— Get a good night’s sleep before the exam. Fall asleep knowing that you are well prepared.
GOOD LUCK ON THE TEST.
Plan B: You Have One Semester to Prepare
Working under the assumption that you’ve completed one semester of your physics course, the following
calendar will use those skills you’ve been practicing to prepare you for the May exam.
JANUARY–FEBRUARY
— Carefully read Steps 1 and 2 of this book.
— Work through the diagnostic exam.
— Read and study Chapter 9 , A Bit About Vectors.
— Read and study Chapter 10 , Free-Body Diagrams and Equilibrium.
— Read and study Chapter 11 , Kinematics.
— Read and study Chapter 12 , Newton’s Second Law, F (^) net = ma .
— Read and study Chapter 13 , Momentum.
— Read Chapter 6 , Memorizing Equations in the Shower.
MARCH (10 weeks to go.)
— Read and study Chapter 14 , Energy Conservation.
— Read and study Chapter 15 , Gravitation and Circular Motion.
— Read and study Chapter 16 , Rotational Motion.
— Read and study Chapter 17 , Simple Harmonic Motion.
— Review Chapters 9 – 13 .
APRIL
— Read and study Chapter 18 , Electrostatics.
— Read and study Chapter 19 , Circuits.
— Read and study Chapter 20 , Magnetism.
— Review Chapters 9 – 17 .
MAY (first 2 weeks) (THIS IS IT!)
— Review Chapters 9 – 20 —all the material!!!
— Read Chapters 7 – 8 carefully!
— Take the Practice Exams and score yourself.
— Get a good night’s sleep before the exam. Fall asleep knowing that you are well prepared.