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the owl-A house (a-level gyg journey)

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Original post by DerDracologe
It’s basically a course you do online (often made by unis and stuff) and you learn more about a subject which interests you. There’s often reading, questions, can be investigation portions, videos etc. I’ve done one on behavioural ecology, one on aquatic mammals and im in the middle of one on hibernation and torpor. If you’re interested id recommend doing them off OpenLearn but edx is decent too 🙂
Do you pay?
Original post by Adam Woodbridge
Do you pay?

Nope, I think some of them you have to pay (sometimes for a certificate or something) but the ones Ive done have all been free and I got a certificate from the OpenLearn one for free too. Sorry @oriio for this tangent lol!
(edited 3 weeks ago)
Reply 42
Original post by scar-the-queen
ooh urban nature day sounds amazinggg

yhhh it was!! someone created all the art and stuff to decorate the place so it looked super nice there too :') hoping to go next year if they host it againnn but now i need to start planting peas and sunflowers with the seeds they gave us :0
Reply 43
Original post by DerDracologe
The nature day sounds so fun 🙂
Cool to see you’re starting a MOOC- Im also doing one atm! Whats it on?

yesss it was!! honestly amazing meeting so many people who are into preserving nature in urban areas and stuff
yhhh actually I kinda found out about it from your gyg so thank you 😭 <3 id heard about it previously just never bothered to look it up
i havent started yet lol but there are 2 i signed up for - one is like protecting the amazon with indigenous knowledge and stuff and the other is to do with carbon capture and other environmental engineering topics :smile: i hope i can start them this week/weekend but ive rly been putting them off :<
Reply 44
Original post by always-anxious
Good to hear you enjoyed the nature day :woo:
hehe thank youuuu <3 :biggrin:
Original post by oriio
yesss it was!! honestly amazing meeting so many people who are into preserving nature in urban areas and stuff
yhhh actually I kinda found out about it from your gyg so thank you 😭 <3 id heard about it previously just never bothered to look it up
i havent started yet lol but there are 2 i signed up for - one is like protecting the amazon with indigenous knowledge and stuff and the other is to do with carbon capture and other environmental engineering topics :smile: i hope i can start them this week/weekend but ive rly been putting them off :<

Those sound such cool topics!!! Haha its nice I reminded you about them 🙂 np
Reply 46
Original post by DerDracologe
Those sound such cool topics!!! Haha its nice I reminded you about them 🙂 np

Yeahh i was surprised they had so many that actually sounded interesting! the only problem is acc doing them lol
Reply 47
Sorry I didn't post yesterday, im not on top of anything tbhhh
Yesterday:

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no entiendo chemistry nada

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finished bio homework (sort of - but didnt know a load of the organelles)

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made spanish flashcards in study (for a vocab test i thought we had but didnt) andd did bio ones

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realised i had a classics essay to write :biggrin:

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had photo day and i apparently looked very worried


Today:

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still didnt understand chem, help

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marked bio stuff in class and realised i need to do some wider reading

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had my brothers old odyssey that he had annotated and the teacher has been saying the same stuff for 6 years apparently so didnt have to write anything!


To do:

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do essay

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understand chemistry (test coming up)


So yeah. i need chemistry to explode right now or ill explode
Original post by oriio
Sorry I didn't post yesterday, im not on top of anything tbhhh
Yesterday:

•

no entiendo chemistry nada

•

finished bio homework (sort of - but didnt know a load of the organelles)

•

made spanish flashcards in study (for a vocab test i thought we had but didnt) andd did bio ones

•

realised i had a classics essay to write :biggrin:

•

had photo day and i apparently looked very worried


Today:

•

still didnt understand chem, help

•

marked bio stuff in class and realised i need to do some wider reading

•

had my brothers old odyssey that he had annotated and the teacher has been saying the same stuff for 6 years apparently so didnt have to write anything!


