Science TR071

Craguls · 26-10-2009 12:33PM

Jammyc wrote: »

Nobody?

I'm not 100% sure but didn't Rochford say they could only organise tutorials if the funding became availible?

Jammyc · 26-10-2009 12:46PM

Craguls wrote: »

I'm not 100% sure but didn't Rochford say they could only organise tutorials if the funding became availible?

Oh, I must have missed that. Cheers. Was just worried incase I missed em or whatever.

amacachi · 26-10-2009 01:23PM

Aye he said something about funding, assuming 30 per class that's what, ~14 groups? 35 quid per class per week gives 490 quid a week just to run one tutorial. Can't say I really see the need for Bio tutorials as yet, there's not been anything that complicated yet I thought?

amacachi · 26-10-2009 11:29PM

Where are the slides from the last few weeks' lectures? Thought I'd found them before but I can't see them now. ¬_¬

Jammyc · 30-10-2009 12:44PM

For genetics? She said theyd be up after the course

Do we get a proper reading week or what?

amacachi · 30-10-2009 12:46PM

Jammyc wrote: »

For genetics? She said theyd be up after the course

Do we get a proper reading week or what?

Ah right, grand.

Guessing from the timetable I thought we did. I'll be more than a little annoyed if we don't.

Jammyc · 30-10-2009 12:55PM

amacachi wrote: »

Ah right, grand.

Guessing from the timetable I thought we did. I'll be more than a little annoyed if we don't.

Id be royally pissed. Was talking to a girl thats repeating though and she said they just got Bio off. Things have changed I think this year tho... hmm. Where could we email to ask?

amacachi · 30-10-2009 01:05PM

Wee every subject I'm doing is listed as having week 11 off, so I can only go by that. Maybe e-mail or talk to the class rep or something.

Craguls · 30-10-2009 01:26PM

My tutor said lectures and labs should be off but she said it's a new thing so she couldn't say anyhting for sure.
I'd say we're off BESS and BussinessLang students seem to be the only ones unlucky enough to get stuck with exams

Sugarglass · 30-10-2009 07:57PM

All of the biology notes are online right now. They're local access so you need your username and password but you can get them.

https://www.tcd.ie/Biology_Teaching_Centre

Jammyc · 31-10-2009 08:59PM

Emailed tutor, he said theres defo no labs or lectures. I wonder if we have tutorials then.. hmmm

SligoBrewer · 10-11-2009 10:58PM

Does anyone do you have to use Excel when you are drawing graphs to accompany experiments? 'Cause I find it's a **** to use.

Aoibheann · 11-11-2009 12:26AM

SligoBrewer wrote: »

Does anyone do you have to use Excel when you are drawing graphs to accompany experiments? 'Cause I find it's a **** to use.

Is it for physics? I know in TP we have to use excel anyway. It gets better the more graphs you do (and I've done loads, I keep re-doing them >.<), as you get into the routine of doing them. I've a fairly set way of doing them now. Is it that you're not familiar enough with it, or just that you hate it in general?

I still prefer to do my error calculations by hand as opposed to getting excel to do them though. I just don't trust it..

Prof.Badass · 18-11-2009 01:41PM

Pet wrote: »

In fairness, if you did HL Maths for the Leaving Cert, you don't exactly need to go to Maths Methods lectures. Ever. Look at the exam papers, you'll see what I mean...

But what sort of sick freak would do that?

Maths methods was the best ever. Just sit with friends talking, messing and doing a bit of su doku. Enjoy it while you can. You'll never get to do that much messing again

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lipstickvoodoo · 18-11-2009 05:29PM

just wondering if anyone has done the experiment no2 of physical chemistry yet and could tell me if it takes a long time...

i have to get to an interview across town at half four and i duno whether i should go to go to a different lab time or not!

amacachi · 18-11-2009 09:16PM

vinylmesh wrote: »

But what sort of sick freak would do that?

Maths methods was the best ever. Just sit with friends talking, messing and doing a bit of su doku. Enjoy it while you can. You'll never get to do that much messing again .

Ironically there's a lot more chatter in Maths than there was in Maths Methods when I was there.

Jammyc · 18-11-2009 11:21PM

vinylmesh wrote: »

Just sit with friends talking, messing and doing a bit of su doku. Be one of the knobchops who makes it more difficult for people who do need to go to lectures

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amacachi · 18-11-2009 11:29PM

Is there a computers assignment due any time soon for Maths? Don't remember getting anything other than the first one.

Jammyc · 18-11-2009 11:32PM

amacachi wrote: »

Is there a computers assignment due any time soon for Maths? Don't remember getting anything other than the first one.

Maths or MM? For MM we've got the CV thing for December 5th apparently.

amacachi · 18-11-2009 11:39PM

Jammyc wrote: »

Maths or MM? For MM we've got the CV thing for December 5th apparently.

Maths. Have an awful feeling there's something due.

Sugarglass · 19-11-2009 08:17PM

Our latest assignment for Maths are the three things for Mathematica. The first one is for this week, the second for next week and the third for the week after that. These are all we've been asked to do since the study week.

Craguls · 21-11-2009 04:22PM

Did anyone manage take the times and venues for the biology tutorials down?

Tuesday ones preferably

Jammyc · 21-11-2009 07:16PM

Craguls wrote: »

Did anyone manage take the times and venues for the biology tutorials down?

Tuesday ones preferably

3/5 I'm fairly sure is what it was. Its what I took down anyway.

Craguls · 21-11-2009 08:02PM

Jammyc wrote: »

3/5 I'm fairly sure is what it was. Its what I took down anyway.

3 it is then! Cheers

Bajingo · 21-11-2009 09:10PM

Craguls wrote: »

Did anyone manage take the times and venues for the biology tutorials down?

Tuesday ones preferably

Didnt know first years were getting biology tutorials! I thought all biology tutorials were cut off due to budget cuts?!

Craguls · 21-11-2009 09:16PM

Bajingo wrote: »

Didnt know first years were getting biology tutorials! I thought all biology tutorials were cut off due to budget cuts?!

While eavesdropping on John Rochford in my lab the other day, he mentioned that they're only to teach us how to answer the essay style exam questions so I reckon they won't run the whole year.

MrEcs · 21-11-2009 10:19PM

Cheers for the times but does anyone know where theyre bein held and also will they be on this tuesday what with the strike and all?

Bajingo · 21-11-2009 10:46PM

Craguls wrote: »

While eavesdropping on John Rochford in my lab the other day, he mentioned that they're only to teach us how to answer the essay style exam questions so I reckon they won't run the whole year.

That's some fine snooping there Craguls. Honestly I found them hopeless last year..but now that they're gone..

Why is it that chemistry tutorials are affordable and biology ones are not?!

I know last year the bio tutorials were'nt thought by lecturers..but can the lecturers not take some time out during the week for an extra lesson? Why is the biology departments so messy in the way it's run?

Jammyc · 21-11-2009 10:48PM

MrEcs wrote: »

Cheers for the times but does anyone know where theyre bein held and also will they be on this tuesday what with the strike and all?

LTEE2/3 apparently. Id say head down and youll see people there wholl let you know!

Craguls · 22-11-2009 05:23PM

I've to decide on either foundation physics or geology to make up the credits since I dropped full maths.

Anyone have any advice on which is the better course? Both would just be space fillers but since I'm going more towards the biology chemistry area physics could be tenuously useful (well by comparison to geology anyway)

Physics might be rather easy if we're allowed the newer maths tables too

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