Isadar Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Thanks guys for the prompt replies. I know the risk I'm taking, but it's just that I understand relativity more than I do astrophysics. Part of the reason I'm doing this is also since our teacher this year doesn't seem to teach very well (it was pretty okay for the 1st year). I don't really want to put the blame on my teacher, but most of the physics students would agree with me.Hopefully the topic I'm doing instead won't be that difficult on the exam. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilia Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Thanks guys for the prompt replies. I know the risk I'm taking, but it's just that I understand relativity more than I do astrophysics. Part of the reason I'm doing this is also since our teacher this year doesn't seem to teach very well (it was pretty okay for the 1st year). I don't really want to put the blame on my teacher, but most of the physics students would agree with me.Hopefully the topic I'm doing instead won't be that difficult on the exam.According to what I've heard, astrophysics is the easiest option and relativity seems really hard to me at least. I understand if your teacher is bad, but won't it be better learning the taught option yourself or does the teacher actually prevent your understanding? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLSmash Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 I personally found learning Astrophysics by myself to be extremely easy, whereas Relativity was kind of "ehh..." Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spriteling Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 I though relativity was a fairly easy option, but so was astrophysics. <shrug> To each his own, I guess. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkSpider Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Well, I personally took relativity and optics, neither option is really all that bad, considering. Relativity's easily the easier of the two. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleme Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 I'm doing option F ... purely because it has the fewest formula Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetnsimple786 Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Hey. My school doesn't offer IB Physics as a class, but there's a similar course called Advanced Program (AP) Physics B. Our teacher has taught HL Physics several years ago when there were enough students who wanted to take it as a class, but he's never taught standard level. AP Phys is supposed to "overprepare" us for the SL exam, but I don't even know what the exam is like. Can anyone help? Specifically, for SL, do we only need to pick one option? As far as I know, HL will do 3 options, but I'm clueless about SL.Thanks for any help Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLSmash Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 You are required to write 2 options for the SL Physics exam, and same for the HL Physics one (iirc). Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetnsimple786 Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Thanks. iirc? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLSmash Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 If I Recall Correctly. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilia Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Yes, both HL and SL do 2 options, but HL's are 22 hours each and SL's are only 15. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetnsimple786 Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 15 and 22 hours? Does that mean like hours of teaching dedicated to the topic? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panserborne Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Yeah you're right about the hours. And while I'm here, I'd really recommend taking Astrophysics if you can. It's easy, and, at least many of my classmates seemed to find, interesting too, so it's almost (almost!) fun to study for. Really fascinating stuff, if that's what you're in to. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrenchyGui Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Does anyone take Option I: Medical Physics? (Just HL Option)If so any way i can find information about it on internet?I've looked in a couple of places, and our teacher didn't even teach us the option, we did astrophysics and then told us to do another one, basically by ourselves.I would be really grateful for any help, as it's basically theoryThanks Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilia Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Seems like astrophysics is quite common Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilia Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Our teacher wanted us to do astrophysics, he said it was the most fun and easiest one! Astrophysics = the reason for taking physics! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetnsimple786 Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Okay. I need some adviceMy teacher has only taught optics (and we're still learning it right now). I know a little bit about nuclear and quantum from an advanced level, nonIB chemistry course. So for my 2nd option, would it be better to start learning astrophysics because the teacher hasn't touched on it at all (and he will not teach it) or might it be better to do nuclear/quantum physics because I already know some of the basics? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLSmash Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Whichever one you like the most/think you will do better in. Personally, I think Astrophysics > Quantum/Nuclear. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redstar Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 I took Relativity and Astrophysics and Astrophysics did involve a lot more information to remember. But I found Astrophysics to be such an interesting topic that it ended up being a lot easier than Relativity. Thats not to say that Relativity wasn't awesome, though.But back to the original poster: if you really feel a lot more confident on Relativity then do some past papers and if you do better on Relativity than on Astrophysics then definitely go with it for the IB exam. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deissi Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 Well, I personally took opticsUhh... You do know there's no Optics option in the new syllabus? Or do you mean Electromagnetic Waves? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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