10 teachers joined me for a dynamic discussion oh how to rep for the AP exam.We also diverged for a bit on how to keep students engaged: clickers, group whiteboards, and Socrative were all recommended.
As for AP prep, we started with a presentation from Carlin Robinson on a free part of PIVOT. Here is her email. She can sign you up for a limited time free access to the AP test prep and lab materials.
We then discussed favorite online expert resources. So many good resources were mentioned that I have a link to the Chat so you can see everything that was posted. [We didn't end up putting anyting in thenususal google.drive folder.] The big names were Michael Farabaugh (one place to start is here), Sue Briggs, Kristen Vanderveen and Bozeman Science. And of course the AP Central released test questions, found here.
Here is a link to the video of the Chat.
The next ChemChat will be held Thursday, April 9th from 4-5 pm EST. The topic is THERMODYNAMICS.
The remaining ChemChats for this school year will be May 7th (Phenomenon Based Chemistry, back by popular demand) and June 11th (send me a topic!). Then I take a break for July and restart in August.