AP® Physics 2 Resources
Here are some links to other things that might be helpful. If there's a resource you want to share, post it down below!
AP® Physics 2 exam date: Thursday, May 7, 2026
YouTube Channels
- Flipping Physics
- Khan Academy
- Khan Academy Physics
- The Organic Chemistry Tutor - Physics
- College Board - AP Physics 2
- Allen Tsao the STEM Coach
- Michel van Biezen
- Matt Anderson
- Bozeman Science
- Cognito
- Crash Course
- Professor Dave Explains
- Walter Lewin
- Siebert Science
Websites
- Khan Academy - High School Physics
- Khan Academy - AP/College Physics 2
- MIT Open Courseware
- OpenStax
- The Physics Classroom
- Albert - Physics
- Albert - AP Physics 2
- AP Classroom
- College Board - AP Physics 2
- MIT Workbook 1
- MIT Workbook 2
- CrackAP - AP Physics 2
- HyperPhysics
- The Feynman Lectures on Physics
Labs
- Openstax - High School Physics Lab Manual - Student Edition
- Openstax - College Physics for AP Courses Lab Manual - Student Version
- Holt Physics - Laboratory Experiments
- College Board - AP® Physics 1 and 2 Inquiry-Based Lab Investigations - Teacher's Manual (2021)
- Wards Science - AP Physics Labs
- University of Iowa - Mechanics Lecture Demonstrations
- Flinn Scientific - A Demo A Day ($50)
- Take-Home Physics: 65 High-Impact, Low-Cost Labs ($19)
Simulations and Tools
- PhET Interactive Simulations
- oPhysics Simulations
- BU Physics Simulations
- Video motion tracker
- WolframAlpha
Fun Videos
- Minute Physics
- Physics Videos by Eugene Khutoryansky
- Veritasium
- Steve Mould
- 3Blue1Brown
- The Slow Mo Guys
- Professor Julius Sumner Miller
Subreddits
Textbooks recommended by College Board
- Cutnell, John D., Kenneth W. Johnson, David Young, Shane Stadler. Physics (Physics 2). 10th edition. Wiley.
- Etkina, Eugenia, Michael Gentile, and Alan Van Heuvelen. College Physics. 2nd edition. National Geographic Learning/Pearson.
- Etkina, Eugenia, Michael Gentile, and Alan Van Heuvelen. College Physics: Explore and Apply, AP Edition. Pearson.
- Giancoli, Douglas C. Physics: Principles with Applications. Pearson.
- Ingram, Douglas and David Anderson. OpenStax College Physics for AP® Course 2. 1st edition. OpenStax.
- Knight, Randall J., Brian Jones, and Stuart Field. College Physics: A Strategic Approach. 4th edition. Pearson.
- Serway, Raymond A. and Chris Vuille. College Physics (AP Edition), AP Physics 2. 11th edition. National Geographic Learning/Cengage Learning.
- Stewart, Gay, Roger A. Freedman, Todd Ruskell, and Philip R. Kesten. College Physics for the AP Physics 1 & 2 Courses. 3rd edition. Bedford, Freeman & Worth.
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