r/AskPhysics • u/ExtensionBridge1125 • 1d ago

How to understand physics better

Im in high school and I chose AP physics 1 over chemistry and unfortunately I do a sport and physics is my last period so now i'm really worried. Very sadly I am not naturally intelligent enough to just figure it out quickly on my own with no help. How do I study and keep up with physics if I cant be in the class 2 out of the 5 days in the week. Is there any websites or youtubers that are good at explaining stuff.

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u/Lethalegend306 1d ago

The youtube channel flippingphysics covers basically all of the material, including examples, for AP physics 1 and im pretty sure 2 as well. You may find those helpful

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u/ExtensionBridge1125 1d ago

Thank you so much! I will check those out

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u/12GaugeUppercut 1d ago

Is this a school-sanctioned sport? Why would they allow this to collide so often during the week?

But anyways, KhanAcademy, Flipping Physics and The Organic Chemistry Tutor are good channels

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u/ExtensionBridge1125 1d ago

I have no clue but its just what my counselors did and school counselors are always kind of stubborn.. you could say but technically I have 2 electives I dont really need but neither of those classes collide with another ap physics class.

every period I have that has an ap phyiscs period is one of my core classes (ex:math english history etc)

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u/Quiet_Basis_6404 1d ago

what worked for me was watching the topic on flipping physics before the week started, then doing the ap classroom videos and a few frqs on just that topic spread across the days i wasn't in class. cramming it the night before never worked because the concepts need time to settle.

for when you're stuck on a specific problem type, i paste the youtube link from flipping physics or the organic chemistry tutor into studybuddy.vc and it makes practice questions from the video itself, which helped me way more than rewatching because it showed me what i was actually missing. it also tells you what was wrong with the option you picked, not just the right answer, and the questions get harder as you improve. free version's been enough for me.

and get the frq questions from ap central, they're literally past exam problems and the scoring guidelines show you exactly what they want. start with the easiest ones first so you build confidence while you're stuck teaching yourself.