A free online course from Rice University uses attention-grabbing videos, interactive lab activities, dramatic physics demonstrations, engaging instructors and a free online textbook to help high ...

Participation rates for Advanced Placement science exams—specifically physics and computer science—have risen sharply over the last year, according to new data from the College Board.

He was the only student out of 170,144 worldwide to earn a perfect 80 out of 80 points on the AP physics 1 exam given in May 2016. Earning back-to-back perfect scores is just as challenging.

When Naperville North High School sophomore Jason Xia took the AP physics 1 exam last May, all he was hoping for was to have enough correct answers to earn the maximum score of 5. Now a junior ...