OpenStax Chemistry 2e

Did you end up finding resources for OpenStax Chemistry (or other open textbook options) in AP Chemistry?  I'm exploring options for our AP Chem class and would like to connect with others who've tried using (and getting syllabi approved with) open textbooks.

Jerry St. Clair: I have the kids use the textbook as a resource, but the pacing guide and materials I mostly use come from Gordon Watson's AP chemistry website. He has a verification process that you go through so he can make sure you're an educator, and then he gives you access to all of his stuff (recordings of his explanations, notes that review the main topics (and they're full of diagrams and examples like in a textbook). He has them for unit by unit as named/grouped by the College Board. After each section, he has questions he's recycled and rewritten from past AP chem exams. So, for example, if you finish 2.1 in class, there's a section of multiple choice questions related to the concepts you just learned, as well as any parts of any free-response questions where that information has popped up. These resources are really good if your AP chem students have already taken a full year of chem. The notes perfectly review the major points of the content and it's perfect for reviewing or relearning. If they're starting from scratch,  you'd need to go more in depth behind the theories and stuff for why it's happening, etc, or have access to a textbook they could reference. I use this one. 

Kammas Kersch: I have the kids use the textbook as a resource, but the pacing guide and materials I mostly use come from Gordon Watson's AP chemistry website. He has a verification process that you go through so he can make sure you're an educator, and then he gives you access to all of his stuff (recordings of his explanations, notes that review the main topics (and they're full of diagrams and examples like in a textbook). He has them for unit by unit as named/grouped by the College Board. After each section, he has questions he's recycled and rewritten from past AP chem exams. So, for example, if you finish 2.1 in class, there's a section of multiple choice questions related to the concepts you just learned, as well as any parts of any free-response questions where that information has popped up. These resources are really good if your AP chem students have already taken a full year of chem. The notes perfectly review the major points of the content and it's perfect for reviewing or relearning. If they're starting from scratch,  you'd need to go more in depth behind the theories and stuff for why it's happening, etc, or have access to a textbook they could reference. I use this one.