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Advanced Placement courses are designed to challenge students who demonstrate a consistent record of outstanding academic achievement. Rich course material, vibrant classroom discussions, and demanding assignments help these students develop content mastery and critical thinking skills expected of college students. The College Board (accredited organizer of AP curriculum and exams) audits all AP curriculum offered at the ASD high schools. The College Board also develops and scores all AP examinations for each course. In addition to content, AP courses focus on preparation for these College Board AP tests. Successful completion of the course and AP exam translates into college credits for our students. Further information about College Board can be found at collegeboard.org. The ASD expects all students who take AP classes to participate in the AP exams held in the spring of each year. Scholarships to support AP exam fees are available for families with financial need.
The Appoquinimink School District offers 24 course offerings for students and 38 exam opportunities.
The AP Art and Design Program includes three different courses: AP 2-D Art and Design, AP 3-D Art and Design, and AP Drawing. In each course, you’ll investigate materials, processes, and ideas. You’ll make works of art and design by practicing, experimenting, and revising, and you will communicate your ideas about art and design through written and visual expression.
Study the core scientific principles, theories, and processes that govern living organisms and biological systems. You’ll do hands-on laboratory work to investigate natural phenomena.
Course Content
Unit 1: Chemistry of Life
Unit 2: Cell Structure and Function
Unit 3: Cellular Energetics
Unit 4: Cell Communication and Cell Cycle
Unit 5: Heredity
Unit 6: Gene Expression and Regulation
Unit 7: Natural Selection
Unit 8: Ecology
Exam Date
AP Biology Exam
Wed, May 10, 2023, 12 PM Local
Explore the concepts, methods, and applications of differential and integral calculus. You’ll work to understand the theoretical basis and solve problems by applying your knowledge and skills.
Course Content
Unit 1: Limits and Continuity
Unit 2: Differentiation: Definition and Fundamental Properties
Unit 3: Differentiation: Composite, Implicit, and Inverse Functions
Unit 4: Contextual Applications of Differentiation
Unit 5: Analytical Applications of Differentiation
Unit 6: Integration and Accumulation of Change
Unit 7: Differential Equations
Unit 8: Applications of Integration
Exam Date
AP Calculus AB Exam
Mon, May 8, 2023, 8 AM Local
Explore the concepts, methods, and applications of differential and integral calculus, including topics such as parametric, polar, and vector functions, and series. You’ll perform experiments and investigations and solve problems by applying your knowledge and skills.
Course Content
Unit 1: Limits and Continuity
Unit 2: Differentiation: Definition and Fundamental Properties
Unit 3: Differentiation: Composite, Implicit, and Inverse Functions
Unit 4: Contextual Applications of Differentiation
Unit 5: Analytical Applications of Differentiation
Unit 6: Integration and Accumulation of Change
Unit 7: Differential Equations
Unit 8: Applications of Integration
Unit 9: Parametric Equations, Polar Coordinates, and Vector-Valued Functions
Unit 10: Infinite Sequences and Series
Exam Date
AP Calculus BC Exam
Mon, May 8, 2023, 8 AM Local
Learn about the fundamental concepts of chemistry including structure and states of matter, intermolecular forces, and reactions. You’ll do hands-on lab investigations and use chemical calculations to solve problems.
Note: Save your lab notebooks and reports; colleges may ask to see them before granting you credit.
Course Content
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
Exam Date
AP Chemistry Exam
Mon, May 1, 2023, 12 PM Local
Get familiar with the concepts and tools of computer science as you learn a subset of the Java programming language. You’ll do hands-on work to design, write, and test computer programs that solve problems or accomplish tasks.
Course Content
Unit 1: Primitive Types
Unit 2: Using Objects
Unit 3: Boolean Expressions and if Statements
Unit 4: Iteration
Unit 5: Writing Classes
Unit 6: Array
Unit 7: ArrayList
Unit 8: 2D Array
Unit 9: Inheritance
Unit 10: Recursion
Exam Date
AP Computer Science A Exam
Wed, May 3, 2023, 12 PM Local
Learn the principles that underlie the science of computing and develop the thinking skills that computer scientists use. You’ll work on your own and as part of a team to creatively address real-world issues using the tools and processes of computation.
Course Content
Big Idea 1: Creative Development
Big Idea 2: Data
Big Idea 3: Algorithms and Programming
Big Idea 4: Computer Systems and Networks
Big Idea 5: Impact of Computing
Exam Dates
AP Computer Science Principles Create Performance Task Due Date
MON, MAY 1, 2023, 11:59 p.m. EDT
AP Computer Science Principles Exam
Learn about the elements of argument and composition as you develop your critical-reading and writing skills. You’ll read and analyze nonfiction works from various periods and write essays with different aims: for example, to explain an idea, argue a point, or persuade your reader of something.
