Higher Physics - Study Help
hey all,
i’ve just finished the english exam, and i’m pretty burned out because it was my worst subject and i’d studied it for months leading up to this exam.
My next exam is maths on the 12th, then physics on the 15th. Math is my strongest subject and i’ve been getting 95-100% all year round for it. The same can’t be said for physics, and i really need to study for it.
Does anyone have any advice on how i should study for physics in the following days? i’m good at electricity and our dynamic universe - just get confused on some of the particles and waves parts.
i’ve just finished the english exam, and i’m pretty burned out because it was my worst subject and i’d studied it for months leading up to this exam.
My next exam is maths on the 12th, then physics on the 15th. Math is my strongest subject and i’ve been getting 95-100% all year round for it. The same can’t be said for physics, and i really need to study for it.
Does anyone have any advice on how i should study for physics in the following days? i’m good at electricity and our dynamic universe - just get confused on some of the particles and waves parts.
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by kingpin73hey all,
i’ve just finished the english exam, and i’m pretty burned out because it was my worst subject and i’d studied it for months leading up to this exam.
My next exam is maths on the 12th, then physics on the 15th. Math is my strongest subject and i’ve been getting 95-100% all year round for it. The same can’t be said for physics, and i really need to study for it.
Does anyone have any advice on how i should study for physics in the following days? i’m good at electricity and our dynamic universe - just get confused on some of the particles and waves parts.
i’ve just finished the english exam, and i’m pretty burned out because it was my worst subject and i’d studied it for months leading up to this exam.
My next exam is maths on the 12th, then physics on the 15th. Math is my strongest subject and i’ve been getting 95-100% all year round for it. The same can’t be said for physics, and i really need to study for it.
Does anyone have any advice on how i should study for physics in the following days? i’m good at electricity and our dynamic universe - just get confused on some of the particles and waves parts.
Heyyyy, twin I also take higher maths and physics. I I really think past papers is the best thing to do now cause there isn’t much time left and if you’re stuck on a particular part such as particles and waves you can access questions just about it on the PDF that I presume has been sent to every person who takes physics in teams page, if you don’t have it I can send it and that’s you good to go.
Hey!,
Well done for getting through the English exam -totally understandable that you’re feeling burned out after putting so much effort into it. Make sure you give yourself a little break to reset, even just a few hours or an evening, so you can come back to your next revision with a clearer head. (:
For physics, I actually crashed the higher and found it really helped to break the topics into small, manageable chunks -don’t try to cram everything at once. Focus on one section at a time, maybe set short goals like “I’ll review particles for 30 minutes,” then take a short break. Also, if you can, try studying with a friend -explaining things to each other or even just working alongside someone can help make it less overwhelming.
Also anything your still stuck with, please do reach out to your teachers! - They are there to help and I'm sure they won't mind re-explaining any concepts to help you grasp it better! - you could always bring them some attempted past paper questions and get specific feedback based on your answers.
Good luck with the rest of your exams, hope this helps (:
Emily
Year 2, Chemistry
Official University Of Strathclyde Rep
Well done for getting through the English exam -totally understandable that you’re feeling burned out after putting so much effort into it. Make sure you give yourself a little break to reset, even just a few hours or an evening, so you can come back to your next revision with a clearer head. (:
For physics, I actually crashed the higher and found it really helped to break the topics into small, manageable chunks -don’t try to cram everything at once. Focus on one section at a time, maybe set short goals like “I’ll review particles for 30 minutes,” then take a short break. Also, if you can, try studying with a friend -explaining things to each other or even just working alongside someone can help make it less overwhelming.
Also anything your still stuck with, please do reach out to your teachers! - They are there to help and I'm sure they won't mind re-explaining any concepts to help you grasp it better! - you could always bring them some attempted past paper questions and get specific feedback based on your answers.
Good luck with the rest of your exams, hope this helps (:
Emily
Year 2, Chemistry
Official University Of Strathclyde Rep
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by University of Strathclyde Student AmbassadorHey!,
Well done for getting through the English exam -totally understandable that you’re feeling burned out after putting so much effort into it. Make sure you give yourself a little break to reset, even just a few hours or an evening, so you can come back to your next revision with a clearer head. (:
For physics, I actually crashed the higher and found it really helped to break the topics into small, manageable chunks -don’t try to cram everything at once. Focus on one section at a time, maybe set short goals like “I’ll review particles for 30 minutes,” then take a short break. Also, if you can, try studying with a friend -explaining things to each other or even just working alongside someone can help make it less overwhelming.
