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Title: increase in difficulty from 1+2
Post by: m@tty on July 09, 2009, 02:11:00 pm

How much harder does it get?
How much more content is there(extension of previous as well as new)?
Time commitment? How much time do you put in outside class?

thanks

Title: Re: increase in difficulty from 1+2
Post by: methodsboy on July 09, 2009, 02:23:07 pm

^LOL. i was like that last year...it's worth it! do it!
it's waay easier than last year --> provided that you have a solid education in the basics of motion and electronics. It's mainly plugging in the formula (90%) , a bit of theory (10%).

Title: Re: increase in difficulty from 1+2
Post by: m@tty on July 09, 2009, 02:47:10 pm

Thanks

Are you saying that you put minimal in time outside class? (study)
What about homework, is there much?

Title: Re: increase in difficulty from 1+2
Post by: zzdfa on July 09, 2009, 02:57:27 pm

Quote from: m@tty on July 09, 2009, 02:47:10 pm

What about homework, is there much?

that's up to you.
if you have solid grasp of basic maths(algebra, trig) then physics won't be hard, as methodsboy said it's 90% subbing numbers into formulas.

Title: Re: increase in difficulty from 1+2
Post by: m@tty on July 09, 2009, 03:00:42 pm

Thats good just checking.
The areas of study are
unit 3
-motion
-?
-detailed study

unit 4
-photonics
-electricity
-detailed study

correct?

Title: Re: increase in difficulty from 1+2
Post by: NE2000 on July 09, 2009, 03:04:29 pm

Not quite.

Unit 3:
- motion
- electricity
- detailed study

Unit 4:
- magnetism
- light and matter
- detailed study

Title: Re: increase in difficulty from 1+2
Post by: rhjc.1991 on July 09, 2009, 07:09:58 pm

Quote from: NE2000 on July 09, 2009, 03:04:29 pm

Not quite.

Unit 3:
- motion
- electricity
- detailed study

Unit 4:
- magnetism
- light and matter
- detailed study

Magnetism is a killer of a AOS

Title: Re: increase in difficulty from 1+2
Post by: TrueTears on July 09, 2009, 07:11:03 pm

I think unit 4 is more fun than unit 3. [mainly cause of electricity which annoyed me]

Title: Re: increase in difficulty from 1+2
Post by: rhjc.1991 on July 09, 2009, 07:13:11 pm

Quote from: TrueTears on July 09, 2009, 07:11:03 pm

I think unit 4 is more fun than unit 3. [mainly cause of electricity which annoyed me]

That I agree. Light as a wave-particle duality model is quite intriguing

Title: Re: increase in difficulty from 1+2
Post by: methodsboy on July 09, 2009, 07:21:44 pm

Quote from: m@tty on July 09, 2009, 02:47:10 pm

Thanks

Are you saying that you put minimal in time outside class? (study)
What about homework, is there much?

not exactly, as with every other VCE subject, hw should always be completed by the set date and never fall behind! Also, it is imperative that you regularly do the relevant checkpoints questions once you have completed the relevant theory to give you an idea of the difficulty of exam style questions that are expected to come up in the examination that lies ahead. As physics is a science, as are bio and chem, attention must be given to this subject in order to yield your maximum result, what ever that may be.
hope that helps  :)

Title: Re: increase in difficulty from 1+2
Post by: NE2000 on July 10, 2009, 09:52:19 am

Quote from: rhjc.1991 on July 09, 2009, 07:09:58 pm

Quote from: NE2000 on July 09, 2009, 03:04:29 pm

Not quite.

Unit 3:
- motion
- electricity
- detailed study

Unit 4:
- magnetism
- light and matter
- detailed study

Magnetism is a killer of a AOS

Siff, magnetism is awesome...

I agree Unit 4 > Unit 3 in terms of interesting content. Light and matter, magnetism and sound owns the stuff we did in electronics, motion and further electronics (which were half covered in Unit 2 anyway last year). That's not to say motion and electronics aren't interesting, it's just that the stuff we did seemed too simple and repetitive after a while.