AP Chemistry

Monday: 9.22.25

Continue spending time with loved ones and healing. Mindful Minute

Tuesday: 9.23.25

Continue spending time with loved ones and healing. Mindful Minute

Wednesday: 9.24.25

Continue spending time with loved ones and healing. Mindful Minute

Thursday: 9.25.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Go to period 3 first thing in the morning (~25 min)

3. Attend two sessions of your choice within the school (~45 min each). The list of sessions will be available in period 3. My sessions will be "Making S'mores and Classroom Camping"

Friday: 9.26.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Go to period 5 first thing in the morning (~25 min)

3. Attend two sessions of your choice within the school (~45 min each). The list of sessions will be available in period 5. My sessions will be "Making S'mores and Classroom Camping"

Monday: 9.8.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Take the 4.1 Test: Unit 1 - Properties and Changes in Matter

Tuesday: 9.9.25

1. Go over test and answer questions

2. Discuss next steps for improvement, if you want to improve. (link)

3. Notes: The Basics of Bonding (link to notes)

4. HW: 4.2 Basics of Bonding ws (link to assignment, due block day)

Wednesday/Thursday: 9.10.25/9.11.25

1. Grade 4.2 asst

2. Notes: Ionic Compound Formulas and Names (link to notes)

3. Classwork: 4.3 Activity: Rolling the Dice - Ionic Nomenclature and Formulas (link to activity, due Friday)

4. HW: Finish 4.3 Activity 

Friday: 9.12.25 (Fuller out)

1. Mindful Minute

2. Turn in 4.3 Activity

3. Receive review for Unit 2 Test (link to review sheet)

4. Take brief Four Week Check-In Survey (link to survey)

5. Take 4.4 Quiz: Ionic Compound Nomenclature and Formulas

6. Finish working on 3.3 Lab and turn in

7. Need more practice with nomenclature? Try "More Practice on Ionic Nomenclature (Optional)" with answers on last page if needed.

Monday: 9.1.25

No school due to Labor Day! Celebrate the labor movement and enjoy!

Tuesday: 9.2.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Turn in 2.3 Lab

3. Grade 2.6 Assignment and answer questions

4. Notes: Isotopes, Average Atomic Mass, and Mass Spectrometry (link to notes)

5. HW: 3.1 Mass Spectrometry ws (link to worksheet, due tomorrow)

Wednesday/Thursday: 9.3.25/9.4.25

1. Grade 3.1 assignment

2. Go to AP Classroom and take 3.2 Mass Spec Quiz (Period 4 link, Period 5 link, Period 6 link)

3. Vote: Option 1) Go over today's notes on your own; Option 2) Have me go over today's notes as a lecture. 

   • Notes: The Elements Organized (link to notes)

4. Work on review sheet and answer questions

Friday: 9.5.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Perform the 3.3 Lab: Types of Bonds (lab sheet, links to virtual lab video; due next Friday, one lab sheet per group)

Monday: 8.25.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Turn in 1.5 Lab

3. Turn in Safety Contract

4. Notes: Physical and Chemical Changes and Properties; Types of Matter (link to notes)

5. Watch the demo: "Now That's What I Call Chemistry!" Describe what you saw as physical or chemical changes and defend your answer with what you learned today. Support your argument with evidence (CER)!

6. HW: Go to the OpenStax Online Chemistry Textbook which is linked in my AP Resources page of this website. Read section 1.2 - Phases and Classification of Matter. Take notes over the section to use in an open note quiz tomorrow.

