AP resources are designed to support all students and teachers—with daily instruction, practice, and feedback to help cover and connect content and skills—in any learning environment.
AP Daily
Sign in to AP Classroom to access AP Daily.
- Made for any learning environment, AP teachers can assign these short videos on every topic and skill as homework alongside topic questions, warm-ups, lectures, reviews, and more.
- AP students can also access videos on their own for additional support.
- Videos for units 1–10 are available in AP Classroom, on your Course Resources page under the videos tab for each unit.
AP Daily Instructors
Expert AP teachers across the country can support your course virtually:
- Lead teacher: Rob Schultz, Bellbrook High School, Bellbrook, Ohio
- Jamila Mitchell, Evans High School, Orlando, Fla.
- Jill Westerlund, Hoover High School, Hoover, Ala.
- Timothy (Tim) Gallagher, Winter Springs High School, Winter Springs, Fla.
- Sandra Czajka, Riverside Brookfield High School, Riverside, Ill.
- Sage Miller, Webster Schroeder High School, Webster, N.Y.
- Cody Henrichsen, Canyons Technical Education Center, Sandy, Utah
- Kymberly Ayodeji, The Oakridge School, Arlington, Texas
Higher Education Faculty Lecturers
Supplement your instruction with 30-minute videos on each unit hosted by college or university professors. Guest lecturers include:
- Owen Astrachan, Duke University
- Adam Cannon, Columbia University
- John Cigas, Park University
- Colleen Lewis, Harvey Mudd College
- Briana Morrison, University of Nebraska, Omaha
- Manuel Pérez-Quiñones, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
- Jennifer Rosato, The College of St. Scholastica
- Paul Tymann, Rochester Institute of Technology
The Faculty Lectures are available on the AP Classroom Course Resources page, under Overview, as well as YouTube.
AP Classroom
Sign in to AP Classroom and explore these resources:
- AP Daily videos are short, searchable instructional segments you can:
- Assign to students before or after class to maximize time for discussion.
- Assign alongside topic questions to address misunderstandings.
- Encourage students to take advantage of on their own, on mobile devices or computers.
- Track to see which students are watching each video in each class.
- Topic questions are formative questions to check student understanding as you teach. Assign topic questions to reveal student misunderstandings and target your lessons.
- Progress checks help you gauge student knowledge and skills for each unit through:
- multiple-choice questions with rationales explaining correct and incorrect answers, and
- free-response questions with scoring guides to help you evaluate student work.
- My Reports highlights progress for every student and class across AP units.
- The question bank is a searchable database of real AP questions. You can:
- find topic questions and practice exam questions, indexed by content and skills.
- search for any question, passage, or stimulus by text or keyword.
- create custom quizzes that can be assigned online or on paper.
Learn how to get started in AP Classroom.
Curricula from College Board–Endorsed Providers
Adopt innovative AP CSA curricula—with preapproved syllabi, lesson plans, formative assessments, and professional development—delivered by educational organizations that are endorsed by College Board. Teachers who adopt one of these out-of-the-box solutions do not need to design a syllabus from scratch.
AP Community
Sign in to the AP Computer Science A Community.
- Share real-time strategies, ask questions, and collaborate with teachers worldwide.
- Search, add, and rate teacher resources with your peers in the resource library.
- Daily or weekly digests help you keep up with your community, wherever you are. Select all discussions or just the topics and discussion threads you choose to follow. You can also reply to discussion posts through email.
Learn more about the AP Community.
Additional Resources for AP Computer Science A
The resources below can supplement your AP CSA instruction. Please note that some of these resources may not have been endorsed by College Board.
For the resources that have not been endorsed, College Board makes no warranty, express or implied, that the resources are accurate or the use of such resources will accomplish the intended result.
Course Resources
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AP Computer Science Recruitment Toolkit
Use the resources in this toolkit to recruit students in your school for the AP Computer Science A course. -
Lab Resource Page
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Java Quick Reference – 2020 Exam and Beyond
This is the updated Java Quick Reference for the 2020-2021 AP Computer Science A Exam and beyond.
Special Focus Materials
GridWorld Resources
From Your AP Colleagues
Pedagogy
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Strategies for Teaching AP Computer Science
More than 20 activities and lessons for teaching computer science. -
Team Problems in Computer Science
Problems intended to be worked on by teams in class. -
Ethical Use of the Computer
Three lessons that promote discussion of computer ethics and unethical practices that involve technology.
Teacher Partner Instruction
CS Education Week
Resources on AP CSA Teacher Community
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