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// What can I do to get Excellence? // · Use my workbook to the best – self assessing home works and correcting · Adding additional notes in the column through class · Highlight key aspects · Reading feedback given on handed in homework activities · Ownership of your learning · Complete the revision quizzes · Do the practice papers and self assess using mark scheme 2 per AS. · View powerpoints · Detach the Level 2 Key facts at the back of your book and create a revision booklet. · Frequently do exercises on Best choice · [|http://bestchoice.net.nz] · Download NCEA papers from the NZQA website - subject specific pages provide past papers and exemplars –follow this link · [] · Visit study it for tips and extra links and activities · [|www.studyit.org.nz] · Follow this link to the chemistry pages. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· [] <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Invest in other revision guides – available through school. To achieve excellence you need to have a good understanding to be apply what you know in unfamiliar situations. It will NOT be enough to just learn and remember your notes. The way to achieve your goal is with practice and continued effort to extend yourself. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o Don’t just answer with the minimum you know <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o Include links to how you got to your answer – showing workings <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o After stating answers continue with…..the reasons for this are…… <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o Justify where possible i.e this is because…. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o Assume the marker knows nothing about the subject <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o Plan discussion questions – compare and contrasts, designing experiments, identifying unknowns. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o                Revise – summarise, make revision cards, mind/bubble maps, lists, topic cards, key concept cards.
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