hi :> doing subject selections for y 11
would like to know opinions on:
physics
chem
bio
science extension (for y 12)
music 1
music 2
eco
ty very very much :>
i took all 3 sciences in year 11 so this was my experience:
physics and chem can be difficult conceptually, i absolutely flunked chem in year 11 because i straight up had no idea wtf was happening in that class no matter how much effort i put in, i know people who found it alright though but just consider your strengths in science - if you enjoyed learning stuff like mixtures, states of matter, the electron shell stuff you'll probably like and be successful at chem - whereas if u liked learning stuff like astronomy and newton's laws then you'll probably enjoy physics. don't get me wrong u go into much more stuff but thats about all u can go off of in year 10. physics and chem also need some moderate algebra skills, essentially if u can rearrange a formula and are comfortable with index laws, logarithms and exponentials youll be good in most cases, and also i'd recommend at least advanced math for both, especially in physics where you will learn a lot of things that involve differentiation and integration which is taught in adv (you won't have to use it in physics and only have to use algebra, but trust me when i say it will help a lot to understand what is happening at a deeper level than just algebra which is taught in advanced)
bio compared to the other sciences has much much more information, the subject is mostly writing and data analysis whereas phys and chem have a decent mix of computations and theory. i found bio to be okay, it was certainly the most "conceptually simple" subject compared to phys and chem but the amount of memorisation makes up for that (u do need to know concepts but they're fairly intuitive, like everyone can understand infectious diseases at a basic level), you really need to know the textbook inside out and personally my skills aren't really strong in the memorisation category so i struggled a fair bit. bio is kind of a 50-50 mix between experiments and writing whereas phys and chem are a mix between computations, experiments and writing, with probably 50% computations, 40% writing and 10% experiments for physics, and 40% computations, 30% writing and 30% experiments for chem.
id recommend that when deciding between bio chem and phys, consider what your strengths lie in, personally i realised that i much preferred the math-based questions in physics and that the theory was much more interesting than bio, and i couldn't really ever understand chem for whatever reason and didn't really like/excel at the labs (im very clumsy). so if you're picking a science for labs/experiments -> bio or chem, picking a science for computations -> phys or chem, picking a science for writing -> chem or bio. from there i'd just pick whichever ones interested u the most in previous years, or just pick 2 and decide to drop later.
keep in mind that if u pick 3 sciences at once u will have a good chunk of lab work (specifically in bio and chem, phys had not too much) and three depth studies (essentially little research projects) that will probably be due at similar times. imo two is manageable, don't pick 3 unless if you REALLY and i mean REALLY like science and found it a breeze in year 10, like you can see yourself studying chemistry and biology and physics all day every day and won't get tired of it. otherwise you'll probably want to drop asap because it will be a lot to understand at once and you'll be unnecessarily stressed
. Eco is eh. if u r doing the asian 5 I'd suggest just find something to bludge lmao.
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