To do:

•

do essay

•

understand chemistry (test coming up)


So yeah. i need chemistry to explode right now or ill explode

Nice work today :woo: Chemistry sounds difficult >_< best of luck with it :thumbsup:
Original post by oriio
Sorry I didn't post yesterday, im not on top of anything tbhhh
Yesterday:

•

no entiendo chemistry nada

•

finished bio homework (sort of - but didnt know a load of the organelles)

•

made spanish flashcards in study (for a vocab test i thought we had but didnt) andd did bio ones

•

realised i had a classics essay to write :biggrin:

•

had photo day and i apparently looked very worried


Today:

•

still didnt understand chem, help

•

marked bio stuff in class and realised i need to do some wider reading

•

had my brothers old odyssey that he had annotated and the teacher has been saying the same stuff for 6 years apparently so didnt have to write anything!


To do:

•

do essay

•

understand chemistry (test coming up)


So yeah. i need chemistry to explode right now or ill explode
Could you drop Chemistry if necessary?
Original post by oriio
Sorry I didn't post yesterday, im not on top of anything tbhhh
Yesterday:

•

no entiendo chemistry nada

•

finished bio homework (sort of - but didnt know a load of the organelles)

•

made spanish flashcards in study (for a vocab test i thought we had but didnt) andd did bio ones

•

realised i had a classics essay to write :biggrin:

•

had photo day and i apparently looked very worried


Today:

•

still didnt understand chem, help

•

marked bio stuff in class and realised i need to do some wider reading

•

had my brothers old odyssey that he had annotated and the teacher has been saying the same stuff for 6 years apparently so didnt have to write anything!


To do:

•

do essay

•

understand chemistry (test coming up)


So yeah. i need chemistry to explode right now or ill explode
Well Done!!!
Original post by oriio
Yeahh i was surprised they had so many that actually sounded interesting! the only problem is acc doing them lol

Yeah agreed! I need to get back on with mine but Im so behind on work rn lol
Original post by oriio
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Hii! I'm orio, currently in year 12 and hoping to do something in the environment in uni :0
doing Biology, Chemistry, Classics, Spanish and maybe and EPQ. if you guys have any tips for any of those subjects, would be much appreciated!
please let me know what subjects you're doing and anything else :o:
terrified of a-levels but hoping this gyg will make it easier to cope with everything

other stuff :0

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spirited away is me and my mama's fav anime
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Reply 53
Original post by always-anxious
Nice work today :woo: Chemistry sounds difficult >_< best of luck with it :thumbsup:

thank you!!! yeahh, feeling pretty dumb bc the people next to me all seem to get it 😞 thank uuuu :yeah:
Reply 54
Original post by Adam Woodbridge
Could you drop Chemistry if necessary?

Wish i could, but i feel like it would be useful for the subjects i might want to do at uni. hoping the subject gets better as the year goes by tho :'')
Reply 55
Original post by DerDracologe
Yeah agreed! I need to get back on with mine but Im so behind on work rn lol

yea same 😭 suddenly have homework from every subject all due next tuesday 😀 forgot what its like to have sm work to do
Reply 56
Original post by halfharry
spirited away is me and my mama's fav anime
following🫶

yo niceee!! its absolutely amazinggg and like all ghibil films the music is unforgettable :')
Reply 57
heyy im sorry i need to catch up on you guys' gygs >:0
but anywyaysy today i did basically nothing (but i FINALLY kinda got chem after watching some Khan academy!! so thats amazing 😭 who knew american stuff could be so helpful)

had a music lesson + a very terrifying curriculum evening where they basically told us that we have to do everything ever to get into uni and the amount of wider reading to do and positions to apply for is insane.

to do:

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revise for bio + chem midterm assessments (30 september)

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hw for classiv (pericles annotation)

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hw for bio (bunch of questions on cells)

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hw for chem (exampro questions, a lot.) (in chem book)

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hw for spanish (textbook listening and something else)

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oral hw for spanish - by monday

extra stuff to do:

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read bio journal

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MOOC

yeahhhhh i dont know how but will have to pull through this week :afraid:
thank you guys for the motivation 😭
(edited 3 weeks ago)
Original post by oriio
thank you!!! yeahh, feeling pretty dumb bc the people next to me all seem to get it 😞 thank uuuu :yeah:


Ah I see, well everyone learns at their own pace :woo:
Reply 59
Original post by always-anxious
Ah I see, well everyone learns at their own pace :woo:

yhhh true true :') thankss <3

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