SAT PREP CENTER
This AP Chemistry course is designed to be the equivalent of the general chemistry course usually taken during the first year of college. For most students, the course enables them to undertake, as a freshman, second year work in the chemistry sequence at their institution or to register in courses in other fields where general chemistry is a prerequisite. This course is structured around the six big ideas articulated in the AP Chemistry curriculum framework provided by the College Board.
A special emphasis will be placed on the seven science practices, which capture important aspects of the work that scientists engage in, with learning objectives that combine content with inquiry and reasoning skills. During the year students will use demonstrations and other simulations that work with course content in ways that cannot easily be duplicated in the lab.
AP Chemistry is open to all students that have completed a year of chemistry who wish to take part in a rigorous and academically challenging course. This course can be taken either after or along with a full year Organic Chemistry course for additional work with the concepts, reactions, and processes from organic chemistry.
To keep the students in the cumulative mindset needed to prepare for the AP exam, as well as exams in a university setting, there will be a weekly quiz in non-test weeks on the last student day of the week and each unit exam administered will have questions from previous units included. Students will also take part in discussions that will relate topics covered to real world applications of the concepts.
The redesigned AP chemistry program is in effect for the 2013-2014 school year. The new course focuses on reasoning and inquiry skills that are essential for success at the college level. To this end, the revised course emphasizes inquiry based labs that are more student-directed. It centers on a more conceptual, qualitative understanding of chemistry, and has less breadth and more depth.
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