We want you to succeed on your AP* exam. That's why we've created this 5-step plan to help you study more effectively, use your preparation time wisely, and get your best score. This easy-to-follow guide offers you a complete review of your AP course, strategies to give you the edge on test day, and plenty of practice with AP-style test questions. You'll sharpen your subject knowledge, strengthen your thinking skills, and build your test-taking confidence with

• Full-length practice exams modeled on the real test
• All the terms and concepts you need to know to get your best score
• Your choice of three customized study schedules-so you can pick the one that meets your needs

The 5-Step Plan helps you get the most out of your study time:

Step 1: Set Up Your Study Program

Step 2: Determine Your Readiness

Step 3: Develop the Strategies

Step 4: Review the Knowledge

Step 5: Build Your Confidence

Features include:

• Boxed quotes offering advice from students who have aced the exams and from AP teachers and college professors
• Sample tests that closely simulate real exams
• Review material based on the contents of the most recent tests
• Icons highlighting important facts, vocabulary, and frequently asked questions
• Websites and links to valuable online test resources, along with author e-mail addresses for students with follow-up questions
• Authors who are either AP course instructors or exam developers

Joshua Shulman aced both the AP Physics B and AP Physics C exams in high school and was chosen as a semifinalist in the selection of the U.S. Physics Team.

About the Authors

Introduction: The Five-Step Program

STEP 1: Set Up Your Study Program

Chapter 1. How to Approach Your Physics Course

Chapter 2. What You Need to Know About the AP Physics Course

Chapter 3. How to Plan Your Time

STEP 2: Determine Your Test Readiness

Chapter 4. Fundamentals Quizzes

Chapter 5. Take a Diagnostic Test

STEP 3: Develop Strategies for Success

Chapter 6. Memorizing Equations in the Shower

Chapter 7. How to Approach Each Lesson

Chapter 8. Extra Drill on Difficult but Frequently Tested Topics

STEP 4: Review the Knowledge You Need to Score High

Chapter 9. A Bit About Vectors

Chapter 10. Free-Body Diagrams and Equilibrium

Chapter 11. Kinematics

Chapter 12. Newton's Second Law, F(net) = maChapter 13. Momentum

Chapter 14. Energy Conservation

Chapter 15. Gravitation and Circular Motion

Chapter 16. Rotational Motion (for Physics C Students Only)

Chapter 17. Simple Harmonic Motion

Chapter 18. Thermodynamics (for Physics B Students Only)

Chapter 19. Fluid Mechanics (for Physics B Students Only)

Chapter 20. Electrostatics

Chapter 21. Circuits

Chapter 22. Magnetism

Chapter 23. Waves

Chapter 24. Optics (for Physics B Students Only)

Chapter 25. Atomic and Nuclear Physics (for Physics B Students Only)

STEP 5: Build Your Test-Taking Confidence

Appendixes

Constants

Physics B Equations

Physics C Equations

Four-Minute Drill Prompts

Web Sites

Glossary

Bibliography