Course Content
The course content is organized into nine units of study that provide one possible sequence for the course. The units define the skills you’ll work on as the course progresses, but your teacher can choose the content and themes that you’ll focus on in each unit.
Exam Date: Tue, May 9, 2023, 8 AM
Explore and investigate the interrelationships of the natural world and analyze environmental problems, both natural and human-made. You’ll take part in laboratory investigations and fieldwork.
Note: Save your lab notebooks and reports; colleges may ask to see them before granting you credit.
Course Content
Unit 1: The Living World: Ecosystems
Unit 2: The Living World: Biodiversity
Unit 3: Populations
Unit 4: Earth Systems and Resources
Unit 5: Land and Water Use
Unit 6: Energy Resources and Consumption
Unit 7: Atmospheric Pollution
Unit 8: Aquatic and Terrestrial Pollution
Unit 9: Global Change
Exam Date
AP Environmental Science Exam
Tue, May 2, 2023, 8 AM Local
Learn how to understand and evaluate works of fiction, poetry, and drama from various periods and cultures. You’ll read literary works and write essays to explain and support your analysis of them.
Course Content
Unit 1: Short Fiction I
Unit 2: Poetry I
Unit 3: Longer Fiction or Drama I
Unit 4: Short Fiction II
Unit 5: Poetry II
Unit 6: Longer Fiction or Drama II
Unit 7: Short Fiction III
Unit 8: Poetry III
Unit 9: Longer Fiction or Drama III
Exam Date
AP English Literature and Composition Exam
Wed, May 3, 2023, 8 AM Local
Develop your French language skills and learn about the cultures in French-speaking parts of the world. You’ll practice communicating in French and study real-life materials such as newspaper articles, films, music, and books.
Course Content
Unit 1: Families in Different Societies
Unit 2: The Influence of Language and Culture on Identity
Unit 3: Influences of Beauty and Art
Unit 4: How Science and Technology Affect Our Lives
Unit 5: Factors That Impact the Quality of Life
Unit 6: Environmental, Political, and Societal Challenges
Exam Date
AP French Language and Culture Exam
Thu, May 11, 2023, 8 AM Local
Study the key concepts and institutions of the political system and culture of the United States. You’ll read, analyze, and discuss the U.S. Constitution and other documents as well as complete a research or applied civics project.
Course Content
Unit 1: Foundations of American Democracy
Unit 2: Interactions Among Branches of Government
Unit 3: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Unit 4: American Political Ideologies and Beliefs
Unit 5: Political Participation
Exam Date
AP United States Government and Politics Exam
Mon, May 5, 2023, 8 AM Local
Explore how humans have understood, used, and changed the surface of Earth. You’ll use the tools and thinking processes of geographers to examine patterns of human population, migration, and land use.
Course Content
Unit 1: Thinking Geographically
Unit 2: Population and Migration Patterns and Processes
Unit 3: Cultural Patterns and Processes
Unit 4: Political Patterns and Processes
Unit 5: Agriculture and Rural Land-Use Patterns and Processes
Unit 6: Cities and Urban Land-Use Patterns and Processes
Unit 7: Industrial and Economic Development Patterns and Processes
Exam Date
AP Human Geography Exam
Thu, May 3, 2023, 8 AM Local
Explore the principles of economics that apply to an economic system as a whole. You’ll use graphs, charts, and data to analyze, describe, and explain economic concepts.
Course Content
Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts
Unit 2: Economic Indicators and the Business Cycle
Unit 3: National Income and Price Determination
Unit 4: Financial Sector
Unit 5: Long-Run Consequences of Stabilization Policies
Unit 6: Open Economy—International Trade and Finance
Exam Date
AP Macroeconomics Exam
Thu, May 4, 2023, 8 AM Local
Study the principles of economics that apply to the behavior of individuals within an economic system. You’ll use graphs, charts, and data to analyze, describe, and explain economic concepts.
Course Content
Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts
Unit 2: Supply and Demand
Unit 3: Production, Cost, and the Perfect Competition Model
Unit 4: Imperfect Competition
Unit 5: Factor Markets
Unit 6: Market Failure and the Role of Government
Exam Date
AP Microeconomics Exam
Fri, May 5, 2023, 12 PM Local
Learn to recognize, understand, and describe the basic materials and processes of music. You’ll develop skills by listening to, reading, writing, and performing a wide variety of music.
