Advanced Placement Chemistry


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			Advanced Placement Chemistry
			Lakeville South Senior High School 21135 Jacquard Avenue Lakeville MN 55044 South Instructor: Jason Just Voice: 952.232.3404 jljust@isd194.k12.mn.us Class Notes, Materials, Downloads, Vodcasts 2012-2013 Course Schedule 2011-2012 Course Schedule 2010-2011 Course Schedule 2009-2010 Course Schedule 2008-2009 Course Schedule (older - some links may be broken) 2007-2008 Course Schedule (waaaay older - some links are broken) download VLC media player - suggested media player application for all videocasts (windows, mac, linux) Course Information Syllabus approved by College Board Lakeville South High School Chemistry Safety Contract .pdf Student and Parent's College Board AP Chemistry Web Site including the AP Chemistry Course Description Book and College Board Course Outline (acorn book) AP credit and placement policies at www.collegeboard.com/ap/creditpolicy AP credit and placement policies at the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (older link) Why Take AP Chemistry? an essay by a former student Learning to Learn Chemistry: how to learn chemistry for those new to the science AP Central. The College Board web site for educators. Released Exam score changes. Test equation and periodic table sheets (used in class and on AP exam) Previous released advanced placement examinations, available for in-class face-to-face educational purposes only (requires password) Text and Solutions (requires password) Teacher Schedule - Spring, 2012 AP Chemistry, 3 - Room A103 Hr 1 AP Chemistry, 3 - Room A103 Hr 2 AP Chemistry, 3 - Room A103 Hr 3 AP Chemistry, 1 - Room A103 Hr 4 Prep, Hr 5 AP Chemistry, 1 - Room A103 Hr 6 See the LSHS regular bell schedule and alternate bell schedule for class times Tutorials and Screencasts - Off Site Screencasts for first semester general university chemistry using Brown-LeMay text Screencasts for second semester general university chemistry using Brown-LeMay text Hundreds of video tutorials from many sources, listed by topic Kahnacademy.org. Free videocasted lessons...on everything, lots of chemistry too Text tutorials from the "chem team" Georgia Public Broadcasting High School General Chemistry Video Series AP Chemistry pod and video-casts from J. Bergmann in Colorado Simon Fraser University's Steven Lower's online chemistry text: http://www.chem1.com/acad/ Helpful site for writing AP Chemistry Equations: http://www.roomd116.com/reaction%20notes.htm Potato Cell - Electrochemistry Videos Music Video Page (for face-to-face instructional use only) password protected Safety Video Rap Its a miserable day without chemistry - ACS Year of Chemistry video (.mp4 format) Happy Mole Day: Mole Day Video Implosion: Tanker Crush video Powers of Ten: http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html Sing the elements song with a Flash video overlay http://www.privatehand.com/flash/elements.html They Might Be Giants: Here Come the Elements (YouTube Link) A Bigger Periodic Table: s, p, d, f ...and g? 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Isaac Asimov Quotes The scientific method: much more than a poster Science Friday with Ira Flatow Chemistry Careers and Educational Opportunities Chemistry: The Profession www.chemistrycoach.com/chemistryprofession.htm What is a Chemical Engineer? www.pafko.com/history/h_whatis.html Majors requiring chemistry include engineering, nursing, pre-medicine, pre-dentistry, pre-pharmacy, pre-veterinary science and chiropractic and many more. See the Career Services page of UNCW for career titles related to chemistry: www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/chemistry.htm Career ideas that require chemistry and physics: http://www.careersthatgo.com.au/Default.htm There are over 200 types of engineering, check one out: www.nativeaccess.com/types An Open Door, that Opens Opportunities Advanced Placement Chemistry at LSHS is open to all students. Very few pre-requisites are required -- other than a ferocious desire to know "why." We believe that students who invite the competition of the Advanced Placement Chemistry course open doors in their scientific, academic and employment future. All students are invited to challenge the Advanced Placement examination each Spring - here are anonymous results from the past several years: 2011 results 2010 results 2009 results 2008 results Last updated Jan 2012 jlj