If you have no idea where to start, when it comes to studying for AP
Physics 1, this video is for you.
In this video, I'm going to go over 15 AP Physics 1 study tips
that you can start using today.
By the end of this video, you're going to get five tips that you can do at home
,five AP Physics 1 multiple choice tips followed up by five AP Physics 1 FRQ tips.
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Now let's jump into these 15 tips.
Let's jump into some tips that you can do at home as you prepare
for your AP Physics 1 exam.
The first one is to make sure that you're practicing in reviewing
your fundamental math skills.
Ultimately, physics has more or less applied math.
This means it will be important for you to do things such as manipulating basic
equations or graphing linear equations.
You may also need to apply certain trigger and a metric function.
If you need help on this, Khan Academy has some great review pages
on solving algebraic expressions.
We at Albert also have tons of extra help for you when you're
trying to improve your trigonometry.
Tip two is to make sure that you have a quality calculator that
will allow you to also input constants for the AP Physics exam.
We recommend the Casio fx-9860GII.
And the reason why is because it's specifically catered
for a ton of AP courses.
So, you can use it not just for AP physics, but also for some other subjects.
The oversize high resolution display will make it super easy for you to
breeze through your AP Physics exam.
Using this calculator, you can do things like inputting
equations or graphing functions.
You can also do things like loading constants or have a full
spreadsheet application page up.
A pro tip that we can give you is that you should program every commonly used
physics equation into your calculator so that you can save yourself some time.
This is especially helpful when it comes to those plug and chug problems.
Tip number three is to make sure that you understand the amazing and
comprehensive formula sheet that is provided to you by the College Board.
It can be helpful for you to annotate these equations so if you're looking
for an annotated copy of your formula sheet, check out our link in the video
description to the original blog article.
In it, we provide a link to an annotated version of the equation sheet, which can
be a helpful way for you to have a mental map as to when to use certain formulas
when they come up on the AP Physics exam.
Having a mental math is super important because it'll save you a ton of
time, come test day versus having to review every single equation for
the one that you're looking for.
If you generally where it goes, then you'll be able to find
it on test day much faster.
Tip number four is to memorize common physics equations that are
not provided on the formula sheet.
Flipping Physics has a great video that provides a breakdown of what some of
these formulas include as well as an application of each of these formulas,
so that you can practice understanding when to use certain formulas.
Some of these include the force of gravity on an inclined centripetal force, as well
as the conservation of angular momentum.
If you need the complete list, we highly recommend that you check out
Flipping Physics as guide, which provides a full breakdown of these
commonly used physics equations.
Tip number five is to make sure that you're reviewing the
fundamental physics concepts.
These include things such as the conservations relationships, the force
of friction, angular momentum, and more.
You can use your textbook or online resources such as HyperPhysics
or Flipping Physics to help you out in these review periods.
Make sure to also take this approach when it comes to interpreting
diagrams, as well as graphs.
This means, making sure that you include the appropriate
axis, labels as well as scales.
That's five quick AP Physics 1 tips that you can do from home.
Before we jump into the five multiple choice tips, be sure you hit that
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Now, let's jump into the multiple choice section.
The first tip that you want to make sure you do is that you're
drawing diagrams for everything.
This is especially case for problems related to force or vector algebra.
Draw coordinate axis and include any relevant vectors or component vectors.
Make sure hat you label each piece with the appropriate symbols.
Being able to add and subtract a vector to form a result in vector is
pretty much at the heart of physics.
Make sure that you get comfortable drawing free body diagrams.
There are a multitude of scenarios in which this is really important,
and we provide some links in the original blog resource.
So, be sure to check that out.
For example, you might be asked about flying squirrels
or marbles rolling down ramps.
The second tip is to make sure that you're reading every single answer
choice before you select your answer.
This is really important because it helps you avoid falling prone to
selecting one of the distractors that is actually not the most correct answer.
Try to think about the answer before you look at the answer choices, that way you
can try to see which one is closest to the thing that you were thinking about.
This is especially important for the multi-select questions in
which exactly two of the answer choices are going to be correct.
Tip number three is to master the relationship between
work, energy and power.
This is the core of the key concept of the conservation of energy.
Work is done when a force produces motion and it's measured by the
product of force and the distance traveled along the direction of force.
Hence the formula capital W equals capital F times lowercase D cosine theta.
It's also really important to remember that energy is
required in order to do work.
