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AP Bulletin Board:  

AP Chemistry is not being offered by Carson High School for the 2009 - 2010 academic year. Interested juniors plan on taking it in 2010- 2011!! ; ) 

 Email me if you have any questions. ckortemeier@carson.k12.nv.us

Welcome to AP Chemistry. I am very pleased to be your teacher, and so proud you have chosen to begin your college career while still in High School.

Instructor:      Curtis P. Kortemeier
                     Room 209
                     283-1753
Office hours:   7:00 - 7:30 daily
                     2:30 - 3:30 Monday, Friday
                     Other times by appointment

Extended laboratory hours: 2:00 to 4:00 pm Friday afternoons. It may be necessary to finish lab procedures, mass dried filtrates etc. outside of normal class hours. This may be especially true on weeks that our class only meets for two blocks.

Email: ckortemeier@carson.k12.nv.us

Required Text: Chemistry  Steven S Zumdahl and Susan A Zumdahl. Houghton and Mifflin, Boston 7th edition.

Supplemental Text: Fast track to a 5. Preparing for the AP* Chemistry Examination. Tina Ohn-Sabatello, Gordan Morlan, and Sheldon Knoespel. McDougal Littel, Evanston.  (Note this product is not produced by nor endorsed by College Board)

Summer assignment (follow this link if you've lost your handout)

Follow the navigation links in the left margin for each quarter's syllabus.

Through the course of the year we will be working on 7 curricular requirements. You will see each weeks activities keyed to these requirements:

 

Curricular
 Requirement

 Description

C1 Structure of matter (Atomic theory and atomic structure, Chemical bonding
C2 States of matter (Gases, Liquids and solids, Solutions)
C3 Laboratory (Physical manipulations; Processes and Procedures; observations and data manipulation; communication, group collaboration, and the laboratory report)
C4 Descriptive chemistry (Relationships on the periodic table)
C5 Reactions (Reaction types, stoichiometry, Equilibrium, Kinetics, Thermodynamics)
C6 Emphasis on chemical calculations and the mathematical manipulation of principles
C7 Laboratory component comparable to college-level chemistry. Each student must complete a laboratory notebook and/or a portfolio of  lab reports.