New study design

[NE2000]

Does anyone have an electronic copy? I can't find it on the VCAA website

[lacoste]

its on the website

[lacoste]

http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/physics/physicsindex.html

direct link!

[NE2000]

Thanks, Jacaranda Physics has done a really rough job on updating their book for the new study design. They've just deleted sections here and there.

[dekoyl]

Thanks, Jacaranda Physics has done a really rough job on updating their book for the new study design. They've just deleted sections here and there.

Are you talking about the new Jacaranda book? =S If so, that's not good as I use that one as well.

[NE2000]

Thanks, Jacaranda Physics has done a really rough job on updating their book for the new study design. They've just deleted sections here and there.

Are you talking about the new Jacaranda book? =S If so, that's not good as I use that one as well.

Yep the new one.

Example I found was at one point in the Further Electronics Detailed Study it said, "capacitors were discussed in chapter four" but as far as I can see capacitors, having been removed from the study design for Electronics, had its entire section removed from chapter four. I don't know how the other detailed studies are though. They removed a discussion on reference frames in the motion section which may or may not affect the relativity detailed study.

[lacoste]

what are the textbooks for the new physics design?

-jac
-heinemann
-anything else?

i think i use the jac, its got a holographic front cover? is that one the crap one?

[dekoyl]

what are the textbooks for the new physics design?

-jac
-heinemann
-anything else?

i think i use the jac, its got a holographic front cover? is that one the crap one?

Yeah Jacaranda is the holographic cover with waves or something.

[NE2000]

what are the textbooks for the new physics design?

-jac
-heinemann
-anything else?

i think i use the jac, its got a holographic front cover? is that one the crap one?

Yes, altho I haven't looked at any of the others and maybe jac is relatively better. It's early days yet so need to worry about it right now

[Damo17]

It is wise to get the new edition of the textbooks or could one use this years book? As NE2000 said the only thing they have done is take out a small section here and there, everything else is the same, right?

[Mao]

you don't need a textbook for Physics 3/4. Seriously it's no use

[dekoyl]

you don't need a textbook for Physics 3/4. Seriously it's no use

For the theory? :O No?

[Mao]

nope, just listen in class, and do exams. textbooks are useless. I only used them for pre-reading, most of the stuff is taught in class

we never used the textbook in class, and one of my friend's school didn't even put a textbook on their booklist.

to say the truth, there really isn't much to learn in physics, and now that a lot of things have been taken out, there is even less to learn.

[onlyfknhuman]

i second that, using the text book actually made me do worser... you dont need a textbook.

[dekoyl]

nope, just listen in class, and do exams. textbooks are useless. I only used them for pre-reading, most of the stuff is taught in class

we never used the textbook in class, and one of my friend's school didn't even put a textbook on their booklist.

to say the truth, there really isn't much to learn in physics, and now that a lot of things have been taken out, there is even less to learn.

Ah okay thanks Mao. It's all about the teacher then :O

i second that, using the text book actually made me do worser... you dont need a textbook.

It was a disadvantage to use a textbook? How did it come down to that? :S