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Title: Electronics and Photonics is it that easy?
Post by: cranberry on April 25, 2011, 06:43:28 pm

I just noticed that electronics and photonics takes up 1 chapter (35 pages) compared to straight-line/2D motion which takes up 3 (in the nelson book)...

if i'd noticed this at the start of holidays i probs would have attempted to cover it before schools back  :buck2:

is it that simple?

Title: Re: Electronics and Photonics is it that easy?
Post by: schnappy on April 25, 2011, 06:55:47 pm

Yes. Some of the questions people come up with though can be question (see this forum) but all the exam questions I've seen are quite easy. It's also easy to make little mistakes in during exams...

Title: Re: Electronics and Photonics is it that easy?
Post by: Vincezor on April 26, 2011, 05:16:29 pm

I find electronics and photonics much easier than motion... the exam questions are probably all do-able with year 11 knowledge. I guess It's similar with motion, however there tends to be more circular motion/gravity/projectile than anything else...

But yes, electronics and photonics - pretty easy

Title: Re: Electronics and Photonics is it that easy?
Post by: Shark 774 on April 27, 2011, 08:39:18 pm

I paid no attention in year 11 whatsoever, so found motion much much easier because it starts from the very basics and builds up, whereas electronics assumes a bit of prior knowledge initially.

Title: Re: Electronics and Photonics is it that easy?
Post by: Hirdy1994 on April 27, 2011, 09:55:31 pm

Dont you guys find the theory hard to memorise..?
Or are we not expected to fully know how the optical transducers work?

Title: Re: Electronics and Photonics is it that easy?
Post by: schnappy on April 27, 2011, 10:34:56 pm

Quote from: Hirdy1994 on April 27, 2011, 09:55:31 pm

Dont you guys find the theory hard to memorise..?
Or are we not expected to fully know how the optical transducers work?

At haileybury you've got that guy... what's his name... teaches VET Electrotech and has a PH.d? I wouldn't be surprised if he's exposing you too a lot of stuff you don't need to know. The electronics theory in VCE is very light.

I wish my school did electrotech :( I wanted to do it at RMIT this year, but didn't work with school timetables.