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laYahooz · (This post was last modified: 03-21-2013 06:44 AM by laYahooz.)

(03-21-2013 05:50 AM)TheGoldenGriffin Wrote:
(03-20-2013 02:26 PM)laYahooz Wrote: Lol Hoggs boson is way to new and advanced to be taught. Interesting stuff though

Its not new. Its been predicted for a long time. Its the technology thats new. Now the technology is good enough to look for the Higgs boson. What do they teach in physics? Is it just trajectory and angles and amounts of energy and that kind of stuff or is it neutrinos and gauge bosons and relativity and gravitational lensing and strong force and quantum string and stuff like that?

In the physics world, the theory of relativity is new. So hoggs boson is like yesterday (though your right it's been around for a while until the renewed media coverage)

I'm guessing your not in high school yet (I have obvious reasons) so ill just lay out a wall of text:

Relativity is not on the exams but they kind of teach it in calculus physics. It's too hard. If your learning it in physics B, which sometimes you do, your not learning it at all. It's easy to know conceptually but you have to memorize so much calculus rules that its not worth learning in high school.

They don't teach angles, you should know those (though they'll go over calculus vector rules)

Any small particle you think of is not really taught. We just know the basic to neutrinos but don't technically need to know what it is. I honestly don't know most of those small particles because I hadn't taken a calculus chemistry class yet. (next year!)

They other shenanigans you listed is not taught because at a high school level it's a waste of time. I think I'm pretty good at physics, but im waaaay to dumb for quantum strings and gravitational lenses. Though I read those things for fun, the math is literally insanity. No math understanding is no understanding at all. It's the truth. Funny when I hear younger kids (imma kid too) throw out a lot of nerdy terms that they pretend to know. I used to do that but now I realized I really don't know much of anything Smile

AP physics B is all algebra. Can be a little tough since you take it all out at once. That is you learn electricity and mechanics. I managed to get a 5 on the AP test but like I said, it's a lot of info!

Here's what I'm learning in physics C, the hardest course I'm aware of:

Physics teaches mechanics first, then electricity. Mechanics in a calculus physics is actually pretty tough. Mechanics is just like velocity and acceleration and common stuff. Pretty easy to understand conceptually. You really need to be good at derivations and integrating to do well. You rely on conservation laws. if you balance everything before deriving/integrating then its usually not to bad. You'll be surprised how hard basic stuff gets!

Electricity teaches magnetism, electromagnetic induction, electrostatics and more. Its not to hard mathematically, but conceptually for me its tough. The pioneers of electricity ohysics pretty much made it confusing. Here's and example that I think you'll pick up on since you seem smart Smile

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Does current flow out of positive terminal or negative?
WRONG, it flows of out positive even though it technically doesn't Big Grin

This just makes the math all confusing for me. There is other BS stuff that is technically wrong too.
Electrostatics is very hard even though its only a “fake" stationary system. Need to really know you calculus rules for that too. Also fluid mechanics is was hard for me because I'm a dum dum and just had trouble understanding the math Tongue

I know quite a bit about the courses because physics is going to probably be my college stuff. You must get to physics AP C. I'm taking it even though my school
doesn't offer it.

(03-21-2013 05:54 AM)Gf!sh Wrote: What's the worst way to nuke your test?

Just draw pictures on it Smile

Oh I forgot to go over IB physics!

The stuff you mentioned griffin IS gone over in IB physics. Now I know that that you may now think that IB is better but I don't think it is.

AP physics C has more math than HL IB physics
The more math, the better you understand.

IB HL Physics covers too much
Doesn't go in depth really. Is almost like what I reckon your doing right now. Just kind of getting the basics of hard physics concepts like relativity. Though I applaud people to dive into hard stuff I like the basics first Tongue

IB Physics is enjoyed by nerds who enjoy throwing out physic terms they only have a general understanding of. AP physics C is for those who actually want to move onto the harder concepts for real in college.