What are you up to?

[Stick]

With Term 1 about to come to a close, I thought it might be a good idea to create this thread so we can compare and reference how our cohorts are travelling. It might be useful to detect whether we're ahead or behind, relative to everyone else.

We're currently doing the introductory stuff homeostasis and the endocrine system (Chapter 5 of Nature of Biology). We've done our osmosis and enzymes SACs and our photosynthesis SAC will hopefully be early in Term 2.

[Bad Student]

We've finished the osmosis, enzyme and photosynthesis SACs. We're up to chapter 5 of Nature of Biology as well.

Also, just out of interest, does anyone else's teachers provide the questions and answers to the SAC before the SAC?

[Snorlax]

Also, just out of interest, does anyone else's teachers provide the questions and answers to the SAC before the SAC?

Umm... Really?

[AbominableMowman]

Did the membrane SAC, have the enzyme and the photosynthesis SAC during last week of term, and then apparently a topic test which counts as a SAC in the first week of Term 2.

Also, just out of interest, does anyone else's teachers provide the questions and answers to the SAC before the SAC?

what.

[hardworker]

Up to chapter 6 and have completed the enzyme and osmosis sac. The photosynthesis sac is this wednesday. btw our midyear exam is a Sac does anyone also have their mid years has a sac.

[AbominableMowman]

Up to chapter 6 and have completed the enzyme and osmosis sac. The photosynthesis sac is this wednesday. btw our midyear exam is a Sac does anyone also have their mid years has a sac.

I don't have a midyear as a sac, but i have a test next term that examines the entire of outcome 1 as a SAC...

[Smiley_]

We've finished the osmosis, enzyme and photosynthesis SACs. We're up to chapter 5 of Nature of Biology as well.

Also, just out of interest, does anyone else's teachers provide the questions and answers to the SAC before the SAC?

questions yes
answers= WHAT?

[ealam2]

I think we're a bit behind. We just started photosynthesis and we won't have bio classes this week so we have to do all the reading in the holidays from the energy topic to homeostasis (Chapters 3 to 6 in the Heinemann textbook and also some reading from Nature of Biology) and answer all the questions and chapter review and biozone pages as well as a practice exam and four venn diagrams.

Our SAC for Photosynthesis and Cellular respiration is 1st or 2nd week of next term.

[AbominableMowman]

questions yes
answers= WHAT?

You get the questions beforehand? what..
Ours is like all under test conditions, the only info we have is our results..
no questions

[Snorlax]

You get the questions beforehand? what..
Ours is like all under test conditions, the only info we have is our results..
no questions

That's how it should be.
I'm not sure what's happening to other schools, but why have an assessment when you know the questions?
I guess I shouldn't be complaining. In the end, I'll have the upper hand when it comes to the exam day.

[AbominableMowman]

That's how it should be.
I'm not sure what's happening to other schools, but why have an assessment when you know the questions?
I guess I shouldn't be complaining. In the end, I'll have the upper hand when it comes to the exam day.

Yeah ...

[Yacoubb]

We don't even know what materials we are using until the day of the prac, let alone the questions. But I guess we aren't disadvantaged come exam time, where NO one will know the questions.

[AbominableMowman]

We don't even know what materials we are using until the day of the prac, let alone the questions. But I guess we aren't disadvantaged come exam time, where NO one will know the questions.

I don't get the point of giving the students the questions and answers to the SAC, isn't the whole point to prepare them for the exam...

[Bad Student]

I don't get the point of giving the students the questions and answers to the SAC, isn't the whole point to prepare them for the exam...

Yeah, it does seem a little dodgy but the teachers mark our answers really harshly. No one has managed to get full marks for any SACs yet. I think the reason why we get the answers is because the teachers want us to focus on our expression. Biology, despite being a science subject, seems to particularly emphasise the expression of answers.

[AbominableMowman]

Yeah, it does seem a little dodgy but the teachers mark our answers really harshly. No one has managed to get full marks for any SACs yet. I think the reason why we get the answers is because the teachers want us to focus on our expression. Biology, despite being a science subject, seems to particularly emphasise the expression of answers.

Yes that's true, you have to know how to answer questions to the point and succinctly, but when it comes down to it you also have to adapt to new questions as they appear on the exam.. so wouldn't it be bad for schools to just feed their students the questions and answers.