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Teaching Tips
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| | The following suggestions are a sample of the tips that can be found in the AP Physics Teacher's Guide.
- Have students solve problems collaboratively. A true mastery of the concepts of physics can only be gained through practice. Doing this in isolation is intimidating as well as unrealistic. Students learn from each other as they complete these activities. Randomly group students so one particularly skilled person doesn't become the property of a select few. In other activities, more capable students can be paired with struggling students so they can serve as coaches.
- Use multimedia resources in classroom lectures. AP Physics C and, especially, AP Physics B cover a vast amount of material. Although lectures can present the essential course concepts and offer basic introductory examples, effective presentations often incorporate a variety of media, including Microsoft PowerPoint™ displays, Interactive Physics and Physics Explorer simulations, laserdisc and videodisc segments, and films.
- Encourage students to keep a lab notebook. Often colleges are reluctant to give credit for AP Physics because they feel it may lack an appropriate lab component. The lab notebook could provide documentation of the types of laboratory experience that students have had.
- Keep a solution notebook. Require students to keep a sheet in the notebook for every problem completed in class and every problem assigned for homework, with a thorough explanation of the problem and solution. Students can use this notebook to help solve the problems or to check their homework. Assign each student one additional question from the chapter and ask them to write the solution and add it to the notebook with their name and year of graduation. This enables students to find older positive role models and establish new models for future students.
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