Your family moves from Calgary to Victoria over the summer. Your teen starts Grade 11 in September. Within two weeks, they are asking why their old “Math 20-1” friends back home are doing work they already covered, while a whole unit here looks brand new. Or the reverse. A student heads to Alberta for university […]
BC vs. Alberta Curriculum: A Math and Science Guide for Families Switching Provinces Read More »
If you are taking Biology in BC, here is the first thing worth knowing: the courses most students still call “Biology 11” and “Biology 12” are officially Life Sciences 11 and Anatomy and Physiology 12 under the redesigned provincial curriculum. The names changed, and so did the focus. The new curriculum rewards conceptual understanding and
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A lot of students assume they’re bad at physics. After a few tests that didn’t go well, it starts to feel like physics is just one of those subjects that some people get and others don’t. That’s usually not what’s going on. Most students who struggle with Physics 11 and 12 in BC are struggling
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Chemistry is one of those courses where students can feel completely fine for the first few weeks and then suddenly hit a wall. The early material isn’t too bad. Then stoichiometry shows up, or equilibrium, and things fall apart fast. It happens to a lot of students in BC. Chemistry 11 and Chemistry 12 both
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Physics 110 and 111 are among the most failed courses at the University of Victoria. If you’re enrolled in either one, you’ve probably already heard that from other students. These are difficult courses, and a lot of first-year students underestimate them until it’s too late. At Heywood Academies, PHYS 110 and 111 are our most
How to Pass PHYS 110 and 111 at UVic: A Practical Study Guide Read More »
If you’re a high school student looking for extra resources for your Chemistry class, you’ve come to the right place.
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In this article, I show you my favorite places to find physics resources. If you’re looking for high school, college, and university physics resources, you’ve come to the right place.
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