burgerking316

I have the feeling that my class is moving too slowly to learn everything and review for the exam. We haven't learned anything out Fluid Mechanics, Magnetism and Electromagnetism, Optics, and Atomic and Nuclear Physics. We also have about a week left of Electricity. So I'm guessing we haven't learned 30-40% of the course. Should I study everything I've learned so I don't have to spend as much time on it later, or should I start learning some of the new information along with studying? I definitely want at least a 4 on the exam, but I am shooting for a 5.

Ancientday

Ye, I am in the same boat here.
We haven't even started all of the electric curriculum (circuits, magnetism, static)
We are just finishing up Newtonium physics...

Anyone know how hard it is to get a 5 in Physics B?

bakere19

Yeah...my class follows the UConn physics curriculum so its paced to end in June not the start of May. I think I'm the only one in my class taking the AP test and I just printed out some of the sample questions and most of them are about electricity, magnetism and optics...and we just started electricity. I'm a little worried. I'd like to get at least a 4 so it looks like I have a lot of learning to do on my own time.

bakere19

I just found this and it's really good for review/lessons on new topics. It think it's by the University of California. http://www.ucopenaccess.org/course/view.php?id=72

awintx

You're definitely going to have to do some studying on your own. A course that's paced properly should finish covering the material in late March or early April and then spend the rest of the time up until the AP test reviewing the material and working specifically on ap-style questions. The time in the course after the ap test is good for covering topics that aren't on the AP test. We're going to work on relativity then.

We're using 5 Steps to a 5. I think it would work to use it to learn a topic for the first time. It doesn't go into as much depth as any of the AP textbooks would, but it can at least give you a solid introduction into the topics.

Just to give you an idea of pacing, we started electricity in January right after Christmas break and finished up our work in the textbook last week (on March 24th).

burgerking316

I asked my teacher when we were going to start reviewing and he told me that he designs his curriculum so that we don't have time for review. My school usually does badly on AP exams (last year, two students got a 5 on Physics B and about 10 got a 4). Thanks though, I'll try learn everything and review before the end of April break so I can start taking exams.