes Task Answers 9 UNITS
AP NOTES TASK ANSWERS 9 UNITS UNIT 00 - AP Chemistry Preamble 0.1 1. (a) 2.45 x 104 (b) 3.56 x 102 (c) 9.85 x 10-4 (d) 2.22 x 10-1 (e) 1.22 x 104 2. (a) 4200 (b) 0.000215 (c) 0.00000314 (d) 922000...
2019 AP Chemistry Released FRQ answers
My 2019 AP Chemistry Released Exam Draft Answers & Comments appear below. The questions are here. These are DRAFT answers and may change as errors are pointed out to me, and other thoughts come...
AP Chemistry Summer Workshops 2019 Online
AP Chemistry Summer Wokshops 2019 Online: Once again this coming summer, I plan to offer two, AP Chemistry Teacher Workshops, and I'd love to have you join me. These courses will be the 11th and...
AP Chemistry Summer Workshops 2018 Online
AP Chemistry Summer Workshops 2018 Online: Once again this coming summer, I plan to offer two, AP Chemistry Teacher Workshops, and I'd love to have you join me. These courses will be the 9th and...
Deadly gas is common AP Chemistry analog
Ammonia is a pretty ubiquitous chemical substance when it comes to AP Chemistry. Not so much much in terms of actually encountering it in the lab, but rather as a molecule (NH3) that can be used to...
AP Chemistry Summer Workshops 2017 Online
AP Chemistry Summer Workshops 2017 Online: Once again this summer, I plan to offer two, AP Chemistry Teacher Workshops, and I'd love to have you join me. These courses will be the 7th and 8th...
All creatures great and small and 2016, 6
All things bright & beautiful, all creatures great and small. Remember that hymn? We often talk about remembering the little things, well here's a lesson in remembering the big things as well!...
SAT Subject Test in Chemistry 2016
With the AP out of the way, I now turn my attention to the SAT Subject Test in Chemistry 2016. Logistics Dates: May 7th & June 4th 2016 Length: 60 minutes Format: 85 Multiple-Choice Questions...
Lab situations on the AP chemistry exam
As long as the College Board refuse to acknowledge the importance of a lab exam, you can expect the continued reliance on the testing of lab situations on the AP chemistry exam via the inferior...
Another ∆G° mystery
We've lived through the nonsense of the inclusion of PES in the new AP Chemistry curriculum. Many think the exclusion of quantum numbers, stinks. Some people HATE the removal of colligative...