A.P. Chemistry
- Students can utilize a Google Doc in order to generate a review sheet for the AP Chemistry Exam. Each student selects a topic and is given a deadline to contribute their portion. Students can select to be notified when changes were made to the document.
- Students can participate in webquests to learn how carbon bonding occurs, how chemical reactions occur or other “hot topics” in AP Chemistry
- Utilize Edmodo to have students complete, submit and discuss their summer AP Chemistry assignment.
- Use a blogging platform like Blogger or Wordpress to have students create a blog on a pre-assigned topic such as thermochemistry. The blog would extend the content and allow the student to gain and explain a more in-depth knowledge of a topic likely to be covered on the AP Chemistry exam.
- Utilize Polleverywhere.com as an informal assessment method to test students on their ability to answer review questions from the AP Chemistry exam (multiple choice portion).
- Utilize wiki pages to provide a place where students can view a video scrapbook of all labs that were completed throughout the year -- helps them prepare for the laboratory techniques and descriptive chemistry sections of the exam.
A.P. U.S. History
- Students can access, learn and use capzles.com, tiki-tok.com or some other online timeline maker to walk classmates through a series of historical events critical to the AP U.S. History Curriculum.
- Students can utilize Google Docs to generate a review sheet for the AP U.S. History Exam. Each student selects a topic and is given a deadline to contribute their portion. Students can select to be notified when changes were made to the document.
- Students can participate in webquests to learn about the Civil War, immigration, urbanization and other “hot topics” in AP U.S. History.
- Utilize Edmodo to have students complete, submit and discuss their summer AP U.S. History assignment.
- Use a blogging platform like Blogger or Wordpress to have students create a blog on a pre-assigned topic such as Antebellum Reform. The blog would extend the content and allow the student to gain and explain a more in-depth knowledge of a topic likely to be covered on the AP U.S. History Exam.
- Utilize Polleverywhere.com as an informal assessment method to test students on their ability to answer review questions from the AP U.S. History Exam (multiple choice portion).
- Utilize Wiki Pages to provide a place where students can view a video scrapbook.
A.P. Economics
- Students can access, learn and use Google Forms to create formula based spreadsheets that calculate key Macroeconomic equations.
- Students can utilize Google Docs to generate a review sheet for the AP Macroeconomics Exam. Each student selects a topic and is given a deadline to contribute their portion. Students can select to be notified when changes were made to the document.
- Students can participate in webquests to learn about the supply, demand, markets, comparative advantage and other “hot topics” in AP Macroeconomics.
- Utilize Edmodo to have students complete, submit and discuss their summer AP Macroeconomics assignment.
- Use a blogging platform like Blogger or Wordpress to have students create a blog on a pre-assigned topic such as Supply Curves. The blog would extend the content and allow the student to gain and explain a more in-depth knowledge of a topic likely to be covered on the AP Economics Exam.
- Utilize Polleverywhere.com as an informal assessment method to test students on their ability to answer review questions from the AP Macroeconomics Exam (multiple choice portion).
- Utilize Wiki Pages to provide a place where students can view a video scrapbook.