Tuesday: 8.26.25

1. Take 2.1 Quiz: Phases and Classification of Matter (link to quiz)

2. Notes: Moles (link to notes)

3. HW: 2.2 Molar Conversions ws (link to worksheet [print or do on your own paper], due block day)

Wednesday/Thursday: 8.27.25/8.28.25

1. Grade 2.2 HW

2. Notes: Molar Mass and Molar Conversions (link to notes)

3. Perform the 2.3 Lab: Experimental Determination of the Formula for a Hydrate (link to lab sheet, link to virtual lab for makeups, due Tuesday)

4. HW: 2.4 Molar Mass and Molar Conversions ws (link to worksheet, print or do on your own paper, due Friday)

Friday: 8.29.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Receive Princeton Review AP Chemistry Books

3. Grade 2.4 HW

4. Receive "Molar Conversion Chart" (link to chart)

5. Answer any questions about the 2.3 Lab

6. Posted: Review sheet for next Friday's Unit 1 Test (link to review sheet)

7. Perform 2.5 Activity: Mystery Boxes (link to Activity Sheet, do on your own paper, due today)

8. Notes: Subatomic particles and the Periodic Table (link to notes)

9. Demo: Indirect Evidence Leads to Rutherford's Model of the Atom

10. HW: 2.6 Atomic Symbols and Subatomic Particles ws (link to worksheet, due Tuesday)

Monday, 8.18.25

1. Two more days! (Just a reminder, there is no summer assignment.)

Tuesday, 8.19.25

1. One more day! (For real, there is no summer assignment.)

Wednesday, 8.20.25 (Schedule)

1. Hey there AP Chemistry students and welcome!  Get ready for an adventure in chemistry. You will be stretched and your mind opened to a world you didn't know existed. Brace yourself! 

2. Hand outs

   • Course Syllabus

   • 1st Semester Periodic Table 

   • Some Basics of Introductory Chemistry Reference Sheet 

   • AP Equation sheet 

   • AP Periodic Table

   • 1st Semester Fuller Passes

3. Get into groups of 2 or 3 and fill out 1.1 Demonstration: Paint Can Conundrum  (group demo sheet)

4. Fuller's introduction and go over course syllabus and expectations

5. Go over website (Fullerland.us) and resources

6. HW: Take 1.2 Chemistry Background Knowledge "Quiz" (link to quiz, completion grade, due tomorrow in class)

Thursday, 8.21.25 (Schedule)

1. Mindful Minute

2. 1.2 "Quiz" due before class

3. Announcement about SNHS

4. Answer any questions you have about the class

5. Notes: Measurement, Accuracy, Precision, and Significant Figures (link to notes)

6. Go over safety equipment in the classroom 

7. HW: 

a) Sign 1.3 Lab Safety Contract and get parent/guardian to sign (link to contract, due by Monday)

b) Do 1.4 Units of Measurements, Precision, and Significant Figures ws (link to worksheet, due tomorrow)

Friday, 8.22.25 (Schedule)

1. Mindful Minute

2. SNHS Announcement

3. Turn in Safety Contract if you have it today. If not, it is due Monday. No contract, no labs.

4. Grade 1.4 asst

5. Register with AP Central for AP Chemistry Course (slideshow for help)

6. Perform 1.5 Lab: Determination of the Thickness of Aluminum Foil (link to lab sheet, due Monday)

7. Discuss copying vs. helping/collaborating

8. HW: Finish Lab

Week 5

Unit 2: Molecules and Compounds

Monday: 9.15.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Answer any questions from last week

3. Notes: Molecular Compound Formulas and Nomenclature (link to notes)

4. HW: Assignment 5.1 Molecular Compound Nomenclature and Mixed Review (link to assignment, due tomorrow)

Tuesday: 9.16.25

1. Grade HW, Quiz over all nomenclature tomorrow (Need more help? Link to practice with explanations)

2. Notes: Percent Composition, Empirical Formulas, and Molecular Formulas (link to notes)

3. HW: 5.2 Percent Comp, Empirical Formulas, and Molecular Formulas (link to assignment, do on your own paper or make a copy for yourself, due block day)

Wednesday/Thursday: 9.17.25/9.18.25

1. Mindful Minute

2. Take 5.3 Quiz: Mixed Nomenclature and Formulas 

3. Perform 5.4 Lab: Experimental Determination of the Empirical Formula for Magnesium Oxide (link to lab sheet, link to virtual lab if you were absent...you will use the same lab sheet as the in-class lab; due Monday)

Friday: 9.19.25

No school due to teacher inservice day

Monday: 9.22.25

Take 6.1 Test: Unit 2 - Molecules and Compounds