S103-Discovering Science
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Block 3: The Earth and its place in the Universe Block 4: Unity within diversity Block 6: Our world and its atoms Block 7: The quantum world |
Block 9: Continuity and change Block 10: Earth and life through time |
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Intro and general comments
Having
completed S194 – Introducing Astronomy with a good result my interest was
established. I was in the process of
completing another Science Short Course (SSC), S151 – Maths for Science, but
this was due by the end of October and S103 was not due to start until the
end of January (ha!) so I booked up for it. Well
before the course conference opened or materials were delivered, there were
discussions going on in various places.
Many people on the SSC conferences seemed, at least interested in the
course and many of these had already signed up for the 2004
presentation. When the conference
opened there seemed to be 3 main topics of conversation: 1)
Whether people had done the right thing 2)
The first delivery of course materials 3)
SXR103 – the residential school (summer school) associated with S103. 1)
Well, even now (11-Feb) I’m still not 100% convinced and probably will not be
until after I get my ECA back again… 2)
The first delivery arrived after the expected date on the OU web site, though
only by a few days for me [1]. There
was great excitement and people were talking about how they planned to get
ahead, which seemed like a good idea based on what previous students had
written. I had promised not to even
open the boxes let alone start work until after I had finished the S151 ECA,
but then the best laid plans of mice and men…it was like asking my kids not
to open their Christmas presents on Christmas Day! There were 3 nice shiny books loads (and I mean LOADS) of
papers, where the bloody heck should I start? Then I saw a note saying ‘Eat Me!” OK, so I didn’t, but I certainly felt a bit like Alice in
Wonderland, there was, however, a sheet that said, “Start Here” and this is a
useful bit of advice. It explains
what all the bits are for and what should be done when. Now
everything was set up, it was put to one side. I still had the S151 ECA to do and the 2003 Rugby World Cup was
in progress (along with other less important things like work), so I thought
it best to just ignore it until the end of November, when I could get stuck
into it with no distractions…hmmm, I do like my plans, it’s just a shame none
of them seem to work out!! 3)
There were a couple of factors that caused my delay in booking this – work
and money. Come the new year I had
enough money and work had (as I had heard it would) changed it’s schedule so
the peak time no longer covered the whole of July and August but now finished
at the beginning of July. Quick OK
from THE Boss then I asked my Manager at work for a week off, then it was booked. There is a separate file detailing my
experience with SXR103. I will say
that the only comments I’ve heard about residentials is they are the best
part of any course. [1]
It seems this is when dispatching starts so wait a few weeks before going off
the deep end. I received my materials
in October; the course didn’t officially start until the end of January. |
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Block 1: Water for life explores
the nature and importance of water, on which all life depends. It also introduces the study, writing and
mathematical skills that you will need and that are developed throughout the
course. After
the initial excitement, other distractions put this on hold until January
2004. It is fairly basic and equally
dull. It is very much the start,
everything is basic, a couple of complaints I’ve heard are “patronising”,
“boring” and my own “dull”. The whole
thing about S103 is it is an introductory course and as such NO assumptions
of abilities beyond an interest and basic arithmetic are made. The pro of this is that the information is
there if you need it, the con is that some bits get VERY repetitive. It is just a case of remembering where the
course is coming from and getting the TMA done. Mine was complete by the 1st tutorial, 14th
Jan, so I saved the postage and handed it direct to my tutor. TMA
01 Result – 90% I was very chuffed with this, then the first person I discussed
this with got 98%, I also heard of several others getting in the high 90s and
at least one got 100%! I’m still
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Block 2: A temperate Earth? investigates global temperature changes,
and the phenomenon of global warming as a consequence of both natural and
human-induced activity. Oh
dear. This seems to take off where
block 1 finished, but the pace soon picks up. There was a lot of talk on First Class (FC) about the perils of
chapter 5 but how things pick up after that.
