At school, my teacher is always going on about structure in essays. He says that it is my fundamental flaw. For instance, should you put theory before the actual descriptions of what is happening currently in a question about external stability etc.
What do you guys do in essay writing in...
This is really cool because you can compare fish, mammals, insects and birds.
For insects such as grasshoppers look at the way that they rub thier hind legs
Fish and vibrations caused by the air (swim) bladder
Birds have a structure (Im not sure what it is called ) too
The mammalian eye has essentially three types of cones. (trichromatic vision as evolved-very common amongst apes that have excellent colour vision).
They contain light-sensitive pigments called photopsins. each one is sensitive to a different coour wavelentght: red, green, blue. By...
The syllabus requirements state that the frequency of hearing must be compared between different animals. So I endorse the statement by premby. Also, you may want to focus on colour vision which is extremely important in the natural world. bees use uv markings on flowers to detect particular...
My exam
I though the paper was easier than pst years. especially the multiple choice and short answers. i got 2 mcs wrong! Damn! However the essays were challenging and i coudl write a lot for all of them. however the economic activity one was a little limited which i think someone else also...
specimen papers
that's the exam that was given with the new hsc when it came out to jsut give a feel of it. you can get it from the BOS site. (real one)
yr 11
I can send some assessments papers if you return some of your as well. For subjects:
MAths 2U/3U
English Adv/3U
Bio
Geo (yr 12)
Economics
Thanks
p.s. what school do you go to?
Essays
My geo teacher who marks at the HSC says that the essays can be of any length as long as they answer the question and you can utilise bullet points, tables etc
Geo is cool!
It's a similar pattern in my school at SBHS. Being selective all the kids do physics,economics and chemsitry to get top marks. I think that if they apply themselves to anyhting they like they'll do jsut as well if not better. I quite enjoy geography and find that takes me to other...