Amphibians and Reptiles

[robotman]

what rule that all questions will come from peterson?

[hpelletier]

Hey, I would love you to send me a practice test. This is our first year of Science O and we don't have a clue!
Thanks
heather.pelletier@matsuk12.us

[crazy77]

I have like 4 tablets of post it notes that take up just a little less than a full page of the Peterson book. 'Shove notes into' probably had more of a negative connotation than I meant it to. I'm so glad I don't live in NY...that rule that all of the questions will come from information inside the Peterson seems to sort of ruin the research/study portion of the event for me.

I just had my regionals yesterday and i live in NY and me and my partner had a bunch of tabs to mark where everything was in the guide (audubon, not peterson) and some girl was like, "the rules say u can't have stuff sticking out of ur guide" but then the supervisor read the rules and it didn't say nething about that so we were good
not to mention we got 2nd place!

[Flavorflav]

I have like 4 tablets of post it notes that take up just a little less than a full page of the Peterson book. 'Shove notes into' probably had more of a negative connotation than I meant it to. I'm so glad I don't live in NY...that rule that all of the questions will come from information inside the Peterson seems to sort of ruin the research/study portion of the event for me.

I just had my regionals yesterday and i live in NY and me and my partner had a bunch of tabs to mark where everything was in the guide (audubon, not peterson) and some girl was like, "the rules say u can't have stuff sticking out of ur guide" but then the supervisor read the rules and it didn't say nething about that so we were good
not to mention we got 2nd place!

Southern Tier or Lower Hudson?

Yes, that is a stupid rule. I like Peterson's, but some of it isn't even correct anymore.

[ramen4dinner]

Ohmygawd this sounds hard. D:
I'm a little confused though, so basically you should try memorizing the Audubon if you don't have time to make your own field guide, right... ?

You aren't allowed to make your own field guide, and you don't need to memorize the book. You should be able to ID on sight, then use the field guide to answer the questions if need be.

Seriously its not that hard after you take a few practice tests.

Oh I see, that makes a lot more sense. xD
But then, I don't need to know specific names right? Like if they were to show me uhmm, a chicken turtle, would I have to know exactly what it is on spot or would it work if I was just like, "oh, it's a turtle! "?
Heh, I sound a bit retarded. BUT THANK YOUU TO BOTH OF YOU.

[Flavorflav]

IMO you should ideally be able to look at a chicken turtle and know it's a chicken turtle, or at least be able to say that it is either a chicken turtle or, say, a slider. Really, though, you don't need to be able to say "chicken turtle," because the first thing you should do (after giving it a good, hard look) is look at your list. Remember, all you really have to do is pick the right one off of the list. Always, always go to the list first, then the book if need be. To return to the previous example, if you can't tell whether it is a chicken turtle or a slider, then you go to the book to see if you can figure it out. Hopefully, you'll only have to do that a couple of times on the whole test. IMO ID should be almost instant, and you use your time on the questions.

Oh, and you don't write "chicken turtle," you write Deirochelys, which you got off of the list.

[Liv]

But seriously, don't you think the new rule is major stupid?(sarcrazm, if only DS accepted the sarcazm font*sigh*)

[crazy77]

I have like 4 tablets of post it notes that take up just a little less than a full page of the Peterson book. 'Shove notes into' probably had more of a negative connotation than I meant it to. I'm so glad I don't live in NY...that rule that all of the questions will come from information inside the Peterson seems to sort of ruin the research/study portion of the event for me.

I just had my regionals yesterday and i live in NY and me and my partner had a bunch of tabs to mark where everything was in the guide (audubon, not peterson) and some girl was like, "the rules say u can't have stuff sticking out of ur guide" but then the supervisor read the rules and it didn't say nething about that so we were good
not to mention we got 2nd place!

Southern Tier or Lower Hudson?

Yes, that is a stupid rule. I like Peterson's, but some of it isn't even correct anymore.

Lower Hudson u?

[Flavorflav]

E.L.I.

Can you tell us who the top teams from your region were? I think we have results from every region except yours.

[crazy77]

1) New Ro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (my school)
2) John Jay
3) Yorktown
4) Byram Hills

what about ur results?