ATARNotes Chemistry Unit 4 Book

[thushan]

As Enwiabe has mentioned in this thread:

Announcing the pre-order for 4 more ATARNotes Study Guides!

my book will be ready of shipping on July 25th. I have, as of now, completed writing all the questions and am currently writing model solutions and a marking scheme. I have not started detailed solutions, but I anticipate that I will start these as soon as tomorrow. Mao is slugging the whopping task of doing the model and detailed solutions for the exams

In this thread, feel free to ask me any questions about the book!

Just some quick notes:

The tests are as follows (time in minutes, no of marks):

AOS1 Test 1: Reaction Kinetics 1 (40, 29)
AOS1 Test 2: Reaction Kinetics 2 (40, 23)
AOS1 Test 3: Equilibria 1 (50, 37)
AOS1 Test 4: Equilibria 2 (50, 40)
AOS1 Test 5: Equilibria 3 (50, 40)
AOS1 Test 6: Industrial Chemistry 1 (TBC) --> we are currently splitting this test up into 4 tests, one for each chemical
AOS2 Test 1: Energy Sources 1 (40, 32)
AOS2 Test 2: Thermochemistry 1 (50, 39)
AOS2 Test 3: Thermochemistry 2 (40, 22)
AOS2 Test 4: Electrochemistry 1 (40, 30)
AOS2 Test 5: Electrochemistry 2 (50, 36)
AOS2 Test 6: Electrochemistry 3 (60, 42)

Exam 1: 1 hour 30 minutes - 20 MCQ + 8 SAQ to a total of 83 marks
Exam 2: 1 hour 30 minutes - 20 MCQ + 7 SAQ to a total of 82 marks
Exam 3: 2 hours 30 minutes - 20 MCQ + 9 SAQ to a total of 120 marks

Differences between the Unit 3 book and this one:
- this book has an explicit marking scheme along with model answers instead of simply model answers
- the tests are also graded in difficulty
- exam 3 has the nastiest qn I could think of (it was a concept I had to learn in Olympiad Chem, but its a concept you could derive from VCE chem knowledge)


Similarity?
Exam 3 is still the challenge exam.

[thushan]

Just an update, we are getting quite close to finishing this book - questions and model solutions have been completed, and we are about 1/3 of the way into detailed solutions!

Don't forget to preorder guys!

Again, in this thread, feel free to ask me any questions about the book!

[kimk2kr]

hey. i just pre-ordered physics and chemistry unit 4 books

and in the one of the description box i wrote in the message reference and im just wondering if thats right... haha

cheers

[thushan]

Update: I am VERY close to finishing the book - all questions and model solutions finished, all detailed solutions to tests are finished and detailed solutions to short answer section of exams 1 and 3 finished!

[thushan]

Update: Finished.

Waiting on Enwiabe and Mao to edit and compile. Well on track for July 25th release date.

[charmanderp]

Congratulations Thushan!

[ninwa]

Are you human?

[Flying Emu]

How long is the book?

[enwiabe]

How long is the book?

Was going to be 450 pages A4, but that was entirely unfeasible from a physics (too large, would deteriorate too easily) and cost standpoint. We didn't remove any of the content, but we're printing the detailed solutions 2 to a page so it can fit into a book that we can afford to print Will come out to around 300 pages

[thushan]

How long is the book?

Was going to be 450 pages A4, but that was entirely unfeasible from a physics (too large, would deteriorate too easily) and cost standpoint. We didn't remove any of the content, but we're printing the detailed solutions 2 to a page so it can fit into a book that we can afford to print Will come out to around 300 pages

Proof copy printed. 308 physical pages (466 pages if we didn't do model and detailed solutions 2toapage).
Will go to press tomorrow!

[helloworld123]

for those who pre ordered when r the books arriving?

[thushan]

for those who pre ordered when r the books arriving?

Thursday afternoon the books will be printed and given to enwiabe, and he will start posting then. Envisage the books to come some time early next week (to you by post that is).

[FlorianK]

I wanted to get mine signed on the weekend

[thushan]

I wanted to get mine signed on the weekend

LOL well if you really want the Herald Sun expo will sell the book this weekend and I'll be there Friday afternoon and Sunday

[charmanderp]

I've already sold my signed Unit 3 book for several thousands of dollars.