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Physics Tutoring: Standard, Honors, IB, AP Physics 1, 2 and C

This is a one-hour session intended for high school students to help them with any area they are struggling with in their current physics course: Physics, Honors Physics, AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2, and AP Physics C
David L.
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Meets on Demand
schedule meetings as needed
60 mins
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Homework
4+ hours per week. This is highly dependent on student ability level and the subject area, but generally there will be 1-2 hours of assigned work at the end of the session. If you'd prefer that I don't assign homework I'm happy to not do that, although I don't recommend that for best learning practices, particularly in skill-based areas like mathematics.

Class Experience

US Grade 9 - 12
Beginner - Advanced Level
This is a one-hour open ended tutoring session in any area of high school physics, including standard, honors, AP, and IB level courses.  Students can request specific help with a particular topic, preparing for an upcoming test or quiz, reviewing older material, or even getting ahead on what's coming up next in their course.  Although I'm happy to cover new topics from scratch, students are encouraged to be prepared with specific topics that they would like to work on so we can make the best use of our time.  

While I'll cater our discussion to whatever areas you may want to focus on, common topics include:
Kinematics, force, momentum and collisions, energy, rotation and torque, optics, thermodynamics, circuits, electricity and magnetism, nuclear physics, relativity, fluids, and light.

I emphasize frequent examples and regular feedback during my sessions - I firmly believe that an hour of lecture is not a good way to maximize learning.  I'll generally try to answer any questions my students have coming in, teach any new topics that may be requested, and then focus on providing and guiding students through as many examples as needed while emphasizing good note taking strategies and offering feedback.

Students should come prepared with a way to take notes (paper and pencil is preferred) as well as any quizzes, tests, homework sets, or study guides that they may want to work through.  They should also bring an appropriate calculator, if relevant.  Students are also encouraged to independently review and study their materials before we meet; we can make a lot more progress if they have already narrowed down some specific questions or topics that they would like to discuss.

At the conclusion of the session I will typically recommend and assign extra practice to supplement our discussion which should be completed before our next meeting.  Answer keys for individual review will usually be provided, as I believe immediate feedback is essential.

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Parental Guidance
Here are the outside resources that may be referenced during our session: APlusPhysics - a medium sized selection of physics worksheets appropriate for up to honors physics. No account needed. The Physics Classroom - a very large collection of physics problems, mostly conceptual in nature, with no account required.
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Scientific or graphing calculator (will otherwise depend on the course)
I recommend the Casio fx-115ES Plus (~$20) for a scientific calculator and the TI-84 Plus CE (~$120) for a graphing calculator.
Worksheets and homework will be provided - no additional books are necessary.
A dedicated notebook for our sessions is recommended
Language of Instruction
English
Joined October, 2023
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Bachelor's Degree in Education from University of North Florida
Bachelors of Arts in Science Education (Physics Concentration), 2008
15+ years of experience teaching and tutoring all areas of math as well as physics, chemistry, and SAT/ACT prep.

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Completed by 78 learners
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Ages: 13-18

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