A focused 12-week review of the most-tested AP Chemistry topics, built to get students confident and ready for exam day.
Instructor: Dr. K
Length: 12 Weeks
Meetings: Once weekly
Prerequisite: Currently taking or have completed AP Chemistry
Tuition: $12.50 per week
Payment Options: Weekly subscriptions available with a 48 hour cancellation notice to stop subscription. You can start and end at any point in the course.
Required Materials: None. Notes and practice problems are provided each week.
Description
Get ready for the AP Chemistry exam with a focused 12-week review of the topics that show up most often on test day. Each week targets one high-yield unit, breaking down the key concepts and walking through the problem types you’re most likely to see on both the multiple-choice and free-response sections.
We’ll start with the foundations: atomic structure, electron configurations, periodic trends and how to read photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) data. From there we move into bonding, Lewis structures, VSEPR shapes and intermolecular forces, then cover gas laws and Kinetic Molecular Theory. The middle of the course is a deep dive into equilibrium, including ICE tables, solubility product (Ksp) problems and Le Chatelier’s Principle, before building into acids, bases and buffers: pH/pOH calculations, strong vs. weak acids and bases, titration curves, the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation and percent ionization. We’ll finish with thermochemistry, calorimetry and thermodynamics, including entropy, Gibbs Free Energy and predicting reaction spontaneity.
This course is ideal for students currently taking AP Chemistry who want extra practice, need to fill in gaps, or want a structured review before the exam. Come ready to work through problems; you’ll leave each week with strategies you can use right away.
Class Times
| Dates | Days | Times | Registration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8th – March 26th | Fridays | 4 PM Eastern USA | Outschool |
Syllabus
No topics will be removed from this list, however the weeks the topics are presented might change. Students will be given a syllabus the week before courses begin with the official schedule.
| Week | Topic | What We’ll Cover |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Atomic Structure | Atomic structure and electron configurations |
| Week 2 | Periodic Trends and PES | Electronegativity, ionization energy, atomic radius and interpreting PES |
| Week 3 | Bonds, Lewis Structures and VSEPR | Molecular shapes and bond angles |
| Week 4 | Intermolecular Forces (IMFs) | Identifying IMFs and comparing boiling points (review polar molecules beforehand!) |
| Week 5 | Gas Laws | Ideal gases, the Ideal Gas Law, additional gas laws and Kinetic Molecular Theory |
| Week 6 | Chemical Equilibrium | Equilibrium constant expressions, ICE tables and solubility product problems |
| Week 7 | Equilibrium and Le Chatelier’s Principle | Finishing solubility product problems and equilibrium shifts |
| Week 8 | Acids, Bases and Buffers | pH and pOH calculations; strong vs. weak acids and bases |
| Week 9 | Acids, Bases and Buffers Continued | Buffers, titration curves and the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation |
| Week 10 | Acids, Bases and Equilibrium Combined | Trickier pH calculations, percent ionization and more |
| Week 11 | Thermochemistry | Thermochemistry and calorimetry |
| Week 12 | Thermodynamics | Entropy (ΔS), Gibbs Free Energy (ΔG = ΔH − TΔS) and reaction spontaneity at different temperatures |