Microbe Mission B/C
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Re: Microbe Mission B/C
I think it would be really cool if perhaps next years rules had less diseases but a lore more in depth look on them. Just an idea, but I think it would be fun
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I like that. But it would make things more complicated if a test were to ask about diseases not on the list, which is fairly common. I just hope the disease element and the microbe element would balance well if disease questions were more thorough.Starapollo1 wrote:I think it would be really cool if perhaps next years rules had less diseases but a lore more in depth look on them. Just an idea, but I think it would be fun
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Wouldn't be nice if the people writing the tests read the rules and only asked questions over the right diseases? lol I feel like that would solve a lot of problems
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If they put a disease that's not on the list, just tell them on the answer sheet.
On my "cheat sheet" (page of notes) for this event at Regionals, I had all the diseases and microbes. I actually copied and pasted the whole training sheet and microscopy review and shrank it to 7pt font size and 0.3 inch margins. (And there were some people without cheat sheets).
At Regionals we got 2nd place and beat the other team. We lent the cheat sheet to the state team (which I was not on) and they got 9th at states.
On my "cheat sheet" (page of notes) for this event at Regionals, I had all the diseases and microbes. I actually copied and pasted the whole training sheet and microscopy review and shrank it to 7pt font size and 0.3 inch margins. (And there were some people without cheat sheets).
At Regionals we got 2nd place and beat the other team. We lent the cheat sheet to the state team (which I was not on) and they got 9th at states.
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Having topics not in the rules is a common problem in every event, I think. It would be nice if more supervisors read the rules (though there are great people who do, and I greatly appreciate all proctors anyway)... but there are ways to circumvent it if they don't. For example, fungal infections are called mycoses. If you find "mycosis" in the name of a disease, it should be fungal (i.e. blastomycosis and myringomycosis).Starapollo1 wrote:Wouldn't be nice if the people writing the tests read the rules and only asked questions over the right diseases? lol I feel like that would solve a lot of problems
Eh, I wouldn't try that. I heard about a team that got points taken off for doing so.NYLHVSSO wrote:If they put a disease that's not on the list, just tell them on the answer sheet.
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I finally figured out that the disease was on the list, but it wasn't on the cheat sheet for some reason. But we guessed and got it right.
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Do any of you know what the changes for Microbe Mission are in 2012?
I'm trying to do some studying ahead of time.
I'm trying to do some studying ahead of time.
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You'll have to wait until the rules come out, I think.
I'm using the old rules to study for this event.
I'm using the old rules to study for this event.
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I know some for division c, a couple diseases added.fanjiatian wrote:Do any of you know what the changes for Microbe Mission are in 2012?
I'm trying to do some studying ahead of time.
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