John Gelder's Website: http://intro.chem.okstate.edu
AP Chemistry Summer Institute website:
http://genchem1.chem.okstate.edu/APCHEMSITE/Default.html2022 Course and Exam Description
2022 CED link on AP CentralDuring Class Inventions and Computer Lab Activities (these pdfs will expire in August, 2021)
Volume I and Volume IIVideo of my lectures from a first semester introductory chemistry class August - December, 2017
1st Semester video lecturesVideo of my lectures from a second semester introductory chemistry class January - May, 2018
2nd Semester video lecturesMoLE Website of particulate level Java applets, Flash and HTML5 simulations along with guided and open-inquiry activities
http://genchem1.chem.okstate.edu/CCLI/Startup.htmlNext Generation Computer Simulation
http://intro.chem.okstate.edu/NextGen/NextGen.html
Before, During and After Class Learning Cycle Activities
http://genchem1.chem.okstate.edu/BDA/Topics.phpRecent two-day AP Chemistry Workshop for the College Board
http://intro.chem.okstate.edu/SAT2Day.htmlRecent one-day AP Chemistry Workshop at Rice University
http://intro.chem.okstate.edu/RiceSp2020.htmlUseful College Board Links
http://genchem1.chem.okstate.edu/APCHEMSITE/Personal/CBWebsite.html
Interactive Educational Resources
Interactive Digital Overheads by Vicente Talanquer and John Pollard (Simulations only...no guided inquiry activitiesGoogle Doc Activities By CED Units
Google Activities Links to Google Forms, Slides and Docs organized by CED Units
Unit 1: Atomic Structure and Properties
Moles, Empirical Formulas, PES, Electron Configurations, Periodic Trends
Unit 2: Molecular and Ionic Compounds Structure and Properties
Types of bonds, Lewis structures, Resonsance VSEPR and Hybridization
Unit 3: Intermolecular Forces and Properties
Liquids, Solids and Gases, Solutions, Chromatography, Solubility, Spectroscopy, Beer-Lambert Law
Unit 4: Chemical Reactions
Types of Reactions, Net Ionic Equations, Stoichiometry, Titrations
Unit 5: Kinetics
Reaction Rates, Mechanisms, Collision Theory, Reaction Energy Profile, Catalysis
Unit 6: Thermodynamics
Heat Transfer, Specific Heat, Calorimetry, Enthalpy, Bond Energies, Hess's Law
Unit 7: Equilibrium
Reversible Reactions, Reaction Quotient, Equilibrium Constant, Le Chåtelier's Principle, Solubility Equilibrium
Unit 8: Acids and Bases
pH, pOH, pK, Stong Acids, Weak Acids, Strong Bases, Weak Bases, Titrations, and Buffers
Unit 9: Applications of Thermodynamics
Entropy, Gibbs Free energy, Galvanic Cells, Electrolytic Cells, Faraday's Law
Concept | Activities | Learning Objectives |
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Empirical Formula and Percent Composition Particulate level models of matter Relative weighted average atomic mass Inventing shells using ionization energy data Inventing subshells using photoelectron spectroscopy data PES Spectra for elements 1 - 21 PES Spectra from the University of Arizona Dynamic energy level diagram assuming hydrogen-like behavior Static energy level diagram assuming hydrogen-like behavior Activities covering atomic structure | Before, During and After Class Activity BDA Website (On the BDA Website go to UNIT 2 and review BDA8/DCI8/ACA8 covering empirical formulas and percent composition)Before, During and After Class Activity BDA Website (On the BDA Website go to UNIT 1 and review BDA1/DCI1/ACA1 covering particulate level models of atoms, molecules, mixtures, gas, liquid, solid, chemical and physical properties)Before, During and After Class Activity BDA Website (On the BDA Website go to UNIT 1 and review BDA4/DCI4/ACA4 covering relative weighted average atomic mass)During Class Activity Shells Activity (student) Shells Activity (teachers)
During Class Activity Subshells Activity (student) Subshells Activity (teacher) (Photoelectron Spectra link This simulation is not used in my activity)PES Elements 1 - 21PES Sample QuestionsPhotoelectron spectra from the University of ArizonaFlash animations covering Atomic Structure from the University of ArizonaDynamic energy level diagram
Electron Energy Level Diagram (Flash)
Static Energy Level Diagram
Energy Level Diagram (Multi-electron, downloadable pdf)
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LO1.2
LO1.17/LO1.18
LO1.12
LO1.5/LO1.7
LO1.6
LO1.8
LO1.9
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Activities | Learning Objectives |
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BCE1/DCI1/ACA1 BDA Website (Particulate level model of atoms, molecules, mixtures, gas, liquid, solid, chemical and physical properties: UNIT 1) BCE33/DCI33/ACA39 Lecture Notes (Intermolecular attractive forces) Introduction to Intermolecular attractive forces (draft version) Lecture Notes for the solution process with animations.BCE38/DCI38/DCI39/ACA44 VSEPR Activity (Guided Inquiry Activity) Answers |
LO2.1/LO2.3
LO2.11/LO2.13
LO2.15
LO2.21 |
Activities | Learning Objectives |