Course Content
Unit 1: Music Fundamentals I: Pitch, Major Scales and Key Signatures, Rhythm, Meter, and Expressive Elements
Unit 2: Music Fundamentals II: Minor Scales and Key Signatures, Melody, Timbre, and Texture
Unit 3: Music Fundamentals III: Triads and Seventh Chords
Unit 4: Harmony and Voice Leading I: Chord Function, Cadence, and Phrase
Unit 5: Harmony and Voice Leading II: Chord Progressions and Predominant Function
Unit 6: Harmony and Voice Leading III: Embellishments, Motives, and Melodic Devices
Unit 7: Harmony and Voice Leading IV: Secondary Function
Unit 8: Modes and Form
Exam Date
AP Music Theory Exam
Fri, May 12, 2023, 8 AM Local
Learn about the foundational principles of physics as you explore Newtonian mechanics; work, energy, and power; mechanical waves and sound; and introductory, simple circuits. You’ll do hands-on laboratory work to investigate phenomena.
Note: Save your lab notebooks and reports; colleges may ask to see them before granting you credit.
Course Content
Unit 1: Kinematics
Unit 2: Dynamics
Unit 3: Circular Motion and Gravitation
Unit 4: Energy
Unit 5: Momentum
Unit 6: Simple Harmonic Motion
Unit 7: Torque and Rotational Motion
Exam Date
AP Physics 1: Algebra-Based Exam
Thu, May 11, 2023, 12 PM Local
Course Coverage Update: Colleges agree that Units 8-10 can be removed from AP Physics 1 since they are covered in AP Physics 2; accordingly, Units 8-10 are no longer tested in AP Physics 1. As of 2021, AP Physics 1 Exams focus exclusively on content covered in Units 1-7.
Expand your understanding of physics as you explore topics such as fluids; thermodynamics; electric force, field, and potential; electric circuits; magnetism and electromagnetic induction; geometric and physical optics; and quantum, atomic, and nuclear physics. You’ll do hands-on and inquiry-based in-class activities and laboratory work to investigate phenomena.
Note: Save your lab notebooks and reports; colleges may ask to see them before granting you credit.
Course Content
Unit 1: Fluids: Pressure and Forces
Unit 2: Thermodynamics
Unit 3: Electric Force, Field, and Potential
Unit 4: Electric Circuits
Unit 5: Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction
Unit 6: Geometric and Physical Optics
Unit 7: Quantum, Atomic, and Nuclear Physics
Exam Date
AP Physics 2: Algebra-Based Exam
Fri, May 12, 2023, 12 PM Local
Explore the ideas, theories, and methods of the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. You’ll examine the concepts of psychology through reading and discussion and you’ll analyze data from psychological research studies.
Course Content
Unit 1: Scientific Foundations of Psychology
Unit 2: Biological Bases of Behavior
Unit 3: Sensation and Perception
Unit 4: Learning
Unit 5: Cognitive Psychology
Unit 6: Developmental Psychology
Unit 7: Motivation, Emotion, and Personality
Unit 8: Clinical Psychology
Unit 9: Social Psychology
Exam Date
AP Psychology Exam
Tue, May 2, 2023, 12 PM Local
Build on what you learned in AP Seminar to deeply explore an academic topic, problem, or issue of individual interest. Through this exploration, you will design, plan, and conduct a year-long research based investigation to address a research question.
Course Content
Big Idea 1: Question and Explore
Big Idea 2: Understand and Analyze
Big Idea 3: Evaluate Multiple Perspectives
Big Idea 4: Synthesize Ideas
Big Idea 5: Team, Transform, and Transmit
Assessment Date
AP Research Performance Task Due Date
Mon, May 1, 2023, 11:59 PM EDT
Develop and practice the skills in research, collaboration, and communication that you’ll need in any academic discipline. You’ll investigate topics in a variety of subject areas, write research-based essays, and design and give presentations both individually and as part of a team.
Course Content
Big Idea 1: Question and Explore
Big Idea 2: Understand and Analyze
Big Idea 3: Evaluate Multiple Perspectives
Big Idea 4: Synthesize Ideas
Big Idea 5: Team, Transform, and Transmit
Assessment Dates
AP Seminar Performance Tasks Due Date
Mon, May 2, 2022, 11:59 PM EDT
AP Seminar End-of-Course Exam
Thu, May 4, 2023, 12 PM Local
Develop your Spanish language skills and learn about the cultures in Spanish-speaking parts of the world. You’ll practice communicating in Spanish and study real-life materials such as newspaper articles, films, music, and books.
Course Content
Unit 1: Families in Different Societies
Unit 2: The Influence of Language and Culture on Identity
Unit 3: Influences of Beauty and Art
Unit 4: How Science and Technology Affect Our Lives
Unit 5: Factors That Impact the Quality of Life
Unit 6: Environmental, Political, and Societal Challenges
Exam Date
AP Spanish Language and Culture Exam
Wed, May 10, 2023, 8 AM Local
Learn about the major concepts and tools used for collecting, analyzing, and drawing conclusions from data. You’ll explore statistics through discussion and activities, and you’ll design surveys and experiments.