Also anything your still stuck with, please do reach out to your teachers! - They are there to help and I'm sure they won't mind re-explaining any concepts to help you grasp it better! - you could always bring them some attempted past paper questions and get specific feedback based on your answers.
Good luck with the rest of your exams, hope this helps (:
Emily
Year 2, Chemistry
Official University Of Strathclyde Rep
Well done for getting through the English exam -totally understandable that you’re feeling burned out after putting so much effort into it. Make sure you give yourself a little break to reset, even just a few hours or an evening, so you can come back to your next revision with a clearer head. (:
For physics, I actually crashed the higher and found it really helped to break the topics into small, manageable chunks -don’t try to cram everything at once. Focus on one section at a time, maybe set short goals like “I’ll review particles for 30 minutes,” then take a short break. Also, if you can, try studying with a friend -explaining things to each other or even just working alongside someone can help make it less overwhelming.
Also anything your still stuck with, please do reach out to your teachers! - They are there to help and I'm sure they won't mind re-explaining any concepts to help you grasp it better! - you could always bring them some attempted past paper questions and get specific feedback based on your answers.
Good luck with the rest of your exams, hope this helps (:
Emily
Year 2, Chemistry
Official University Of Strathclyde Rep
Same here I crashed higher physics and am a bit nervous because I didn’t have time to study for Nat 5 context while doing highers ( the exam is in the 15th) I’ll just try my best cause these results are the ones I’m taking to university
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by kingpin73hey all,
i’ve just finished the english exam, and i’m pretty burned out because it was my worst subject and i’d studied it for months leading up to this exam.
My next exam is maths on the 12th, then physics on the 15th. Math is my strongest subject and i’ve been getting 95-100% all year round for it. The same can’t be said for physics, and i really need to study for it.
Does anyone have any advice on how i should study for physics in the following days? i’m good at electricity and our dynamic universe - just get confused on some of the particles and waves parts.
i’ve just finished the english exam, and i’m pretty burned out because it was my worst subject and i’d studied it for months leading up to this exam.
My next exam is maths on the 12th, then physics on the 15th. Math is my strongest subject and i’ve been getting 95-100% all year round for it. The same can’t be said for physics, and i really need to study for it.
Does anyone have any advice on how i should study for physics in the following days? i’m good at electricity and our dynamic universe - just get confused on some of the particles and waves parts.
Again as mentioned past papers will be a good help. Jabchem has extra years worth of past papers too. Not sure if it wroks for everyone but I sometimes just jump into past papers and learn content from the marking scheme for paper 2. Multiple choice has a lot of people on youtube explaining the answers so that's sometimes helpful. Best of luck revising
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by JamaxiaHeyyyy, twin I also take higher maths and physics. I I really think past papers is the best thing to do now cause there isn’t much time left and if you’re stuck on a particular part such as particles and waves you can access questions just about it on the PDF that I presume has been sent to every person who takes physics in teams page, if you don’t have it I can send it and that’s you good to go.
honestly, I have 2 teacher for physics at they taught us different topics - so my notes are, as you can imagine, all over the place. I would be so grateful if you send me the PDF, as we haven’t gotten any printed notes this year.
Thank you for the advice about past papers, i’ll probably try some tomorrow!!
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by University of Strathclyde Student AmbassadorHey!,
Well done for getting through the English exam -totally understandable that you’re feeling burned out after putting so much effort into it. Make sure you give yourself a little break to reset, even just a few hours or an evening, so you can come back to your next revision with a clearer head. (:
For physics, I actually crashed the higher and found it really helped to break the topics into small, manageable chunks -don’t try to cram everything at once. Focus on one section at a time, maybe set short goals like “I’ll review particles for 30 minutes,” then take a short break. Also, if you can, try studying with a friend -explaining things to each other or even just working alongside someone can help make it less overwhelming.
