Revision is going well on my part. Just finished writing down some exam questions from the DNA topics that I think could pop up in the exam. I'm referring to chapter 14 and 16 in the book
Just wondering but can we get 16 marks for the scientific content by listing 16 relevant points? Do we have to write about every topic that's ever covered in A-level biology to gain the 3 breadth marks?
I'm really scared about the essay! Does anyone have any sample titles we can go through?
Thanks!
My Bio teacher gave me the low down today. Marking goes up in even numbers for the scientific content. So you can get 2, 4, 6, 8 etc.
In terms of the content, you should cover 8-10 areas if possible. With each area, say what it is and expand. Say, for diffusion, you could get a mark for talking about Fick's Law and another mark for giving an example, such as gas exchange in the lungs. For each topic area you cover, there is a maximum of two marks on offer. So don't go on and on about a point because you won't get any more marks for it!! Each point should be a paragraph, no longer than 10 lines.
My Bio teacher gave me the low down today. Marking goes up in even numbers for the scientific content. So you can get 2, 4, 6, 8 etc.
In terms of the content, you should cover 8-10 areas if possible. With each area, say what it is and expand. Say, for diffusion, you could get a mark for talking about Fick's Law and another mark for giving an example, such as gas exchange in the lungs. For each topic area you cover, there is a maximum of two marks on offer. So don't go on and on about a point because you won't get any more marks for it!! Each point should be a paragraph, no longer than 10 lines.
Revision is going well on my part. Just finished writing down some exam questions from the DNA topics that I think could pop up in the exam. I'm referring to chapter 14 and 16 in the book
Hi, could please kindly share what qs you think could pop up in the exam?
Does anyone know what you'd write for an essay on the Biological importance of water?
You can write about anything really, as long as you can concisely link it to water! So, you could talk about condensation/hydrolysis reactions, osmosis and water potential, photolysis.. Maybe even gas exchange in fish and the role of water! THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS!!
Hey sorry to break the conversation about essays, I was just wondering if anyone had the 2009 past paper for this unit 5? Because I'm sure there will be one, however my teacher mentioned that 2009 was for the old syllabus re-sits...
Hey sorry to break the conversation about essays, I was just wondering if anyone had the 2009 past paper for this unit 5? Because I'm sure there will be one, however my teacher mentioned that 2009 was for the old syllabus re-sits...
Hi there. unfortunately, there isn't a unit 5 paper for 2009 based on the current specification. This is because the new spec started in 2009 and the only papers released that year were for AS, not A2. However, if you are looking for more past papers to do, I'd advise doing the old spec papers (and maybe human biology papers) as a significant proportion of it overlaps with this course anyway. Hope this helps!