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AP CHEMISTRY TEACHER DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ONLINE

• AP CHEMISTRY Teacher development institute ONLINE
• COURSE DESCRIPTION
• PREREQUISITES
• How the course works
• FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

AP CHEMISTRY TEACHER DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ONLINE is being offered at Southeast Missouri State University for the first time in Summer 2003.

This 45-hour online course is intended for teachers designing Advanced Placement high school chemistry courses or who will teach existing courses. Initially, participants will be introduced to the AP Chemistry course requirements and the format of the AP Chemistry exam through the College Board Materials. Modules on five different chemical topics will be covered. Participants will develop lesson plans on these topics. Problems and questions from previously released AP exams will be used to relate the course content to the concepts and principles addressed by the exams. The heart of the course will be the development of nine laboratory experiments by the participants that meet the College Board requirements for recommended laboratories. Participants will be required to perform two of the developed experiments in laboratories at their schools. Five of the laboratory experiments will be tied to the topical modules. Finally, the teachers will be required to develop an AP course syllabus.  See complete syllabus.

1. Each participant must be a certified high school chemistry teacher.
2. Each participant must have access to a laboratory.
3. The following reagents will be needed: 
   a. 0.10 M hydrochloric acid 
   b. 0.15 M sodium hydroxide 
   c. potassium acid phthalate 
   d. phenolphthalein 
   e. sodium thiosulfate 
   f. distilled water 
   g. Tums tablets 
   h. Rolaids tablets
4. The following additional materials and instruments will be needed: 
   a. common laboratory glassware 
   b. two burets 
   c. graduated cylinder 
   d. mortar and pestle 
   e. spatula
   f. watch with a second hand 
   g. milligram balance

To give you an idea about the way assignments address AP objectives, browse the following from Module Four of the course:

A Multiple Choice Assignment

A Free Response Assignment

Please e-mail one of the instructors

                    Mike Readnour

                    Mike Rodgers

if you have questions about the course.