Current Year 13 Thread (2013/14) - Mark I

Original post by L'Evil Fish

Haha unlucky :colone:

we went through each mark that'd be awarded.

Eg

F_d = Two independent variables with units (made that up but yeah)

So a bit like cheating?

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Original post by mynameisntbobk

So a bit like cheating?

Well no, everyone has access to these, and we aren't allowed these in lessons. And we don't know what the ISA is on or anything... Just so we know what to include!

Cheating is when centres help their candidates unfairly :colonhash:

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Original post by L'Evil Fish

But some schools don't do any of that or help any students. Surely candidates are treated unfairly

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This biology is sending me to sleep. I HATE YOU, DENDROCHRONOLOGY. :unimpressed:

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Original post by mynameisntbobk

But some schools don't do any of that or help any students. Surely candidates are treated unfairly

To interrupt... This is why I hate ISAs and why I hated controlled assessments and things- it varies so much on how much help people get, to the point where some people are basically told the answers while others are just made to sit it with no idea whatsoever what to expect. I've had both worlds- for GCSE German she basically marked all our work yet for English we had no help at all for exams or coursework, and my sister hasn't for GCSE French yet she has for English, at the same school. At AS we had loads of help for physics but nothing at all for chemistry, in the same department for the same exam board. It's ridiculous :mad:

(Sorry, rant over...)

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Original post by Lucy96

This biology is sending me to sleep. I HATE YOU, DENDROCHRONOLOGY. :unimpressed:

What on earth is dendrochronology?! :redface:

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Original post by furryface12

What on earth is dendrochronology?! :redface:

The study of the width of tree rings :lol:

the wider they are, the warmer the year. It's used as evidence for global warming :tongue:

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Original post by mynameisntbobk

But some schools don't do any of that or help any students. Surely candidates are treated unfairly

But they're meant to help preparation. It's an internal examination, it's still an examination so they have to prepare you.

Would you not expect to be taught for your externally marked exams? Only difference is the teacher is marking and then it's moderated.

It's like looking at mark schemes for past papers.

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Original post by Lucy96

The study of the width of tree rings :lol:

the wider they are, the warmer the year. It's used as evidence for global warming :tongue:

Ohh, fair enough. I can't imagine it makes for the most interesting biology homework though I must admit :rolleyes:

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Original post by Lucy96

The study of the width of tree rings :lol:

the wider they are, the warmer the year. It's used as evidence for global warming :tongue:

That sounds great :sexface:

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Original post by Lucy96

This biology is sending me to sleep. I HATE YOU, DENDROCHRONOLOGY. :unimpressed:

I actually like dendrochronology, I hate pollen in peat bogs though

Original post by furryface12

(Sorry, rant over...)

By all means rant away. I 100% agree with you and that was the case with my school last year, the physics guys knew exactly what to expect whereas us chemists were left in the blank. They should just scrap ISAs and bring in coursework or just something else which is independent of the entire cohort.

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Original post by furryface12

Ohh, fair enough. I can't imagine it makes for the most interesting biology homework though I must admit :rolleyes:

It's the worst thing I've ever had to do haha :tongue:

(slight exaggeration, but hey :wink:

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Original post by L'Evil Fish

That sounds great :sexface:

Oh it's delightful :sexface:

if only I could do a degree like "BSc Dendrochronology", my life would be complete :wink:

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Original post by Lucy96

It's the worst thing I've ever had to do haha :tongue:

(slight exaggeration, but hey :wink:

)

Oh it's delightful :sexface:

if only I could do a degree like "BSc Dendrochronology", my life would be complete :wink:

Someone my friends knew went to study trees at university :mmm:

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Original post by mynameisntbobk

I actually like dendrochronology, I hate pollen in peat bogs though

By all means rant away. I 100% agree with you and that was the case with my school last year, the physics guys knew exactly what to expect whereas us chemists were left in the blank. They should just scrap ISAs and bring in coursework or just something else which is independent of the entire cohort.

Really?

fair enough :h:

I prefer the ice core method :ahee:

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Original post by Lucy96

Really?

fair enough :h:

I prefer the ice core method :ahee:

Never learned that one :tongue:

sounds pretty boring though :wink:

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Original post by L'Evil Fish

Someone my friends knew went to study trees at university :mmm:

Hahaha wow :tongue:

suppose we all like different things, though! (Many would think I'm weird/boring for being fascinated by human evolution and faunal remains etc :tongue:

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Original post by mynameisntbobk

Exactly! But ahh well, we can't have everything...

Original post by Lucy96

It's the worst thing I've ever had to do haha :tongue:

(slight exaggeration, but hey :wink:

)

Oh it's delightful :sexface:

if only I could do a degree like "BSc Dendrochronology", my life would be complete :wink:

I'm sure it exists somewhere, I'm sure you could at least make it your specialty if you really wanted to :tongue:

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thearch1

Has anyone got a way to prepare for the OCR A2 Physics A ISA at all? I have used the practical skills handbook(http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/70735-practical-skills-handbook.pdf), how does everyone else prepare? As we had a lot of help last year, but none at all this year

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Endless Blue

In need of M1 help again! Fish, usy... plz..

A stone is projected vertically upwards from a point A with speed u ms-1. It takes 3.5s to reach its max height above A. Find

a) the value of u

...

so I've got

s=
u=?
v=0
a=
t=3.5

But I have no clue what a or s are. S is the answer to part b, so it must be a I need but I have no idea what it is based on this information. :confused:

Original post by L'Evil Fish

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