AP Summer Institute for AP Chemistry Teachers

Course Description

Instructors: Valerie A. Ferguson, Moore High School, Moore, OK and John I. Gelder, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

Location: Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

Date:July 9 - 13, 2001

Contact:John I. Gelder or Valerie Ferguson

This institute is designed to assist participants in their quest to improve their teaching of AP Chemistry, using the World Wide Web, computer generated animations and CBL laboratory experiments.

Topics to be discussed will include: electrochemistry, thermodynamics, acid-base chemistry, ionic reactions and other topics as time allows.

Participants will have an opportunity to practice laboratory activities in equilibrium, chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, and ionic reactions and solubility. Participants will be able to use CBL and spectrophotometers during the laboratory investigations. Attention will be given to using spreadsheet templates for analyzing data.

Mornings will be devoted to theory and afternoons to laboratory activities. Theory discussions will take advantage of multimedia presentations using the animations included on the Animations in Chemistry CD-ROM.

This institute will have a WEB site (http://intro.chem.okstate.edu/2001APInstitute) which contains institute and internet resource materials. Participants will have access to the Web site before, during and after the summer institute.

If you are interested please complete the Interest Form and/or contact Valerie or John.

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