WEB SITES
The Internet offers some great resources for preparing for the AP Physics exam.
• Your textbook may have an associated Web site ... if so, check it out! For example, Paul A. Tipler’s
Physics C-level text provides this Web site: http://www.whfreeman.com/tipler4e/
• Of course, the official site of the College Board, www.collegeboard.com , has administrative
information and test-taking hints, as well as contact information for the organization that actually is in
charge of the exam.
• Did you enjoy your first taste of physics? If so, you can try your hand at physics debating. The United
States Association for Young Physicists Tournaments hosts a national tournament which consists of
“physics fights,” or debates, over experimental research projects. Check out www.usaypt.org for
details.
• The author writes the country’s leading physics teaching blog, available at
jacobsphysics.blogspot.com. Students and teachers can obtain and share ideas at this site.
• Having trouble solving calculus problems associated with Physics C, especially differential equations?
Don’t spend a lot of time solving these. Use www.wolfranalpha.com to get the solution spit out for you.
Sure, you can’t use this on the exam, but it’s worth using on homework to speed or check your
solutions. Physics is generally more about setting up the problem correctly than carrying out the
mathematics anyway.