Aug 2, 2024 | Uncategorized |
I talk about the importance of referencing the CED all the time. What that actually means is the importance of understanding and interpreting the TOPIC LOs and their associated Essential Knowledge statements. The rest of the the CED (skills, CB propaganda, educational...
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...
