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Author Topic: Can i do Physics Units 3+4 without having done Unit 1+2?  (Read 4837 times)  Share 

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Re: Can i do Physics Units 3+4 without having done Unit 1+2?
« Reply #15 on: September 11, 2010, 10:44:23 am »
Forces are covered. They're the agents of motion. The concept of forces is needed in almost everything in 3/4.

And physics is completely problem solving, although it's quite basic at VCE level and the questions tend to be the same.

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Re: Can i do Physics Units 3+4 without having done Unit 1+2?
« Reply #16 on: September 11, 2010, 09:04:57 pm »
Forces are covered. They're the agents of motion. The concept of forces is needed in almost everything in 3/4.

And physics is completely problem solving, although it's quite basic at VCE level and the questions tend to be the same.

Thank God. I was expecting a lot worse :)

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Re: Can i do Physics Units 3+4 without having done Unit 1+2?
« Reply #17 on: September 11, 2010, 11:58:15 pm »
Forces are covered. They're the agents of motion. The concept of forces is needed in almost everything in 3/4.

And physics is completely problem solving, although it's quite basic at VCE level and the questions tend to be the same.

problem solving? theory problem solving or like maths problem solving?
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Re: Can i do Physics Units 3+4 without having done Unit 1+2?
« Reply #18 on: September 12, 2010, 03:38:40 am »
Well it's definitely different from maths problem solving no where near as pure and aesthetic (don't kill me physicists :(), I guess physics at a higher level uses maths a tool to go about problem solving in its own merit but at VCE I've always thought physics was more of a practise and apply type of subject with a few theory based ('explain') questions here and there. Know your stuff, do alot of practise questions, write up alot of explain questions on your cheatsheet and don't make any silly mistakes in the exam and you will do good. The problem solving part in VCE is very limited and no where near as intense as the 'problem-solving' required in VCE maths.
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