APTeach Session Notes and Updates
Shifra Yonis | Fri, 02/28/2025 - 17:25
Check out summaries and video clips from past APTeach sessions you may have missed along with information about upcoming meetings!
AP Chemistry Resources
APTeach - Don't Let Acids Make You Salty
Shifra Yonis | Sun, 02/16/2025 - 13:32
Join APTeach February 20th in discussing using particle diagrams, calculations, and titration curves to support student understanding of acids, bases, and buffers.
APTeach - Entering Equilibrium
Shifra Yonis | Tue, 02/11/2025 - 13:12
In the January 2025 APTeach presentation, we explored how to address common student misconceptions related to chemical equilibrium as well as ideas for engaging activities and labs to strengthen student comprehension. View the video summary and the presentation slidedeck.
APTeach - Thinking About Thermo
Shifra Yonis | Mon, 01/13/2025 - 21:50
The December 2024 APTeach presentation explored common misconceptions and student stumbles in Thermodynamics. View the video summary and the presentation slidedeck.
APTeach - Modeling Net Ionic Equations and Chemical Reactions
Shifra Yonis | Tue, 12/10/2024 - 08:19
The November 2024 APTeach presentation outlined instructional strategies to model net ionic equations and chemical reactions using particulate models, chemical symbols, and observations to support students’ understanding of how chemicals react and interact at the particle level. A clip of the presentation and the presentation slidedeck are included here.
APTeach - Energetic Collisions
Shifra Yonis | Thu, 11/07/2024 - 07:35
During our October 2024 AP Teach meeting, we discussed Kinetic Molecular Theory, Maxwell-Boltzmann curves, and why gases deviate from ideal predictions. Check out the video summary and the presentation slidedeck!
APTeach - Making and Breaking Connections
Michael Farabaugh | Tue, 10/08/2024 - 19:13
The September 2024 APTeach presentation explored chemical bonding concepts and how they connect to several topics in the AP chemistry curriculum, such as intermolecular forces, chemical reactions, and thermochemistry. View the video summary and the presentation slidedeck.
APTeach - Using Data to Address Unit 1 Misconceptions
Shifra Yonis | Tue, 09/10/2024 - 10:30
The August 2024 APTeach presentation discussed strategies for teaching Unit 1 concepts based on AP Chemistry’s CED. In this session, teachers shared how they uncover and address student misconceptions to improve student scores and deepen student understanding of essential chemistry concepts. View the summary.
Using Information from the 2024 AP Chemistry Reading to Improve Exam Performance
Michael Farabaugh | Sun, 08/11/2024 - 10:19
Michael Farabaugh outlines mistakes and misconceptions that were encountered during the 2024 AP Reading and offers suggestions for improving performance on the AP Chemistry exam.
The Summer Work Talk
Anthony Stetzenmeyer | Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:33
As the summer is coming to an end - here is how one AP Teacher has his students navigate the start of AP chemistry.