5 Steps to a 5 AP Physics B&C, 2010-2011 Edition (5 Steps to a 5: AP Physics B & C) Review

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(More customer reviews)I'm an AP Physics teacher, and let me tell you, this book was a lifesaver for me the first year I taught the course. The amount of information that is available via the College Board and other online sources is overwhelming, to say the least. I floundered around for awhile during my first year until this book was recommended to me by our AP coordinator.
I love that the authors were able to succinctly cover all of the topics on the AP Physics B exam (I cannot speak to the C material as I do not teach that course). The chapters are well-organized, efficient, and easy for students to read. The style of the Multiple Choice and Free Response questions in the book for is an accurate reflection of the College Board's style and students gain valuable experience by reading them. The other AP Physics Review guides out there tend to be bloated with excessive information and are not easily approachable by any stretch of the imagination. This book is far and away the best out of the various guides I've examined.
The goal of this book is to prepare students for the exam, and I tell my students it's the best $12 they will ever spend when it comes to earning college credit.

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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

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The 5-Step Plan helps you get the most out of your study time:Step 1: Set Up Your Study ProgramStep 2: Determine Your ReadinessStep 3: Develop the StrategiesStep 4: Review the KnowledgeStep 5: Build Your Confidence

Topics include: A Bit About Vectors; Free-Body Diagrams and Equilibrium; Kinematics; Newton's Second Law, F(net) = ma; Momentum; Energy Conservation; Gravitation and Circular Motion; Rotational Motion (for Physics C Students Only); Simple Harmonic Motion; Thermodynamics (for Physics B Students Only); Fluid Mechanics (for Physics B Students Only); Electrostatics; Circuits; Magnetism; Waves; Optics (for Physics B Students Only); and Atomic and Nuclear Physics (for Physics B Students Only)Also includes: Physics B practice test; Physics C mechanics practice test; and Physics C electricity and magnetism practice test

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5 Steps to a 5: AP English Literature, Second Edition (5 Steps to a 5 on the Advanced Placement Examinations Series) Review

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(More customer reviews)"5 Steps to a 5 AP English Literature" to my suprise is a very easy read. It explains everything throughly and gives you a good example of how the AP test is going to be. I would recommend this book to anyone who is going to take the AP test or just wants to learn some more about literature.

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Every year nearly 240,000 students take the AP* English Literature exam. The revised and updated 5 Steps to a 5: AP English Literature will give you the tools to analyze complex texts and win a top score.

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5 Steps to a 5 AP U.S. History, 2010-2011 Edition (5 Steps to a 5 on the Advanced Placement Examinations Series) Review

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(More customer reviews)It is an amazingly good book with short paragraphs that tell you all you need to know! If your more of a detail kind of person than this is not for you. This kind of gives you the rundown of the important facts you need to know, and expects you to know the rest from the textbook you are using, which is good.

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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
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The 5-Step Plan helps you get the most out of your study time:Step 1: Set Up Your Study ProgramStep 2: Determine Your ReadinessStep 3: Develop the StrategiesStep 4: Review the KnowledgeStep 5: Build Your Confidence

Topics include: The Settling of the Western Hemisphere and Colonial America (1450-1650); The British Empire in America: Growth and Conflict (1650-1750); Resistance, Rebellion, and Revolution (1750-1775); The American Revolution and the New Nation (1775-1787); The Establishment of the New Political Systems (1787-1800); The Jeffersonian Revolution (1800-1820); The Rise of Manufacturing and the Age of Jackson (1820-1845); The Union Expanded and Challenged (1835-1860); The Union Divided: The Civil War (1861-1865); The Era of Reconstruction (1865-1877); Western Expansion and Its Impact on the American Character (1860-1895); America Transformed into the Industrial Giant of the World (1870-1910); The Rise of American Imperialism (1890-1913); The Progressive Era (1895-1914); The United States and World War I; America in the 1920s: The Beginning of Modern America; The Great Depression and the New Deal; World War II; The Origins of the Cold War; The 1950s: Prosperity and Anxiety; America in an Era of Turmoil (1960-1975); America from 1968-1988: Decline and Rebirth; America from 1988 to 2000: Prosperity and a New World Order; America from 2001 to 2006: The Threat of Terrorism and the Increase of Presidential Power; and Contemporary America: Evaluating the "Big Themes" of American History Also includes: Practice tests

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5 Steps to a 5 AP Physics B & C, 2008-2009 Edition (5 Steps to a 5 on the Advanced Placement Examinations Series) Review

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(More customer reviews)Haha... just the day before AP Physics C Exam, I decided to give my brain a little rest from constant E&M preparation and surf the web for a while.
This book, based on my interpretations, lacks depth for AP Physics C.
Just like the Immortalix pointed out in the comments on author's review, there are not a lot of detailed descriptions or even some formulas on the curriculum for Physics C in the book. For instance, book only mentions inductors for a page and nothing more. Also, book doesn't even have a partial derivative (which is fairly simple) to get the electric field. If the difficulty of the AP Physics C question was just plugging the numbers in for the unknown variable, which is difficulty of AP Physics B, it would be fine. However, Physics C is not. I personaly found Princeton Review much better for AP Physics C than McGrawHill because it had lots of examples where you can get the GIST of doing the questions and also know more specific type of things that I must look for when using certain laws. 5 steps to 5 felt too fundamental oriented and lots of time I ended up searching somewhere else for an answer. As a result, McGrawHill book didn't even get a bent mark in the middle (Because I didn't open it enough).
If this book was just for the AP Physics B, hands down this book is better than Princeton Review. I found the explanations and tone of the writings much more friendly and easier to approach to.
However, I would not recommend it to AP Physics C students because you will not get anything out of it. Unless, you have no idea what Physics is about.

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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


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5 Steps to a 5 AP English Language, Second Edition (5 Steps to a 5 on the Ap English Language Exam) Review

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(More customer reviews)I used this book this summer in a prep course our district has designed to give students a boost going into AP Language and Composition as their first AP course. I found Part III, the comprehensive review, to be most helpful in preparing students to use the skills needed for analysis, argument, and synthesis. AP exam multiple-choice questions are easy to find, but I like that this book offers something more: a comprehensive overview of the essays and the literary/rhetorical terms and a clear outline of the body of knowledge needed to approach the exam successfully. I also trust Murphy and Rankin as experienced AP teachers and exam readers. My students were not bored, and went into their AP courses feeling confident.

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Packed with hundreds of tips and strategies, 5 Steps to a 5: AP English Literature is your ultimate resource for scoring big on the AP* exam and earning valuable college credits. It gives you a choice of study techniques, so you can find one that fits your learning style. Sharpen your analytical, interpretive, and writing skills with:

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All the terms and concepts you need to know to get your best score

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