--- title: "AP Physics 2 Tuition — Fluids, Circuits, Optics & FRQs" slug: ap-physics-2-tuition subject: "AP Physics 2" category: "Sciences" url: https://www.apcourses.net/ap-physics-2-tuition --- # AP Physics 2 Tuition Online AP Physics 2 tuition on fluids, thermodynamics, electrostatics, circuits, magnetism, optics and modern physics, with experimental-design FRQs. > AP Physics 2 is the algebra-based second-year sequel to Physics 1, covering thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, geometric optics, waves, sound and physical optics, and modern physics. Fluids moved to Physics 1 in the redesign. The exam was redesigned for May 2025 and is now a hybrid digital exam: 42 multiple-choice questions in Bluebook (50%) and 4 free-response questions (50%) handwritten in a paper booklet, with FRQs grouped into the same four named types as Physics 1 — mathematical routines, translation between representations, experimental design and analysis, and qualitative/quantitative translation. We sequence the units so students build models cleanly rather than memorising formulas. ## At a glance - Category: Sciences - Typical year group: Grades 10–11 - Exam length: 3 hours - Units in the College Board CED: 7 - Group course (2026–2027 academic year): Saturday, 26 September 2026 – Saturday, 24 April 2027 - Weekly pattern: Saturdays & Sundays, 10:30–12:00 (Istanbul time) - Sessions: 50 total (40 lessons + 10 review/mock sessions) - Group course enrolment closes: 19 September 2026 - College Board exam date: 6 May 2027 ## Pricing Shown and charged in Euro. - Single lesson (90 min): €56 — full refund if you are not satisfied after the first lesson - 10-lesson package: €540 (€54 per lesson) - 20-lesson package: €1,029 (€51 per lesson) - Group course (8 months, 75 hours + 10 mock papers): €1,505 Lessons in the 10- and 20-lesson packages can be split freely across any AP subjects. ## Units 1. Thermodynamics — exam weighting 15–18% 2. Electric Force, Field, and Potential — exam weighting 15–18% 3. Electric Circuits — exam weighting 15–18% 4. Magnetism and Electromagnetism — exam weighting 12–15% 5. Geometric Optics — exam weighting 12–15% 6. Waves, Sound, and Physical Optics — exam weighting 12–15% 7. Modern Physics — exam weighting 12–15% Exam weightings as published by College Board in the Course and Exam Description. ## Exam at a glance - **Format**: Hybrid digital: 42 MCQ in Bluebook + 4 FRQ handwritten in paper booklet - **Timing**: Section I 85 min, Section II 95 min - **Calculator**: Bluebook in-app Desmos plus up to two approved handheld calculators on both sections - **Maths level**: Algebra-based (no calculus) - **Units**: Thermodynamics, E&M, geometric optics, waves/sound/physical optics, modern physics ## What it tests AP Physics 2 tests conceptual model-building across several very different topics. Students must reason about microstates and entropy in thermodynamics, fields and circuits in E&M, ray and wave behaviour in optics, wave superposition in physical optics, and photon/atom-level reasoning in modern physics. Each unit has its own FRQ patterns — ray diagrams in optics, P-V diagrams in thermodynamics, circuit diagrams in E&M — and since the 2024-25 redesign, students also need to recognise which of the four named FRQ types they are answering before they start writing. ## Where students lose marks - Thermodynamics P-V diagram tasks where work or heat sign conventions are mixed up. - Circuit FRQs missing Kirchhoff's loop direction or with combined series/parallel reductions done in the wrong order. - Geometric optics ray diagrams with the wrong number of principal rays, or wrong image orientation. - Modern physics questions where photon energy and momentum relationships are confused. - Experimental-design FRQs without a clearly identified independent / dependent / controlled variable set. ## How tutoring helps - Diagnostic to find which of the five units is weakest — they tend to be uncorrelated. - Unit-specific diagram drills (P-V, ray, circuit). - FRQ rubric work focused on the redesigned named question types, especially qualitative/quantitative translation. - Modern physics conceptual repair — photon, atom, nucleus relationships. - Full timed past-paper practice in spring with Bluebook MCQ rehearsal on a real device. ## Compared with A Level and IB AP Physics 2 covers ground that A Level Physics splits across Year 12 and Year 13 (thermodynamics, E&M, optics, modern physics). For IB students, Physics 2 maps to several SL/HL options. UK students who already take A Level Physics often add Physics 2 to round out their US-recognised physics signal beyond mechanics. ## Who this suits - **Good fit**: Students who already have Physics 1 or A Level Year 12 physics and want broader topic coverage. - **Exam sprint**: Students who need targeted unit repair across the five topic areas. - **Approach with caution**: Students who have not done electricity beyond GCSE — the E&M unit is dense. ## Weekly study plan - **Weeks 1–3 — Fluids**: Density, pressure, buoyancy, the continuity and Bernoulli equations. - **Weeks 4–6 — Thermodynamics**: Temperature, heat, the ideal gas law, the first and second laws, PV diagrams. - **Weeks 7–9 — Electric Force, Field, Potential**: Coulomb's law, electric fields, electric potential, the parallel-plate capacitor. - **Weeks 10–12 — Electric Circuits**: Resistance, Kirchhoff's laws, series/parallel circuits, RC circuits and the time constant. - **Weeks 13–15 — Magnetism & Electromagnetic Induction**: Magnetic force, sources of magnetic fields, Faraday's law, Lenz's law. - **Weeks 16–18 — Geometric and Physical Optics**: Reflection, refraction, Snell's law, lenses and mirrors, interference and diffraction. - **Weeks 19–20 — Quantum, Atomic & Nuclear Physics**: Photon energy, the photoelectric effect, atomic models, radioactive decay, mass–energy equivalence. - **Weeks 21–26 — Exam Prep Intensive**: AP Classroom MCQ sets, experimental-design FRQ practice, multi-select MCQ strategy. ## Frequently asked questions ### Do I need AP Physics 1 before Physics 2? It is strongly recommended. Physics 2 assumes Physics 1 mechanics fluency, particularly forces and energy. Most schools sequence them in two consecutive years. ### What changed in 2025? The College Board redesigned the exam for May 2025 in line with Physics 1. Section I is 40 MCQs in Bluebook for 80 minutes; Section II is 4 FRQs in 100 minutes drawn from four named question types — mathematical routines, translation between representations, experimental design and analysis, and qualitative/quantitative translation. The exam is now hybrid digital: MCQs and FRQ stimuli appear in Bluebook, and students handwrite FRQ answers in a paper booklet. ### Is Physics 2 useful for medical school applications? US medical school prerequisites typically require a year of algebra-based physics. 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