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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Curious for those that are interested in engineering—if you take AP physics 1 as a freshman or sophomore, do they then take physics c as a junior or senior?

Also ffyi. If your kid is at WJ, the apex bio class is much harder than honors bio.  They may rework it for next year—my understanding is that a lot of kids ended up dropping it because it was too hard for even advanced freshman.[/quote]

Most students are not taking AP Physics 1 freshman year and at this point I don’t know a lot of people recommending the class to Freshman.  It has one of the lowest if not the lowest pass rate.

The idea of the AP Physics 1 course is sound especially in terms of the Physics First model of education.  However, I think kids need a better Algebra foundation than most have in order for it to work. Teachers likely need some more professional development as most Physics teachers are used to having upper level students who have taken more math. It would also be better if it was constructed into an on level class instead of an AP.[/quote]

AP Physics 1 is definitely not the class to start with in 9th Grade. [/quote]

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