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*Equilibrium
*Kinetics
*Nuclear Chemistry
*Solutions
*Thermodynamics
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What
is it all about?
The workshop has been designed to
help you
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review selected chemistry concepts.
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locate classroom applications on the
Web.
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locate useful information about the
AP Program and the AP Chemistry Examination on the Web.
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think about the structure of the AP
Examination and its questions in ways that can help you prepare your students
for the examination.
At the end of your participation in
this course we want you to feel that
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you have become more confident dealing
with the concepts usually covered in the second half of an AP course;
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that you are more proficient using e-mail
and the world wide web as a resource for your courses;
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that you have accumulated a set of useful
and interesting WWW references including graphics and animations;
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that you have new ideas about using
graphing as a learning aid.
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that you have new insights into the
AP program and preparation of students for the examination.
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Expectations
For each topic you need to read to
refresh your understanding of relevant concepts. The appropriate
chapter in any good general chemistry text will work. Then:
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Complete
a problem set which will include conceptual questions and problems similar
to AP examination questions.
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Create
a new AP-style essay question and a new free-response problem based on
data available on the web and post the question and answer.
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Create
two new AP-style multiple choice questions and post the questions and answers.
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Use
a spreadsheet program to manipulate a set of data and draw conclusions.
For example, you might need to interpret a set of cell voltage vs. concentration
data.
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Discuss
your ideas for questions and problems and for organizing and teaching an
AP course with your colleagues in the course.
Links to instructions for problem sets
and questions are located in the left hand margin at the top
of this page. These
problem sets are located in the content chapters.
The
course schedule will require completion of one topic per week (in the order:
solutions, equilibrium, electrochemistry, thermodynamics, kinetics,
and nuclear chemistry) beginning in week 3. Participants may work ahead
and all assignments will be posted at the beginning of the course.
Grades
will be based on a portfolio of all assignments that is to be submitted
by the end of the course. Satisfactory completion of 90% of all problems
from Item 1 above and 90% of all other exercises (Items 2, 3, and 4 above)
will earn an A; 80% of both sets of work, a B; 70%, a C; etc. Students
taking the course for pass/fail credit must earn the equivalent of a C
to pass.
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Communication
You can contact me at wrrobin@purdue.edu.
If your e-mail crashes, my phone
number is 765-494-5453.
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