Guide to getting an A* in GCSE AQA Science

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  1. SpriteOrSevenUp's Avatar
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    Re: Guide to getting an A* in GCSE AQA Science
    Just make sure you know the CGP revision books inside out and you'll be fine I'm talking from experience!!

    Science/Maths are not my forte but with these books I managed to get A*AA in them
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    Bump again as exams are coming up
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    Re: Guide to getting an A* in GCSE AQA Science
    It says I have reached my daily download limit? But thanks anyways
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    (Original post by mark4396)
    It says I have reached my daily download limit? But thanks anyways
    It shouldn't say that. Just click on the free download button and it should start downloading after 1 minute of waiting. good luck x
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    If you can't find your own revision materials you're probably going to fail the exam anyway. I'm just saying.
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    Hi, I'm probably posting a little late, however, I clicked the new link and it doesn't work any more. Could you please post the working link? Thank you Oh & well done on your A*'s our school makes it look as if it's impossible for us to get it hopefully with this I'll stand a chance!
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    (Original post by Magenta96)
    Hi, I'm probably posting a little late, however, I clicked the new link and it doesn't work any more. Could you please post the working link? Thank you Oh & well done on your A*'s our school makes it look as if it's impossible for us to get it hopefully with this I'll stand a chance!
    Hey, tbh I could summarise what I put in the file pretty easily:

    http://gcserevision101.wordpress.com/ - I used that quite a bit!

    BBC Bitesize has some decent notes on it, although I don't rate them highly!

    CGP guides (make sure you get the ones for your exam board) are pretty good!

    Past papers + questions - easily available from the AQA website, do them all the way from like 2006 or whatever year they first started.

    That's about it really! Looking back, GCSE Science is a breeze compared to A-level. Also, one major point. I found these revision guides to be vastly superior to CGP's:

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Revision-Plu...006776&sr=8-13 - this one is for additional science but there are loads in the series, just make sure you get the right ones! These are beautiful...if you revise from these alone + past papers, you should get an A*. good luck
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    Just found a link for the majority of the books I linked above - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Revision-Plu...006891&sr=1-22 (all of them are visible in the reccomended books section)
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    Re: Guide to getting an A* in GCSE AQA Science
    Hi everyone, I'm doing my Core Sciences this January, any tips for me? Im currently doing loads of past papers and trying to be as concise with my note learning. Please help! Im aiming for A*'s Thank you, any kind of help is greatly appreciated.
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    (Original post by Twister1009)
    Hi everyone, I'm doing my Core Sciences this January, any tips for me? Im currently doing loads of past papers and trying to be as concise with my note learning. Please help! Im aiming for A*'s Thank you, any kind of help is greatly appreciated.
    Look at the above posts, all you need.
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    (Original post by Part A)
    Hey, tbh I could summarise what I put in the file pretty easily:

    http://gcserevision101.wordpress.com/ - I used that quite a bit!

    BBC Bitesize has some decent notes on it, although I don't rate them highly!

    CGP guides (make sure you get the ones for your exam board) are pretty good!

    Past papers + questions - easily available from the AQA website, do them all the way from like 2006 or whatever year they first started.

    That's about it really! Looking back, GCSE Science is a breeze compared to A-level. Also, one major point. I found these revision guides to be vastly superior to CGP's:

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Revision-Plu...006776&sr=8-13 - this one is for additional science but there are loads in the series, just make sure you get the right ones! These are beautiful...if you revise from these alone + past papers, you should get an A*. good luck
    These books are amazing. So easy to learn from, covers EVERYTHING really concisely. Got 3 A*'s using them and doing some practice papers. Couldn't recommend enough!
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    (Original post by ummm)
    These books are amazing. So easy to learn from, covers EVERYTHING really concisely. Got 3 A*'s using them and doing some practice papers. Couldn't recommend enough!
    the Revision Plus ones? yes they are, best ones by far - they're so underrated though compared to the CGP ones, it's unfortunate because they're much better!
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    (Original post by Part A)
    the Revision Plus ones? yes they are, best ones by far - they're so underrated though compared to the CGP ones, it's unfortunate because they're much better!
    is it true that i can't get your revision rescources anymore and i'm doing the new AQA science and there are no past papers available what show i do?
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    is it true that i can't get your revision rescources anymore and i'm doing the new AQA science and there are no past papers available what show i do?
    Nope, use the new Nelson thornes books for the separate sciences - the past papers will still be similar so USE them! and get the new specimen papers they've released for the new science exams.

    good luck
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    Hi I've just tried looking at this but can't access ? has it been deleted by someone?

    I think its great that you've gone to some much effort/ thanks!
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    Hi I've just tried looking at this but can't access ? has it been deleted by someone?

    I think its great that you've gone to some much effort/ thanks!
    Hi - I removed the download link (because I'm in Year 12 now so haven't updated it) but the information is a few posts above - I've basically summarised the good stuff to do! Good luck
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    Can you please do the links again?They aren't working any more. I would really appreciate your help.
    Last edited by yajman; 04-04-2012 at 17:49. Reason: Mistake prior to this
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    (Original post by yajman)
    Can you please do the links again?They aren't working any more. I would really appreciate your help.
    PM me if you have any questions
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    Re: Guide to getting an A* in GCSE AQA Science
    I've got the aqa textbook, the cgp revision guides with questions, the cgp workbooks and the collins revision guides(pretty rubbish). Do you still recommend me to buy those lonsdale revision guides. Also how are the aqa endorsed revision guides?
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    Hi, sorry this is late. I have my science GCSEs in summer and maths and english lit. B1 C1 C2 P1 P2. Biology and chem are AQA, and Phys is wjec. Maths and eng are WJEC too. As you probably know, I really need those resources that you have put together (btw thanks for taking that time). however, the link doesn't work ;( and it keeps saying page not found. I tried all of the links. Can you fix that possibly? Anway, I've been using CGP aqa exam board revision and work books for biol and chem (and the one that covers all exam boards for phys, as they don't have wjec phys ) topic by topic as a run up to the exam. Really really helpful. Londsdale books look great, but I don't think they're worth getting if you already got the CGP ones. Personal opinion anyway. I have been doing one topic a day and it is really good. First I go through my class notes for the topic, sticking closely to the spec. Then I revise the same topic in the rev guide. Then I do it in the workbook and mark it. When I have done a whole module through this process, I do, yep that's right there are such thing and they are VERY realistic, aqa practice papers from CGP. They are extremely realistic but IMO significantly harder than past papers. They really do help, especially when you're out of past and specimen papers (don't forget to do the specimen papers). If you like my revision method use it, I'm typically an A* student so it does definitely work for me. So overall, can that link be fixed and also please tell me how I can improve my revision method to ensure an A* in my modules. Thanks a bunch for taking your time to read this! =D
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