An age old problem that I've become a little weary of addressing, so let's clear this up really quickly and really simply. No biologists, breaking...
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Big Idea 2
Bonding answers AGAIN! Grrr…
I've just finished grading a test on bonding done by my AP students, and as usual, there are several issues relating to the phraseology and wording...
More, potentially useless Wordles
I recently re-visited the Wordles that I first produced in June of 2013 for the original versions of my AP Chemistry notes for Big Ideas 1-6. You...
Subscriber Updates (03-18-15)
The UNIT 4 notes have been tweaked a little, correcting a couple of typos and amending a couple of sentences for clarity. The AP Worked Answers for...
Choosing between resonance and hybridization
A question came up on the College Board’s AP chemistry discussion group recently that I have seen many times before (including many variations of...
Subscriber Updates (04-29-14)
A few extremely minor grammatical tweaks have been made to the Unit 2 notes.
Writing good answers to AP Bonding problems
Updated 11/16/13 After the positive reaction to this post, @mcford19 suggested that I write another, similar one about writing good answers to AP...
Formal charge & Lewis structures
Following this post at the end of last month, I wanted to add some more notes about formal charge and Lewis structures, and their use on the AP...