Original post by PhysicsKidMy lessons were always quite good like that, but the Maths was no way near that level, even at age 16! The units I suggested cover really all the areas that used to be covered: basic calculus, stats/mech, complex numbers, matrices etc, so if a modest percentage of young students in the pass could do it, why only a miniscule number now?
I would really love for the algebraic/formulaic basis to Physics to go: differential equations for decay scenarios, integration for graph areas, I mean M3 covers kinematics and simple harmonic motion much more thoroughly, and not just mathematically, than the A2 Physics course. What's going on???
I'd recommend something like this for the sciences to help redress this. If you want to do Biology or Psychology to AS, you must do Maths to AS or above, for A2, you must do Maths A2. For Chemistry AS, you must do Maths A2, for Chemistry A2, AS FM as well. For Physics AS, you must do the same as for Chemistry A2, for Physics A2, you must do A2 FM. This would also mean imposing high levels of Maths in Physics wouldn't appear as harsh due to high Maths requirements for even the 'softer' sciences.