I used to have creative ways of ordering my topics for AP Chem, but with the addition of the videos, quizzes and Progress Checks in MyAP, I now just follow their curriculum map. By following the order of the units as the AP has laid them out, I can better integrate their resources into my classroom routine.

For the last couple of years I have been toying with going in the order of the big ideas or just do the more traditional route.  This is what I decided to do this year: Unit 0 - Skills and Processes - for examples, sig figs, measuring, lab skills, units, molarity, dilutions, solutions, spec 20, naming, etc. Unit 1 - Fundamental Building Blocks - for example - properties of matter, mixtures, mole, stoic, density, separation techniques, some reactions, etc. I am combining 0 and 1 on a test. Unit 2 - A closer look at matter - atomic theories, history, mass spec, quantum, periodic table trends, bonding, Dot Diagrams, IMF, states of matter, etc Unit 3 - Kinetics and nuclear Unit 4 - Equilibrium and thermo Unit 5 - A/B and Ksp Unit 6 - Redox However, I might be changing things around.  I know I already added a little bit of reactions into my Unit 0 because of a lab.  

I used a new sequence this year that I really like! I'll avoid going in to LO-specific detail for now, please ask if you want more detail or further reflections. I do plan to tweak a bit over the summer. Here is the general sequence. Topic 1 - Aqueous Reactions, Stoichiometry Topic 2 - Gases Topic 3 - Thermodynamics Topic 4 - Kinetics Topic 5 - General Equilibrium and Solubility Equilibrium Topic 6 - Acid/Base Equilibria, Buffers, Titrations Topic 7 - Electrochemistry Topic 8 - Atomic Structure and Periodicity Topic 9 - Chemical Bonding and Geometry Topic 10 - IMF and Solution Properties