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VCE Stuff => VCE Science => VCE Mathematics/Science/Technology => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE Chemistry => Topic started by: REBORN on November 20, 2011, 04:57:56 pm
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Is Hein. methods considered inefficient? This is the book I follow.
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Hein is a very good chem text i'm pretty sure
Agree, I think most people will agree that it is the best textbook for VCE chem. I think the Nelson one has more questions though.
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^yes Nelson has much more questions than Hein.
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What about study on chem (jacaranda?)
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What about study on chem (jacaranda?)
Crappy tbh, good for the bare essentials but crappy if you want to know absolutely everything about the course - go for Heinemann.
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Oh ok thanks. I think ill do the study on book over holidays since my school is using it to understand the basics then go through heinemann at home during the semester to go through all the details. Hopefully i go through with this plan :D
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Very good advice, and this pretty much applied to any quantitative VCE subject!
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Thing is you are not really doing much in the holidays anyway. I was studying for Specialist, Physics and Chemistry at the same time during the holidays, and it gave me a huge headstart in term 1. Although I didn't remember everything I studied for, but I was able to pick it up very quickly once we begin doing chemistry again. And while other students are learning the new stuff, I'm already going through reviews and doing exam questions.
So it's definitely worth to go ahead and go through the textbook for all the subjects.
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just a question, how do you manage this with a LOAD of holiday homework your subject teachers give you?
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I'm this is true with other schools, but my teacher didn't give me much homework. Basically stuff like read the first 3 chapters of the textbook etc. Which is what I plan to do with the whole book anyway.
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Hey huaxiadragon,
thanks for the advice..it is really useful for me to apply throughout my VCE chem
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You are a great aspiration good luck in the future with your further studies and thank you for the advice
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Btw is Nelson 1/2 or Hein 1/2 better?
Give me opinion regarding to the benefits of these two. :D
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what the hell? I never made such a thread...
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Btw there is actually no difference between Heinemann Chemistry and Heinemann Chemistry Enhanced except for the pictures LOL :P
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Btw there is actually no difference between Heinemann Chemistry and Heinemann Chemistry Enhanced except for the pictures LOL :P
The only difference in text that we came across was on pg 372 of the unenhanced edition. The paragraph in the top left corner above Coal-fired power stations. The difference was that the paragraph went into more depth, i.e. the enhanced edition explained densification & geosequestration while the unenhance edition just mentioned them. The enhanced edition also talked about chemical capture.
Other than that there was nothing else we found, the unenhanced edition is completely fine.