Resources for AP Science

Site maintained by Toby Horn, PhD, DC ACTS in DCPS

Dr. Horn's work in DC ACTS is supported by the National Science Foundation, DC Public Schools and the Carnegie Institution of Washington

Zero before the decimal --- proper listing of units --- start good habits early

• good math in many cases
• good medicine
• good veterinary medicine
• errors happened in DC
• good clear writing

Data for Environmental Science

• Data tables on microbial water quality tests for Environmental Science. Testing the Waters.
• Anacostia River data from AWS, USGS , Anacostia EMPACT data
• Potomac River Basin data from USGS, bibliography
• Daily conditions
• Overview
• EPA
• Unit conversion calculator for atmospheric science (USC)
• Notes for a DC ACTS environmental science project

Data for Chemistry

Data for Biology

Models (good simulations that enable manipulation and data collection))

Environmental Models

• Carbon cycle
• Tox Town

Chemical Models

• Atomic orbitals (USC)
• Balancing chemical equations
• Titration, animation and calculator. Dataset for titration of the amino acid histidine, which has more than one titratable proton.
• Redox titration
• Gas Laws
  • Virtual Chemistry from Davidson College
• Chemistry animations/simulations from Iowa State
• ChemWeb from the University of Southern California (fabulous, but CHIME needed (with Netscape 4.8)

Biology Models

• Catalase action (wet lab was performed during USC General Chemistry course)
• Enzyme kinetics (Purdue)
• Bill Sofer's amino acids (chime NEEDED)
• excellent instructions re: protein structure and MDL from RPI

Chemistry

• ChemistryCoach
• SUNY Binghampton Chemistry
• USC ChemWeb (CHIME needed)

Periodic trends --- the best visualization among many, including web elements and Atkins (USC) Downloadable periodic table for overhead --- blank periodic table

• pH calculator
• Buffer calculator
• H-H calculator, derivation , in short, clinical practice
• Classic Paper: Sorenson article on pH (refers to enzymes)
• Emission spectra (java applet) no wavelengths given but the rainbow colors help locate
• Chemical reaction demos (many explosive reactions) Mg and CO2
• ChemCases, NutraSweet Chem Case (NSF)
• Fluidity of gases movies
• Formation of water from ignited hydrogen and oxygen gases
• Stoichiometry and strong acid strong base
• Acid-Base Chemistry and here and here http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/mihyewon/chemlab_experiment.html
• Titration of vinegar http://chemmovies.unl.edu/chemistry/microscale/mscale19.html

Various chemistry calculators
http://pals.sri.com/pals/tasks/9-12/AcidTitration/ davidson pH titrator
http://www.chm.davidson.edu/ronutt/che115/AcidBase/AcidBase.htm
http://www.nvcc.edu/alexandria/science/101Acidsu.html
http://www.ktca.org/newtons/10/housechem.html
http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/genobc/Chapter_05/

Hydrogen peroxide

• British student essay on H2O2
• Chemical industry applications
• Paper industry applications
• Recently approved as biopesticide by EPA
• MnO2 gas collection can be w/ probe and catalyst
• dna damage from copper, ascorbate peroxide
• Green Chemistry Award 1999 peroxide in papermaking developed at Carnegie Mellon
• Conservation of fine art
• Borax yields peroxide
• Annenberg Chemical Processes in Biology
• Brown Rot
• Fenton Reaction
• Fenton history
• WASTEWATER TREATMENT
• antioxidants and peroxide
• stoichiometry of peroxide and bleach
• tooth-whitening
• toxicology overdose
• defense bombardier beetle
• disinfectant
• safety
• contact lens
  • 1 commercial
  • 2 research academic and here
  • 3 AO Sept
  • 4 catalase or platinum?