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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the Physics teacher above:
Poolesville HS offers AP Physics 1&2 as a double period.  They also offer AP Physics C Mech as one year course and also E&M as another full year course.  The MCPS site says for C, the prereq is Physics A/B but not exactly sure what this means. I assume it means any prior physics like Honors or AP 1.  Not sure if Poolesville enforces this prereq bc many students take Calc junior year and it is interested that you suggest one of the C's concurrent with Calc....but DC wouldn't have taken any prior physics by then so not sure if allowed w/o the prereq.

Informative slides, not sure what year but info seems current.
https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/departments/publicinfo/ap-physics.pdf[/quote]

"Course Sequencing and
Content Pacing
Varies from school to school.
Dependent on student demand"

Ha!

IMO, the hifhly intersested physics a student should take is:

* Physics major or similar (Chemistry, Engineering, Math, Applied Math):
Honors Physics, AP C Mech, optional AP C E&M
Or
AP Phys 1, AP Phys 2, AP C Mech + E&M in one period.

Both of these give you about 1.5 years of each main branch of physics.

* Other science major, that doesn't need advanced physics inncollege:
AP Phys 1, AP Phys 2

But it's hard. There's a lot of material to cover. 
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