AP Chemistry
AP Chemistry Grades 11-12 1 Credit
All ECHS juniors must take either this course or Chemistry I .
This college-level course is designed to provide a thorough and challenging introduction to the topics of chemistry in line with the curriculum and standards established by the College Board. Like all AP courses, it is academically challenging and work-intensive, and it focuses on a wide range of topics – including atomic structure, analytical and descriptive chemistry, gas laws, thermodynamics, kinetics, bonding, and equilibrium. Students will learn to express ideas with logic and clarity, to design and conduct laboratory experiments, to arrive at cogent, rational conclusions, and to manipulate equations and solve problems.