AP TIP IN
July 10 - 13, 2018
Pike High School, Indianapolis, IN

Resources:

• Tyler DeWitt--Hydrogen Bonding & Common Mistakes -- This is a video suggested by one of the participants.  Tyler has many other videos as well for chemistry.
• Prof Dave -- Katie shared this resource.  She says that "this guy is awesome. Here’s a video I use all the time."
• PTable.com -- This site shows a periodic table and as you move over the elements you can see the atomic orbitals and even the orbital diagram.  Pretty cool.
• Finger Beam Lights -- These were suggested as an alternative way to do the ROYGBV demonstration as a student-centered labette.  They cost about $8 per dozen (a dozen sets of lights.)  Anna reported that you can find them on Amazon.com as well.
• Khan Academy -- Chris sent me this link for the AP chemistry resources on Khan Academy.
• The Poisoner's Handbook --Michelle Salomon spoke about this video in class.  It is from the PBS series, The American Experience.  The movie is 1:52:42 in length.  There are worksheets that students can do with the movie if you google it or you could have them do projects related to the substances discussed.
• Desmos,com -- A free graphing utility online.  I found the following YouTube Video by a physics teacher using the graph for best fit lines helpful for total beginners, like me.
• Flinn's Free Resources -- Flinn has made many videos of demonstrations that are available on their site for free.  I'm not sure of a reliable way to find them, but they are there.  In addition to chemical demonstrations, there are downloadable .pdf's giving instructions as well.  There are great ideas here.
• Ben Ku's Web Site -- I only mentioned Mr. Ku about a hundred times during the APSI.  Here is a link to his web site where he has links to the videos that accompany the Honors and AP curriculum.
• Large Post-It Notes -- Here is the link to popping.com where those huge post-it type notes were purchased.  They stuck really nicely to the glass.  I have found in my classroom that they don't stick as well to the walls.  They stick nicely to a clean white board, however.
• AP Supports 2019 -- Here is the link for the College Board web site describing the new supports that will be available for the 2019-2020 school year.  This includes the AP Test Bank, Unit Guides, etc.
• Extreme Glow Nightsticks -- Here is the company where I purchased those bright, short-lived light sticks for the kinetics demonstration.  You need to purchase quite a few (100) to get free shipping.  Remember, when they quote a price like $8.50 each, they are talking about a bag of 10 nightsticks.  Keep them in the refrigerator to make them last longer.
• ROYGBV Demo Information -- Here is specific information about the demonstration with the theatrical gels (cellophane) which is an analogy for the photoelectric effect.
  Roscolux Rx25 (Lt. Red) -- (this leaks a little)
  Roscolux Rx22 (Deep Amber)
  Roscolux Rx10 (Med. Yellow)
  [Note: I put some of the Med. Yellow behind the Red and Orange windows, too.]
  Roscolux Rx 389 (Chroma Green)
  Roscolux Rx 68 (Sky Blue)
  Roscolux Rx48 (Rose Purple)
  I mentioned that there are sample booklets that contain a small sample (1.75" x 3.25")  of each gel from this company.  You can find them online by following the link at the beginning of this note. I did a Google search for "Roscolux sample book" and found several sources.  The least expensive one ($1.50) is the one I linked above.  They also sell sample books with 3" x 6" samples for about $25.