With 2017 AP Chemistry Reading finishing a few days ago, we have now begun to hear from some of the readers with their notes and reflections regarding the grading of the 2017 Operational Exam. I wanted to collate all that I have heard about the reading in this blog post, together with some data released […]
Lamenting the loss of inorganic in AP Chemistry
May 10, 2017 by 13 Comments
The second week in May is always an odd time of year for me. With the administration of the AP exam behind me, the whole purpose of the majority of my teaching for the year has passed, and I am left to reflect. It’s this same time of year that I see my ex-colleagues across […]
Online AP Chemistry Review Courses 2017
December 27, 2016 by 6 Comments
In the Spring of 2017 I will be offering the inaugural, Online AP Chemistry Review Courses for AP Chemistry STUDENTS. For many years I have offered the very popular Online AP Chemistry Summer Workshops for teachers, and now it’s time to boost AP scores from a student point of view. I will offer two, independent, six […]
AP Chemistry Summer Workshops 2017 Online
December 27, 2016 by 1 Comment
AP Chemistry Summer Workshops 2017 Online: Once again this summer, I plan to offer two, AP Chemistry Teacher Workshops, and I’d love to have you join me. These courses will be the 7th and 8th respectively, that I have offered online. Below you will find details of the workshops but, if after reading this post […]
AP Chemistry State of the Union – April 2016
April 7, 2016 by 17 Comments
When Paul Price speaks about AP Chemistry, you’d better listen. Why? Because he is the co-chair of the AP Chemistry Test Development Committee (TDC), and as such, his words carry more weight in this matter than just about anybody on the planet. He’s the closet thing that we have to the AP Chemistry Czar that […]
AP Chemistry Summer Workshops 2016 Online
December 30, 2015 by 2 Comments
AP Chemistry Summer Workshops 2016 Online: Once again this summer, I plan to offer two, AP Chemistry Teacher Workshops, and I’d love to have you join me. These courses will be the 5th and 6th respectively, that I have offered online. Below you will find details of the workshops but, if after reading this post […]
Want #apchem success in 2016? Ironically, see 2013!
November 15, 2015 by 12 Comments
The College Board/AP Chemistry Test Development Committee (TDC) ‘cheated’ a bit. No, I’m not talking about the debacle of the 2015 scores, nor about my general dislike of many aspects of the new curriculum, but rather this gripe relates to a question that appeared on the 2013 exam, that is a really important one for […]
More, potentially useless Wordles
September 9, 2015 by Leave a Comment
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 can read about them here. Before I update those Wordles again to reflect the newer versions of the notes more than 2 years down the road (which I […]
More on Sig. Figs and the AP Exam. Wha…..???
August 13, 2015 by Leave a Comment
It’s that time of year when one of the (for me) dreaded conversations has to take place in the chemistry classroom; significant figures. I hate them, I really do, and for me this is a problem for the math department and not me. IMO it only serves to distract kids AWAY from the chemistry. It […]
Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster (AKA AP discussions #ChemEd15)
August 11, 2015 by 12 Comments
At least one member of the AP Chemistry Test Development Committee (TDC) has described this blog as no more than, in his words, a ‘tabloid’. I’m not quite sure what he means by that, but presumably it’s an attack on me because he perceives that what I write here to be somehow invalid, or perhaps […]
