<p>My teacher really sucks (more than half of the class just got 1s and 2s in the mail), and I have a busy schedule next year. Are there any things (besides the basic polyatomic ions) that I can start memorizing for next year that would be tedious to learn during the school year?</p>
<p>If you didn’t learn it/don’t remember from before, learn the common metals that have multiple possible charges. Also (again, this depends on what you’ve taken before), make sure you have your naming rules down. It sucks to try and write AP equations when you’re still having issues just writing the chemical formula from the name.</p>
<p>Do you know the very, very basics of chemistry? Are you good at working with equations and numbers?</p>
<p>I would suggest learning stoichiometry. It’ll save you lots of time. And if you can understand what they mean and do, memorize the solubility rules.</p>
<p>defintely memorize solubility rules and color changes and what not. also, organic chemistry and nuclear chemistry what not.</p>
<p>read zumdhal</p>
<p>Learn/memorize reactions types. Like all of the special redox.
Learn about structure and Vsepr models.</p>
<p>I’d recommend the PR book for AP Chemistry, but it doesn’t go into as much detail as you may need, this is again dependant on what previous chemistry knowledge you have. If you’ve only taken regular chemistry, it might get you by if you study a lot for it, but if not then I wouldn’t recommend it.
The Chang book is what we had, and I found it small and easy to read, despite how we mainly used the PR book, and I’m confident I got a 4/5 for the exam.
To save you time, you could start to memorize the charges of the groups, and special traits bout them, like how reactive the group 1s are, trends for the periodic table etc.</p>
<p>I highly recommend this site: chemmybear.com
Specifically, the Stuff I Should Know For The AP Test But Don’t Know Yet guide covers almost all the stuff you’ll need to know.</p>
<p>Couple that guide with the PR guide and you’ll definitely get a 4/5.</p>
<p>I didn’t use any review book and got a 5!
But then again, my teacher was great, boring BUT great. I just reviewed all the material in my class and my textbook. =]</p>
<p>My school textbook was Chemistry and Chemical Reactivities. It didn’t explain concept well but it has a lot of practice problems. To understand concept, I used Chemistry: The Central Science AP edition, 11/e, which my teacher let me borrow to study for the exam. The textbook was great. I also used PR, but I think The Central Science book is what really helped me received a 5 this year.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’d try and learn/memorize solubility stuff and the strong acids/bases.
And if you’re looking for a good prep book, I’d go with Peterson’s. It was amazing-very helpful, and the tests are quite similar in difficulty.</p>