1998 School Magazine

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Sophie Ferris (LOGR) and Maria Barker (10G) have been selected to train for the Junior PITYsics Olympiad in a program run by Grimth University AMstr, ,it",, N"tio""I Cbe, "is try Q"iz - On Thursday 23 July, 219 students in Year Eleven and Twelve undertook the 1998 Australian National Chemistry Quiz. The one-hour quiz consisted of 30 multiple choice questions. The answer sheets are at present at Charles Stun University - Mitchell for computer marking. The aims of the quiz are clearly related-to "Science for Everybody" which is a national aim for science education To quote Professor Curtis, Past President of the Australian Academy of Science supporting these challenging competitions for school sin- dents is a far-sighted initiative. 11 will improve the performance of the higher achiever while raising the interest of students generally in science education Vivien Stewart <12G) was awarded a F1aque for placing in the top 100 students in the Year 12 Quiz. There were 18779 entries at this levelhighlighting Vivien's excellent performance Out of 197 BGGS students who entered the Quiz, 24 were awarded High Distinctions, 63 received Distinctions, and 19 gained Credits

A"strait",, N, ,tio""I Cbe, ,, ic"IA, ,"61sts Co, "petitio, , - On Saturday, 9 May, twelve girls from YearTwelve arrived at the University of Queensland Chemistry Laboratories ready to tinate. The competition has been held annually since 1980 and now accepts in excess of 300 teams. Entrants compete in reams of three. Each member of the team performs an acid-base titration exercise to determine the concentration of an "un- known" acetic acid solution. Judging is on the basis of the values the team members report for the acetic acid concentration. The aim of the competition is to encourage students who enjoy practical Chemistry to test their proficiency. Students were awarded individual certfficates ranging from competent to excellent. Three BGGS students were awarded certfficates of excellence - Zoe Hildebrand (12M), Viven Stewart <12G), and loanne Scott <12R) AMstr"nam Schools Scie"ce Co, ,IPetttio, I - This Year 507 000 students from Australia, New Zealand, Papua and New Guinea, Fiji, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Ghana, and Vanuatu entered this competition. This competition provides good practice for the Queensland Core Skills Test administered in Year Twelve. Certfficates are awarded on the following basis High Distt??ction to the top I% of students in the state Distinction to the nextlO% and Ci. editto the next 20%. Over half of our Junior Science students received certfficates

Social and Environmental Studies 17a. culty

new year and a new name. Formerly known as the Social Studies Faculty, the decision to include the word 'Environmental' recognises the importance of Geography as a key discipline in a faculty which includes a range of humanity- based disciplines such as History (Ancient and Modern), Economics and Study of Religion. This name change was particularly timely as it coincided with the appointment of Mr Ieffrey Wheatley to the position of Co- ordinator of Geography at the beginning of 1998 FACULTY DAY The focal point of the Faculty's year is 'Faculty Day' which was held on Thursday 30 July The day be aan with the 5th Year 10 UN Youth Formn run by Year Twelve students Emma Prior and Satah Hoyes. Thirty- two Year Ten delegates representing a range of countries such as Australia, Burma, China, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and The United States, debated the issues of human rights and punitive measures to prevent the violation of these rights. The debate was particularly informed, lively and progressive as nTember nations lobbied eaclT other to support their national viewpoint

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and advanced amendments to the proposed resolution: 'That all 772en?ber nations abhor the uio/"lion of buntan rights in^d 618ree to the use of trade sanctions 61gai'itst those coll"tits that, o77 Ibe basil; of the agieed guideitce, bd"e uio!died the human lights of theirpeQp!es. 'A final vote by member nations failed to

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