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VCE Stuff => VCE Mathematics/Science/Technology => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE Science => Topic started by: hobbitle on September 18, 2013, 08:20:20 am
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Hi guys,
I'm a mature age first year B-Science student and I never really had much exposure to the sciences before this degree.
I feel like there are gaps in my knowledge and I'd like to self-teach myself the 3/4 Biology and Chemistry curriculums as well as revising the 3/4 Physics.
I didn't do VCE in Victoria so I have no idea how it works or what the degree of standardisation is. Are there fixed textbooks with question sets/practise exams for all 3/4 subject curriculums? How would I get a hold of such a thing? I already watch Khan Academy and use Coursera sometimes but it would be good especially to have problems/sample SACs to work on?
Thanks for any insight.
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there are fixed textbooks. just go to academic and general in the city and buy the 3/4 chem and 3/4 bio textbook, and then you could buy the atarnotes study guides
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For biology, I strongly recommend Nature of a Biology for its in-depth explanations, strong diagrams and good presentation.
For chemistry, I recommend Heinemann Chemistry, as it explores all the concepts quite well. Not as good a chemistry textbook as NoB is a biology textbook though.
You can definitely self-teach from these. It should be even easier to do so, because you're not being assessed, which means you can go through the book in greater detail than a VCE student might.
Good luck!