AP. Classes

In another life I taught AP science classes. I was an AP instructor, Reader, Table Leader, and College Board consultant.  I taught AP Bio (once), and AP Chem and AP Environmental Science  several times.  These are grueling to teach.  You might want to consider just taking a college class.  If your heart is set on AP, let me give you a bit of help.  First, here are the test dates for May 2026.  Here is my first tip: Take the test on the date assigned—not the make-up date.  The make-up test is no harder; it’s graded very strictly, however.  Khan Academy offers AP courses.  There are Openstax AP courses, too: AP Bio, AP Physics, AP Chem, and  U.S. History (supposed to be AP).  

Before you take on an AP subject look at the courses description: AP Literature and Language, AP Language and Composition, and AP Eng Lang FRQs.  Look for tips: On Your Mark, AP Bio First Time, or Seven Tips.  Find teacher weeblys.  School districts love to change learning management systems.  In self defense, teacher create their own websites.  Teachers post their resources: AP U.S., A.P.Bio, AP Lang, and AP Stats.  Look at POGILS, especially for science courses. But, here is a POGIL for Claim-Evidence-Reasoning, which is used in AP Lang.  Every discipline or course has its own subset of resources, such as Quill, HHMI, National Constitutional Center, and AP Stats.  There are also Facebook Groups for just about every course.  

I do not want to be discouraging.  By all means, if you have an undergrad major in one of the AP courses, go for it!  Just bear in mind, if your teen passes the exam, he or she gets college credit.  It’s intended to be hard.  It is!