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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did she take AP Physics 1 in 9th grade? That class is a non-calculus based class so in a way for some students it ends up being harder than a calculus based physics class. Knowing calculus can make visualizing physics problems easier. [/quote]

If you can't understand basic physics without calculus, you aren't understanding physics. Physics is more than math. [/quote]

Sorry that is the biggest bunch of BS.  How do you understand the relationship between position/velocity/acceleration without calculus?  If you are taught this as equations you need to memorize, that really isn’t physics.  Physics isn’t just math. But understanding physics absolutely involves math.  Your understanding otherwise is very superficial. [/quote]

It is not bs for intro level physics. Many students who are good at math use it as a crutch for physics even though their conceptual understanding may be limited [/quote]

It is totally BS to say that if you can’t understand basic physics without calculus, you don’t understand physics concepts  Many many people need to use calculus to really understand how things are connected.  [/quote]

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