I dropped bio at the end of prelim for EE2. I didn't like bio but it was easy marks, a lot more uncertainty with EE2. I don't regret it, but sometimes think about it. When my Major Work is in full swing I'll feel better or more at ease hopefully.
In my journal i just write what comes naturally to me. I do put a date on my entries though. Sometimes when I am just thinking about ideas or where to progress it sounds like a diary entry. don't try to 'make it' sound/look like anything. When starting the course the journal seemed like a chore...
Viva voce: Just make sure you are confident with your concept and that you know your target audience etc., and have responses for the predictable questions they'll ask you.
Concept changing: the fact that your concept is changing means that your ideas are simply evolving. Research is meant to...
Juggling between doing critical or short story. Could do a mix of both. I haven't started writing at all, have my viva voce in a few days. :| excited and scared
re: HSC Physics Marathon Archive
this is actually much more complex than it looks... many people assume 34 m to be the flight's maximum height and do not account for the range in their equations and get 29.8m/s (which is close but not correct). The thing is if you do this, the bird could...
how are you going? how well into your major work are you? what concepts, mediums are you looking into? what are your other subjects and atar goal? what topic are you doing for extension 1? do you like your teacher? do you have a tutor? of course you don't have to answer all of these questions...
My school is quite small, I had to choose between biology and society and culture. I'm interested in the human body though so I will hold if on. It is getting better now that we've gone past the continental drift crap - who actually enjoys that?