Not sure where to post this but, I'm undertaking physics 1/2 a year earlier this year and want to build a solid foundation for 3/4. I'm aware of that electricity and motion overlap in to 3/4 but I'm not sure what else I can do to prepare myself for 3/4.
I'm looking to get at least 40, or so. What else can I do to prepare better? What test percentages should I be aiming to get? What should I do right now since I have more time?
It might be worth nothing that my confidence for physics is kind of low...I struggled with nuclear physics and will be lucky to get at least 80% on my outcome test when we get our results back.
luckily nuclear physics is entirely irrelevant to units 3 and 4 (except the occasional non-VCAA practice paper where they assume you know the charge on an alpha particle is +2e but yeah)
forming solid foundations for basic electrical and mechanical concepts should be your goal in year 11 because there's plenty of new stuff that you'll have to wait until year 12 to learn, both content and problem-solving skills.
to help with this, i highly recommend
khanacademy's physics playlists, the first 5 of which are relevant to VCE motion and the second last (electricity and magnetism) is relevant to that. This is a resource I regularly go to for a clear and comprehensive explanation of a physics concept! it can't hurt to give it a try
[EDIT: I should add,
I'm currently watching the thermodynamics playlist because second year thermal physics isn't taught in a very organised way at the university of melbourne, and salman khan has everything sorted. khanacademy is also great for maths and other sciences]
the other thing you can do is work at improving your algebra skills (for VCE physics, algebra is as far as you need to go, no need for calculus). I'm talking about notation, solving for x, fractions skills and mental arithmetic. Being good at maths makes physics problems waaaay more fun than if you're not a maths-y student and you kinda get the physics but you can't follow the working out. Being clear and formal in your working forces you to think methodically and improve your problem solving skills.
By improving your physics intuition and maths skills now you're forming a really really good starting point for year 12 studies!
i mean, you can work ahead if you like, but you'll have plenty of time in year 12 to learn the year 12 content. If you focus on the foundations now you'll be set when things get far busier next year.
also don't worry about test scores, seriously the only thing that matters at this point is your intuition