It was with trepidation I approached it and with great satisfaction, I
finished it. This left me a concern
that, unlike others, I’d hate chapter 6, but I was wrong. Chapters 5 and 6 were definitely the best
2 in the block. Then, I’m afraid my
expectations caught up with me, I found the remainder of the block was like
wading through treacle. It was a
relief to finish it! The
TMA was ready by the middle of Feb, but I heard some information that made me
thankful I had held onto it. It was
finally handed into my tutor at our scheduled tutorial on the last Wednesday
in Feb, another 42p saved… TMA
02 Result – 85% Hmmmm, although I’m chuffed with the score there are a few
points I’m not happy with. I have
sent my tutor an e-mail but don’t expect a response until after Easter
(return the TMAs and run?). This
could yield, potentially 3 or 4 extra marks though answers to my queries
either way will be enough. Got a
response from my tutor, answered my queries to an extent, but also seemed
concerned that there might be bad feelings – this shocked me as my original
mail was in no way aggressive (especially compared with some I’ve written!). |
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Block 3: The Earth and its place in the Universe
introduces the galaxies that comprise the Universe, and our solar system as a
tiny speck in the Milky Way Galaxy, and then focuses on the Earth to examine
its internal structure and dynamic behaviour. This
is more like it!! Chapters 1-3 were
completed within an hour of starting, chapter 4 took a little longer but not
too bad (I admit to quite a reasonable previous knowledge on those chapters). After this came less familiar territory,
Earthquakes and Volcanoes, still I estimated by the halfway point in the book
and study file, I’ll be comfortably ahead.
The 2nd
mailing arrived the day before the dispatch date on my homepage so no
studying took place on the Saturday morning as the entire family were rummaging
through its contents. The timing
couldn’t have been better as I reached chapter 9 and the first activities
using the practical kit the following week.
The kids helped me and we all found it fascinating putting the
sandstone in vinegar. Had a
rough week after that, ½ no motivation, ½ being distracted by the later books
and TMAs. Have already decided 2 of
the 3, this leaves me with a choice of biology and chemistry (TMA 07) or
geology and early life (TMA 08) and neither particularly float my boat. Still I haven’t got to make up my mind
until the end of May so will have a far better idea by then. I have noticed that the early books seem
to introduce what is covered in greater detail in the later books. Back
to block 3 – even with such an appalling week I still managed to get well
into chapter 10 and they are all fairly short now. I’m trying to keep one TMA ahead meaning I’ve got 2 weeks to
finish the block and get my final draft of TMA 03 ready, I think I’ll need to
pull finger a little! After that I’ll
only need to make adjustments to allow for the comments from TMA 02 and it’ll
be ready. Hmm,
I’m now in my final week according to my original plan and I’ve still got 8
chapters to go. The final activity
for chapter 10 states “You are now a little over half way”, oops. I don’t think I’m going to meet my
original target of 23rd March.
Still, this is the main
reason, as I see it, for trying to keep a little ahead of study calendar. I got
a bit jaded about this block, by the time I’d completed chapter 13, it seemed
like the whole book had done nothing but talk about rocks. Chapter 14 picked up a little talking
about the subduction of tectonic plates.
Maybe it’s just the destruction I enjoy, I liked the chapter on
volcanoes also… Finally
on the last Monday in March (22 days ahead) I put the final touches to the
TMA and finished of the block (the TMA only needs up to chapter 15), well
nearly I just have a diagram to do, but the best this will get is a very
rough sketch until I’ve seen the comments on my first few diagrams. The TMAs are starting to trickle back to
other students so hopefully I won’t have to wait long then I’ll be able to
put this to bed once and for all. In
the meantime I finished off the book (arrrggghhhh as if there wasn’t enough
about the water and carbon cycles in block 2 there’s now a rock cycle and we
just have to find out where that fits into the scheme of things!!!) and the
CD activities. Some of the CD
activities are quite lengthy, but this is before block 4…. I was
quite chuffed with myself, the other day I was watching a programme about
volcanoes with my wife and she asked what caused pyroclastic flows; I
explained it to her, roughly. Later I
slipped off and referred to the book – not only did I remember correctly, I
also knew where to look up the information. TMA03
has been ready (all but) for a couple of weeks. Once I received the comments on TMA02 back I spent and hour or
two reworking my draft and finalising everything. I then stuck it in the post – outrageous I had to spend 42p on
postage… :-) TMA03
was back with a fantastic result, my expectations of myself must be going up
as I was seriously kicking myself over some of the stupid mistakes that lost
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Block 4: Unity within
diversity looks at the nature of the
life that inhabits the Earth's surface: the features that all life-forms have
in common, how organisms are related to each other and how they differ. I now
have 3 books on the go – 1 I read when I’m having a cigarette (I don’t smoke
in the house so I can be sociable to a book), 2 the relevant block book, 3 I
read when otherwise occupied (like when I was re-building my PC last week). Well I decided that the number 3 book
would be the next block – just read the words, ignore the questions and
activities and let the whole thing wash over me. Block 4 is the 1st block I’ve tried this with, so I
gave myself a week off between block 3 and 4 to finish reading it before I
start studying it next week. Hopefully
this new technique will improve my studying as this block is basically
biology and block 6 is chemistry.
