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Leaving Cert biology

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  • 17-12-2017 3:05pm
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    LUFC123
    Registered Users Posts: 24 ✭


    Hi all,

    Can anyone tell me how assessment for the LC Biology is broken down for both ordinary and higher level. In other words, how much goes for your book of experiments and how much for the exam. I can't seem to find anything on examinations.ie. I did my LC in 2012 but and didn't do a science so am thinking of sitting one now.

    Thanks


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    Daisy 55
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    All for the exam, ordinary and higher.


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    LUFC123
    Registered Users Posts: 24 ✭LUFC123


    Daisy 55 wrote: »
    All for the exam, ordinary and higher.

    So even though you have to do the experiments, they're not actually worth any marks? In that case, can an external candidate get away with not actually doing them?


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    Daisy 55
    Registered Users Posts: 507 ✭✭✭Daisy 55


    I don't know.
    They're examined on sect b of the exam paper.


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    LUFC123
    Registered Users Posts: 24 ✭LUFC123


    Also, does anyone know when the course syllabus was last changed?


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    Bazinga_N
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    LUFC123 wrote: »
    So even though you have to do the experiments, they're not actually worth any marks? In that case, can an external candidate get away with not actually doing them?

    Apparently the chief examiners randomly visit schools around April to inspect experiment copies. If they are not satisfactory than the student can be stopped from sitting an exam. I'm not sure how true this is but it might not be worth the risk of not doing them.

    Colleges and ITs tend to have one-day courses in which they do all the experiments. If you could attend one of those and do the write-ups yourself that'd most definitely cover you.
    LUFC123 wrote: »
    Also, does anyone know when the course syllabus was last changed?

    2004 onwards is the same course as the one now.


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    Mr Rhode Island Red
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    You don't get any marks for maintaining the experiment copy but I found that it helps with learning for section b of the exam


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