lisabees Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 DS is in 9th grade. He will be taking both AP physics C exams next month. A friend's mother, who is an AP Bio teacher, suggested that he take AP Chem next year, then AP Bio the following year. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 What does he want to do? Or, what is he interested in? I personally would study AP Chem before AP Bio (but then, I'm a recovering chemist ;)). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathy in Richmond Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Sounds like a good plan! We did AP Chem -> AP Physics C -> AP Bio here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 Thanks ladies! AP Chem it is! He hasn't taken a high school Chem course yet. Anything he needs to do to prepare? Luckymama, he is interested in theoretical physics. But, he is loving math more and more, Kathy! Thanks again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathy in Richmond Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 My kids did a year of high school chem first, but I don't think it's impossible to jump right into the AP level. I'd just recommend starting early in the year, possibly over the summer, because there's an awful lot of material to cover. We used Zumdahl's AP text here, just working through it on our own & checking answers in the back of the book. A few weeks before the exam, we reviewed using the Princeton Review book and old questions from released exams on the CB site. Hope that helps! Glad to hear that the math love is growing! :D 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joan in GE Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 just in case anyone reading this thread is interested in AP Chem and wasn't aware, the exam was redesigned in 2013-14 (that's when the redesign went into effect) so there aren't so many completely compatible old exams/practice books to practice with. Dd is doing the course this year and it is the AP she is most concerned about due to the amount of material to be learned. For practice you have: (and after this spring you'll have this year's FRQ's)... http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/exam/exam_information/1998.html She did like AP Chem Crash Course book It sounds like you/your son like challenges though :-) Were you going to design the course? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 Sorry I missed this post, Joan! That is important info to have. Thanks for letting us know. No - I am not going to design the course. I always want to, but... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joan in GE Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Sorry I missed this post, Joan! That is important info to have. Thanks for letting us know. No - I am not going to design the course. I always want to, but... Hi again, dd is taking the course with PAH and the teacher makes up his own questions to simulate the new AP so that's a good thing! Lots of students aren't keeping up with their homework it seems.... FWIW - dd did the Georgia Public Broadcasting free Chem course with no book but by the end she couldn't stand it - she felt it was talking down to her so much....ds3 managed to get thru the Physics GPB but used Apologia Physics as his mainstay and just used the GPB for concepts where he wanted a bit more explanation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gratia271 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Hi again, dd is taking the course with PAH and the teacher makes up his own questions to simulate the new AP so that's a good thing! Lots of students aren't keeping up with their homework it seems.... DD is also enrolled in this class, and the amount of prep/materials made available to the students is outstanding. The students do have to avail themselves of the wonderful resources, though. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joan in GE Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Thanks ladies! AP Chem it is! He hasn't taken a high school Chem course yet. I asked dd if she thought it's possible to do without a regular course first and she said yes...that they covered everything she'd done before in just a few weeks.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 I asked dd if she thought it's possible to do without a regular course first and she said yes...that they covered everything she'd done before in just a few weeks.... Perfect! Thanks so much for asking her, Joan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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