Ironically I’ve been looking forward to the biology less than the
chemistry yet <ahem> years ago my last exams of each produced 50%+ and
8% respectively so I would have expected the opposite. We’ll see… This
week is getting used for a tutorial, tidying up my study file and archive
file ready for block 4, sorting out my new laptop (CD activities without
having to climb over everything in the spare room), planning my study of
block 4, etc. I
worked out the plan last night – it is supposed to be a 2 week block, but
going on the OU’s estimated times and planned not too excessively, I think I
could have this done in a week – excellent catch up (to my original plan)
time. Talking of CD activities there
are 2 related to 2 chapters whose allotted time is the same as that for the
chapters, one of which is 5 hours.
And I thought the 2 hour activities in block 3 were long!!! Well
original plan plus 1 week and I’m a couple of pages into chapter 3 of the
book and have done the introduction to the 5 hour CD activity – maybe that is
why they call them blocks… The 1st
question was based around the CD activity so once complete it was pretty
straight forward, but the activity is quite a slog. The 2nd question is from the text and the block was
still there so in the end I resorted to looking up specifics for the TMA and
putting it to bed. I got as far as
page 18!! I think I’ve made my
decision about my options…. TMA
04 is spilt 50:50 between this and block 5.
I feel fairly comfortable with the 1st question and would
not be surprised to get 25+/30, I have little hope for the 2nd
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Block 5: Energy
considers the fundamental physical property that keeps you alive and active,
keeps the sun shining and (literally) makes the world go round. Lovely!! This block is all maths, basic algebra and
basic calculations, stuff that I’m very comfortable with. I breezed through this block. I had
mixed feelings about the TMA as I expect to get close to 50/50 for the 3rd
and 4th questions it would have been nice to have such a high
mark, that said these marks will help to drag up the average due to the marks
lost on the biology. The
TMA was handed in at the tutorial (another 42p saved!!) with sincere apology
for the state of question 2. TMA04
is now back, this is horrible, exam result nerves each month. I can’t print initial words upon opening
it, that is after I had checked it 3 times to make sure it was mine. I was flabbergasted – 27/30 and 50/50 for
questions 1, 3 & 4 – fairly close to what I expected (though another
silly mistake cost me a mark), but somehow I managed 15/20 for question 2!! The
main trouble now is my expectations are high, perhaps too high. Marks I would have been chuffed with
before starting with the OU, I’m sure I’ll be miffed about now – is this a
good thing or a bad thing? Whatever a
little competition seems to have developed between a couple of the people
from my tutor group and me, so I’ve got to keep going. Now then do I really want to do rocks if I can
scrape 84% for the biology part but then….
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Block 6: Our world and its atoms explores the
nature of atoms, the basic building blocks of all materials. Chemistry…what
more can be said, oh yes, my last chemistry exam at school earned the outstanding
mark of 8% (no there are no missing ‘0’s!) The
last tutorial covered aspects of this and the TMA changed from being a
foreign language to reasonably straight forward (well, the relevant parts,
anyway). Although there was probably
a lot of information left over from school, this was the first time it had
actually been pulled together to make any sense. It isn’t often I am excited after a tutorial, that’s not to say
I haven’t enjoyed or learnt anything from the previous ones, just that a fog
was partially lifted that night. I
was moved to send the tutor an e-mail to thank her for it, she certainly
seems to have a knack of gaining interest (after the biology one I caught
myself categorising plants!) The
book is quite a slog, but I’m getting there, there seem to be a number of
moans about the style of this block, so maybe it’s not just me. One
of the questions on the TMA seems to have caught a number of people out
(myself included). It gave a chemical
but was very ambiguous whether we used that and no more or whether we used it
as a base to build on when balancing the equation. As far as I’m concerned with all the information we had been
taught up to the end of chapter 10 (the chapter according to the TMA by which
we should be able to do the question), it was the latter – I was wrong. There are subtle hints about changing
valencies (you’ll understand if you do the course), but all the emphasis in
chapter 10 is on them being the obvious ones…it created a bit of debate on
FC, to say the least. Until I saw it
queried there I was very happy with my answer, I feel sorry for those that
don’t use FC. My,
what a busy couple of weeks, Tuesday last week I signed up for one of my
courses for next year (2005) – MST121.
