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I'm currently in high school (17 years old), and I'm pretty much failing due to the lack of effort I put into school. Ever since I was 14, I've made up my mind about being an investor. Right now I'm currency trading and it looks like an ok income. But I also have plans to invest in Real Estate...

i am a senior in high school and i am starting to really like math sould i try going into something with math?

I have tried to find a book that would cover high school math together with some tricky problems. I have a cousin who hasn't studied math in about 10 years, but he needs to do the GRE. He wanted to start reviewing in a way that would actually teach the math instead of just showing tricks that...

Hi, I'm currently one of the organizers of a seminar for talented high school students in my home town and one my task for the next session is to give a brief talk on some interesting subject in (theoretical) physics, with a discussion afterwards, where the students will participate. It...

Hi, I have a few questions that I'm stuck on, any help would be greatly appreciated, and please show the work, so I understand how to do it. 1.If an object is dropped from a height of 2.0m, how long does it take to hit the ground? 2. A driver in a car traveling at 55km/h sees a ball...

I will be tutoring a 14-year-old boy in high school algebra. I have never tutored someone so young (since I was myself in high school, many MANY years ago), and I am quite nervous about the "other" issues that we may need to work through. I remember having issues my freshman year of high...

I'm writing this for a friend of mine - really! He has a masters in Physics. He's currently teaching college level lab classes and thinking about becoming a high school Physics teacher. I know that all states have different requirements, but he's kind of at a loss for what to do to make that...

Hi, first time poster. I apologize if this topic has been done over and over, but I couldn't find an answer that suited my needs. So anyway, I've decided to return to college at age 30. I originally went for CompSci and dropped out to cash in on the dot com craze. That went well until a...

My son is a sophomore this year and his counselor put him in a Trig. class this year and a pre-calc class. Is this normal to take both classes at the same time? and with 2 different teachers who teach differently? Help. thanks. He has already taken Alg. I and II and Geom.

Homework Statement My son is a sophomore in High school and his counselor has him in a Pre-Calc. class and then a Trig. class. is this normal. Does he need both and in the same year? thanks. Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution

Hello everyone, this is my first post on the forum. I'm well...a dunce and not too bright, but I'm really interested in science and want to do well at it as well as at school. These are two questions from a textbook I borrowed from the library. I can't ask my teacher because it is not the...

Well i am at the last year of high school and school just started today. They scary part is that we have to get ready to apply for University with 3-4 months. However, before we get there i need help on studying skills and work habits as ill be honest i didnt have the best grade 11. Thanks...

Alright, first of all I'm going to say that astronomy and physics are my biggest passion and have been since I was very young. I'm going to try and keep this small and not get too personal here, I apologize ahead of time though if I sound like I'm complaining or something. So I'm fresh out of...

Hi, I need a good book for high school Algebra. If possible, Algebra and Trigonometry both in one book. By High School, I mean for age 15-17years. :P I have chosen Algebra and Trigonometry (3rd Edition) by Beecher/Penna/Bittinger. I think its a good book. Please suggest me more books...

any suggestions?

I am getting ready to start my sophomore year in High School. I am very interested in Physics but cannot take the class until next year. I have had Honors Bio as a freshman and am taking Honors Chem this year. I have also had Johns Hopkins CTY courses in Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics over the...

I am having an awful time trying to find a topic... any help would be appreciated

When you were in high school, how much did you study for tests? You can guess from the title how much I studied...

What are the advantages and disadvantages of going to a Community College right after high school and then transferring to a university? Would it give me better/lesser chances of being admitting to a top university?? I'm asking because I have many things to consider right now, which includes...

I'm a high school student currently learning programming. I guess my question would be what kind of side jobs are there for a high school kid that involves programming??

im looking for a basic high school level geometry book to tech myself from i looked on amazon for a book and i found this one https://www.amazon.com/dp/071671745X/?tag=pfamazon01-20 would this be good or should i buy more then one

Hi! I need your opinion on the best course of action for High School. My plan needs to be a bit rigorous, as I hope to attend a prestigious College. So, here's my High School plan. 9th Grade 1st Semester: Algebra 3 Grammar and Composition IV...

I am trying to find a book that may be related to biology and has some sort of academic underpinning (perhaps something mathematical). This is for a high school student with little background. So I am looking for a very inspiring sort of book. If anything comes to mind, please respond.

My high school career, there's a bit of a problem... Well, I am learning a bunch of math outside of school, but I don't really fall into the category of a person that likes math. I look like a skater kid. I'm sure you're going to say something like "looks don't matter" or whatever, but people...

I have my BA in physics and two years of graduate work at Auburn. I had an excellent experience there as a TA, but my own courses suffered. Quite a bit of my time was spent messing around in the intro lab. I am currently accepted at University of Alabama Huntsville to start up with their...

Hi All, I would like to present what I believe to be a simple way to convey the essence of the Riemann Hypothesis to High School students. I hope you like it, and reply with suggestions for further improvements. Note for teachers: the rationale behind the graphs lays with the geometric...

