At least you have Thursday off? (Seriously tho you have the most horrific timetable I've ever seen, if you want to stay at mine after the 9:30 finish it's cool. We have a mattress in our living room).
It's in the blockhouse (on the side that faces the roundhouse). If you're on main walkway turn left (there's a big sign showing the way to the roundhouse, walk toward it) you walk past the medibank place and then walk toward the roundhouse. You'll see a little room with books outside and that's...
I'm cool with Wednesday, though that's the day for the faculty welcome and peer mentoring for science so I'd be a bit late (so would HPF and you if either of you wanted to go to that).
Yeah I can't make Thursday either, the UNSW Village harbour cruise with free food is on that day. I don't mind if you guys decide to have it on Thursday anyway though.
re: HSC Chemistry Marathon Archive
The anode and cathode have to be separated to allow you to have a battery. You need a potential difference, throwing together a bunch of metals and ionic solutions won't give you that.
re: HSC Chemistry Marathon Archive
Depends on who writes the trials. Some are quite good and reflect the HSC quite decently. Some teachers write or alter a paper with their class in mind though, so they tend to have more specific questions. Most trial papers are decent resources to use.
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Hey! I've been to the national finals for MUNA twice and placed second in 2013. It was one of the best experiences I had in high school, I really recommend it. While I don't think you'll get any bonus points for doing it it definitely looks good applying for scholarships. PM me if you want to...
re: HSC Chemistry Marathon Archive
You need to have a medical and an industrial isotope. Technetium-99m is great for medical, you'll need another for industry (cobalt-60 is good, plenty of uses and easy to find information on).