Greg Jacobs - 5 Steps to a 5 AP Physics 1 2016

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Greg Jacobs is chairman of the science department at Woodberry Forest School, the nations premier boarding school for boys. Over the years, Greg has taught all flavors of AP physics. He is a reader and consultant for the College Board, which means he grades AP physics exams, and he runs professional development seminars for other AP teachers. Greg is president of the USAYPT, a nonprofit organization promoting physics research at the high school level. Greg was recently honored as an AP Teacher of the Year by the Siemens Foundation. Outside the classroom, Greg has coached football, baseball, and debate. He is the play-by-play voice of Woodberry sports on the Internet, calling football, baseball, soccer, and basketball games. Greg writes the prominent physics teaching blog available at www.jacobsphysics.blogspot.com.

Why is this book different from all other AP Physics prep books?

The quality of the prep book starts with the author. Greg Jacobs has taught all versions of AP (and not-AP) physics since 1996. His hundreds of students over the years have a greater than 99 percent pass rate; more than 70 percent earn 5s. Greg has graded the exams, he has written questions that have appeared on exams, and he has taught teachers how to teach to the exams. The leading blog about physics teaching is hisJacobs Physics. (Take a look at it.) Your author isnt some med student looking for extra cash, or a no-name college professor. Greg knows what hes talking about, and the proof is in the results and feedback from his students.

AP Physics 1 emphasizes conceptual understanding over algebraic manipulation and so does this book. So many people presume that physics is about finding the right numbers to plug into the right equation. That couldnt be farther from the truth. Successful physics students can explain why they chose a specific equation. They can explain what values for each variable are reasonable, and why. They can explain the physical meaning of any mathematical manipulationhow would this problem look in the laboratory? What equipment would be used to measure these values? The AP Physics 1 exam mostly asks questions that are not about number crunching. Greg has been teaching beyond the numbers for years, and he brings his expertise in explaining complex concepts in simple language.

Your textbook is impenetrable, even to senior physics majors. This prep book is readable. Be honestwhen you read your textbook, you really just try the problems at the end of the chapter, then look back for a template of how to do those problems. Well, this books content review is structured around this very method. Greg poses example equations and talks you through them. On the way, he shows you the relevant facts and equations, as well as