Jacobs Physics

[The following is a letter to my school's community describing our project-in-lieu-of-exam that will happen tomorrow.  If any blog reade...

Folks, a quick bit of advertising here... we're still looking for a few teachers to fill up my AP Summer Institute in Mahopac, NY from ...

I enjoyed writing my solutions to the 2017 AP Physics 1 free response questions.  You can find the questions linked via the official Colleg...

Quick answer: probably shorter than you think. Below are a variety of AP Physics 1 and 2 prompts, and how I would suggest structuring y...

The AP Physics 1 exam is next Tuesday.  Remember, no studying after Monday's class!  Lots of last-minute questions coming in.  Here are ...

I take an approach to exam review that's consciously different from what other teachers do.  I am doing no tests at all this month, no ...

A large bug of mass 5.0 g lands on the outside edge of a DVD*.  The DVD has mass 9.0 g and radius 6.0 cm. * DVDs are still a thing, right?...

Reader Aaron Shoolroy asks, in the comment section of a separate post: The Physics 1 exam description says 50 MC questions, but it seem...

At this point in my senior-level AP Physics 1 class, we have learned all necessary fundamental skills.  We have practiced solving problems ...

I'm always asked these sorts of things.  Go figure.  I suppose it comes with the job, like the Air Force general based in New Mexico wh...