Haha i KNOW it's like being God
*cries tears of joy*
*cries tears of joy*
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I'll rep u if i ever get out of negativity
Thanks for the rep.
I'd give you some back...but I'm negative atm lol.
Yes I did tell you that it was a SLOTH
and yeah i think it's big enough. actually am i detecting a little hint of sarcasm there?
I don't wanna be too.. confronting/desparado etc
My point is, it is easy to lose focus in class if you're not paying attention to where the class is up to in the syllabus so you should really get an idea of the course before you start. You should look at textbooks and the syllabus if you want to see what Chem (or any subject for that matter) is like. Inform yourself, decide, have a plan and stick with it. Avoid mucking around like I did, lol.
I hope that helps.
(continued) But in bio on the other hand, I've found that there's really 'weird' questions that could be asked (or maybe it's just my teacher lol). E.g. I got 90% in the first test, then the "prac" (where I had to draw a microscopic view of a plant specimen) came along and I got 60% (I don't get why he wouldn't consider my drawn lines of the microscope slide to be clear, I swear they were clear!). Then I got 85% for the Yearly. But that's just from my experience.
You could say that Chem is the cousin of Physics. If you do Chem, you'll find in Year 12 that they have some overlapping material e.g. radiation, models of the atom, and even electricity.
It will take you ages to find out whether or not you like a subject just by going to school lessons. Believe me, I didn't know what was going on in Chem for one whole semester, just because I "just went along with the flow" lol. Similarly, it took me that long to find out that Eco wasn't for me.
Aw thanks, haha.
Cool so I assume you're an "English and humanities" person.
Do you like sciences? Do you prefer Bio, or Chem?
For your information, Chem is relatively high-scaling (even higher than Physics), and Studies of Religion (especially 1 unit) is relatively low-scaling. If you are aiming high, I would advise you to replace your choice of SOR1 with at least bio, or chem (even better, as long as you enjoy it).
Bio is very very easy. In Prelims, all I did was pay attention in class and study the night before tests and I still ranked 8th lol. But the downside of bio, I believe, is that it is more subjective than Chem and Physics, and so is harder to "know what to study for". Studying for Chem and Physics is easy because as long as you know the syllabus dot points, it's all straightforward and you'll do well (the hard bit is the actual conceptual understanding).
i shouldn't have used that emoticon, it looks wrong.
No you shall not link it to my blog
lol good sig idea
Btw your sig is so feminine. haha
Maff try to repeat yourself less you don't have to say things in irc and say them again on here
hey maff
Omg get off my blog! lol
I don't think there is a 2011'ers group existing yet, wanna start one?
Hey.
Well before I say anything regarding your choices, I need to ask you some questions:
What are your favourite junior subjects?
What are your best subjects?
What are your (academic) strengths and weaknesses?
Do you really like studying religion?
What is your ATAR aim (or roundabouts)?
I notice that your signature mentions Chem. Why did you choose chem and why do you want to change it to bio/SOR1?
What subjects are you planning on doing?
Haha patient.. I didn't WAIT to be invited k, i was mainly off that night cos everyone was quiet n idk
I was going to remove it yesterday. They all stopped talking and had a skype conference without me and took them like 3 hrs to invite me in and then when I was in I accidentally turned on music for 5 seconds because I didn't even know I had a mic right, and then sweetkhorne and others are like 'kick her' even after me turning it off, and so i got kicked. Bah, so much for fwends
The option topic (which your school will choose) at the end is an extension of an aspect of one a topic you have done in Physics e.g. Quanta to Quarks is an extension of the Quantum theory aspect of the HSC topic Ideas to Implementation, and Astrophysics is an extension of the Prelim topic Cosmic Engine.
"So, will some of the content you learned in Prelims be in the HSC exams?"
They CAN test you on Prelim stuff in the HSC although this is very highly unlikely so I would say no - they would not want to waste allocated marks on 'prerequisite' stuff when they've got way harder stuff to test you on.
Hey, no problem.
If you get into the material, you will enjoy the course.
"Do you know if the content in Prelims is used again (or extended in) the HSC course?"
Prelim Physics is a pre-requisite for HSC Physics, so yes, the concepts will not only be extended, but mixed about in the HSC topics.
For example, the first HSC topic Space is a bit like Moving About when you are learning about projectile motion, Orbital/Escape velocities and the slingshot effect. It includes some elements of Cosmic Engine, and will also include new material like rocket technology, G-forces and how they affect astronauts, and Einstein's Principle of Relativity.
The last topic Energy is about electricity, electric fields, electrical circuits, power, AC and DC. There is a small section at the end where you study the effects of current on people and learn about the safety devices which can help avoid electrocution (e.g. double insulation) and current overload (e.g. circuit breakers). You also take a sneak peak at magnets and electromagnets.
So that's the whole Prelim course in a nutshell.
What I mostly did to "study" for it, (well to be honest the most of the info stuck in my memory while I was doing this), was I handwrote notes into a book every week, then I went over it before I wrote some more notes in the following week.
No problem.
Moving About - that's about motion, mass, momentum (hitting force), tension forces, velocity, vectors, collisions (elastic and inelastic). This is where most of the maths comes in. So you learn to tackle questions like "A 200kg motorbike is travelling at 40km/h and collides head-on with a 2000kg car travelling at 60km/h. What are the final velocities of both?". For this question you just convert both speeds to m/s, then substitute their masses and speeds into a certain formula, simplify then you'll get the answer.
Cosmic Engine is mainly theoretical, not many calculations involved - you learn about the changing views of the Solar System, who was involved, and how they contributed. You learn about luminosity, The Big Bang Theory, star life-cycles (e.g. Supergiants), solar cycles and radiation. -
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