Hello folks, This may seem out of topic but I would like to know how to perfect my skills in tutoring high school kids. Just a little introduction. I am a third year Biochemistry student here in Canada and I teach my students Chemistry and Math. Why I am asking the question is that when I...

hello all, I am a sophmore in high school, currently taking a geometry honors class (my high school goes alg2/accel -> geo -> precalc -> intro to calc/ab/bc, for the higher level math classes-- no multivariable, linear alg, etc.) last year, as well as the year before, i did terrible in math...

This question is aimed primarily towards educators teaching math to grades 7-10. I am a math major doing some research in math education for a summer project I am working on. What are some of the standard texts currently in use for the subjects of pre-algebra, algebra 1, and geometry? Also, what...

Greetings everyone, before I begin, some brief information about myself. I'm a high school sophomore in the Chicago suburban area, I have yet to have a formal class in physics, but will be taking my first next year. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AP_Physics_B" ) Now, not-so-briefly, my...

Hi everyone, I was just wondering what were the mistakes you made along your career path in any of the sciences, and what would you recommend any young person doing to avoid these mistakes...

Please tell me I'm not alone on this. :frown: I went into the Air Force for one year to pay for college, took Socials for one year, I just got an AS in EET, now I want an EE. The previous three years feel like a mistake being that I know that a BSEET will be worth less than a BSEE, not to...

OK, I'm teaching myself all the stuff I didn't learn in high school. I just finished up college algebra with trig, and now I don't know which way to go from here. I was thinking maybe I should get a good geometry textbook and go with that, or maybe some more trig or more advanced algebra. I...

While on the surface, this appears to be a no brainer, (Of course it should, if the students are ready) I actually seriously question the practice of letting high schoolers, usually seniors, take calculus. You see, the college calculus fail rate is about 50%, which is not good at all. It is a...

Hi physicsforums, this is my first time posting here, but I've lurked here and there before. While reading over a lot of the threads, I noticed how some people advised to not rush the learning process and to take things as they come, but at the same time I see a lot of other high school...

I'm a current high school student. I (with the help of a moderator) just recently created a math club in my high school, and would like to ask for ideas about club activities. I was thinking of doing either combinatorics, graph theory, or number theory along with other kids. We decided that...

im in high school and my grades are okay. I am no einstein, although i have read many books on relativity. I am just not doing well in school, because i get bored and don't do the work. if i do the work, i get good grades, but sometime i forget some equations. my GPA for first semester sophomore...

Hello, I usually just read the threads and watch the lectures on the forums so I haven't really had a reason to sign up until now. Given an academic guidance sub-forum I figured I'd give my question a try. Did anyone of you find high school boring, but come into your own during college? When...

This thread is intended to give high school students the necessary information to cope with university level mathematics. I find the “who wants to be a mathematician” thread too convoluted to be of use when looking for books, and that it serves college students more than k-12. Nonetheless, it...

I am tutoring a couple of students in high school physics and have for the first time come across the problem of how to teach high school students the basic concepts of relativity. I explained the MM experiment and they found that comparatively easy, but upon getting to time dilation they...

Anyone got any ideas? Any links and/or tips would be gladly appreciated.

Has anyone taught geometry at the high school level using Euclid's Elements (e.g., http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Euc.+toc") as a textbook? Einstein considered the Elements a "holy little geometry book."

Hi, I'm looking for good textbooks or problem books for a 9 and 10th grade students. Maybe not as difficult as the AMC or IMO level math, but some problems that require some thought rather than just plug and chug formulas. For example, I want to find a good problem set for trig proofs, and...

I teach high school physics and I would like to get maximum mileage out of my Lenz's law experiment/demonstration. I am going to get the students to drop magnets down a long copper tube to calculate the magnetic force using distance, time etc and making a direct calculation using Fnet=...

I'm a junior in high school just enrolling in the Physics course this year (after failing/dropping AP physics the first few weeks... I'll save that for next year), and I love it. My first two years of high school I moved back and forth from Los Angeles to other cities, so my knowledge of...

For one of my chemistry projects, I have to build a 3D model of urea, with 3 urea molecules bonded to each other (via hydrogen bonding). I was just wondering how you know the shape of the hydrogen bond that takes place?? Ie. for water, the hydrogen bonding makes a tetrahedron shape, what's the...

I am not sure if this is the correct place to post so feel free to correct me if I am wrong. I would like to ask if anybody here would be willing to tutor me online basically like a teacher/student situation and work through maths. I am achieving high in maths at school but want to advance...

Homework Statement The reaction SO2CL2(g) == SO2(g)+ Cl2(g) was studied in a 5.00 L container at 100C. Initially, 2.65 mol of Cl2(g) and 4.85 mol of SO2CL2(g) were present in the container. The equilibrium constant is 2.60. Calculate the equilibrium concentrations of the reactant and...

I'm going to be tutoring HS students (junior and senior) in physics soon enough. I need to have a good, comprehensive source of problems. Any suggestions?

Hey, What undergrad marks do you usually need to get into whatever you need to do to become a High School Teacher? Thanks!