VCE not what you expected?

[Furbob]

it's just, ill be taking on 6 subjects next yr as im not doing any 3/4's this year and im trying for enhanced jap for next year so would doing spesh on top of that could be a bit - depends how heavy the spesh workload is~ im assuming its quite a lot since spesh is...spesh! :O unless its not as hard as people make it sound though :\

[olly_s15]

it's just, ill be taking on 6 subjects next yr as im not doing any 3/4's this year and im trying for enhanced jap for next year so would doing spesh on top of that could be a bit - depends how heavy the spesh workload is~ im assuming its quite a lot since spesh is...spesh! :O unless its not as hard as people make it sound though :\

in my opinion it isn't really as hard as it's made out to be.. plus it will make methods seem a fair bit easier

[Mulan]

is it true that if you do physics itll help with spesh and vice versa, cause they're sort of related?

[superflya]

is it true that if you do physics itll help with spesh and vice versa, cause they're sort of related?

ehh not really.

[darkphoenix]

is it true that if you do physics itll help with spesh and vice versa, cause they're sort of related?

A little i think. Its a similar story with methods. There is a bit of overlap.

But methods is more so than physics.

[cameron_15]

Methods and spec overlap considerabily with calculus, Ie skills learnt in methods are used in spec and vice versa, which hopefully means the kids in spec will get a lot more practice with calculus and should become really good at it.

There is a bit of kinematics, projectile motion etc at the end of spec, but it is far more math based and moves into things like non constant acceleration which is not really touched on in physics. However the concepts are still the same ie you have to understand newtons laws etc. Which, if your doing physics you should probably know.

I'm finding chem and bio overlap quite a bit as well in unit 3. stuff about DNA, proteins etc bio students learn as well.

[darkphoenix]

Methods and spec overlap considerabily with calculus, Ie skills learnt in methods are used in spec and vice versa, which hopefully means the kids in spec will get a lot more practice with calculus and should become really good at it.

There is a bit of kinematics, projectile motion etc at the end of spec, but it is far more math based and moves into things like non constant acceleration which is not really touched on in physics. However the concepts are still the same ie you have to understand newtons laws etc. Which, if your doing physics you should probably know.

I'm finding chem and bio overlap quite a bit as well in unit 3. stuff about DNA, proteins etc bio students learn as well.

LOL then you got no excuses since your subjects overlap considerably. hahah

[tram]

Methods and spec overlap considerabily with calculus, Ie skills learnt in methods are used in spec and vice versa, which hopefully means the kids in spec will get a lot more practice with calculus and should become really good at it.

There is a bit of kinematics, projectile motion etc at the end of spec, but it is far more math based and moves into things like non constant acceleration which is not really touched on in physics. However the concepts are still the same ie you have to understand newtons laws etc. Which, if your doing physics you should probably know.

I'm finding chem and bio overlap quite a bit as well in unit 3. stuff about DNA, proteins etc bio students learn as well.

this is exactly my problem. I hate biol and the latter half of organic is basically all biol. AND i sit next to my frind in chem who go a 50 in biol last year so he finds it borring/easy and we just end up talking all the time in class....not good for the ss:(

[AzureBlue]

Methods and spec overlap considerabily with calculus, Ie skills learnt in methods are used in spec and vice versa, which hopefully means the kids in spec will get a lot more practice with calculus and should become really good at it.

There is a bit of kinematics, projectile motion etc at the end of spec, but it is far more math based and moves into things like non constant acceleration which is not really touched on in physics. However the concepts are still the same ie you have to understand newtons laws etc. Which, if your doing physics you should probably know.

I'm finding chem and bio overlap quite a bit as well in unit 3. stuff about DNA, proteins etc bio students learn as well.

So does bio help with biochem in unit 3 and physics helps a bit with chem unit 4?

[andy456]

Methods and spec overlap considerabily with calculus, Ie skills learnt in methods are used in spec and vice versa, which hopefully means the kids in spec will get a lot more practice with calculus and should become really good at it.

There is a bit of kinematics, projectile motion etc at the end of spec, but it is far more math based and moves into things like non constant acceleration which is not really touched on in physics. However the concepts are still the same ie you have to understand newtons laws etc. Which, if your doing physics you should probably know.

I'm finding chem and bio overlap quite a bit as well in unit 3. stuff about DNA, proteins etc bio students learn as well.

So does bio help with biochem in unit 3 and physics helps a bit with chem unit 4?

A lot of AOS.2 Unit 3 Chem overlaps with biology. My friend does bio and she tells me that its similar.
I personally find the biochem area alot easier than the rest of the course ie.spectroscopy 

[Blakhitman]

Not that much of chem overlaps with Bio, it's pretty much only half an area of study that does.

Nearly half my chem class does Bio, and only now are they seeing familiar stuff. i.e amino acids, fats (lipids) and other shiz. But even then, in Bio you don't really get into structures and reactions and stuff (according to bio students, might be wrong??)

And yeah, the Biochem part is the easiest part of Unit 3 IMO :S.

[AzureBlue]

Does chem overlap with physics at all?

[olly_s15]

Does chem overlap with physics at all?

barely anything at all..

[appianway]

Understanding how outcome 1 works involves a lot of physics. But everyone just skims over it.

[cameron_15]

Only the elctromagnetic spectrum really. Maybe stuff like electricity conduction but not really.

In bio you dont look at an atomic level at all, which you do in chem. however it is still sort of relevant. like primary etc structures of proteins, DNA Bonding, DNA Profiles, PCR and Electrophoresis are all from bio.