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Title: Which is better: Unit 3 or Unit 4?
Post by: Christiano on June 29, 2011, 10:31:24 pm

Which one is harder? I think I'd love the evolution component of unit 4 - but at the moment I'm not that into genes and all. Probably cos I haven't been studying  :D

By the way, a great book on this topic for just a bit of outside knowledge is 'Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley. It's quite fascinating and amusing  ;)

Title: Re: Which is better: Unit 3 or Unit 4?
Post by: pi on June 30, 2011, 06:24:33 pm

Unit 4 is infinitely times better!

Title: Re: Which is better: Unit 3 or Unit 4?
Post by: jenerator on July 01, 2011, 11:32:07 am

i like unit 3 lol

Title: Re: Which is better: Unit 3 or Unit 4?
Post by: pi on July 01, 2011, 09:36:36 pm

Quote from: jenerator on July 01, 2011, 11:32:07 am

i like unit 3 lol

But you haven't done unit 4 yet

Title: Re: Which is better: Unit 3 or Unit 4?
Post by: WhoTookMyUsername on July 01, 2011, 10:02:44 pm

you can like unit 3 without having done unit 4 :D

Title: Re: Which is better: Unit 3 or Unit 4?
Post by: jenerator on July 01, 2011, 11:18:16 pm

LOOOOL, I've started unit 4 for two weeks so far. Kinda boring in my opinion

Title: Re: Which is better: Unit 3 or Unit 4?
Post by: simpak on July 01, 2011, 11:33:12 pm

Unit 3.

Title: Re: Which is better: Unit 3 or Unit 4?
Post by: scocliffe09 on July 02, 2011, 04:44:30 am

Genetic technologies, evolution and other parts of Unit 4 are more exciting and applicable to current science (imo) but I love immunology and endocrinology so I'm kinda torn. Probably say unit 3 is more fun but unit 4 is more interesting? I like them both.
Year 11s, just enjoy bio while you can because you'll miss it next year :)

Title: Re: Which is better: Unit 3 or Unit 4?
Post by: Russ on July 02, 2011, 09:37:59 am

Unit 3 is so much better than unit 4, because it has the immune system and unit 4 has evolution.

Title: Re: Which is better: Unit 3 or Unit 4?
Post by: simpak on July 02, 2011, 03:10:20 pm

Evolution is a fail.  Dnw BIOL10005.

Title: Re: Which is better: Unit 3 or Unit 4?
Post by: Charmz on July 03, 2011, 09:27:18 pm

I was actually looking forward to evolution. What makes it so bad?

Title: Re: Which is better: Unit 3 or Unit 4?
Post by: Truck on July 04, 2011, 12:59:41 am

Yeah i liked evolution in year 10 science :/.

Title: Re: Which is better: Unit 3 or Unit 4?
Post by: akira88 on July 04, 2011, 04:12:22 pm

I liked unit 3 better :)

Title: Re: Which is better: Unit 3 or Unit 4?
Post by: Russ on July 04, 2011, 04:21:57 pm

Quote from: Charmz on July 03, 2011, 09:27:18 pm

I was actually looking forward to evolution. What makes it so bad?

It's dull and boring :(

Title: Re: Which is better: Unit 3 or Unit 4?
Post by: WhoTookMyUsername on July 04, 2011, 05:40:57 pm

thought you would have like U4 more Russ (lolplants)

Title: Re: Which is better: Unit 3 or Unit 4?
Post by: Russ on July 04, 2011, 05:43:04 pm

Plants = Evolution
Immunity > Genetics

So yeah, I prefer unit 3 (not that I ever did either)

Title: Re: Which is better: Unit 3 or Unit 4?
Post by: lexitu on July 04, 2011, 06:31:23 pm

Unit 3 is way better! I find genetics very dry, but don't know why everyone's hating on evolution. It's pretty interesting, although I guess some parts are pretty sucky.

Title: Re: Which is better: Unit 3 or Unit 4?
Post by: pi on July 04, 2011, 09:19:11 pm

Quote from: lexitu on July 04, 2011, 06:31:23 pm

but don't know why everyone's hating on evolution.

+1, I thought it was really interesting. Especially speciation and all that, great stuff.


(then you'll get the corny line under my dp too :P )

Title: Re: Which is better: Unit 3 or Unit 4?
Post by: Massofbubbles on July 06, 2011, 07:55:54 pm

I preferred the content of unit 3, and I also didn't like the formulaic responses they want you to spit out in the unit 4 exam.

Title: Re: Which is better: Unit 3 or Unit 4?
Post by: BoredSatan on July 07, 2011, 04:40:24 pm

I LOVED UNIT 4 :D

cause you can wrote learn a lot of the answers for the theory :D