Then last Friday the 3rd mailing arrived, things are
looking a bit heavy, it makes me wonder how I’ll cope with later courses as
this stuff seems pretty advanced.
Then there was the argument about the TMA question. Finally, last night (Thursday), the
mailing for SXR103 arrived. I really
didn’t expect so much, though I can’t pin down exactly what I was
expecting. Still I’ll do other
commentaries for that and MST121, for now it’s back to the chemicals. Finally
finished the block and the TMA. The
style of the book doesn’t improve much right to the end, however, that with
info picked up from FC and tutorials the TMA was surprisingly straight
forward, I hope. We were given a
day’s extension as a tutor group as our tutor was away, I’m glad to say mine
was ready for the post by the Friday before the deadline. Still
not sure about plants or rocks for my option. Plants is all short answer (well a couple of 200-300 word
essays), rocks is 50% a 1000 word essay plus a 300 worder in the short answer
section. Short answer questions I do
well with, but the biology in block 4 killed me. Rocks are OK, boring as hell but do-able and other aspects of
the block (early life, volcanism, etc) are quite interesting. But the TMA!!!! 2 questions, both based around the formation of rocks – mind
numbing or what!!! 2
weeks after handing it in and I hand not received it back where others
had…although she’s not supposed to my tutor told me my mark – I nearly fell
over – 94%!! I was bouncing of the
walls with this. I finally received
my TMA back at the end of the week – what’s this? 97% can’t be – well it wasn’t, the marks for each question
actually added up to 96% (e-mailed my tutor to let her know). Either way it was fantastic and I still
lost a couple of marks for silly things.
And with that mark, goes my last hope of taking advantage of
substitution as this relies on the overall course average and I really can’t
see that being over 91% All
that said I’m half way through the next TMA and I really don’t hold out much
hope of getting anywhere near the marks in the 2nd half that I had
in the 1st half. I
have e-mailed my tutor saying I’m going to do the rocks…. |
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Block 7: The quantum
world is studied in two parts. The first part, studied after Block 6,
takes you inside the atom to look at atomic structure and nuclear decay. The second part, studied just before Block
11, investigates the most fundamental, tiny particles of which the hundred or
so known types of atom are made and that help to determine their differences. Chapters 1-5 Quantum
mechanics is not the most straightforward or logical subject there is. Some parts are truly weird (I understand
the fun really starts in the 2nd half!) There are parts of this block that seem impossible personally I
found the best thing to do was just accept what I was being told. It is surprising how much started to make
sense by the end of the block. There
is only 1 TMA question and having completed the text and activities it is
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Block 8: Building
with atoms looks at how atoms bond with
each other in different combinations, through chemical reactions, to produce the
enormous diversity of materials known to humankind, from fertilizers to
polymers and pharmaceuticals. Despite
my earlier plans of reading ahead, time constraints have put an end to this
and to be honest I’m not sure if it was a help or a hindrance. The more boring aspects were even more
boring 2nd time around and either stopped me or I skipped them
only to need to return to remind me…. Block
8 takes up a little bit from where block 7 (the 1st part)
finishes. Then it rapidly moves onto
a thing called equilibrium, before diving into organic chemistry – basically
a thin disguise for biology. It seems
biology is a real problem – as soon as I got to the more organicy part of
this book my brain froze again… Work
stopped at the end of chapter 9 – my best hope is that I get the majority of
the 60% for Q1, 2 and 5 as Q3 & especially 4 were dug from the book
rather than learnt. Printed and
photocopied the TMA at work but forgot the PT3 form – D’oh!!! So, it was a rush to get home, get the
form and rush down to the post office to get the last post. Made it, hopefully it will arrive in time
for an early marking – it seems if we get our stuff to our tutor by the
weekend before the cut-off they are marked and returned by the end of the
cut-off week – quick enough not to suffer for too long. But not this time…Still it was just over a week
after cut-off when I got this back, so I can’t complain, more to the point
I’ve been spoilt before. Well I got
my hope – 57 out of 60 for the 3 parts.