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Writing a balanced chemical equation questions (Answers) Stoichiometry with ICE Tables Activity (Answers) HTML5 Stoichiometry simulation (Pearson) ActivityBCE9/DCI9/ACA9 BCE10/DCI10/ACA10 BCE64/DCI64/ACA72 Metal and Metal Ions Activity (student) (teacher) (Guiding inquiry activity to invent an activity series) BCE65/DCI65/ACA73 BCE66/DCI66/ACA74 BCE67/BCE68/DCI67/ACA75 BCE69/BCE69/DCI67/ACA77 Electrolysis simulation (Pearson) Student Activity (Guided inquiry activity to invent Faraday's equation using electrolysis simulation Teacher notes) |
LO3.1/LO3.2
LO3.3/LO3.4
LO3.8
LO3.12 and LO3.13
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Activities | Learning Objectives |
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Introducing chemical kinetics using mechanisms. The links on page 5 have been fixed in this version. There is also a link to a movie of the mechanisms discussed in this publication. Introduction to Mechanism (Using particulate level models to view mechanisms for different reactions) BCE43/BCE63/DCI43/ACA50 BDA Website (Using particulate level models to view mechanisms for different reactions: UNIT 9) BCE45/DCI45/ACA51 BDA Website (Factors that affect the rate of a reaction and introduction to rate laws: UNIT 9) BCE46/BCE47 BDA Website (Differential form of a rate law: UNIT 9) DCI46/ACA51 BDA Website (Integrated rate law: UNIT 9) ACA48 BDA Website (half-life for simple reactions that follow first order kinetics: UNIT 9) Crystal violet SWH (laboratory experiment) |
LO4.4/LO4.5
LO4.1/LO4.2
LO4.3
LO4.1 |
Activities | Learning Objectives |
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BCE14/DCI14/ACA16/ACA33 BDA Website (Inventing q = m*c*∆T: UNIT 3) BCE15/DCI15ACA17 BDA Website (More connections with q = m*c*∆T: UNIT 3) BCE16/DCI16/ACA18/ACA85 BDA Website (∆Hdissolution: UNIT 3) BCE17/DCI17/ACA19 BCE18/DCI18/ACA20 Calorimetry simulation Calorimetry activity(Student) (Teacher) BCE30/DCI30/ACA35 BCE31/DCI31/ACA36 BCE32/DCI32/ACA367 Entropy lecture notes Molecular Workbench Next Generation States of Matter (Concord.org) |
LO5.2, LO5.3, LO5.5, LO5.7 LO5.12
LO5.13
LO5.14
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Activities | Learning Objectives |
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Introduction to reversible reactions - activityReversible and Irreversible Reactions (student)Reversible and Irreversible Reactions (teacher)
BCE50 Lecture Notes for reversible reactions - macroscopic. BCE49/DCI49/ACA55 Shifting Reactions A (Inquiry activity to discover reversible reactions - microscopic: Unit 10) Simulation Shifting Reactions B (Inquiry activity to discover Le Chatelier's principle - macroscopic: Unit 10) Simulation Extent of a reaction (Inquiry activity to discover the equilibrium constant - macroscopic: Unit 10) Simulation BCE51/DCI51/ACA57 BCE52/DCI52/ACA58 BCE79/DCI78/ACA78 Add a discussion of K for neutralization reactions. Add discussion for equivalence point pH for different titrations (SA + SB), (WA + SB) and (SA + WB) Add discussion for why a buffer of acetic acid and sodium acetate has a pH less than 7. Ammonia and ammonium ion also. |
LO6.1
LO6.1
LO6.3(?)/LO6.4/LO6.8
LO6.5
LO6.8/LO6.9
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Properties of Water (Guided inquiry activity to invent the relationship between the molality of particles and the change in freezing point) Student Version Teacher Version
Crystal Violet (Inquiry)
Acid and Base Classification
Shifting Reactions Laboratory
Iron Thiocycanate Laboratory
Stoichiometry
Questions Part I
Questions Part II
CHEMWIKIs
University of California - Davis
General Chemistry - Textbook Maps
VSEPR
Important Links
iPad Apps
iSpartan (iTunes link)
Odyssey (Atomic Orbitals) (iTunes link)
Atoms in Motion (iTunes link)
Salts in Motion (iTunes link)
Pearson Project
AP Chemistry Teacher Community
Advances in AP
AP Central
CollegeBoard Science Standards (PreAP- prior knowledge)
Journal of Chemical Education
WebReady Software
ChemEd DL
MERLOT (Chemistry)
APDL at Rice Univ
Molecular Workbench Next Generation
Molecular Workbench
Useful pages from the Molecular Workbench that I like:
Topic Web Page (in the Molecular Workbench database) Dissolving
http://workbench.concord.org/database/activities/186.html
Hydration of Ions
http://workbench.concord.org/database/activities/66.html
Intermolecular attractive Forces
http://workbench.concord.org/database/activities/227.html
Heat and Temperature
http://workbench.concord.org/database/activities/74.html
Solids, Liquids and Gases
http://workbench.concord.org/database/activities/74.html
Phase Change
http://workbench.concord.org/database/activities/188.html
Attractive Forces and Phase Change
http://workbench.concord.org/database/activities/63.html
Water
http://workbench.concord.org/database/activities/140.html
Electrostatics (Coulomb's Law)
http://workbench.concord.org/database/activities/317.html
Interactive Digital Overheads
MoLEs
Radial Distribution Functions (not working as of August 10, 2017)
Greenbowe Iowa State link
pHET (Colorado)
ChemCollective (Carnegie Mellon)
How to Write an Inquiry Activity
Description from 2014 APSI