Christopher Bruhn - 5 Steps to a 5: AP Physics 2, Algebra-Based 2020

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Chris Bruhn began his career as an aerospace engineer with Bell Helicopter before choosing teaching as his calling. Since becoming an educator, he has taught all varieties of AP Physics in schools, including inner-city, suburban, and charter schools, and he has shown a particular talent at constructing successful educational programs. Chris was honored as L.D. Bell High School Teacher of the Year and earned the ODonnell Texas AP Teacher Award for remarkable contributions to his students and school, as well as to the teaching profession. The Dallas Morning News ran a front-page article featuring Chris and his students on January 26, 2010. (Dallas Morning News article: AP teacher sparks students love of physics and wins $30,000.) Chris is an educational trainer. He continues to create and share curriculum and educational resources as well as lead institutes and study sessions for teachers and students around the country. Outside of teaching, Chris likes building things, sports, painting, travel, watching superhero movies with his kids, and generally having fun. And now he is writing this book!

You are in AP Physics 2, which means you probably just completedor survived AP Physics 1 last year. You already have a good idea of what is involved in getting ready for an AP Physics exam. AP Physics 2 builds upon the material youve already learned in AP Physics 1. Be sure to keep your 5 Steps to a 5 AP Physics 1 book handy for reviewing material you learned last year. Im Chris, and I am going to be your friendly guide throughout the process of getting prepared for your AP exam.

To have a good understanding of what makes this book special, it would probably be helpful if you knew a little bit about me. Ive been an aerospace engineer, so I have experience in how physics is used in the real world. I have run workshops for teachers, helping them become successful with their own students. Ive been teaching all varieties of AP Physics 1, 2, B, and C for more than 20 years, to students just like you in all types of schoolsinner-city schools, suburban schools, magnet schools, charter schoolsschools big and small. In every one of these schools, there are students, just like you, who learn to love and excel in AP Physics because it makes such beautiful sense.

Thats where I come inhelping you make sense of it all. Ive got a pretty good idea what is needed for you to do well on the AP exam. Throughout this book you will find:

Clear, simple-to-understand text

A thorough explanation of all the topics you will need to know

Problem-solving tips and solutions

An introduction to the student-tested Five-Step Program to mastering the AP Physics 2 exam

You will be taking a comprehensive AP exam this May. Since this is not your first AP Physics exam, you already understand the structure of the exam and how thoroughly you need to understand the material. When you walk into that exam, you want to feel excited but calm, as if you are looking forward to showing off what you can do, not apprehensive or uncertain. Following the Five-Step Program is the best way to prepare and give yourself the best chance to earn that 5.

As you probably already know from having taken AP Physics 1, you cannot memorize your way through physics, and you cant cram overnight. Success on the AP exam is the result of diligent practice over the course of months, not the result of an all-nighter on the evening before the exam. Step 1 gives you the background structure you need before you even start exam preparation.