Friday, November 11, 2011

I need to not fail physics.?

I am a junior in high school and I have a 65.06% (D-) in honors physics. 64% in an F. My GPA is rather impressive, bar my disaster in the physics department. I would like to take regular physics over the summer and get a B or A in that class to replace my horrid honors grade. The problem is that if I fail physics the 'F' is forever stamped into transcript, if I get, and I quote my school counselor, "literally a D- and then you can have the retaken physics grade replace your current one."





So to have my D-, sure to be an F at this rate after finals, the Six Flags project and etc., changed to the summer school grade I CANNOT fail physics. This week we are having a quiz everyday, I just received a 0/5 on Monday's quiz. We are learning about electricity, Hans Orested, Gauss, those kind of scientists.





Uh, it has something to do with "right hand rules", magnetic fields, current, webers (a unit? for flux? what is flux?), T=ANIB, sinBIL, V=-N(changein)flux(magnetic field), Ib=BAcos(angle), some **** equations like that.


I'm sorry but I don't care about this class. But I have to, I can't let myself fail. Master physics teachers please give me some resources, tips, anything. I am literally clueless about what happens in class, I am not that dumb of a person, my other honors class are A's and B's.





Seriosly though, don't assume I know anything, some websites and help would be SO incredibly appreciated, I don't think colleges will appreciate transcipts with a giant, unexplainable F.|||The only question you are asking appears to be about flux. You can think of flux as measuring the flow of something through a surface, for example, water through a pipe or charge through a wire.



Simplistically, the cross section of a pipe or wire is a circle and you can count the "things" that move through this cross section over some time period. That's the definition of flux. You'll find that most difficult concepts in physics can be broken down into simple ideas like this.



Why are you taking honors physics if you don't like the subject?|||stuy|||My best suggestion for solving certain stuff is to visualize what is happening. Whenever i don't get a question, I draw a diagram to see what i can use and how to go about solving it. And you should be involved in what you work on. learn your definitions and concepts thoroughly and practice problems in your textbook after seeing how the examples are solved. If you do all these, you will certainly pass with flying colors . You must be doing magnetic effect of current based on what the formulas are. best way to do well in this is to draw the situation and plug in all the data into your diagrams and then you will be able to solve it|||1. Go to the library. Pick a physics book you think looks accessible. Get hold of you syllabus and use the book to read up the relevant topics. (Looks like you are doinf basic electromagentism.) Do the problems in the book. It will take time and effort but if it's important to you, you will do it.





2. The link below is quite good, but you have to know what topics you are dealing with.





3. See if you can find someone on your course who will give you a hand and explain things to you.





4 If you get stuck on a particular problem, ask here. If it looks like you've at least attempted part of it it yourself - and are not just dumping your assignment without trying - someone will usually help.





Good luck.

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