<p>I'm planning to self study for the ES exam.</p>
<p>Is there any combination of prep books for Environmental Science that would cover everything that is on the AP Exam? From the reviews and discussions that I have been reading, there seems to be a lack of comprehensive prep material for the ES exam. If you could buy up to 3 prep books, which ones would you buy?</p>
<p>If there isn't a good combination out there, I think I'll just go ahead and buy an actual textbook.</p>
<p>I’m taking AP Environ. Sci. too. What I am doing is taking good notes in class, asking questions when I can’t understand something, using my supplemental review book * I bought Barron’s * , and “actively” reading my textbook. </p>
<p>By active I mean asking questions and trying to figure them out by reading the text. It works really well. Look, what you have to do is not just read a chapter page by page. You really have to grasp the meaning of it so turn section titles into questions. Example: Let’s say you are reading a chapter with a section on rock formation. The section title is called: Ways rocks are formed. Well turn the title into a question: How are rocks formed? Then you read the text and figure out the answer to the question. This really works. However, if a section is too big, try making 2 or more smaller questions to cover all the info. After you figure out the answer, write the question and answer on a sheet of paper and do this for every section of every chapter. Come test time, you will already have a handy study guide to review for those BIG tests. These and other techniques are things you must develop to succeed in a college class. Try whatever works for you. You can even adjust the technique I said above to fit YOUR needs.</p>
<p>i used barrons pr, and the smartypants guide and got a 5. Pr and smartypants were just a more condensed version of the barrons, so imo just get the barrons</p>