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As you are probably aware  - the Science we learn in yr 12 was cutting edge about 100 years ago. For a look at the cutting edge of Chemistry/Physics see these excellent animations below. The first is good for everyone to know about. The second is vital for Yr 12 Physics (QTQ) - NB the comic bit starts at 1 min in. More below the clips for the Physicists.

The clips below aren't the best quality - (its the best I could upload to the blog) for the full experience see here (though you should watch the second one on the page first, then the top one).

Also see here, here & here for Newton's Laws as they apply to Science students (to make it more relevant to you, you could replace graduation/thesis/PhD with 'completing an assessment', and grad student with 'HSC student')

BTW PhD (piled higher and deeper) Comics is a very clever & very funny site - though you might appreciate it more once you've had a taste of university life.

As the 2nd clip implied, it's interesting to compare modern Particle Physicists to the Chemists of 100 years ago trying to piece together the periodic table. What they are putting together now is the 'Standard Model' - which is like a Periodic Table of subatomic particles. It is incredible to think of the advances in Chemistry that have come about since the ordering of the elements and developing a deeper understanding of their structure. One can only image where a greater understanding of the subatomic world will take us.