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Those of you who will be sitting for your HSC exams in 2015: You should be aware that there are a few minor syllabus changes for the ag exam due to start this year. Hopefully your teacher will be aware of these and you will never even notice as they quietly alter their teaching program, but...

Different subjects have different ways of marking so you should definitely check with your teachers to work out the different attitudes. Agriculture markers are *nice* markers - they read everything you write and are always trying to give you more marks rather than taking marks off. Do not...

Maybe your school science department would let you borrow one??? All schools now have these as they are needed for compulsory pracs. Otherwise you could quote the light transmission that is given when you buy the shadecloth - eg 40%, 60% etc I was also thinking that in order to keep the...

BOS syllabus: “perform a first-hand investigation to determine the effect of light on plant growth” This is one of the mandated practical activities that appear in the syllabus and as such is examinable in the HSC exam, so it is worth planning and executing it well. Definition of plant growth...

Firstly I am very sorry that you had such a difficult time in Ag class this year. It can be tricky to manage on your own, so well done. One of the most difficult aspects of going through the course alone is working out the depth of information that you need. The resources that you mention in...

There are some useful new websites related to this topic that you should look at: http://sla2030.net.au/ This website is specifically about how climate change affects agriculture http://www.climatecouncil.org.au/ This website contains more general information about climate change

The point of this elective is that it is all about new technology (in the syllabus it even specifies that the tech must be within the last decade) so resources such as textbooks (which can take 2 or 3 years to get out and are expected to last years, especially in a small subject like ag) are not...

There are usually not that many Band 6 students in Agriculture as it has a relatively small candidature. Students that do end up with a band 6 have to put in a lot of work. First, you need to be familiar with the syllabus requirements and check that you have covered all the required content...

HSC online has some resources specifically for this elective: http://hsc.csu.edu.au/agriculture/electives/21st/ Other than those resources the best way would be to search for information about the specific technologies mentioned in the syllabus...

I am not really sure what you are referring to as the 'second question'. I am assuming this is from your school program or questions set by your teacher. Each school has a different teaching program that is based on the Board of Studies syllabus (see...

For those of you trying to work through the 'study of the study' section in the HSC electives there is a new FREE guide available that has been written by CLI. Location: Go to the TaLe website at http://www.tale.edu.au You can log in to the Secondary section if you have a DET password or you...

For a national perspective try this article: http://lwa.gov.au/files/products/river-landscapes/pn30280/review-principles-and-tools-protection-rivers.pdf which includes a table that identifies relevant legislations (p26) and then has a discussion about them. All the state governments have...

It is DET policy that students are not exposed to any animal being killed. So if you are cutting something up in class it will already be dead. Some teachers might organise for a class to do a dissection of a small animal (such as a rat or chicken) or an organ from the butcher (eg a heart or...

For those students doing HSC ag in 2011 the Board has made some changes to the ag syllabus and the exam format that you should check: Agriculture - Board of Studies NSW Some of these changes are quite important, for example if you were going to do a research project instead of the electives...

Regarding the syllabus changes: see Agriculture - Board of Studies NSW for updates. At present it is unchanged for 2010.

Mrs Annetts has been busily developing resources for all DET HSC ag students to use for free. Goto the TaLe website at http://www.tale.edu.au and use your DET user name and password to log into the secondary schools section. Search for a CLI resource named "HSC agriculture" and download:) (Make...