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Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 12:00 - 2:15 PM
Start Date: Monday July 6, 2026
End Date: Thursday July 30, 2026
Report Card Release Date: August, 2026
Pre-AP Chemistry has four main units. Their key topics and recommended length are outlined here: Unit 1: Structure and Properties of Matter (~4 lessons) Unit 2: Chemical Bonding and Interactions (~5 lessons) Unit 3: Chemical Quantities (~3 lessons) Unit 4: Chemical Transformations (~4 lessons)
In Pre-AP Chemistry, students develop a deep conceptual understanding of matter and energy at the molecular level as they learn to explain their macroscopic observations using particulate-level reasoning. As students engage in grade-level content, they utilize scientific reasoning skills needed to analyze the natural world—and to succeed in future science and social science courses in high school and college.
Pre-AP is meant to prepare students for AP.
The Pre-AP science areas of focus are vertically aligned to the science practices embedded in high school and college courses, including AP. This gives students multiple opportunities to think and work like scientists as they develop and strengthen these disciplinary reasoning skills throughout their education in the sciences.
Attention to modeling: Students develop and refine models to connect macroscopic observations to structure, motion, and interactions occurring at the atomic scale.
Strategic use of mathematics: Students integrate mathematics with conceptual understanding to model chemical phenomena.
Emphasis on analytical reading and writing: Students engage in analytical reading and writing to gain, retain, and apply scientific knowledge and to carry out scientific argumentation.
Unit Foundations
These big ideas are addressed across all units:
Structure and Properties: All matter is composed of particles that are in constant motion and interact with one another. This movement and interaction is responsible for the observable properties of matter. Observed properties can be used to infer the number and types of particles in a sample of matter.
Energy: Energy is transferred in all physical and chemical processes. During these processes, energy is either redistributed within the system or between systems.
Transformations: At its heart, chemistry is about rearrangements of matter. These rearrangements, or transformations, involve the breaking and forming of intermolecular forces or chemical bonds. Macroscopic observations can be used to quantify and describe these rearrangements at the atomic scale.
This course will be using the flipped classroom approach, as such videos and assignments will be assigned to be completed outside of the class sessions. During meeting times, we will focus on a question and answer format to best utilize the brief period of time collectively together. We will be meeting via Zoom.
The content, assignments, and assessments will be based upon the Pre-AP Course and Exam Description (CED) available in the Pre-AP Classroom website or here.
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 12:00 - 2:15 PM
Start Date: Monday July 6, 2026
End Date: Thursday July 30, 2026
Report Card Release Date: August, 2026
Pre-AP Chemistry has four main units. Their key topics and recommended length are outlined here: Unit 1: Structure and Properties of Matter (~4 lessons) Unit 2: Chemical Bonding and Interactions (~5 lessons) Unit 3: Chemical Quantities (~3 lessons) Unit 4: Chemical Transformations (~4 lessons)
In Pre-AP Chemistry, students develop a deep conceptual understanding of matter and energy at the molecular level as they learn to explain their macroscopic observations using particulate-level reasoning. As students engage in grade-level content, they utilize scientific reasoning skills needed to analyze the natural world—and to succeed in future science and social science courses in high school and college.
Pre-AP is meant to prepare students for AP.
The Pre-AP science areas of focus are vertically aligned to the science practices embedded in high school and college courses, including AP. This gives students multiple opportunities to think and work like scientists as they develop and strengthen these disciplinary reasoning skills throughout their education in the sciences.
Attention to modeling: Students develop and refine models to connect macroscopic observations to structure, motion, and interactions occurring at the atomic scale.
Strategic use of mathematics: Students integrate mathematics with conceptual understanding to model chemical phenomena.
Emphasis on analytical reading and writing: Students engage in analytical reading and writing to gain, retain, and apply scientific knowledge and to carry out scientific argumentation.
Unit Foundations
These big ideas are addressed across all units:
Structure and Properties: All matter is composed of particles that are in constant motion and interact with one another. This movement and interaction is responsible for the observable properties of matter. Observed properties can be used to infer the number and types of particles in a sample of matter.
Energy: Energy is transferred in all physical and chemical processes. During these processes, energy is either redistributed within the system or between systems.
Transformations: At its heart, chemistry is about rearrangements of matter. These rearrangements, or transformations, involve the breaking and forming of intermolecular forces or chemical bonds. Macroscopic observations can be used to quantify and describe these rearrangements at the atomic scale.
This course will be using the flipped classroom approach, as such videos and assignments will be assigned to be completed outside of the class sessions. During meeting times, we will focus on a question and answer format to best utilize the brief period of time collectively together. We will be meeting via Zoom.
The content, assignments, and assessments will be based upon the Pre-AP Course and Exam Description (CED) available in the Pre-AP Classroom website or here.