And that power is the rate at which we do work.
CrashCourse has a great breakdown of this concept so be
sure to check their video out.
And also, you can use Albert for practice questions related to this topic.
Tip number four is to answer every single topic.
Ultimately, you don't get penalized on AP Physics for things that you get wrong.
So it makes all the sense in the world to answer every single question.
Ultimately, give it your best shot, because even if you're able to get
it down to two potentially good answers choices, you have pretty
good odds to earn the point there.
You'll only earn points for things that you get right and you don't get
penalized for things that you get wrong.
The same logic applies for the free response section given attempt
for every single part of each FRQ.
Ultimately, you only score points for the things that you get correct.
Tip number five for the multiple choice section is to focus on the
most heavily tested areas when it comes to the multiple choice section.
For example, energy typically shows up 16 to 24% of the time in the
AP Physics multiple choice exam.
Dynamics makes up 12 to 18% of the overall test and mechanical waves
and sound makes up another 12 to 16%.
So, this means that by just focusing on these three topics alone, you
would be covering at minimum 40% of your AP Physics multiple choice exam.
Other topics such as circular motion or harmonic motion and electric
charge will also show up on your exam.
But typically with lower frequencies.
Now that we've gone over five multiple choice tips, let's
transition to talk about the FRQ.
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The free response section is comprised of five questions.
Two that are 12 point questions and three that are seven point
questions for AP Physics 1.
Every exam has at least one experimental design question, one quantitative or
qualitative translation question, one paragraph short answer question followed
by two additional short answer questions.
The first tip is to read all five questions that you've been given
and figure out which one you think is going to be easiest to tackle.
From there, tackle that one first.
And the reason why is because you need to make sure that you're pacing
well for your AP Physics exam.
For each of the 12 point questions, you're going to want to budget at
least 25 minutes of exam time in order to adequately answer them.
And for each of these short answer questions, you're going to want to
make sure that you have at least.
13 to 15 minutes to respond to each of those.
Use your watch to keep track of how you're pacing so that you don't run out of time
when it comes to giving an attempt for every single free response question.
Tip number two is to make sure that you're supporting your
answer with thorough explanations.
It is really important for your AP graders to be able to understand the
how and the why behind your answer.
If you just give the correct answer, but you don't actually show the work behind
how you got to that right answer, then you're not going to score four points.
Make sure to always directly answer the question at hand and to reference
any sources that have been provided.
It can be helpful to provide graphs, diagrams, or equations
to support your answer.
Tip number three is to understand the task verbs and exactly
what they're asking of you.
Words such as state, derive, sketch, verify and explain, have very specific
meanings on the AP Physics exam.
It's really helpful for you to review the College Board's breakdown of
these tasks verbs, to understand what they're looking for when they
use each of these tasks verbs.
If you need it extra help, here our accompanying blog post has a link
to a helpful resource that a teacher put together in case it's helpful
as you review these task verbs.
Tip four is as you practic make sure that you're reviewing the
score guidelines thoroughly.
It's really important that you understand why and when you earn
certain points as to the situations, when you won't earn certain points.
Ultimately, each FRQ is going to be a little bit different, but the underlying
principles and concepts that are being test of you will be the same.
Albert can be a helpful resource here for your AP Physics supports
because it provides a ton of example for your response questions, as
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in order to score four points.
After each practice question that you work through, it's really important
that you are able to understand and explain why you got a particular
question right or wrong and what you can do next time to correct that mistake.
It's by learning these sorts of mistakes that you make along the way
that you'll build up your confidence in the free response section
and ace the exam come test day.
Tip number five is that if you don't know how to answer part A of a particular
multi-part question, just carry on.
What we mean by that is what you can do is you can make up a value for what you
would have used coming out of part A and use that for every subsequent step as
you respond to that particular question.
When it comes to multi-part questions, each part is graded separately.
So it's really important for you to try to give yourself as many chances,
even if you didn't understand one particular part of the question.
Remember, the graders are trying to ultimately give you points because
they want you to do well on this exam.
And so, if you can come up with a value and carry that through in the subsequent
sections, you can still earn potential points that you wouldn't have earned
if you had just given up after part A.
There you have it, 15 AP Physics tips that you can use as you prepare
for your multiple choice exam, as well as your free response exam.
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If you haven't already watched our accompanying video in which we go over
seven steps to getting a five on AP Physics, be sure to check that video out.