APScience Institute 2003

• AP Biology
• AP Chemistry
• AP Environmental Science
• Tips for developing student success in AP Science essay writing (ESSAYSuccess.doc)
• Action verbs (Bloom's Taxonomy) build student capability critical thinking skills in essay writing
  • http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learn/program/hndouts/bloom.html
  • http://www2.ohlone.cc.ca.us/org/capac/documents/blooms-tax1.htm
  • http://www2.ohlone.cc.ca.us/org/capac/documents/blooms-tax1.htm
  • Bloom's question wheel
  • Varieties of ways of using the verbs

Links beyond

• Data and virtual resources (will be copied to subject areas in time)
• Links to Calculator-based labs (CBL)
• Developing good lesson plans --- assessment guidelines
• Designing curriculum in science and mathematics
• For the BIG picture Project 2061 (Benchmarks Online) and National Science Education Standards
• Beyond Discovery: Great articles for you for review and for your students. Many articles are available in Spanish.

Links to CBL Resources

• CBL
• Vernier (CBL remember TI uses Vernier and Pasco CBL and probes)
• Pasco
• TI calculator

Vendors' AP lists

• Wards
• Flinn and here for Laboratory Design needs
• Fisher
• Carolina
• Boreal/ScienceKit

Biotech (AP Biology)

• Bio-Rad
• Edvotek

AP Biology

• How does a retrovirus work?
• Production and measurement of carbon dioxide
• Boreal/Science Kit list of materials and equipment for their recommended AP labs
• Wards AP Biology list
• Carolina starting an AP Biology course
• Fisher

AP Chemistry

• Production and measurement of carbon dioxide
• Thermodynamics, Reaction Rates, Chemical Kinetics
• Lab equipment
• Boreal/Science Kit list of materials and equipment for their recommended AP Labs
• Wards AP Chemistry list
• Carolina suggested chemistry supplies
• Solution prep guide (Carolina)

AP Environmental Science

• Ion selective probes for water quality testing
• Environmental effects on populations of Daphnia
• Boreal/Science Kit list of materials and equipment for their recommended labs
• Wards AP Environmental Science list
• Carolina kits for AP ES and correlations of kits to AP ES

AP Physics

• Boreal/ScienceKit list of materials and equipment for their recommended labs