<p>My AP Physics B teacher warned us that we wouldn't cover all topics on the AP, but when I looked on CollegeBoard.com I saw that we have only covered 33% of the AP topics at the end of semester 1 (All we have covered is Kinematics/Kinetics). I'm worried I won't do as well as I'd like on the AP because of this.. has anyone else been in this situation and how has it turned out? Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>Just wondering is Physics B really hard? I saw it on College Board but it seems like it's regular physics w/ a few harder topics.</p>
<p>sciencenerd, Physics B isn't really hard. It does have a few harder topics but they go more in depth.</p>
<p>cptsuperpan, my teacher told us that we're behind also, and we're up to electrostatics after the winter break. I think we are moving really fast and thus aren't covering the topics that well. I don't know what to do for the AP Exam too. Any ideas.. please post.</p>
<p>In times like this, sometimes you have no choice but to learn it for yourself. With that said, now you must pick up your textbook and Princeton Review's AP Physics guide, and read the material that your teacher has not taught. I would recommend reading the book first to get a good grounding of the concepts, and then the Princeton Review to get the gist and the points you need to know for the AP test. </p>
<p>Most importantly though, you must look at and attempt any example problems from the textbook, Princeton Review, and most crucial of all from AP Central's old Physics B free response questions. I think at least 80% of Physics is about solving problems; there is much less conceptual material to learn and memorize, unlike Chemistry or Biology. It is all about getting used to the types of problems you need to know how to do, and doing them comfortably and successfuly. </p>
<p>You must do practice problems that have solutions available. But don't even peek at the first sentence of a solution while you are doing them. That is how a lot of physics students fool themselves into thinking they know the material when they don't: with solutions available, they see the ones they made mistakes on, and tell themselves "Oh that's easy, it was a careless mistake, I don't need to worry about that too much." Well, of course it is easy if you look at the solution. You need to practice and learn to work the problems for yourself until you can do them correctly without looking at the solutions for a fraction of a second until you are done.</p>
<p>Get the Princeton Review's AP Physics guide ASAP and work out all the problems in it. Doing well in Physics B requires knowing how to do a wide variety of problems. It doesn't go in depth in any particular area.</p>
<p>Is there a book that contains 1000's of practice problems? Because the PR only gives you about 20 problems for each topic...</p>
<p>Uh... I'm a Junior in Honors Physics (non AP) and we finished Kinematics in October/November... can I be in your class please?</p>
<p>We finished Kinematics like in September/October</p>
<p>To tell you the difference in difficulty between AP Phys and H Phys a person with a C grade can get a high A in reg physics. The conceptual material is a lot harder and requires a lot of reasoning skills and understanding of a problem.</p>
<p>BTW OP you are at about the right area.</p>
<p>Pendulums, Gravity, Momentum to name a few are pretty major. Forces really isnt a topic by itself on the AP Exam and you need that knowledge to do the above.</p>
<p>wait we just finished moment of inertia in our AP Physics C class and he said we're on track... we havent even started the electricity stuff yet. is he wrong?</p>
<p>It depends on the school, some schools its a 1 year course at others its a 2 year. Sadly only 2 students from my school applied for physics 2 haha.</p>
<p>You should have finished Mechanics and started on E&M already, since the AP exam is before the second semester ends. However, many AP Physics C classes only cover Mechanics and not E&M.</p>
<p>"wait we just finished moment of inertia in our AP Physics C class and he said we're on track... we havent even started the electricity stuff yet. is he wrong?"</p>
<p>I think you are a bit behind. (I'm in independent study) I finished all of the rotation two weeks into December. I started E&M shortly thereafter. I have the schedule according to amount of material tested on the AP test.</p>
<p>are you talking about the schedule for physics B or C? I'm in B and we just finished rotational torque stuff yesturday.. is this 'on track'?</p>
<p>I was talking to M1st3rmarbl3s and about physics C. As far as covering torque right now, that is really far behind. You still have to learn about fluid physics, thermodynamics, waves, optics, electricity, magnetism, and modern physics. In physics B, you should be at waves/optics. I would suggest getting at least one AP book to help you out. I personally didn't use one at all. My teacher was fantastic so there was no need for me to get a review book. I would also suggest learning this by yourself, or getting a tutor. I hope it turns out well and good luck.</p>
<p>i'm now a physics c student, and i found all we need for the AP test is a comprehensive review book,
although my physics teacher is so wonderful, but i have heard about that some are useless, so just use a review book. i recommendate barrons, and princeton, barrons's is harder than the real one while princeton's is almost the same.</p>
<p>Does anyone know where I can find 4 more practice tests besides the PR one? I want to take a total of 5 practice tests before the real one.</p>
<p>ask you teacher to find them for you~~~</p>