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Reply 1
What is it on this year?? I did it last year and did OK, just wondering what you've all been subjected to!
Reply 2
The chemistry and recycling of motor tyres - how interesting :wink:
hang on.. how comes u got it already!!! no fair we aint got ours!!!! whats the paper lyk hard??? oooh im xcited now
Reply 4
i won't recommend using too many outside sources - no more than a couple of sentences from each - yes you're supposed to but its very difficult to pick up marks from places other than the given info... (especially true for diagrams) and with the strict word limit you can't waste words!

I'd put down references but wouldn't use them too much, stick to cutting down the relevant info in the booklet to 1000 words - that's what i did and (not bragging honestly!) got full marks...
Reply 5
Cheers will take your advice :biggrin:
Reply 6
can anyone recommend good sites for info on the open book?
Reply 7
asadtamimi
The chemistry and recycling of motor tyres - how interesting :wink:


your having a laugh....*crosses fingers*

hmm make it the dullest one ever. im getting mine tuesday. it will be a fun couple of weeks...
yo bro can u lyk photocopy/scan da articles/questions and lyk email em 2me?
cos im lyk shittin meslf wiv al my subjects specially chem which im floppin
Reply 9
usama-ahmed
yo bro can u lyk photocopy/scan da articles/questions and lyk email em 2me?
cos im lyk shittin meslf wiv al my subjects specially chem which im floppin


you have a strict 2 week period of time to do the whole open book paper, therefore giving you a head start with the questions and articles i dont think would be allowed...

just get yourself some checklists, you can get one from the SAC website, and work your way through it logically when you get it. if you put the time and effort into it you should be fine. and dont leave it to the last minute.

saying that, i havent got mine yet, and im not looking forward to it. i was hoping it would be on something slightly interesting (obv not that interesting, its chem afterall :wink:) and that way i may have actually enjoyed it a bit, but nevermind.

nothing like a challenge :wink: :biggrin:
Reply 10
does everyone in the country get exactly the same question set (the motor tyre thingy), or do we get different ones according to whichever your college chooses?
we get da same
Reply 12
hiya chaps, i did my open-book last year (and i got top marks- no surprise there). jus wundrin wot urs is on this year. if u give me da questions uv gt i myt b able 2 help u guys out)

AS-level results:
Chemistry-A
Biology-A
Economics-A
French-A
German-A

That's 5 ****ing As if u cant count!!!
Reply 13
how many articles do u have in ur resource booklet? if u can email me sum of them i wudnt mind looking over them and giving u sum tips wid a few questions

p.s. my uncle is an OCR examiner
my lyf is sorted
Reply 14
azngangsta
how many articles do u have in ur resource booklet? if u can email me sum of them i wudnt mind looking over them and giving u sum tips wid a few questions

p.s. my uncle is an OCR examiner
my lyf is sorted



Then why don't you ask your uncle what the questions are if you're so desperate, or maybe you could wait till you get given it along with the rest of your class :wink:
Reply 15
cos iv alredy dun my open book paper last year
or cant u read?
Reply 16
azngangsta
cos iv alredy dun my open book paper last year
or cant u read?


Alright alright, I believe you:rolleyes:
Reply 17
prinzessin1988
hang on.. how comes u got it already!!! no fair we aint got ours!!!! whats the paper lyk hard??? oooh im xcited now


there is around a 2-month time period in which your teachers decide when they want to give the paper to you. they will already have the papers no doubt. but everyone has the same amount of time so getting it earlier or later doesnt really matter.

and yes the paper is hard by the sounds of it. well its got to be difficult to find info on tyres! lol. oh well, will find out on tuesday.

and is it just me, but ever since i found out about the topic, ive been seeing that damn goodyear tyre company advert the majority of time i watch tv! lol. nothing like rubbing it in the wounds that its going to be dull. :biggrin:
Reply 18
Where can i get the checklist from?
Reply 19
asadtamimi
Where can i get the checklist from?


well there are many advices pages online if you look in google, but on the official salters advanced chem (SAC) site, then there is a checkist written by them, basically saying "have you covered all the points" etc etc...

the website is part of york uni, so its something like york.ac.uk, but i dont know the exact address. try googling "SAC chem open book paper 2006 checklist" or something. :smile:

edit: found it for you.

go to: http://www.york.ac.uk/org/seg/salters/chemistry/

and go to "assessment" on the side, then "open book". then that page is all about the exam, at the bottom it has some links, and there is also a hyperlink from "checklist" in blue near the bottom. click on it and voila :smile: