ap chemistry

AP Teach - Getting to Know the Desmos Graphing Calculator

Shifra Yonis | Sat, 09/13/2025 - 09:04

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In the July 2025 AP Teach session, experts walk through the features of the online Desmos graphing calculator.

A Knowledge of Electrolysis Thwarts a Scam

Michael Jansen | Sun, 07/27/2025 - 11:55

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This post describes an engaging, thought-provoking capstone activity for the Redox/Electrochemistry unit in AP Chemistry¹. It may be used as a homework assignment, a collaborative in-class assignment, or as a challenging test or exam question.² It can also be used as a hands-on and MINDS-ON laboratory activity or teacher demonstration.

What To Do After the Exams?

Nora Walsh | Mon, 05/26/2025 - 07:53

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Lead contributor Nora Walsh has compiled several activities for AP students to follow after the exam. From engaging one-day activities to Organic lessons and project ideas, Nora has you covered for a successful end of the school year with your AP students.

How to Effectively Use "Write This, Not That" for AP Chemistry Review

Nora Walsh | Sun, 04/20/2025 - 10:46

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AP teacher and exam reader, Nora Walsh, shares tips on how to help your students answer AP Chemistry free-response questions. She provides examples, references, and rationale for her suggestions.

AP Chemistry with WE Service

Melissa Hemling | Fri, 03/24/2023 - 16:17

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The AP with WE Service program is one way to incorporate service-learning into your AP course to improve student understanding of content and help develop the leaders of tomorrow.

AP Reader Reflection - Ideas for Improving Multimodal Understanding of Concepts

Melissa Hemling | Mon, 07/26/2021 - 12:28

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AP Reader, Melissa Hemling, reflects and shares ideas to improve multimodal understanding of AP Chemistry concepts with Concept Summary Sheets.

Lesson to determine the relationships between acid strength, Ka, pH, Molarity, and percent ionization

Kristen Drury | Tue, 05/18/2021 - 06:26

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After teaching the concepts and calculations for acid and base strength, concentration, percent ionization, and pH I noticed many of my students were struggling to make meaningful connections between these calculations.This lesson was created to strengthen the understanding of the relationships between these concepts and skills.