Potions and Poisons B

[xraychick]

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[dvegadvol]

Anyone have a P&P test that you could share? All of our invitationals returned only our answer sheets without the questions, which is completely worthless...

Thanks

[WhatScience?]

Anyone have a P&P test that you could share? All of our invitationals returned only our answer sheets without the questions, which is completely worthless...

Thanks

15 invitational sets were released recently on the forum. All the B ones contain potions tests. Check General chat

[dvegadvol]

I'm sorry, new to this. Where exactly are the P&P tests? Thanks!

[WhatScience?]

I'm sorry, new to this. Where exactly are the P&P tests? Thanks!

They been taken down.

[viscamander]

Unfortunately, we just attended an invitational on Long Island and the Potions and Poisons supervisor told the students they were not permitted to split the test and lab and work on them separately (which I have never heard of) and that they must do one part (test) and then the other part (lab) both students together. I have never had students do this, has anyone else done this - and why?

I believe this was not the intended way for the event to be run. When it was run at the 2016 national tournament, we were allowed to split the written and lab portions.

Agreed

Nobody told me we had to split the portions!!!!!! Are you sure about this? I would much rather work with my partner for both...

[Froggie]

I believe this was not the intended way for the event to be run. When it was run at the 2016 national tournament, we were allowed to split the written and lab portions.

Agreed

Nobody told me we had to split the portions!!!!!! Are you sure about this? I would much rather work with my partner for both...

Yiu din’t have to split it; you can work with your partner on both parts, but some people like to split it so that they can finish both the test and the lab.

[shrewdPanther46]

Unfortunately, we just attended an invitational on Long Island and the Potions and Poisons supervisor told the students they were not permitted to split the test and lab and work on them separately (which I have never heard of) and that they must do one part (test) and then the other part (lab) both students together. I have never had students do this, has anyone else done this - and why?

I believe this was not the intended way for the event to be run. When it was run at the 2016 national tournament, we were allowed to split the written and lab portions.

Agreed

Yea, that is generally the approach. Our regional was encouraging us to not split it, and I am relatively sure that the ES was triggered at me for doing the lab instead of doing the test w/my partner, even though he finished it in a couple of minutes given the test quality wasn't exactly the best.

[drcubbin]

I believe this was not the intended way for the event to be run. When it was run at the 2016 national tournament, we were allowed to split the written and lab portions.

Agreed

Yea, that is generally the approach. Our regional was encouraging us to not split it, and I am relatively sure that the ES was triggered at me for doing the lab instead of doing the test w/my partner, even though he finished it in a couple of minutes given the test quality wasn't exactly the best.

I am not sure why there would even be a question of "split" or "don't split". Either choice in no way invalidates the results and (having taking tests with partners for what seems hundreds of years!) sometime you might need to work together and other times one partner's skill sets rises above so far, they do not need the other person so they are free to work on the other half.

[Sequence]

Does anyone have any advice on what to fill up the 5 front and back ref sheets with? As of right now, I've only got 3 and 1/2 out of the 10 allowed. Most of my info is about the household chemicals and toxic spills because the I couldn't really find anything to elaborate heavily on the other topics. I have a whole page of pics of the toxic plants and animals and another page of pics of spills, graphs, bonds, etc

Thanks!