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Welcome to #2 in a series of update newsletters from www.adriandingleschemistrypages.com
www.adriandingleschemistrypages.com: EMAIL NEWSLETTER #2, JULY 2010
TEACHING AP CHEM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2010-11?
You'll find some great resources here;
FAQ'S for AP Teachers
An AP Course Study Guide
An AP Course Outline
Worked Answers to AP Exam Q's
AP Subscription Materials
ALSO, don't forget that the AP Chemistry exam for 2011 has been moved up a whole week from its usual slot, to Monday, May 2nd!
AP SCORES 2010
Congratulations to my students that recorded a collective set of scores that were the best ever for a group that I have taught. The 34 students scored 31 "5's" and 3 "4's" for an average score of 4.91! A tremendous amount of hard work went into that, and the students deserve the credit. You can see my class results over the years here. In other score news, The College Board have reported the following average scores for the 2010 exam; Q1 (3.7), Q2 (4.3), Q3 (4.0), Q4 (9.0), Q5 (4.1), Q6 (3.4). The obvious stand-out is the high score on Q4 which really reflected a painfully easy Net Ionic Equation Writing in '10. AP teachers can download this information in their AP Instructional Planning Reports from the College Board website.

Want to improve your students' scores? Take a look at this document for some philosophical and practical advice;
Teaching AP Chemistry The English Way
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The summer discount on materials will end on 8/1, so if you want to take advantage of the savings, please act before August 1st.
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AP NOTES - Task Answers
New Download
Answers to the tasks embedded in the AP notes are compiled here

CHANGES TO AP CHEM EXAM
News from the AP Annual Conference
As part of the ongoing discussions about changes to the AP Chem exam, the following came out of discussions at the recent national conference;

  • The earliest we can expect changes are for the 2014 exam
  • The following topics remain on the chopping block for possible elimination; quantum numbers, Lewis Acid/Base theory, Nernst equation, molality, colligative properties, phase diagrams and more!
  • The CB wants to move to a greater emphasis on inquiry labs. There's a little more "official" info, here but things still a long way removed from being set in stone

AP Chemistry Workshop Concludes
2010 Workshop wraps up
On Wednesday 21st of July we completed the second Center For Teaching, Summer AP Workshop @ The Westminster Schools in Atlanta, GA. Five delegates joined us from three states, and we covered a multitude of topics related to the AP chemistry exam. Topics discussed included "The Big Five", TAPCTEW, APCLAM, Sharing Labs, Multiple-Choice Analysis, Common Misconceptions and many others. Look out for next summers' program to be advertised early in 2011.

HONORS Course Materials Available As Subscription 08/01/10
A new offering for the 2010-11 academic year
I taught this course again in 2009-10 and as a result re-wrote all of the honors course materials.
See option #11 here

www.adriandingleschemistrypages.com: EMAIL NEWSLETTER #2, JULY 2010