block 1

 MC unit 8

HW:  short FRQ

 Fri, May 21 

Mon, May 10

 lab FRQ and / or ap test app / 2021 ap chem FRQ

HW: long FRQ 

Wed, May 19 

MC unit  6

HW: MC unit 9

Fri, May 14 

Mon, May 3

 FRQ lab review test logistics

 HW: MC unit 8 ; skim links about fake chemicals & nesting parenthesis (in FRQ section)

 Wed, May 12

 block 1

 MC unit 4

HW: MC unit 7 

Fri, May 7 

Mon, Apr 26

FRQ_lab

HW:  MC unit 6 

Wed,  May 5

 block 2

 MC unit 3

 HW: MC unit 5

Fri, Apr 30 

Mon, Apr 19

FRQ lab

HW: MC unit 4 

 Wed, Apr 28

 block 2

                                                         end of grading period 

 MC unit 2

 block 1

 begin ap chem review; 

     MC unit 1

     FRQ thermo_spectro_lab 

Mon, Apr 12

weekly quiz

HW: unit 3 MC

reminders about deadlines:   (i) to request drop items in grade book  = 8 am on April 14, Wednesday, (ii) to make-up missing work = 2 pm on April 16, Friday.  once check google classroom / email after these deadlines, will not accept later submissions.

announcement:  as there's extra credit in quizzes and tests, will not round course letter grade for "boderline" cases

reminder: to drop a test, can't have more than 3 ap review assignments not submitted. no score = no points; i.e. will be considered as "not submitted".   

Fri, Apr 23

  block 2

 ch. 20.5 - 20.6 thermo / electrochem; Nearst eqn; # 51, 53 ;  63, 65, 69 

  ch. 20.9 electrolysis; # 91

 video:  electroplate (1:58); electrolysis / pH (1:34)

Fri, Apr 16 

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Mon, Apr 5

 weekly quiz

 lab assignment:  titration_gravimetric_misc:  FRQ  &  rubric

HW:  unit 1 MC

HW:  unit 2 MC 

announcements: optional re-retest on equilibrium on Wed; after school at 2pm.  to drop test in the spring, have to do ap chem review / prep assignments.  use internet archive to access "missing / deleted" CB Youtube ap chem videos      

Fri, Apr 23  

Wed, Apr 14

Fri, Apr 16 

 block 2

 ch. 20.1 - 20.2 oxidation state & balancing redox Rx; # 17; 21, 23 

ch. 4.4 redox Rx; #  49, 51

lab assignment:  thermo & spectroscopy:  FRQ  &  rubric 

 Fri, Apr 16

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Fri, Apr 9

 block 1

 ch. 17.3 acid - base titration - continue ; # 45, 47

notes pdf  

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Mon, Mar 15

 ch. 17.3 acid - base titration - continue; # 33, 34, 37, 39, 41, 43   

announcement:  ap review plan  

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 block 2

 ch. 17.3 acid-base titration; strong acid / strong base       

 notes (pdf) of screencast 1 of  4 (mp4; 68.9 MB, 53:33)

notes (pdf) of screencast 2 of 4  (mp4; 39.1 MB, 30:16)  

 block 1

 ch. 17.1 - 17.2 common ion effect & buffer; # 4; 19, 20, 21, 25, 29, 30  

 notes (pdf) of screencast (mp4; 60.5 MB, 49:09)     

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Mon, Mar 1

 weekly quiz

 some links of interest ?

      music videos:   Clarkson;  Rocky theme song;  eye of the tiger  -- to counteract learned helplessness

    short biographies:  covid vaccine;  prions;  gene therapy   

    video / article:  grit;  effort;   failure

 block 1

 HW / test review 

reminder: Zoom ap chem / ap physics C info session 

 block 2

                                              end of grading period

 ch. 16.8 - 16.10 relate Ka & Kb; pH of salts; chem structure & acid strength (optional reading); 79, 80, 81, 83, 85

notes (pdf) of screencast (mp4; 43.4 MB; 34:17) about relate Ka & Kb; pH of salts

notes (pdf) of screencast (mp4; 21. 3 MB; 17:24) about acid strength / chem structure   

additional HW problems: acid / base 1970a (1st), 1970 (2nd), 1970 (3rd), 1976, 1978(2nd),  1979(1st), 1981