More than that 19 out of 21 for Q3, excellent, and 12 from 19 for Q4
surprisingly good considering.
Overall, excellent considering and it takes the pressure off TMA 08 a
little.
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Block 9: Continuity and change is about the chemistry
of living organisms and the chemical processes that provide the energy to
maintain life, moving on to consider how a blueprint for development is
passed down from one generation of organisms to another (genetic theory). It also asks how changes within
populations of organisms take place (evolution). The decision was made not to do this block, though
my son keeps reminding me I can read it after October – maybe….yeah right!!
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Block 10: Earth and life through time
looks not only at how life has evolved since it began about 3,800 million
years ago, but also how the pattern of continents and ocean basins and the
rocks they are made of have evolved over geological time. This
is going to be my first experience of running 2 courses together. By the time I plan to have this TMA in the
post I will also be leaving for summer school and will need to have completed
the necessary work for that…fun times ahead! Oooooh
– rocks….OK I’ll give credit where it’s due the 1st 2 chapters
(No. 1 is the introduction) don’t deal with rocks – chapter 2 is about the
fossil record and early life so that’s OK.
Chapter 3 is very sneaky as it slips quietly into rocks and then we’re
off! There are 4 chapters on the formation
of rocks and 2 TMA questions, it seems almost a waste putting the other
chapters in. As I do at the start of
every block I read the TMA in detail and found that some of the marks are
“given” in one of the activities from an earlier block – so this is something
to keep an eye out for. I’m
now into my second rocks (igneous) chapter and it is doing my head in. I’m reading loads and taking in
nothing. Having had a brief furore
into the PSSB the first chapter after the intro is, you guessed it rocks…more
on the SXR103 commentary. Sedimentory
rocks – bits squeezed together, am I being too cynical? I
have been doing this block with TMA to hand, as always, and things are
starting to come together which has improved my confidence, though not my
attitude. I
seem to be getting more and more jaded about this course at the moment, it
all seems such a struggle. I’ve more
or less completed the first part of the TMA and started the 2nd, but I’m not
all that confident in what I’ve written.
There is a serious temptation to just cover the topics recommended,
hand in as is and take the hit. This
is a marked improvement on last week when the temptation ranged between not
bothering with this block to jacking the whole course in. Of course logic took over at this point,
2½ (out of 8) months left (and that’s not including Nov-Jan), my marks so far
mean that I only need 32 out of the last 2 TMAs to pass the TMA aspect
(percentage wise I’ve already passed, you just need an average of 40% over
each of TMAs 02-05 and 06-09). Then
it’s just 40% for the ECA and I’m there. Well
I got 79%, major mixed feelings about this.
I was really pleased with the result and it means I've passed the
Continuous Assessment part of the course already, unfortunately it means I
only need 70% on TMA 09 to get an overall 85% for the TMAs, which means
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Block 7: The quantum world is studied in
two parts. The first part, studied after Block 6, takes you inside the atom to
look at atomic structure and nuclear decay. The second part, studied just
before Block 11, investigates the most fundamental, tiny particles of which
the hundred or so known types of atom are made and that help to determine
their differences. Chapters 6-11 Does exactly what it says on the tin - dealing with
alpha, beta and gamma decay, electromagnetic radiation. Surprisingly it's not too heavy and the
TMA question was fairly straight forward.
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Block 11: Universal
processes takes you beyond the Earth
and the solar system once more, and back some 11,000 million years to the
moment when the Universe originated in a cosmological 'big bang'; and we look
at what happened in the first second of its existence. WOW -
prepare to have your mind fried. This
book, although small covers a heck of a lot of ground and some of it is
daunting. The TMA is split 50-50
between short answer and a 1000 word essay on the weak interactions. The short answers are easy enough, the
essay is a pig - there just seems like there is so much information to
include. Still only a week left and
it will get posted whatever condition.
