AP Chemistry --NEW!

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Course option: Live

Grades: 10th-12th | Successful completion of Algebra 2 and high school Chemistry

Course dates: August 17, 2026 to May 2027 (AP exam)

Course length: Traditional, full year

Live sessions - attendance required: Tuesdays | 3-4:30 p.m. Eastern

Course size: 12 students

Instructor: Dr. Sadie Burkhow

Cost:

Tuition: $875
Digital website access: $60
Custom lab kit: AP Chem lab kit - $299 | this college level course has a required 25% lab component which is supplied via this lab kit

Dr. Sadie Burkhow - AP Chemistry dr.sburkhow.bluetent[at]gmail.com

More about Dr. Sadie Burkhow

Originally from a small town (<600) hobby farm in Minnesota, Dr. Sadie Burkhow took many AP college courses in high school which helped her get her associate’s in arts (A.A.) degree from a community college in one year. From a suggestion of a chemistry instructor at the community college, she pursued a bachelor’s in science in Biochemistry in only 3 years. While earning her B.S. she craved to learn more chemistry and pursued graduate school at Iowa State University (ISU) for a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry, specializing on spectroscopy (think lasers and microscopes). During graduate studies she was a teaching assistant for general chemistry, analytical chemistry, and an instructor of record for a chemistry course for non-stem majors.

Sadie discovered her love of teaching at ISU and gained certifications in the ISU Preparing for Future Faculty Program as an associate, fellow, and scholar. She has developed several chemistry courses and is interested in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SOTL) and implementing various pedagogical techniques for teaching chemistry. After graduate school, she decided to get experience in an industrial lab close to home at an ethanol plant. This provided real-world experiences in teaching to bring back to the classroom. Sadie currently is teaching chemistry and science education college courses as an adjunct faculty member at Riverland Community College in Minnesota (her alma mater!).

Sadie’s interests revolve mostly around homesteading while living in a small town. This includes a massive vegetable and flower garden. Preserving food with many different techniques including water-bath and pressure canning everything and anything, and dehydrating. And milling flour from wheat berries for baking, cooking, processing meat, smoking and grilling, making cheese and yogurt, and foraging locally. She also makes lotions, soaps, personal products, health related items for medicinal apothecary, and various food and beverage fermentations. While enjoying these homestead hobbies, she enjoys listening to music and horror and mythical fiction audiobooks.

Core Resources

Your digital website access ($60) purchased through Blue Tent includes:
- An eBook of Pearson’s Chemistry: The Central Science, AP edition, 15th ed.
- Mastering Chemistry online resource
Other requirements:
- Scientific calculator
- Zoom | a free teleconferencing application
- Barron’s AP Chemistry 2027
- The AP Classroom for Chemistry will be a hub where students access resources in preparation for the AP Chemistry exam.
- A free phone scanning app such as CamScanner
Technical resources - required for live sessions
- A reliable internet connection
- A computer with a web cam
- A working microphone (computer microphone will work)

Course Details

This live online AP Chemistry course, which is aligned with the AP College Board’s overview for AP Chemistry, is an introductory college-level chemistry course that is equivalent to Introductory Chemistry 1 and Introductory Chemistry 2. High school homeschoolers will continue to grow their understanding of chemistry through inquiry-based investigations and 16 hands-on labs.

“Have you ever wondered if a diamond really is forever? How batteries generate electricity from chemical reactions? Or how we know that atoms exist even when they’re too small to be seen? In AP Chemistry, you’ll learn to examine the atomic and molecular interactions that result in all the varied materials and changes that you observe daily, as well as how to properly test and analyze errors in an experiment.” - College Board

Click here to read the AP Chemistry Course and Exam description.

Format

Students share an interactive online classroom and meet live on Zoom.
Live class attendance is mandatory.
Students are expected to keep their webcams on and actively participate in class.
Average weekly time estimate, including live class: 12-15 hours
All Blue Tent live science and classes are NCAA approved.
See our FAQs for:
- age/grade guidelines, prerequisites, and class fit recommendations
- a complete list of days, times, and breaks
- a list of CA charter schools where this course is a-g approved

Student Expectations

Students will be responsible for reading the chapter/taking notes before live class.
Since AP Chemistry is a college-level course taught by a college instructor, students should expect college-level pacing. They will need to be disciplined in completing their weekly reading, assignments, and labs at home, so they can come prepared and make the most of live classes.
Students can get help from the instructor throughout the week via Moodle messaging and posted study hall hours (time to be determined by class poll.)
Students should expect to spend 12-15 hours per week on AP Chemistry.

Weekly Assignments and Collaboration

Each week begins with a summary of topics, assignments, and supplemental resources in the online classroom. Students can expect:

Three instructor led lectures
- Live class session (90 minutes) where material will be presented/reviewed via live lecture - This is equivalent to two lecture sessions.
- A recorded 3rd lecture - students will view on their own time.
Homework problems, online quizzes to prep for the AP Chem exam
Hands-on lab approximately every two weeks to meet the 25% AP Chemistry lab work requirement
Assigned reading/viewing/note-taking to be completed before live class

Course Goals

This course promises to provide students with a college-level foundation to support future advanced coursework in chemistry. 25% of this course is dedicated to lab investigations. Upon completion of the course, students will be prepared for the AP Chemistry exam.

AP Chemistry Course Content

The College Board outlines the following units as fundamental to AP Chemistry:

Unit 1: Atomic Structure and Properties
Unit 2: Molecular and Ionic Compound Structure and Properties
Unit 3: Intermolecular Forces and Properties
Unit 4: Chemical Reactions
Unit 5: Kinetics
Unit 6: Thermodynamics
Unit 7: Equilibrium
Unit 8: Acids and Bases
Unit 9: Applications of Thermodynamics

Per the College Board, the following Big Ideas serve as the foundation of AP Chemistry, enabling students to create meaningful connections among concepts and develop deeper conceptual understanding:

Scale, Proportion, and Quantity: Quantities in chemistry are expressed at both the macroscopic and atomic scales, and relationships exist both within and between these two scales.
Structure and Properties: Properties of substances observable at the macroscopic scale emerge from the structures of atoms and molecules and the interactions between them.
Transformations: Chemistry is about the rearrangement of matter, both macroscopically and sub-microscopically.
Energy: Energy plays an important role in characterizing and controlling chemical systems