reminders:   submission:  quiz / test   missing work

Fri, Feb 26 

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 block 1

make-up thermo test II

ap classroom: ap daily videos & MC

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 ch. 16.1 - 16.7 pH;  strong / weak acid / base; # 1, 3; 13; 27, 29, 31; 39; 41, 42; 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59ac, 62; 71, 73, 75  

notes (pdf ) of screencast (mp4; 10.9 MB, 13:51) about pH; acid vs. base  

notes (pdf) of screencast (mp4; 9.5 MB, 20:20) about pH of strong / weak acid / base 

announcements:  technology survey & emails 

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 block 2

 ch. 15.7 LeChatlier's principle; # 61, 63, 65, 67

ch. 19.7 thermodynamics & equilibrium; #  77, 79, 82

 notes (pdf) of screencast (mp4; 62.3 MB; 50:27) ; read article

additional HW problems: equilibrium  1977, 1980, 1981  

ap classroom:  MC questions     

 Wed, Feb 10

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 block 1

 ch. 15.5 - 15.6 applications of Keq; # 33, 35, 37, 38, 39; 43, 45, 47, 52, 55

 notes (pdf) of screencast (mp4; 15.4 MB; 18:33) regarding Keq

note (pdf) of screencast (mp4 ; 11.8 MB; 12:10) regarding Q 

additional HW problems:  equilibrium  1983,1988

announcement: henceforth, no late quiz / test acceptted via email file attachment, since there will be additional time provided for Google form submission (except if there's a parent email request due to home technology issue, where the email briefly describes the situation) - from the end of the class period to 5 minutes after the end of the class period.  

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Mon, Feb 1

 weekly quiz

announcement: goto Zoom class *before* taking a quiz or test, and remain in Zoom, so I can remind you of the submission deadline. As such, in general, there will be no email file attachment late submission accepted for test / quiz. Rationale: frequency of such email file attachment late submissions for test / quiz.

 block 1

 ch. 15.1 - 15.4 equilbrium; equilbrium constant; # 3, 7, 13, 15, 17, 21, 23, 25, 27

notes (pdf) on screencast (mp4; 10.3 MB; 11:54)  

notes on properties of Keq

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Mon, Jan 25

 weekly quiz

announcement: henceforth, will try Nearpod / Jamboard - to review that day's HW assignment, so review it ahead of time.  if you have any additional questions, let me know asap, so it can be included in the poll.

 block 2

 ch. 14.6 reaction mechanism / steady state approximation (me; libre chem  textbook) # 73, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80

 notes (pdf) of screencast (mp4; 42.1 MB; 33:45)

ap classroom:  MC questions  & ap daily video

Tue, Jan 26 

Fri, Jan 29 

 block 1

 kinetics lab assignment; in class = Zoom breakout room CW assignment

announcements: (i) Futurama after school chem tutoring (pending confirmation), (ii) quiz/test: single submission limit & option to request question(s) 

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 block 2

 ch. 14.5 & 14.7 reaction energy profile; catalyst; Arrenhius eqn 

notes (pdf) & screencast - reaction energy profile & catalyst (mp4; 10.8 MB; 14:00)

notes (pdf) & screencast - Arrenhius eqn  (mp4; 13.9 MB; 12:30) 

additional HW problems:  kinetics 1973,  1976, 1980

ap classroom:  ap daily videos 

kinetics  prelab assignment 

Tue, Jan 26

Wed, Jan 20 

 block 1

 ch. 14.3 - 14.4  rate law

notes (pdf) on screencast - rate law & algebraic analysis (mp4; 8.5 MB; 10:20)

notes (pdf) on screencast about rate law & graphical analysis  mp4;  10.4 MB;  14:10)

additional HW problems:  kinetics 1971,  1972ab, 1974, 1975a, 1977b, 1979, 1981

Tue, Jan 26

 block 1

 ch. 14.1 - 14.2  kinetics & stochiometry; # 2, 3, 4; 23, 25    

screen cast (mp4; 18.9 MB; 29:31) 

lab assignment in google classroom (practice use of google form )

ap class room:  ap daily video (only one, so far) ; don't forget earlier ap class room assignments & other HW assignments

 announcement:  test / quiz will be more strictly time-limited via use of google forms rather than google docs. if there's a technology issue preventing its submission, you have up to 5 minutes after the deadline to send it as an email file attachment to me; otherwise, the score = 0. only the 1st submission will be graded.

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Fri,, Jan 8