Course Content
Unit 1: Exploring One-Variable Data
Unit 2: Exploring Two-Variable Data
Unit 3: Collecting Data
Unit 4: Probability, Random Variables, and Probability Distributions
Unit 5: Sampling Distributions
Unit 6: Inference for Categorical Data: Proportions
Unit 7: Inference for Quantitative Data: Means
Unit 8: Inference for Categorical Data: Chi-Square
Unit 9: Inference for Quantitative Data: Slopes
Exam Date
AP Statistics Exam
Thu, May 4, 2023, 12 PM Local
Study the cultural, economic, political, and social developments that have shaped the United States from c. 1491 to the present. You’ll analyze texts, visual sources, and other historical evidence and write essays expressing historical arguments.
Course Content
Unit 1: Period 1: 1491–1607
Unit 2: Period 2: 1607–1754
Unit 3: Period 3: 1754–1800
Unit 4: Period 4: 1800–1848
Unit 5: Period 5: 1844–1877
Unit 6: Period 6: 1865–1898
Unit 7: Period 7: 1890–1945
Unit 8: Period 8: 1945–1980
Unit 9: Period 9: 1980–Present
Exam Date
AP U.S. History Exam
Fri, May 5, 2023, 8 AM Local
Study the cultural, economic, political, and social developments that have shaped the world from c. 1200 CE to the present. You’ll analyze texts, visual sources, and other historical evidence and write essays expressing historical arguments.
Course Content
Unit 1: The Global Tapestry
Unit 2: Networks of Exchange
Unit 3: Land-Based Empires
Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections
Unit 5: Revolutions
Unit 6: Consequences of Industrialization
Unit 7: Global Conflict
Unit 8: Cold War and Decolonization
Unit 9: Globalization
Exam Date
AP World History: Modern Exam
Thu, May 11, 2023, 8 AM Local
The AP Capstone Diploma Program is a two-year program based on two AP courses, AP Seminar and AP Research. Students who fulfill the requirements can earn academic awards recognized by colleges around the world.
Students have the option to sit for any AP exam, even when the course is not offered as a course during the regular school day.
The courses below are exam-only options for students.
Examine the political institutions and processes of six different countries—China, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, and the United Kingdom—and compare the ways they address problems. You’ll analyze data and readings to draw conclusions about political systems.
Course Content
Exam Date
AP Comparative Government and
Politics Exam
Wed, May 3, 2023, 12 PM Local
Study the cultural, economic, political, and social developments that have shaped Europe from c. 1450 to the present. You’ll analyze texts, visual sources, and other historical evidence and write essays expressing historical arguments.
Course Content
Exam Date
AP European History Exam
Fri, May 5, 2023, 8 AM Local
Explore concepts such as kinematics; Newton’s laws of motion, work, energy, and power; systems of particles and linear momentum; rotation; oscillations; and gravitation. You’ll do hands-on laboratory work and in-class activities to investigate phenomena and use calculus to solve problems.
Note: Save your lab notebooks and reports; colleges may ask to see them before granting you credit.
Course Content
Exam Date
AP Physics C: Mechanics Exam
Tue, May 9, 2023, 12 PM Local
Explore concepts such as electrostatics, conductors, capacitors and dielectrics, electric circuits, magnetic fields, and electromagnetism. You’ll do hands-on laboratory work and in-class activities to investigate phenomena and use calculus to solve problems.
Note: Save your lab notebooks and reports; colleges may ask to see them before granting you credit.
Course Content
Exam Date
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism Exam
Tue, May 9, 2023, 2 PM Local
Develop your German language skills and learn about the cultures in German-speaking parts of the world. You’ll practice communicating in German and study real-life materials such as newspaper articles, films, music, and books.
Course Content
Exam Date
AP German Language and Culture Exam
Fri, May 12, 2023, 8 AM Local
Develop your Italian language skills and learn about the cultures in Italian-speaking parts of the world. You’ll practice communicating in Italian and study real-life materials such as newspaper articles, films, music, and books.
Course Content
Exam Date
AP Italian Language and Culture Exam
Mon, May 8, 2023, 12 PM Local
Develop your Japanese language skills and learn about Japanese culture. You’ll practice communicating in Japanese and you’ll engage with real-life materials such as newspaper articles, films, music, and books.
Course Content
Exam Date
AP Japanese Language and Culture Exam
Mon, May 9, 2023, 8 AM Local
Learn to read and analyze Latin literature as you explore ancient Roman history and culture. You’ll translate passages from the writings of Vergil and Caesar and examine them through class discussions, debates, and presentations.
Course Content
Exam Date
AP Latin Exam
Fri, May 12, 2023, 12 PM Local
Build your language skills and cultural knowledge by exploring works of literature written in Spanish. Using Spanish to communicate, you’ll read, analyze, discuss, and write about works by Spanish, Latin-American, and U.S. Hispanic authors of different periods.
Course Content
Exam Date
AP Spanish Literature and Culture Exam
Mon, May 1, 2023, 12 PM Local
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