Also anything your still stuck with, please do reach out to your teachers! - They are there to help and I'm sure they won't mind re-explaining any concepts to help you grasp it better! - you could always bring them some attempted past paper questions and get specific feedback based on your answers.
Good luck with the rest of your exams, hope this helps (:
Emily
Year 2, Chemistry
Official University Of Strathclyde Rep
Well done for getting through the English exam -totally understandable that you’re feeling burned out after putting so much effort into it. Make sure you give yourself a little break to reset, even just a few hours or an evening, so you can come back to your next revision with a clearer head. (:
For physics, I actually crashed the higher and found it really helped to break the topics into small, manageable chunks -don’t try to cram everything at once. Focus on one section at a time, maybe set short goals like “I’ll review particles for 30 minutes,” then take a short break. Also, if you can, try studying with a friend -explaining things to each other or even just working alongside someone can help make it less overwhelming.
Also anything your still stuck with, please do reach out to your teachers! - They are there to help and I'm sure they won't mind re-explaining any concepts to help you grasp it better! - you could always bring them some attempted past paper questions and get specific feedback based on your answers.
Good luck with the rest of your exams, hope this helps (:
Emily
Year 2, Chemistry
Official University Of Strathclyde Rep
Thank you for the advice, i think i’m going to try and break it down into chunks tomorrow and make summary notes + practice the question types!!
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by rsptapAgain as mentioned past papers will be a good help. Jabchem has extra years worth of past papers too. Not sure if it wroks for everyone but I sometimes just jump into past papers and learn content from the marking scheme for paper 2. Multiple choice has a lot of people on youtube explaining the answers so that's sometimes helpful. Best of luck revising 👍️
👍️Thank you, i’ve been using Mr Mitchell to help me but he’s slacking off recently and hasn’t made videos for particles and waves. I’ll make sure to use the tip about learning content from paper 2, especially for band theory because i keep forgetting that 🙂
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by kingpin73hey all,
i’ve just finished the english exam, and i’m pretty burned out because it was my worst subject and i’d studied it for months leading up to this exam.
My next exam is maths on the 12th, then physics on the 15th. Math is my strongest subject and i’ve been getting 95-100% all year round for it. The same can’t be said for physics, and i really need to study for it.
Does anyone have any advice on how i should study for physics in the following days? i’m good at electricity and our dynamic universe - just get confused on some of the particles and waves parts.
i’ve just finished the english exam, and i’m pretty burned out because it was my worst subject and i’d studied it for months leading up to this exam.
My next exam is maths on the 12th, then physics on the 15th. Math is my strongest subject and i’ve been getting 95-100% all year round for it. The same can’t be said for physics, and i really need to study for it.
Does anyone have any advice on how i should study for physics in the following days? i’m good at electricity and our dynamic universe - just get confused on some of the particles and waves parts.
Okay, this might be a little last min
So basically I am in the same position as you sitting maths today and been cramming for physics
Over the next three days do these things.
1.
Go on brain scape.com and search up higher physics flash cards and go through them topic by topic to see where your knowledge is lacking. You can write them down to help your remember or just repeat the flash cards.
2.
Then I recommend Going onto YouTube after you finished a bunch of flash cards for a topic ( let’s say semiconductors and pn junctions ) And search up higher physics semiconductors and pn junctions example questions and watch it a few times to familiarise yourself with the STYLE of question most frequent.
3.
Then do all the last papers on that topic.
Hello there!
It's completely understandable to feel burned out.
Here are some tips that might help.
First of all, break down the topics.
Use active revision techniques.
-Practice with past paper questions.
-Review the marking schemes to understand how answers are evaluated.
-Create flashcards for key terms and equations to reinforce memory.
-Explain concepts to a friend or study group, teaching is a powerful tool for understanding.
Use online resources
-Watch videos that explain complex topics in an accessible manner. Try to use interactive websites.
Allocate specific time slots each day leading up to the exam.
For example
In the Morning: Focus on understanding theory and reviewing notes.
In the Afternoon: Practice problem-solving with past paper questions.
In the Evening: Review key concepts and relax to ensure a good night's sleep.
Remember to take care of your mental and physical health:
-Take short breaks during study sessions.
-Eat balanced meals to maintain energy levels.
-Ensure you get a good sleep each night.
I hope this helps!
Good luck!
