Online for the 2025-2026 School Year
Teacher: Peter Moskaluk
Email: moskaluk@chemadvantage.com
Tuition: $950 through June 30; $975 effective July 1
** The course tuition includes the subscription to Cengage's WebAssign Online Learning Platform and a digital version of the textbook.
Course Schedule: My AP® Chemistry course begins on Monday, August 25, 2025, and ends in early May when students take the AP® exam. My 36-week schedule is designed to cover the College Board curriculum in a logical sequence including a comprehensive 4-week review before the AP Chemistry exam. My course calendar shows the dates that the class is in session as well as the 5 weeks of scheduled breaks, but you may adjust the dates to match your vacation plans, celebrations, and observances.
Eligibility Requirements: My class is open to 9th through 12th-grade students, ages 14 – 18, who have completed Algebra II or who are taking my class concurrently with their Algebra II course. A previous high school chemistry class, while helpful, is not required for my course. At the beginning of each chemistry unit, I assume no prior chemistry background and teach from the ground up so that students without previous chemistry instruction are not at a disadvantage. Students must be self-disciplined, well-organized, and able to schedule a minimum of 10 – 12 hours a week for the course, not including lab work.
How to Enroll: An application is not required for my course. If you meet the above eligibility requirements, you may enroll in the course by paying the tuition to AP® Homeschoolers. Once you’ve paid the tuition, be sure to fill out my online Student Registration Form so that I can complete your registration. Then, you’ll be all set.
Textbook: I will provide a digital version of the textbook that focuses on the material relevant to the AP Chemistry exam. Although not required, students who would like a hard copy textbook can purchase Chemistry, 11th Edition, by Raymond Chang and Kenneth Goldsby, ISBN-13: 978-0077666958, or any version of Chang’s Chemistry textbook from the 9th through the 13th editions. The differences between hard copy editions are mostly cosmetic, so you may use pricing as your guide. You do not need to purchase supplemental materials such as CDs, study guides, workbooks, solutions manuals, or review books for this course.
School Supplies
- One 3" 3-ringed binder
- One 1 ½" 3-ringed binder for filing lab instructions
- One set of 20 blank divider tabs for filing course materials
- Student study planner
- Spiral notebook for notetaking
- Lab Notebook - One 100-sheet composition notebook with sewn binding
- Quality Science Labs Advanced MicroChem Kit **
** If you can't obtain a lab kit, I will give you a list of the materials as you may be able to source the items. If not, don't worry. You can use my guided virtual labs.
Course Description:
My course is time-flexible and student-friendly. The course is asynchronous in that it does not have required login days/times. All the assignments for a given semester are posted at the beginning of the semester and are available 24/7. I record short, highly focused, and well-delivered video lectures for each topic so that students can have a classroom “lecture” experience that they can follow on their schedule rather than having to be present for a live lecture. My students tell me that they appreciate the flexibility of my class in that it doesn’t interfere with their other coursework or extracurricular activities.
Although my AP® Chemistry course prepares students to sit for the AP® Chemistry Exam, it is not just an exam prep course. It is the equivalent of a first-year college chemistry course, thus providing students with a solid foundation to support future advanced work in chemistry. My course has been audited and approved by the College Board for 17 consecutive years. I continuously update my course to stay on top of the ever evolving AP® Chemistry curriculum. Teachers whose courses have been approved receive a renewal letter each year authorizing them to affix the AP® designation on student transcripts.
Online Learning Platform: Cengage's WebAssign
Student learning is guided and assessed using Cengage’s online learning platform, WebAssign®, one of the most sophisticated instructional systems in the world. I have been involved with WebAssign® since its inception and have written thousands of customized interactive questions to evaluate student learning. When you log in to WebAssign, you will find a list of assignments with due dates, textbook readings, chapter summaries, and video lectures. As you answer the WebAssign questions, you will get immediate feedback on whether or not your answer is correct. Many questions have video explanations, hints, and solutions to further ensure that you understand every topic before you go on to the next one. My assignments are designed to allow you to practice as you are learning. In addition to the practice exams that I have written for WebAssign, you will take every AP® Chemistry exam that has been released by the College Board exclusively to teachers who have passed the College Board audit. There is no busy work in my class.
The College Board administers a digital-hybrid exam rather than the former paper-only AP Chemistry exams. Learning how to take the digital-hybrid exam is important. Unlike other online learning platforms, WebAssign allows exam questions to be presented digitally in the same format as the 2026 AP Chemistry exam. You will have many opportunities to work on the questions and get used to taking a digital-hybrid exam. After every test, there is a follow-up assignment in WebAssign to fill in any gaps in your knowledge and sharpen your test taking skills.
Discussion Board:
You and your classmates will always be able to get personalized help using my Discussion Board, a virtual classroom, which is available 24/7. With its multi-media capabilities, I can use different tools including annotation, graphs, images, diagrams, videos, and links to other helpful resources to give students detailed answers to their questions. I monitor the Discussion Board throughout the day five days a week making sure that students get prompt and thorough answers to their questions.
Lab Experience:
I have developed a lab program with specially tailored labs for AP® Chemistry. Each experiment has complete instructions with sample data and calculations. Students use tools such as graphing programs and spreadsheets to analyze data. There is a corresponding assessment tool where students enter their data online to evaluate their results. Students must keep a lab notebook following standard protocols for a college-level chemistry lab notebook.
Teacher Qualifications:
I am a State of Michigan certified chemistry teacher who taught both Honors and AP® Chemistry in one of the top-ranked public school systems in the country for over 35 years. I have been a master teacher with Pennsylvania Homeschoolers now for 18 years. I received a BS in Science and a Master of Science Education degree at Wayne State University. I have worked with numerous National Science Foundation teacher programs and, as part of my Master's program, I worked with the Fairleigh Dickinson University Lab in St Croix, monitoring coral reef oxygen respiration rates. I was sponsored by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at Princeton. While working for the National Science Foundation's Project Seraphim, I led workshops for chemistry teachers around the country, developed computer software applications for chemistry education, and hosted an international Internet Conference, CHYMNET, for chemistry educators. I have completed the College Board Institute Program for teaching AP® Chemistry and am an active participant in the College Board's AP® Chemistry Teachers Community. I have written science questions for the Michigan Educational Assessment Test, the ACT Assessment® Test, and have served as a reviewer for Cengage’s WebAssign® chemistry question database. I have also edited articles for the Journal of Chemical Education.
Teaching chemistry has been my life-long passion, and I love sharing my knowledge and experience with my students. As a dedicated caring teacher, I’m committed to delivering a rigorous course that prepares students to excel on the AP® Chemistry Exam while also preparing them for success in college chemistry and beyond. I have taught thousands of students over the years and have watched their successes in both their academic and professional lives. Even though AP Chemistry is challenging, I work hard to make my lessons engaging, interactive and fun. I take immense pleasure in helping my students master and, at the same time, experience the wonder and joy of chemistry. My commitment to my students does not end with the AP® Exam. I have written numerous recommendations for students and am proud that they have gone on to prestigious colleges and universities around the world. These include all the U.S. Military Academies, MIT, Princeton, Harvard, Stanford, Rutgers, Cornell, Oxford University, the National University of Singapore, and most of the top US State Colleges.
Even though my class is online, it is important to me that my students know they have a real teacher who cares about them and will provide the support they need to achieve a high score on the AP® Chemistry exam and to have a competitive edge in their college chemistry courses. I take immense pleasure in helping my students to not only master chemistry but also to experience the wonder and joy in chemistry.
I hope to see you in class this fall. It’s going to be a great year!
Mr. Moskaluk