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AP® Calculus: Challenging Concepts from Calculus AB & Calculus BC

Learn the most challenging topics in AP® Calculus AB and Calculus BC. Well-respected AP instructors from around the United States will lead you through video instruction, exam-style questions and interactive activities. Each module will cover one of the most demanding concepts in this AP® Calculus AB and Calculus BC (based on College Board data from 2011&emd;2013 Advanced Placement® exams). These tricky topics are broken up into bite&emd;sized pieces&emd;with short instructional videos, interactive graphs, and practice problems written by many of the same people who write and grade your AP® Calculus exams.

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Modules

  1. AB/BC: Limits
  2. AB/BC: Definition of Derivative
  3. AB/BC: Chain Rule
  4. AB/BC: Implicit Differentiation
  5. BC*: L'Hospital's Rule
  6. AB/BC: Riemann Sums
  7. AB/BC: Functions Defined by Definite Integrals
  8. AB/BC: Modeling and Solving Differential Equations (1)
  9. AB/BC: Modeling and Solving Differential Equations (2)
  10. AB/BC: Rectilinear Motion
  11. BC: Parametric Equations
  12. BC: Introduction to Series
  13. BC: Series Convergence
  14. BC: Series Manipulation

AP® Macroeconomics: Challenging Concepts

Learn the most difficult concepts in the AP® Macroeconomics course, roughly 60% of the AP exam material, from top AP instructors. Each module will cover one of the most demanding concepts in the AP® Macroeconomics course (based on College Board data from 2011&emd;2013 Advanced Placement® exams). These tricky topics are broken up into bite&emd;sized pieces&emd;with short instructional videos, interactive graphs, and practice problems written by many of the same people who write and grade your AP® Macroeconomics exams.

Example Macroeconomics Video

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Modules

  1. Nominal & Real Values
  2. AClassical & Keynesian Models
  3. Aggregate Demand
  4. Aggregate Supply
  5. Short&emd;Run Macroeconomic Equilibrium
  6. Moving to Long&emd;Run Equilibrium
  7. Economic Growth
  8. Fiscal Policy
  9. Money & the Money Market
  10. Money Creation
  11. Monetary Policy
  12. Loanable Funds
  13. Phillips Curve
  14. Foreign Exchange Markets

AP® Physics: Challenging Concepts from Physics 1 & Physics 2

Learn the 14 most challenging topics in AP® Physics 1 and Physics 2. Well-respected AP instructors from around the United States will lead you through video instruction, exam-style questions and interactive activities. Each module will cover one of the most demanding concepts in the newly redesigned AP® Physics 1 and 2 curricula (based on College Board exam data from 2011&emd;2013 AP® Physics B). These tricky topics are broken into bite&emd;sized pieces&emd;with short instructional videos, on-screen simulations, interactive graphs, and practice problems written by many of the same people who write and grade your AP® Physics 1 and 2 exams.

Example Physics Video

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Modules

  1. Acceleration
  2. Force Diagrams
  3. Momentum
  4. Rotational Motion
  5. Angular Momentum
  6. Standing Waves
  7. Conservation of Charge and Energy in Circuits
  8. Electrostatic Fields
  9. Gravitational and Electric Potentials
  10. Electromagnetic Induction
  11. Thermodynamics
  12. Pressure, Force and Flow in Fluids
  13. Diffraction and Interference
  14. Atomic Transitions

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