Kind regards,
Reka - Coventry University Student Ambassador
It's completely understandable to feel burned out.
Here are some tips that might help.
First of all, break down the topics.
Use active revision techniques.
-Practice with past paper questions.
-Review the marking schemes to understand how answers are evaluated.
-Create flashcards for key terms and equations to reinforce memory.
-Explain concepts to a friend or study group, teaching is a powerful tool for understanding.
Use online resources
-Watch videos that explain complex topics in an accessible manner. Try to use interactive websites.
Allocate specific time slots each day leading up to the exam.
For example
In the Morning: Focus on understanding theory and reviewing notes.
In the Afternoon: Practice problem-solving with past paper questions.
In the Evening: Review key concepts and relax to ensure a good night's sleep.
Remember to take care of your mental and physical health:
-Take short breaks during study sessions.
-Eat balanced meals to maintain energy levels.
-Ensure you get a good sleep each night.
I hope this helps!
Good luck!
Kind regards,
Reka - Coventry University Student Ambassador
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by TestarossaaaOkay, this might be a little last min
So basically I am in the same position as you sitting maths today and been cramming for physics
Over the next three days do these things.
Follow this and ABSOLUTELY CRAM and you should be fine
So basically I am in the same position as you sitting maths today and been cramming for physics
Over the next three days do these things.
1.
Go on brain scape.com and search up higher physics flash cards and go through them topic by topic to see where your knowledge is lacking. You can write them down to help your remember or just repeat the flash cards.
2.
Then I recommend Going onto YouTube after you finished a bunch of flash cards for a topic ( let’s say semiconductors and pn junctions ) And search up higher physics semiconductors and pn junctions example questions and watch it a few times to familiarise yourself with the STYLE of question most frequent.
3.
Then do all the last papers on that topic.
Thank you so much, im gonna start revising today at like 3PM.
I cannot believe they made the exam 3 days after the maths - i think it’s so unfair.
Hope Maths went well, i thought it was okay
Good luck for Physics!!
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by kingpin73Thank you so much, im gonna start revising today at like 3PM.
I cannot believe they made the exam 3 days after the maths - i think it’s so unfair.
Hope Maths went well, i thought it was okay
Good luck for Physics!!
I cannot believe they made the exam 3 days after the maths - i think it’s so unfair.
Hope Maths went well, i thought it was okay
Good luck for Physics!!
Yeah 3 days after physics is tough - I thought the maths paper was good too.
Good luck to you too!!
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by kingpin73hey all,
i’ve just finished the english exam, and i’m pretty burned out because it was my worst subject and i’d studied it for months leading up to this exam.
My next exam is maths on the 12th, then physics on the 15th. Math is my strongest subject and i’ve been getting 95-100% all year round for it. The same can’t be said for physics, and i really need to study for it.
Does anyone have any advice on how i should study for physics in the following days? i’m good at electricity and our dynamic universe - just get confused on some of the particles and waves parts.
i’ve just finished the english exam, and i’m pretty burned out because it was my worst subject and i’d studied it for months leading up to this exam.
My next exam is maths on the 12th, then physics on the 15th. Math is my strongest subject and i’ve been getting 95-100% all year round for it. The same can’t be said for physics, and i really need to study for it.
Does anyone have any advice on how i should study for physics in the following days? i’m good at electricity and our dynamic universe - just get confused on some of the particles and waves parts.
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Pretty much memorise all of these definitions and then do as many past papers as humanly possible
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you're a life saver omg, thank you so much!
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by kingpin73you're a life saver omg, thank you so much!
No problem:]
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BRO IM SO COOKED 😭😭😭 gonna come out the exam crying
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by TestarossaaaBRO IM SO COOKED 😭😭😭 gonna come out the exam crying
NOO 😭 how did you find it? i genuinely thought it was pretty good. Half of the questions i was expecting didn’t even come up 💀
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by kingpin73NOO 😭 how did you find it? i genuinely thought it was pretty good. Half of the questions i was expecting didn’t even come up 💀
Bro the paper was a godsend paper 1 was evil paper 2 was eazyyy
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by TestarossaaaBro the paper was a godsend paper 1 was evil paper 2 was eazyyy
Am I the only one who thought paper 1 was dead easy?
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