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<p>Yeah, our tests are really hard. The class average for our Kinematics test was a 37% and the Dynamics test was a 53%.</p>
<p>Our class is currently on fluid mechanics…I never liked Newtonian Mechanics.</p>
<p>Is it only me that really fears the Electromagnetism part of AP Physics B? I heard that quite many students do not really grasp the concept of eletromagnetism…</p>
<p>I sure wish WE had a curve; I’ve never had a curve in any of my classes, and I’ve had 10. We take 25 question chapter quizzes, cumulative tests every so often, and mid-term exams, with released FRQs on the latter two as well. However, we are allowed to correct our quizzes for half credit back. This doesn’t mean much, however, as these tests are EXTREMELY difficult: they are strewn with past AP questions, university physics questions, and Walker test bank questions, and the average grade is about a 60 or so. What physics book do you guys use? </p>
<p>Our pacing is a bit different than most: we start with kinematics and Newtonian mechanics but switch to electricity and electromagnetism before we hit torque and rotation, and then to waves/light and then thermodynamics; second semester we talk rotation, more complex topics on electromagnetism, and then to optics, fluid dynamics and then finish with atomic and modern physics. We are currently on waves.</p>
<p>@Mansu007: I took Physics B last year and would say that electromagnetism is like geometry. Either people love it or hate it. For me, I loved it because it was just like a puzzle. You use your given information and plug it into basic no-frill equations. No concepts that take days for the information to sink in as well.</p>
<p>So my class is using the Giancolli textbook and we just finished chapter 8 and I think we are behind where we should be. Anyone know if I am correct?</p>
<p>I just started self studying ap physics for the ap exam. I think that what I learned in physics honors and the study guide will let me do good.</p>
<p>Yeah, our grades are really curved in my class. I got the highest midterm grade, like an 80%, which he curved up to a 97%. I got an A- first quarter and A+ second quarter to I’m working my way up.</p>
<p>The thing is, my class is really centered around science in general, scientific thinking, general articles, and current topics in science in addition to AP Physics material. We spend a lot of time just talking and asking questions and learning in general, not necessarily along the AP Physics curriculum. So despite the fact that I’m top in the class and it’s super hard to maintain a good grade in that class, I’m not sure how I’ll do on the AP exam because it isn’t exactly geared towards that.</p>
<p>So I’ll probably get a prep book and self study some. We jump around a lot. We’ve done all the kinematics stuff, dynamics, finishing up fluid dynamics, done waves and sound, done some optics, done some nuclear physics, simple harmonic motion, some other stuff, but haven’t started any magnetism or torque or anything, done some angular momentum</p>
<p>Where are you guys?</p>
<p>We have a test on electromagnetism on Tuesday and Wednesday and then we’re continuing with waves/sounds (we did harmonic motion earlier)
Ughhhhhhhhhhhh -shoots myself in the face-</p>
<p>…oh dear i got 64% on my electricity and magnetism test</p>
<p>Any tips on learning thermodynamics alone?
My school has a weird schedule, so I’m done with the class, but my teacher…wasn’t the greatest. He taught Mechanics, Waves (we spent ~6 weeks on this), and E&M. So…I’m trying to study on my own. I get fluids and ideal gases (5 on Chem last year), but my book is so obscure with thermo, it feels hopeless. </p>
<p>Advice?</p>
<p>If you use Giancoli, I feel like it really isn’t that helpful with thermodynamics. I feel like a lot of thermo (and kind of physics in general), is learning which formulas to use when, so I would kinda just try to do as many practice problems as you can get your hands on.</p>
<p>Where is everyone else now? I feel like my class is pretty far behind, but I know we’ve been going in a weird order, but right now, we’re doing electric potential.</p>
<p>anybody have past exams???</p>
<p>@eswara20, you can check out a few past MCQs online, and every year’s FRQs are released on AP Central.</p>
<p>what do you mean check out a few past MCQ’s online.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.dtfizzix.com/APEXAMS/Phackets/B-FRQ-Index.pdf[/url]”>http://www.dtfizzix.com/APEXAMS/Phackets/B-FRQ-Index.pdf</a>
If someone wants to do some probability and algebra go right ahead to predict this year’s free response.</p>
<p>I was told by a couple teachers that you only need to get half the questions correct on the Physics B exam to receive a 4.
The Princeton Review prep book says you need to get roughly 60% of the questions correct to score a 4.
Anyone know for sure?</p>
<p>it depends on your free response and it changes every year. use [AP</a> Pass - AP Test Calculators, Study Guides, and Resources](<a href=“http://www.appass.com%5DAP”>http://www.appass.com)</p>
<p>I’m just about at the point where I’m killing myself with preparation. Reading through the entire Barron’s, doing all examples, MC, and free response, bleh. Kill me. I’m not even doing super well, I really really really want a 5 but my class isn’t great. Last year only two kids even got 4s.</p>
<p>Thanks eswara20!</p>