I think this the main problem here is the amount of information and
the lack of time. If I did this course
again, I'd definatley get the 1st 2 blocks and TMAs done before
Christmas and, hopefully the 3rd by the official start. Once done I'd stay that far ahead to allow
the extra time for the later TMAs. 2
weeks off for summer school and a holiday didn't help the time factor, though
I think I may have jacked it in given my feelings toward the end of Block 10. Result back and very nice too - At this stage I've
got enough, weighted, marks to pass the course. Trouble is there's the pesky ECA to get through too. 39/50 for the essay is good for me, they
seem to be improving, we'll see.
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Block 12: Life in the Universe Finally, we speculate
on how and why life on Earth began and whether it is likely to exist anywhere
else - a question that may very well be answered before the twenty-first
century draws to a close. The
ECA arrived while I was on holiday, ha!!, been fooled again. OK so overall we need 40% to pass the ECA,
it is actually split into 2 parts and 40% must be achieved on both parts1. The 1st
part is based on the rest of the year, 4 short answer questions that are
fairly straght forward. The 2nd
part is based on block 12 - a 1000 word essay on the origins of life from
cometary materials…not quite panspermia but close… And what a pig it is - unlike an exam (which this is supposed
to replace!!) we have been given a whole new block of information to work
through. OK so perhaps I should have
looked closer, earlier but I'd thought it was a guide to the supplementary
articles and how they tied in with the course. You
have been warned!! 1Note that this is 40% of each set
of 50 marks giving an overall result of at least 40%. NOT
2 lots of 40% equalling 80% overall. It
went in plenty of time and wasn't too bad once the essay was underway, though
on reflection there are a few things that could have been improved and a
couple of silly mistakes that could have been corrected had I checked the 1st
part again. Never mind, it's just the
wait that's the killer and by December I'll be working on other courses, sort
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Final Thoughts
The 103 courses (S and SXR) seem very biased
towards biology and geology. Although
I can see that all the sciences are connected, the connections for these 2
were highlighted everywhere. Because
of this the other 2 main sciences, chemistry and physics, suffer. Chemistry has nearly 2 complete TMAs
specifically to itself, with a dash of quantumn physics. In terms of TMA questions, physics has to
share with biology, chemistry and geology.
Although block 7 is quantumn physics it is split in 2, the 1st
half with chemistry (quite appropriately)
the 2nd with the comology block. It might have been better extending the 2 blocks and dropping
the distinct QM block altogether. So
if it is mainly physics you are after, you don’t get a lot of it standing on
its own in this course and what you do get can easily be overshadowed by
other things, like the next TMA, the next block, the next tutorial, rush,
rush, rush, there's enough time to stop and think when you've finished….
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TMA |
Relevant Blocks |
Score |
Weighting |
Overall |
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01 |
1 |
90% |
N/A |
N/A |
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02 |
2 |
85% |
12.5% |
10.63% |
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03* |
3 |
91% |
12.5% |
11.38% |
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04* |
4 & 5 |
92% |
12.5% |
11.50% |
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05* |
6 |
96% |
12.5% |
12.00% |
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Average (2-5) |
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91% |
50% (of TMA) |
45.50% |
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06** |
7 (Ch1-5) & 8 |
88% |
16.6% |
14.66% |
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07** |
9 |
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16.6% |
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08** |
10 |
79% |
16.6% |
13.16% |
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09** |
7 (Ch 6-) & 11 |
86% |
16.6% |
14.33% |
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Average
(6-9) |
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84.33% |
50%
(of TMA) |
42.15% |
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Average
TMA |
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87.67% |
50%
(of course) |
43.87% |
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ECA |
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50%
(of course) |
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Overall |
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100% |
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*Substitution
is applied to blocks 3-5 **Choice of 3 from 4 TMAs – OU strongly recommends
TMA 06 plus 2 others.
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above table is an extract from a spreadsheet I set up to track my
progress. If you would like a copy
drop me a line either here
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