Chemistry

Taught by Dale Jensen

The big picture

Zoom will be used as our platform. Almost two years of experience has led to the adaption of Labs and Activities in the virtual world that explain the concepts and keeps the participants engaged.

Participants will be asked to share their favorite labs, activities, or classroom management practices.

Resources for the course will be given and shared on a Google Drive.

The workshop will have 30 hours of instruction.

College Board

APSI Requirements (10 hours)

Topic 1: Course and Exam Description & Course Planning (2 hours)
Topic 2: Diversity & Inclusion and Equity & Access (1 hour)
Topic 3: Strategies and Pedagogical Tools (3 hours)
Topic 4: AP Classroom & AP Daily (2 hours)
Topic 5: Assess and Reflect (2 hours)

Resources

AP® Chemistry Curriculum and Examination Description
Participants Workshop Manual
AP® Chemistry Lab Manual
AP® Central and a NEW AP® Homepage
AP® Classroom
The Audit Requirement (03)
How and when students sign up for the AP® exam

AP Classroom - a web page that will help manage:

Resources
Testing students
Checking student progress
Comparing your students to the global participation
How to manage time
Changes that have been made to the curriculum

Examination of the Upcoming Week

General Topics

New Test Equation Sheets
Best Practices
Prior Knowledge – what do the students need to know before your course?
Different ways to Model Introductions
Sig. Figs for addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and logs
Go over the 2024 test with Sample Responses
New to AP® Chemistry - Mass Spec and PES

Specific topics

Mechanisms
Kinetics to Equilibrium
Equilibrium/Acid/Base/Titration Curve
Why the K_sp is not a good indicator of solubility
Spectrophotometry
Acid/Base titration curves – the mathematical approach
Thermodynamics
Heat Capacity - how important is it?
Intermolecular Forces - Not Van der Waal Forces
Electrochemistry (Electrolytic and Galvanic)

Lab/Activity

Sulfur Clock Rx (w/ Inquiry)
Radioactive Decay - without the misconception
Kinetics: What is the Rate Law?
Zero-Order and Second-Order Activities
Integrated Rate Law – Crystal Violet Decomposition
Dueling Graduated Cylinders
K_a of a Weak Acid – Inquiry and a Summative Assessment
Equilibrium: Can we Make the Colors of the Rainbow?
Solubility - Trouble of the 2
The Evaporation of 3 Liquids
NH₄OH + HCl →

Publishers and Science Companies

In prior APSI workshops resources have been made available. This is a sample list.

Vernier
PASCO
Carolina Biological
Sargent Welch
Wards
Trivedi Chemistry
Prentice Hall
Flinn
Cengage
Edvantage