Have you ever tried to memorise Physics content, and then forgot it all just a few days after the test?
If you’ve been lucky enough to pull off that approach for the last few years at high school that’s fantastic, but itwon’twork for your HSC.
Cramming is NOT an option!
你cannotleave your understanding of HSC Physics in short term memory.
The knowledge you learn for tests in each term,将要被重新审查in your HSC.
If you reduce the amount of content you have to keep re-memorising it can make a gigantic difference come your HSC.
那么，我该怎么办？
The best thing you can do is learn the content so that it falls in your long term memory.
In each term you will learn the content for a specific module thoroughly.
术语1将先进的机甲nics, in Term 2: Electromagnetism, Term 3: the Nature of Light, and in Term 4: From the Universe to the Atom.
关键是学习一次内容，并记住该内容once.
Here are three tips to help you memorise Physics content!
Tip 1: Craft a Story or Outlandish Example
Tip 2: Mix Up Your Resources
Tip 3: Use Flashcards
Tip 1: Craft a Story or Outlandish Example
If you’ve ever been told a crazy story, you know how easy it is to remember.
有趣或怪异的故事留在我们的脑海中，甚至没有尝试。
If you can do this with the facts in HSC Physics, it can make it a whole lot easier. Consider the following example.
从爱因斯坦的特殊相对论理论中，我们知道，在相对论的速度下，时间会扩大。现在，这句话很重，很难记住。
For my story, I imagined I was on an Elon Musk spaceship travelling through hyperspace. To do so, I’d need to be going super fast (relativistic speeds). I left Earth in 2016 for just one year, but when I got back it was the year 3016, and Earth looked like Futurama.
现在听起来很疯狂，但是很难把那张照片从你的头上拿出来。它使我能够记住，只有以相对论的速度行驶时，这种影响才是明显的。
It also cemented the idea that time dilated, I had experienced one year on my spaceship, but it had been a thousand years for stationary observers on Earth!
This sort of thing is very similar to Einstein’s thought experiments orGedanken. A good mental model can be very helpful.
Tip 2: Mix Up Your Resources
Perhaps, the most important change you can make is to not use the same textbook as that can make learning the content stale!
你need to mix things up with other resources.
We’re so lucky to live in the age of the internet. When you want to look up information, you literally just google it, that’s probably how you found this article!
Internet上的HSC物理学资源很多，无论是Wikipedia，随机博客还是YouTube。
Things like the弹弓效应,eddy current breaking, orhovering magnets, are great video material.
They’re super fascinating and once you’ve seen a video of a hovering magnet, you won’t be able to get that picture out of your mind.
Tip 3: Use Flashcards
Flashcards are a great way to remember pieces of information. You could even designate a post it note colour to each of the four HSC Physics modules.
你can start creating a wall of post it notes with the specific facts you’re trying to memorise.
If you prefer a fully digital system, there’s a great app by the team who make the Duolingo app to learn languages, it’s calledTinycards. It allows you to create a fully digital set of post-it notes for each topic!
你might create a card called Slingshot Effect, and then on the back of the card you can have the definition.
The app will show you the front of the card, and you can try and remember what’s on the back!
It’s a great way to gamify your learning and boost retention, whilst also helping you memorise Physics content!
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Vamsi Srinivasanis looking to uncover the next hidden truth of the universe. He was fascinated by the beauty of Physics and Mathematics during his HSC. Now, he’s in his third year of a dual degree in Physics/Computer Science. Vamsi wanted to share his passion for Maths and Physics and has been an Art of Smart coach for the past 3 years. He coaches students in Physics as well as all ranges of HSC Maths from General to Extension 2. In his spare time you can find him watching Tennis or listening to his favourite podcast ‘Hello Internet’.
