Quadratics, equilibrium, and AP Chemistry
Here's a common question that I was asked once again today; Adrian, why do some of your materials point to equilibrium problems that contain quadratic equations when we know that type of math will not be tested on the AP chemistry exam? In other words, how do...
Error in AP Chemistry ‘Exam’ 2020 confirmed
A couple of weeks ago I wrote to Jamie Benigna (Director AP Chemistry Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment) to ask about an error that I spotted in one of the questions used in the AP Chemistry 'exam' in 2020. Here's an extract from the email that I sent to him. In...
The real lesson for vulnerable teens
If you're an impressionable, highly-strung, high achieving 15 to 18 year old, this AP 'exam' season has been stressful. I get it, I really do. I've been in this game (and a MUCH, MUCH, MUCH higher stakes version of it in the UK) for 30 years, and I have two children...
17 TOPICS, OR 6 OR 9 UNITS?
That sounds like a Chicago song, but ... ... in various places on this site, you will see references in the AP sections to "17 TOPICS", "6 UNITS" and "9 UNITS". This can be confusing, so here's the background to those distinctions. 17 TOPICS (up to the 2013 exam) Up...
So you’ve taken the AP Chem ‘Exam’ in ’20. What will your score be?
Of course, the question above assumes that you managed to upload files today, and/or that your re-take will go smoothly ... but ... ignoring that minor detail ... ... on the face of it, and on the basis of what we know right now, whatever your score is it will bear...
Further reasons to not take the AP chemistry ‘exam’ in 2020 as a HS senior
If you are a high school senior preparing to take the AP Chemistry 'exam' in 2020, you may want to think again. There are already a whole host of reasons NOT to take the AP Chemistry 'exam' in 2020. On top of the logic outlined in that post, in the last few days I...
My position on the ’20 AP Chem ‘exam’
A lot has happened since the College Board first announced that the 2020 AP Chemistry ’exam’ would be going ahead in a vastly modified format. At the beginning of this process there was an enormous amount of uncertainty. Some (perhaps most) of that uncertainty still...
LO 7.14 in 2020 AP Chemistry ‘exam’?
The College Board should have cancelled the AP chemistry exam in 2020. Period. I'm going to write a longer post on that particular subject later, but for now, the fact that they have not cancelled the AP chemistry exam is already creating some prickly problems for...
COVID-19, AP Chemistry 2020, and the College Board
At approx. 11.15 AM this morning we got word from the College Board on the plans for the AP Chemistry exam in 2020 in the wake of COVID-19. Firstly the facts, in a nutshell, for AP Chemistry. No face-to-face exams in 2020 Instead, 45 minute, at home/online tests 2...
Free AP Chemistry Tutorials during COVID-19
04/03/20: EDIT: I have decided to cancel these sessions, since following recent announcements by the College Board