<p>I'm taking a triple science course load next year( I just discovered this year that I loved science, all I focused on was science ) and I'm wondering what I should study over summer for these courses.</p>
<p>What are the fundamentals of Calc AB?</p>
<p>What should I know about Physics (B + C? I don't really know, its just called AP Physics)?</p>
<p>What should I know about Chemistry?</p>
<p>I want to get the basics down this summer so I can pick up on info during the school year faster.</p>
<p>Also, what's the difference between Calc AB and Calc BC?</p>
<p>I would tend to be an advocate for not studying during the summer, so I can’t offer much advice for studying besides getting a text from the library…</p>
<p>Calc AB equates to roughly one semester or 2 quarters of first year, college calculus. BC would be a full year. In high school, BC tends to be much faster paced and more difficult.</p>
<p>This is the AP calculus course description. If you head down to BC topic outline, the round bullet points indicate topics covered in AB and BC, the cross-shaped bullet points are BC only. You cover more integration techniques, polar derivates, numeric approximations, infinite series, and taylor series.</p>
<p>Are you taking AP physics or physics 1? What about chemistry? If your taking AP science classes, its a good idea to buy a used textbook (getting one that the school uses is best) and look through it over the summer. If they are just the pre-requisite science classes, they are easy and you don’t need to study.</p>
<p>the concepts in calculus AB are really easy. What makes it so hard is that the algebra that comes after each problem screws people over. If you have good algebra skills, calculus should not be difficult. </p>
<p>If you raelly want to study calculus over the summer, make sure you have your algebra and trigonometry down. Yes, if you suck at trig you will get kicked in the face so hard because there is a lot of trigonometry.</p>
<p>agreed. calculus will ensure you become very proficient in algrebra. differential equations , should you take it in college, will ensure you’re proficient with integration (from calculus). math is funny that way.</p>
<p>you’re going to die in ap chem.
furrealz.
if you don’t die during the year, then you will most certainly die taking the ap exam.
not literally but mentally, it’s gonna reek horrible things on you and your brain and your brilliantness.</p>
<p>and I’m taking AP Physics, I think its Physics B and Physics C in the same course.</p>
<p>AP Chemistry is probably going to be my most difficult class, as it is the most difficult AP in our school. What should I study to prepare for it over summer?</p>
<p>Check out the pdf I posted, search for ‘topic outline’ and it’s exactly what you want regarding a concept list for calculus.</p>
<p>You’re probably just taking physics B or C, depending on what your school offers and what your teacher is accredited in.</p>
<p>Physics B is an algebra based version of a bunch of college entry-level physics. You will cover MUCH more material, but calculus knowledge isn’t really assumed or used and the treatment of topics isn’t as in depth. You technically cover everything that is covered in physics C, but you’re pretty handicapped without calculus, especially in the electro-magnetism section which is therefore quite limited.</p>
<p>Physics C is broken up into two separate AP tests, Mechanics and Electro-Magnetism. The mechanics section is similar to the first half of Physics B, but with calculus knowledge and problems. The EM part is a whole lot of material and math not presented in physics B, again with calculus.</p>
<p>The Physics B AP test is pretty much useless if you’re doing anything related to science or math. That said, you will cover intro-level topics that most engineering, math, and science students never get around to in college such as lenses. Physics B is not a bad course. It will make your first year in a college a lot easier, and you can generally master the concepts the second time.</p>
<p>for ap chem this is the list of concepts that you NEED to know for the test. it’s all we covered because it was all we had time for.</p>
<p>this is what i told the last person:</p>
<p>for that class there’s 14 units of stuff that you need to know and the best way to study is just going over honors chem stuff, unless you didn’t take honors chem. =/
here’s the units:</p>
<p>Unit #1 Matter, Nomenclature and Stoichiometry
Unit #2 Electron Configuration
Unit #3 Gases
Unit #4 Periodicity
Unit #5 Bonding
Unit #6 Colligative Properties
Unit #7 Oxidation/Reduction Reactions
Unit #8 Organic
Unit #9 Nuclear
Unit #10 Kinetics
Unit #11 Electrochemistry
Unit #12 Thermochemistry
Unit #13 Equilibrium
Unit #14 Acids and Bases</p>
<p>familiarize yourself with them. the last 5 are pretty much the hardestish.
good luck at it. </p>
<p>Integrals, derivatives, and limits are pretty much all of AP Calculus, though that’s a bit like saying Geometry is about letters, numbers and shapes.</p>
<p>I guess that depends on the person. IMO everything up through #7 is fairly easy, as are 13 and 14. With the other stuff I kinda stopped working hard and paying attention, so it was more difficult.</p>
<p>Your basically asking us to teach you calculus right now. If you want to know the concepts, get a used college textbook and read it, then do the problem sets in each chapter. This goes for all your other AP classes you are interested in.</p>
<p>unless you are a senior, I suggest taking AP physics next year because you need to know calculus in it.</p>
<p>The hardest stuff for most people is acid/base equilibria. Acids/bases themselves are very easy, but when you get into weak electrolytic substances then it gets more complicated. </p>
<p>Personally I enjoyed nuclear, kinetics, and thermo the most.</p>
<p>If Acid/Base equilibrium had been on the AP test last year I probably would have got a 5. Unfortunately I believe the equilibrium question was about metals, and that completely threw me off.</p>
<p>ughhhh, cheemmm
i absolutely failed that class (well, technically i got a 60)
PAY ATTENTION IN CLASS, DO YOUR HOMEWORK, and other than that, you’ll be absolutely fine. its really easy if you pay attention. </p>
<p>arent you taking biology? its the best science class !</p>
<p>… you’ll have two ap chem classes?
you lucky duck, you’ll get to have twice the fun!</p>
<p>my worst was equilibrium, the tests tended to put me to sleep.
after i got through the endless multiple choice problems, i didn’t seem to have the attention span for those free responses. prbly should’ve read some boring book during the year to increase my attention span. =/
bah. it was because of that class that i never finished my homework. the teacher kept assigning homework, endless homework. -.-</p>