Content Update: AP® Chemistry beta

This is really helpful! But for those studying for the exam in 2020, when will you guys be adding more of the units covered on the test? Thanks!

Hi Grace! While we are working on building new content for the later units, it unfortunately won't be ready in time for the 2020 exam. However, we do have many videos and articles that cover most of the topics in these units in our older AP Chemistry course, which you can find here. Hope that helps!

AP Chemistry Beta is pretty helpful! I have been looking foward to exercise about chemistry for a long time!

From previous comments, I know that some courses will not be ready in time for exam in 2020. Will more units be available before 2020 exam? (I am not a native English speaker, and hope that I have not made some grammer mistakes or some offensive content..) Thanks!

Hello there! Will the AP Chemistry course be fully developed in time for the 2021 exam? Are there going to be  any summer 2020 updates to the course?

This looks amazing! But I was wondering if you guys are going to add topics on coordination chemistry, ligands, complex ions, and crystal field theory because they weren't on the old one. Thank you!

Would the course be ready by the 2021 exam? I am thinking of taking the AP chemistry exam next year and being able to have such a wonderful resource on Khan Academy would be really helpful. 

Thank you so much! But will you ever release AP Physics C? 

Will there be any updates of the units to help students taking the exam in 2021? So far, this has been extremely useful! Thank you. 

Hi chloe! The older AP Chemistry course doesn't have any exercises - it's likely that you've completed exercises in the general Chemistry course, which won't be affected when the older AP Chemistry course is eventually replaced by AP Chemistry beta. Hope that helps!

Hi Gerardo Rodriguez! The course won't be complete by the 2021 exam, but we're hard at work creating new content and hope to have over 50% coverage by then. I hope you'll find it a useful resource when you take AP Chemistry next year - don't forget that we also have lots of helpful videos and articles in our older AP Chemistry course, as well :)

Hi Regina Litman - that's exciting to hear that you're going through all of the chemistry content available on Khan Academy! I just verified that AP Chemistry beta is available through both the iOS and Android Khan Academy apps (it's the last subject listed under the science domain). Let us know if you have any trouble finding it, and happy learning!

Thanks for your question, Aykut Burak KARABALIK! Currently, we don't have any plans to release an AP Physics C course, but we'll keep your feedback in mind for the future. In the meantime, you can find many videos and articles covering topics in AP Physics C in our general Physics course. I hope that helps!

Hi Merlyn Varkey - good question! This year, the AP Chemistry exam will cover Units 1-7. Currently, our AP Chemistry beta course has videos, articles, and exercises for all of Units 1-2 and part of Unit 3. For the other units, I'd recommend checking out our older AP Chemistry course, which has videos and articles covering most of the material in these units. I hope that helps, and good luck preparing for the exam!

Hi Lucifer01! It depends on what your goals are, but here is some info that may help you decide: the AP Chemistry beta course has many more practice exercises than the general Chemistry course, and it's intended to be followed from beginning to end. However, the AP Chemistry beta course isn't yet complete (currently, we have almost three out of nine total units). Additionally, students typically take AP Chemistry after having taken a high school chemistry course, so the material is often designed with that in mind.

In contrast, the general Chemistry course contains many more videos and articles covering a wider breadth of topics, but it is more of a "library" of content - it's not designed to be followed from start to finish, so sometimes the videos and articles assume prior knowledge that you might not already have.

I hope that helps! Let us know if you have any more questions :)

Absolutely love it!!!! I should have big exams next year from Chemistry so this is really good preparation. I hope there will be more content soon because Khan academy helped me with Maths a lot and this way I could really improve my Chemistry.

Hi pheehaoyan! Good question - the older AP Chemistry course contains lots of videos and articles covering most of the topics in AP Chemistry, but this content isn't organized to the latest AP Chemistry Course and Exam Description (CED). The older AP Chemistry course also doesn't contain any practice questions. In contrast, the AP Chemistry beta course is designed specifically with the AP Chemistry CED in mind and has practice questions for every lesson currently in the course. However, the beta course isn't yet complete (currently, we have content for three of the nine total units). Once the beta course is complete, we'll replace the older course with the new AP Chemistry course and only have one on Khan Academy.

I hope that helps!

Thanks Lauren Rosebrugh

Then what is the preparation of studying AP Chemistry beta?

And when will course be completed?

Hello! When will more units for the AP Chemistry Beta course release? I'm preparing for my college chemistry class and more practice problems would be awesome for my preparation. Thank you! 

Hi Brittg501 and hummela! We're hoping to have Unit 4 completed by the end of this year, another unit completed by the 2021 exam (May 2021), and the remainder of the units completed by the 2022 exam (May 2022). I hope that helps!

When are you going to put a High School Chemistry course?

Will this Chemistry course be updated for the 2021 AP Exam? 

Hi Kusuma Teluguntla! Yes, we are planning on adding videos and exercises for Unit 6 and exercises for Unit 7 in time for the exam in May. We also recently updated the course with content for Unit 5, which you can find here. Best of luck with your exam preparations!

Will the AP Chemistry course be completed before the may exams for 2021?

Hello! I've been using AP Chemistry Beta for the past few weeks now, is this course going to be adding Units 7-9 before the 2021 AP Exam? This would be really helpful to me and everyone studying for the 2021 AP Exam. 

I'm excited, but if I were to choose one, which one should I practice? The beta or the original? 

Hello there,

I just started this course and I'm loving it so far. My only question is that will it be ready for ap 2022?

Thanks, Yao - we're happy to hear you're finding AP Chemistry beta useful! Unfortunately, we won't have any more units ready before the 2020 exam, but make sure to check out our older AP Chemistry course for more videos and articles covering topics in later units. Best of luck on your exam!

Thanks, 24karnati_kundan! At the moment, we don't have any plans to add content on those topics since they aren't covered in AP Chemistry. However, we'll keep your feedback in mind for expanding our courses in the future!

If I complete the tests and exercises on the old course and it gets replaced by the newer one, will my progress be deleted?

I'm using this to prepare myself for taking chemistry in college since I don't remember anything about high school chemistry and will end up having to major in chemistry for pharmacy in college. Therefore, I'd like to know if there will be any more units released before the end of August this year.