Re: Olympiads
shepwarp said:
lol... haha yep... year 11 is most definitely the priority atm...
... although in Tas it's not that big a deal if you screw up year 11... you can pick up the pieces in year 12... Wooz how are you finding bio as HSC? Is it very diff to TCE?
Yeah here in NSW up to 30% of yr 11 can be examined in the sciences. Theirs alot of theory work.
Yr 11 topics
Local Ecosystem: (Terrestrial & acquatic environments, Energy in ecosystem, interactions and responses)
Patterns in Nature: (Cells-structure, cell funtions and forms, systems and cells nutrients, gas exchenge, transporting nutrients and waste, growth and repair)
Life on Earth: (Origion of life, fossils and evolution, procaryotes, taxonomy)
Evolution of Australian Biota: (Gondwana, Flora and fauna changes, adaptatins, future of australian biota)
Yr 12
Maintaining a balance (Enzymes, body function, Immune, Blood, Active, Passive transport, regulation)
Blueprint of life (evidence for evolution, mendel, chromosomes, enheritance, technology and genetic engineering)
The Search for better health (Healthy organism, importance of clealiness, search for microbes, infectious diseases, immune system, protecting the body, epidemiology)
Option topic: Either Genetics, Bio Chem, Communication, etc.
HSC Bio Syllabus:
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/syllabus_hsc/syllabus2000_listb.html#biology
I was looking at the TQA are all of your external exams are seperated do you do your external examination throughout the year?
Im also confused with for A, B, C rating system.
In NSW our marks are half internal and half external, the external exam is a single 3 hour exam and the end of yr 12.