May 14, 2023 | Uncategorized |
I love writing about chemistry, more than anything I’ve ever done professionally. In part that’s because I learn stupid stuff, an example of which occurred again yesterday. I was writing a larger piece about quinones and related compounds and I got to thinking about...
Oct 23, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Here’s 2016’s offering. It’s a SUNDAY for goodness sake. Previous years below. 2015 2014 General Advice
Jun 18, 2015 | Uncategorized |
The AP Free-Response Summary document has been updated for all legacy exams from 1990 to 2013, including all released B forms. Get it here.
Jul 25, 2014 | Chemical Heritage Foundation, Société de Chimie Industrielle, Uncategorized |
On July 15th I learned that I has been awarded the 2014-15 Société de Chimie Industrielle Fellowship to be completed at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia, PA. My accepted proposal outlines plans for a book that links the discovery of the chemical...
May 8, 2013 | Uncategorized |
The 2013 AP Chemistry Exam Free Response analysis Comments Lots of my students said that they thought that the exam looked (or felt), different, and that questions were somehow ‘unusual’. I completely disagree and am a little concerned! Sure, on balance...