[SGTips]

I've been struggling all year with this course and feel like such an idiot for leaving it so late to start worrying properly.

Unit 1 is on the 14th May
Unit 2 is on the 21st May

Is it still viable to get an A/B in this subject?

Can someone with previous experience please help!!

Thanks,

SGTips

[ch0wm4n]

I take it your on OCR? My advice is to just go through the textbook, the ecology and conservation stuff is pretty boring and mostly memory though.

[SGTips]

(Original post by ch0wm4n)
I take it your on OCR? My advice is to just go through the textbook, the ecology and conservation stuff is pretty boring and mostly memory though.

I'm on AQA

[Muppet Science]

Don't worry, just go through the past papers. The questions tend to be recycled and if you can just go through revision notes (some are online) and ask your teachers concerning anything you are struggling with.

[SGTips]

(Original post by Muppet Science)
Don't worry, just go through the past papers. The questions tend to be recycled and if you can just go through revision notes (some are online) and ask your teachers concerning anything you are struggling with.

Thanks a lot

[RandomPeopleDancin]

Try GetRevising for some revision material. I find them pretty good and keep going through past papers and the supplied textbook as said above as this will really help. I hope your revision goes well =)

[Ankurr1]

can anyone plz help me with Q 1 ai from biology unit 3b of January 2011 plzz i need the ans badly

[shahlakh]

(Original post by Ankurr1)
can anyone plz help me with Q 1 ai from biology unit 3b of January 2011 plzz i need the ans badly

pal thats quite easy. u have to draw bar chart in this one.. The y axis would be the mean dry mass and the x axis would be the lack of any mineral ions such as without potassium ions etc. all of which is given in the data.

[Stickyelmo]

oh yeah you should revise everything while you can, after school, bank holiday. I've spent most of my day revising. gone up about 5%

[Ankurr1]

@shahlakh
in mark scheme it is given as y-axis root,shoot and not the mean dry mass that actually confused me.

[shahlakh]

(Original post by Ankurr1)
@shahlakh
in mark scheme it is given as y-axis root,shoot and not the mean dry mass that actually confused me.

look the mark scheme means that there would be two bar charts for each lacking mineral ion....one would be for the root and the other for the shoot.

[SHAH :)]

is anyone else worried about the f212 exam for ocr? i really dont like that paper.

[Sharyn]

(Original post by SHAH :))
is anyone else worried about the f212 exam for ocr? i really dont like that paper.

Me I always mess the biodiversity questions up and they're normally worth quite a bit. But the grade boundaries seem quite low?
And I'm retaking f211 so that doesn't help

[kirstyoneil]

(Original post by SGTips)
I've been struggling all year with this course and feel like such an idiot for leaving it so late to start worrying properly.

Unit 1 is on the 14th May
Unit 2 is on the 21st May

Is it still viable to get an A/B in this subject?

Can someone with previous experience please help!!

Thanks,

SGTips

I felt in the same boat as you until you mentioned the A/B, I've struggled so much I'm hoping for a D/E, I'd love a C but I like to think realistically to my own abilities...

It is possible, providing you put in the work!

[SHAH :)]

(Original post by Sharyn)
Me I always mess the biodiversity questions up and they're normally worth quite a bit. But the grade boundaries seem quite low?
And I'm retaking f211 so that doesn't help

i did my f211 in jan and i got an A so im fine with that. but the i know the f212 paper is really weird and the questions are really awkward.. the biodiversity, evolution and those boring topics i really cant do

anyways good luck for you exams

[Sharyn]

(Original post by SHAH :))
i did my f211 in jan and i got an A so im fine with that. but the i know the f212 paper is really weird and the questions are really awkward.. the biodiversity, evolution and those boring topics i really cant do

anyways good luck for you exams

Yeah I got a B hopefully should be able to pull that up to an A though Yeah all of module 3 is a pain

Thank you and same to you

[Aillias]

NGL. Doing past papers might help. BUT...... A lot of it ain't going to be recycled. If you did the January 2012 papers this year for the sciences, a lot of it was a lot different to past papers. Biology was the biggest change I reckon, hence a higher grade boundary than other years. But unit 2 should be the relatively the same, as I couldn't see much difference from that paper to the past. All i'm really worried is this Biology unit 1. No means to scare you, but i reckon it's probably gonna be a lot harder than past papers, since jan 2012 unit 1 bio grade boundaries was high.

Now, revision, what i did was to do EVERY SINGLE QUESTION in my CGP and nelson thornes book. I also did 2 old spec papers. The big questions at the end? Anybody's guess. i'll be honest with you. But if i reckon probably phospholipid bi layer or something to do with the heart, eg. how does the valves work. Pressure, etc.

[Ankurr1]

anyone gave the unit 3 exam ??
what was the answer for last 2 q any idea ?

[ForensicCat]

(Original post by SGTips)
I've been struggling all year with this course and feel like such an idiot for leaving it so late to start worrying properly.

Unit 1 is on the 14th May
Unit 2 is on the 21st May

Is it still viable to get an A/B in this subject?


SGTips

I am in the same boat as you, just dont panic, stay calm and study everything , go over everything. But DO NOT CRAM THE NIGHT BEFORE!!!!!!!! It will do you no good, get a GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP AND HAVE A HEALTHY BREAKFAST (not with loads of sugar, its better to have carbohydrates before exams).

Just get a good nights sleep TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT!!!!

[SGTips]

Thanks for the help everyone