Anyone can recommend any review books for this test?
AP Physics Essentials is a GREAT book. It explains each concept very well and has a lot of worked out solutions that really help.
I also bought 5 Steps to a 5 but I haven’t really read it well enough to say whether it is good. I’ll post here when I do get to it.
What’s the best review book to study with? I have a great physics teacher so I know all the material fairly well. I just need to review concepts again. I’m looking for a book that is the closest to the actual AP exam and has many questions- both conceptual and math.
Thank you for any suggestions!
I am screwed for this exam. This class is rough and the teacher is the terrible. I am planning to start studying for this test beginning of next week, would it be possible to get a 4 on this test with about three weeks of studying?
I have gone halfway through 5 steps to a 5, and I gotta say they explain the topics very well. They include 4 questions at the end of each topic, with multiple parts to the question to test your knowledge of that topic. There is also 2 practice tests. Im prob gonna take 1 this weekend, grade it, and see what I need to work on.
So I essentially know none of the content. Teacher is going through a complete rebellion against college board! 
Gonna start watching online videos actually teaching it, and then maybe go to Barnes & Noble the weekend before for a nice study session. At this point, I will take a 4 with no regrets
You can definitely do it, the multiple choice isn’t that difficult if you have a general idea of stuff, if you learn the concepts quite well and know how to solve basic problems (there’s not that much math in the MC), you can definitely ace it. For the FRQs, you’re definitely going to need how to solve advanced conceptual problems and be able to prove your work. In my class, we use Giancoli Physics 5th Edition as our textbook and it has a lot of problems ranging from level 1-3 (they’re labeled) at the end of every chapter. If you can solve most level 3s, the FRQs won’t be as bad or at least the same in terms of difficulty. You can also use past FRQs from AP Physics B to help you get an idea of what kind of problems are gonna come up, just make sure you only do ones from Physics 1 topics. If you’re willing to put in the work and not give up when you get stuck, three weeks is enough to get the score you want.
My son took this exam in May 2015. He had an award winning science teacher who is much loved by students in the school and was earning an A in the class. On one of the first days of spring break my son glanced at the Five Steps to a Five book, and was alarmed to see that not only was his class not on track to cover all the material on the exam, the class had not provided enough practice for him to be confident on the problems related to the material they had covered.
He spent the remainder of spring break working his way through the Five Steps to a Five review book and was one of only two students in the school to earn a 5. He said the review book got him there, but unfortunately the class did not. I believe that the teacher and the principal are aware of this issue and will attempt to fix it for this year, but as a mom it did upset me that a student could get As on all required work and still NOT be prepared for the exam, and that he had to send all of spring break studying when he should have been relaxing and having some fun.
Anyway, he recommends the Five Steps to a Five book.
What multiple choice score is recommended to get a 5?
Have any of you guys done the college board released practice test? I just did the 40 MC questions.
@Ahyeah where did u find the test?
@Ahyeah why is it only 40 questions?
@nikerzz99 teacher gave it to me. Its private but its from CB. @APScholar18 not sure, but it had the full 5 frqs for some reason
Hi! I have absolutely no clue what I am doing… Our teacher has been going off of the B curriculum even though we are taking the Physics 1 exam. Any advice for me? I have the Crash Course by REA – Planning on using that!!!
@Ahyeah can you PM those to me?? Our teacher has nothing
@splashzone10 Get the 5 Steps to a 5 (the 2016 edition) and study that along with the College Board curriculum framework, Flipping Physics on Youtube (Mr. P. is great!), AP Physics Essentials (videos and website–Dan Fullerton), and Bozeman Science AP Physics Essentials as well for thorough explanations. Remember: quality over quantity. You should focus on quality practice to hone your skills, and then quality answers that demonstrate physics knowledge on the AP Exam. Quantitative reasoning is now almost obsolete. Barron’s is too easy, and I have not looked at REA Crash Course for any of my exams, so I recommend the 5 Steps because Mr. Jacobs actually knows what he’s doing. If you want to stick with the REA, that’s fine. (It’s really not the prep book that makes the difference but how you use it). Make sure to practice accurate MCQs from the CB Curriculum Framework, the Released Practice Exam, although it’s only available to teachers, and focus only on AP1. That’s my advice, and hopefully, it’s helpful. I’ve found that the "AP Physics 1 Objectives at a Glance is really helpful in understanding what the College Board expects of test takers. For example, with all kinematics, velocity, acceleration, displacement, etc., it is through the center of mass! My teacher never told me that, but a lot of questions deal with the center of mass concepts on the exam. And in reviewing last year’s FRQs, I’ve found that equational comparison and analysis and the graphical representation is a big part as well.
If you haven’t guessed by my elaborate response haha, I’m, like most other CCers, trying to get a 5 (the first one in the school actually), so I just thought I’d let you in on what I was doing. Ultimately, my teacher just got on the right tangent for the exam, a little too late, so it’ll be up to you if you really want that score! Seeing as I was just as clueless about the AP1 exam a month ago, haha, I thought I could help you out. 
In the words of Paul Andersen, hope that was helpful!
Hi everyone, so my physics teacher rebelled against CB this year, which puts in me a really bad spot. I’m essentially trying to fully learn AP Physics 1 before Tuesday. aplusphysics.com has been really helpful so far, thank you @silverhawk5 for the suggestion. Does this site cover all the content I need?
@deeznuts It should cover everything, I suggest using learnerator for MC practice and past Physics B FRQs (only the ones that are covered by Physics 1) as well as the 2015 Physics 1 FRQ released by College Board. I have a 3 1/2 day weekend to learn as much as I can, I regret not trying my best in the class but oh well.
HAHA I’m going to fail this test. My teacher could not teach and I was apathetic towards this class so I’m screwed. We took a mock exam for the new exam and I got 18/50 on the multiple choice : ) But it’s okay because nearly everyone got a 1 or a 2!
We Are Showboat on youtube is helpful; good luck!