The Magnificently Revamped Superduper Shiny Revision Thread 2011/12

Reply 5100

1platinum

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Original post by Lakhvir.Singh

Awful day today! Got up late, missed my bus and we had a cover teacher for first period :mad:

Tonight:
- Work on ICT evaluation for project
- Comment the remaining files for my Computing project

Awwww... sorry to hear that. Hope it went ok after your first period! :smile:

Reply 5101

starfish232

Original post by Mocking_bird

First day back wasnt as hard as I thought it would be. Woke up at a reasonable time without feeling too tired but... now I cant stop yawning!

Need to get some biology done, got a test tomorrow.
& Some chemistry revision for my ISA on thursday.

Got luck for your test and your ISA. How much harder is the ISA? I've been old that it's much harder than the EMPA which is what I'm about to do in the next 2 weeks or so. :frown:

Reply 5102

Lakhvir.Singh

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Original post by 1platinum

Awwww... sorry to hear that. Hope it went ok after your first period! :smile:

I was really annoyed haha :frown:

It went ok afterwards though thank you :smile:

Almost done my ICT project now :biggrin:

How was your first day back buddy?

Reply 5103

Mocking_bird

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Original post by Tullia

Are you feeling confident? Fully revised for these topics?

And my class did worse on the 2nd Biology ISA on the whole, with people that performed way below their par being the only people to pick their marks up this time around. Apparently, the marking guidelines are very specific and so on.

Just finished a big A3 mind map on them all so I guess so yeah :smile:

Still a little bit "hmm" with surface area to volume ratio, but i'll get there.
Same goes with gaseous exchange in plants - not really sure where the marks are coming from.

Ah, I think I probably did worse on the 2nd one. But my mark was decent for the first one so I'm not too worried. :smile:

Original post by starfish232

Got luck for your test and your ISA. How much harder is the ISA? I've been old that it's much harder than the EMPA which is what I'm about to do in the next 2 weeks or so. :frown:

I've never seen the EMPA but I think the ISA is fair.
The instructions for the experiments are clear and the exam part is ok; plus you get 2 shots at ISA anyway - is it only one for EMPA or have I heard wrong?

But yeah, I think the grade boundaries for the chem isa are very high which is the only downside.

Reply 5104

Mocking_bird

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So revision I have done today.

At college during my boring 2 and a quarter hour free:
- Made notes from Biology booklet on "Cells and Exchange"
- C2 Geometric sequences and series questions
- C2 past paper (Jan 05), didn't manage to finish but I think I did well on what I did.

At home:
- A3 mindmap consolidating the notes on "Cells and Exchange".

Still to do:
-C2 Trapezium rule practice questions.

Then i'll be drained for the day :tongue:

Reply 5105

anonymouspie227

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Original post by chignesh10

You doing physics aqa b

Hello, no I am doing OCR b advancing physics. How are you finding physics. You in as?

Reply 5106

username890104

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Mocking_bird

Just finished a big A3 mind map on them all so I guess so yeah
Still a little bit "hmm" with surface area to volume ratio, but i'll get there.
Same goes with gaseous exchange in plants - not really sure where the marks are coming from.

Ah, I think I probably did worse on the 2nd one. But my mark was decent for the first one so I'm not too worried.

What is it that you don't understand about SA:V? Same with plants, what is it that you're not understanding? We might as well have it out in the open, as others might be having similar problems and we could perhaps help them with it.

And I was going to say that you did well in the 1st ISA anyway and so have no need to worry. :smile:

Mocking_bird

At college during my boring 2 and a quarter hour free

And it's funny you should mention this, as I was going to state that my 5pm finish today included no free periods; when I knew your day was pretty much just an awkward laze until last lesson.

:unimpressed:

Reply 5107

Whatever9999

Today evening

~~chem4 Equilibria+ exam questions~~
S1 past paper
C3 past paper
C4 past paper
Bio5 nervous system + exam questions

Reply 5108

chignesh10

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Original post by ChunkyFudgeLover101

Hello, no I am doing OCR b advancing physics. How are you finding physics. You in as?

Yeah you?
Well physics is pretty tough this year...especially as the textbook for aqa b is ****.
How are u find it?

Reply 5109

1platinum

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Original post by Lakhvir.Singh

I was really annoyed haha :frown:

It went ok afterwards though thank you :smile:

Almost done my ICT project now :biggrin:

How was your first day back buddy?

That's good. You've been working on your ICT project for weeks! :wink:

I'm going back tomorrow. :smile:

Reply 5110

anonymouspie227

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I am very tired spent my frees studying. Any who, I've decided 2hours.
Biology and physics. A must. And then at 10 relaxing time. :smile:

Reply 5111

Mocking_bird

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Original post by Tullia

What is it that you don't understand about SA:V? Same with plants, what is it that you're not understanding? We might as well have it out in the open, as others might be having similar problems and we could perhaps help them with it.

And I was going to say that you did well in the 1st ISA anyway and so have no need to worry. :smile:

And it's funny you should mention this, as I was going to state that my 5pm finish today included no free periods; when I knew your day was pretty much just an awkward laze until last lesson.

:unimpressed:

Just what I need to mention about it really.
I know it depends on the question but like in BIOL1 you could get asked about.. I dunno, the digestion of food and you would have key points you would always reel off that were always in the mark scheme.

Would it just be something like..
- The larger the animal, the smaller the surface area to volume ratio.
- Large animals have specialised adaptions to maintain contant body temperature such as an elephants large ears.
- Small animals lose heat rapidly due to large SA:V so increase rate of respiration to maintain constant body temperature.
- High uptake of oxygen relative to mass
- Large food intake relative to mass.

& The same for the gaseous exchange in plants - my booklet just feels like a wall of text for that section and I'm not sure what the key points are.

Reply 5112

Lakhvir.Singh

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Original post by 1platinum

That's good. You've been working on your ICT project for weeks! :wink:

I'm going back tomorrow. :smile:

LOL! I know. I haven't had a preliminary mark yet, so I don't even know if it's correct according to the marking criteria :P

Oh, have a good day! :smile:

Reply 5113

Jellybeany

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Hi all. I feel pretty bad today about doing no revision after seeing all your work. Oh well. Revised pretty much everyday in the hols so i had a day off ... :biggrin:

First day back tomorrow :/

Reply 5114

starfish232

Original post by Mocking_bird

Just finished a big A3 mind map on them all so I guess so yeah :smile:

Still a little bit "hmm" with surface area to volume ratio, but i'll get there.
Same goes with gaseous exchange in plants - not really sure where the marks are coming from.

Ah, I think I probably did worse on the 2nd one. But my mark was decent for the first one so I'm not too worried. :smile:

I've never seen the EMPA but I think the ISA is fair.
The instructions for the experiments are clear and the exam part is ok; plus you get 2 shots at ISA anyway - is it only one for EMPA or have I heard wrong?

But yeah, I think the grade boundaries for the chem isa are very high which is the only downside.

Yeah, you only get one chance and retake if you want to next year. I'm worried since I'm the type of person who panics when doing practicals and answering questions such as 'why was the test tube kept at temp X?' that 'I was told to do so.' Good luck though. I hope you do well! :biggrin:

In the EMPA especially CHEM they can ask you questions on all the practicals you've done in class that have no relation necessarily to the topic the EMPA's on so I have to remember all these practicals which is making me silently cry.