Nov 22, 2019 | AP, Periodicity, UNIT 01 |
It’s very easy to say, “I’m holding my AP chemistry students to a high standard” without ever quantifying that statement. However, without some kind of evidence the assertion no more than a meaningless platitude. I think that I do live that...
Sep 26, 2014 | 2013-14 Curriculum, AP, Big Idea 1, Periodicity |
When you read my AP notes on periodicity from Big Idea 1, you’ll find a couple of popular things missing. These two things have been omitted deliberately, but I wanted to touch upon them here, just in case you run into them when looking at other resources...
Jun 4, 2013 | AP, AP TOPIC 07, The Periodic Table |
My recent conversation with Eric Scerri that spawned this post, was initially provoked by his article from the previous week in Scientific American. It got me thinking about an old AP exam question from 2006, that asked about the as yet undiscovered element 119. That...
Nov 15, 2012 | AP, Big Idea 1, Periodicity, Writing Good Answers |
In my experience, the majority of kids understand most of the chemistry behind the periodic trends typically asked in AP, free response questions, but way too often they cannot express that knowledge in succinct, meaningful English that allows (and encourages) the...
