Stationary for chem...

[AQ]

what would be the ideal needs for chemistry.
The most helpful equiptment or pens, papers, etc..

Is a folder with loose leaf paper better.
or Those notebooks that you can rip of the pages??

and so on....

[polky]

I used a notebook to write notes in and looseleaf to do exercises/questions on.

Keep pens/pencils and calculator handy.  I found a ruler handy for Unit 3 when drawing bonds in organic compounds (I'm a bit of a neat freak).

[/0]

How come it's more traditional for science to be done on loose leaf and maths to be done in a book? I reckon if I fill as many books with chemistry as I do with maths then I would be a lot better at it

[vce08]

Pencils (mechanical) for exams and SACs because they are erasable, pens for doing practice questions because they are better to write with.

[AQ]

I used a notebook to write notes in and looseleaf to do exercises/questions on.

Keep pens/pencils and calculator handy.  I found a ruler handy for Unit 3 when drawing bonds in organic compounds (I'm a bit of a neat freak).

you mean a A4 book to write class notes.
And you have a seperate loose leaf folder to do exercise.
Nice idea.
thanks alot

[AQ]

how about extra notes like A+ exams, exam busters and Neap and checkpoints

which one is recommended or will help for chem??

[polky]

Checkpoints definitely, the topics in the current course are strewn over both units in the past course design and Checkpoints organises all the relevant questions from past VCAA exams for both Unit 3 and Unit 4.

I found the Neap smartstudy questions too easy, not sure about A+ or exam busters though.

[AQ]

Checkpoints definitely, the topics in the current course are strewn over both units in the past course design and Checkpoints organises all the relevant questions from past VCAA exams for both Unit 3 and Unit 4.

I found the Neap smartstudy questions too easy, not sure about A+ or exam busters though.

would it make a difference between 2008 checkpoints or 2009 checkpoints.
I dont see why they make a new edition every year.
Were the exam style question similar with the Neap smartstudy??
Ill probably get A+ also.
thanks polky.

[hard]

i do all my questions and notes in the one book, for every subject. cbfed dealing with all the mess. btw i use a binder for all the subs.

[osmoister]

i'll try to seperate my work in my notebook(different chapters) so that i can revise with it. last year, my book was so unreadable it's not funny. also, anyone have tips for the different colours? so far i'm considering blue for school, black for homework, green for useful notes and red for errors and correction.

[Mao]

IMO NEAP SS taught me more than checkpoints did. A+ was completely useless [both notes and exam pack], and the most helpful things were exams. Despite the change in the course, I managed to lobby my teacher to cut/paste things from past exams that are relevant to each unit, t'was a great help.

[shinny]

In my view; definitely get NEAP SmartStudy. They've written some new questions on the new parts of the course, and that's pretty important. Also, this is one of the few subjects where I'll endorse Checkpoints because you won't actually be able to use the VCAA past exams anyway due to the major course overhaul.  I've never really bothered with A+ stuff...the layout and level of detail seems too amateur.