Which HSC Textbooks to get? (1 Viewer)

[astroman]

Hey guys so prelim is nearly over and i'm really in need for some great textbooks/revision books for my subjects, I study:

English adv:
Business studies:
Engineering Studies:
Physics:
IPT:
Math 2u:

I currently have:
- New Senior Math, Fitzpatrick for yr 11&12
- Understanding Year12 Maths.
- Heineman HSC IPT.

Can you guys please suggest some good books for each subject??

 

[Crisium]

Get Jacaranda Physics

Nice avatar by the way

 

[astroman]

is jacaranda the best one, coz i already had the prelim one and i didn't really like it, it was a lot of reading and not much mathematical applications IMO.
& thx

 

[Crisium]

is jacaranda the best one, coz i already had the prelim one and i didn't really like it, it was a lot of reading and not much mathematical applications IMO.
& thx

Yeah I agree but Jacaranda is good for the theoretical component

If you want mathematical based questions then I'd also get one of the Excel books if I were you

 

[astroman]

Yeah I agree but Jacaranda is good for the theoretical component

If you want mathematical based questions then I'd also get one of the Excel books if I were you

hmm is Excel good?? Junior Excel were pretty crap. Any suggestions for my other subs??

 

[astroman]

For 2U, get Cambridge - great set of exam questions which will link nicely to past papers. And you don't need textbooks for English because you have your prescribed texts to read over.

I can't speak for the other subs as I don't do them, but I hope that helps.

Hey thanks, i've got some PDF's of the 3u and 2u course and they are pretty good.

 

[mreditor16]

Hey guys so prelim is nearly over and i'm really in need for some great textbooks/revision books for my subjects, I study:

English adv:
Business studies:
Engineering Studies:
Physics:
IPT:
Math 2u:

I currently have:
- New Senior Math, Fitzpatrick for yr 11&12
- Understanding Year12 Maths.
- Heineman HSC IPT.

Can you guys please suggest some good books for each subject??

I can only advice on subjects I do -

English adv - study guides for the texts you're doing and photocopy them, find good resources/notes on the internets
Physics - school will probs give you Jacaranda, but for understanding concepts, Surfing and Physics in Focus is good. For practice questions, the dot point MULTIPLE CHOICE book is very good, esp. for making sure you know your stuff.
Math 2u - the cambridge textbooks solely for 2U and then doing past trials/hscs.

etc.

 

[RivalryofTroll]

English Adv --> no need for textbooks.

Business Studies --> Business Studies In Action (Jacaranda) and maybe, Cambridge.

Physics --> Jacaranda, Physics In Focus, In2Physics

Fitzpatrick will probably suffice for 2U.

 

[astroman]

^Thanks any opinion for engineering studies?? all the textbooks are from 1970s....

 

[cub3root]

^Thanks any opinion for engineering studies?? all the textbooks are from 1970s....

the excel one is pretty good. it is the most recent one iirc

 

[trapizi]

For IPT, go for Samuel Davis textbook.

 

[rumbleroar]

Get Physics in Focus for Physics (lol) and Cambridge 2U for maths.

TBH never even used my textbooks for year 12 HAHA

 

[BLIT2014]

Get Physics in Focus for Physics (lol) and Cambridge 2U for maths.

TBH never even used my textbooks for year 12 HAHA

:O
Never touched the art textbook luckily its the same one from year 8? or 7 Idk

 

[BLIT2014]

Business Studies: Cambridge is pretty good, doesn't appear to have as much off syllabus stuff as some of the other equivalents.