Improve Your Physics Skills: Tips for Year 9 Students

[ZiHao]

I am a year 9 student now and I really want to understand physics very well, what can I do? I don't want to spend time playing and walking around with my friends at school. Being the top student in my advanced science class is my target. Thanks!

 

[Arman777]

You can try The Feynman Lectures,

 

[Drakkith]

I am a year 9 student now and I really want to understand physics very well, what can I do? I don't want to spend time playing and walking around with my friends at school. Being the top student in my advanced science class is my target. Thanks!

Study. Grab a used physics textbook from somewhere and start reading through it and doing the problems. You can find used textbooks for very cheap on amazon and probably at many bookstores.

 

[Scrumhalf]

You can try The Feynman Lectures,

With all due respect, The Feynman Lectures are the wrong thing for a HS freshman to read. They are way too advamced.

A lot of people confuse learning physics with mastering the math behind it. In my opinion, the key to learning physics is to understand the concepts. The math can come later.

OP, get a copy of Hewitt's Conceptual Physics. He has written a version for HS students too. Really learn the concepts of why the physical world around you behaves the way it does. The calculus and equations will come in due time.

 

[ZapperZ]

With all due respect, The Feynman Lectures are the wrong thing for a HS freshman to read. They are way too advamced.

I completely agree. Most schools don't even use it as an intro physics course for undergraduate students. I only recommend it to advanced undergraduates. Why someone would think that this is suitable at the OP's level is beyond me.

Zz.