Quajafrie Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 (edited) Hello people,Are there any sites with Physics IB exercises to practice on? Not past papers. Edited October 31, 2007 by Quajafrie Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest surentripathi Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 Try: http://www.saburchill.com/physics/physics.htmlThen click on one of the links on the side and you'll find quite a few questions on all the topics covered, i haven't checked the questions on the options but still I think the side is really good for practice, it also shows how to derive some of the formulae which is useful if your teacher requires it. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest choco91 Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 yes im looking for some too..i wouldn't mind old exams Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deissi Posted November 11, 2007 Report Share Posted November 11, 2007 Has anyone seen the new physics book that should've just been released? The one published by Oxford University press? My teacher said she'll order it and see if it's any good, but if anyone has any experience of it, please share, because I'm seriously screwed in physics atm and need a book... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abu Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 Have you tried Physics for the IB diploma by Tsokos? It's reasonably okay, much better than the green IBID book. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harmonicgirl Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 Have you tried Physics for the IB diploma by Tsokos? It's reasonably okayI'm using this book too and it's fine:) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quajafrie Posted November 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 (edited) Does the Tsokos book contain exercises that resemble the past paper one? Because if it's just theory I already have a theory book, the huge Giancoli book, but it's really useless if you want to practice. Edited November 12, 2007 by Quajafrie Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harmonicgirl Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 Does the Tsokos book contain exercises that resemble the past paper one? Because if it's just theory I already have a theory book, the huge Giancoli book, but it's really useless if you want to practice.There are exercises as well as theory. I haven't seen Giancoli book so I can't say which one is better, but I think that Tsokos book contains enough exercises;) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pmc182 Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 Giancoli is amazing for exercises... u might wanna try the new edition from ibid press Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghanem9 Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 Has anyone seen the new physics book that should've just been released? The one published by Oxford University press? My teacher said she'll order it and see if it's any good, but if anyone has any experience of it, please share, because I'm seriously screwed in physics atm and need a book...ya i think i saw the this year's 1st year ibers at our school wondering around with that new book your talking about... and from a brief look i had on it, its more elaborate than the book im using "Physics for the IB diploma Standard and Higher Level, by Time Kirk".as for exercises the Tim Kirk have lots past papers questions bt im not sure about the other book... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mr_whatsisname Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 well i have the green book (yes, the one tha looks like a brick) but i don't find it all that useful. Tsokos's book is kindah helpful at times...but giancolis is the best in my opinion...i though use notes printed by my teacher on every subject..nice, compact and easy to understand (although i cant seem to get the hang of waves ) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceperson91 Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 Have you tried Physics for the IB diploma by Tsokos? It's reasonably okay, much better than the green IBID book.We dont really use the IB physics book as well because our teacher thinks it is not good enough.....so we do topics from different books and he usually gives us practice problem Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forester Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 There is a blue ibid physics book now. 3rd edition. It's brilliant. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezex Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 Keep in mind that Phisycs has a lot of math to it which you can practice from any of the great books the people posted here, but you also have to remember to study the IB notation and terminology as well as the theories they teach, because most phisycs books are focused on the math rather than theoretical situations like the IB test. Try the "Physics, Giancoli/Prentice Hall" it's really good for advanced Physics and has a lot of theory to it too. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceperson91 Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 Hello people,Are there any sites with Physics IB exercises to practice on? Not past papers.Hey, you can try: http://bcs.wiley.com/he-bcs/Books?action=i...&bcsId=1346 Its a great website for physics and if you are actually lookin for some hard problems: i think it would satisfy you....Thanks Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvd7 Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Hi, I had some trouble with the Mechanics unit and the Thermodynamics unit, and was wondering if anybody knows some good links as revision sources and practice problems. I don't have a textbook so all I can rely on are the notes I took in class which I'm sure are flawed. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleme Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Hi, I had some trouble with the Mechanics unit and the Thermodynamics unit, and was wondering if anybody knows some good links as revision sources and practice problems. I don't have a textbook so all I can rely on are the notes I took in class which I'm sure are flawed. Hi I just did those two topics and I dont rly have a textbook either. I'd say its well worth the investment to get the ib physics study guide by Tim Kirk (I've just ordered mine ). My friends have it and its really good. I've found the Physics Compendium to be the most useful when it comes to understanding/revising: http://www.vasa.abo.fi/vos/vosusers/tillman/compendium.htm Its so much better than any notes I've ever made This site isnt too bad either: http://www.saburchill.com/physics/physics.html The SAT II physics notes on sparknotes.com are also very useful: http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/books/sat2/physics/ Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvd7 Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Hi I just did those two topics and I dont rly have a textbook either. I'd say its well worth the investment to get the ib physics study guide by Tim Kirk (I've just ordered mine ). My friends have it and its really good.I've found the Physics Compendium to be the most useful when it comes to understanding/revising: http://www.vasa.abo.fi/vos/vosusers/tillman/compendium.htm Its so much better than any notes I've ever made This site isnt too bad either: http://www.saburchill.com/physics/physics.html The SAT II physics notes on sparknotes.com are also very useful: http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/books/sat2/physics/ Wow thanks so much, the links are really helful, especially the first one! I can't believe we've gone through basically 1/3 of the course without a textbook Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_italia Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Has anybody used the physics course companion from Oxford for the new curriculum? At the moment we use the IBID book, but my physics teacher has had to cross out entire pages of it due mistakes, not just in formulae, but also conceptual mistakes. We use the course companion for biology and think it is really good, so I was wondering if anybody has had any positive or negative experience with the physics version. If not, could people give the various ways they study for physics and the books they use.Thanks Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleme Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 Has anybody used the physics course companion from Oxford for the new curriculum? At the moment we use the IBID book, but my physics teacher has had to cross out entire pages of it due mistakes, not just in formulae, but also conceptual mistakes. We use the course companion for biology and think it is really good, so I was wondering if anybody has had any positive or negative experience with the physics version. If not, could people give the various ways they study for physics and the books they use.ThanksIts pretty good... and so is the giancoli physics textbook - i havent come across any significant inaccuracies in thoseBUT whatever you order make sure you (also) get the physics study guide by tim kirk!!!! it has everything with concise explanations and uses the exact ib formulas and gives the perfect notes to study for ib with... its all i use most of the timeif your not having a lot of trouble with physics and just want clearer notes the study guide is PERFECT but if you need some real explanations get the course companion or another textbook Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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