A2 Physics Unit 4 and 5 Revision Thread

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  1. Rosie2039's Avatar
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    Re: A2 Physics Unit 4 and 5 Revision Thread
    Ok so since unit 6 is the nearest how much have u prepared for it? done all the past papers?
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    Re: A2 Physics Unit 4 and 5 Revision Thread
    (Original post by Rosie2039)
    Ok so since unit 6 is the nearest how much have u prepared for it? done all the past papers?
    Exam for unit 6 :confused: I thought it was coursework
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    Re: A2 Physics Unit 4 and 5 Revision Thread
    (Original post by Rosie2039)
    Ok so since unit 6 is the nearest how much have u prepared for it? done all the past papers?
    nope havent done any past papers...thers not that many but our teacher gave us qs sets which we do, il do the past papers closer to the exam ...its basically knowing how to get uncertainties and stuff....also drawing graphs and taking logs....i think il probs go through the book for experiments cas theres not that many experiments this year but our teacher was saying they can test us on AS stuff in unit 4,5 and 6 so yh im revising through unit 2 and 1 a bit too

    (Original post by cpdavis)
    Exam for unit 6 :confused: I thought it was coursework
    some schools do coursework some do the exam
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    (Original post by Rosie2039)
    Ok so since unit 6 is the nearest how much have u prepared for it? done all the past papers?
    Haven't prepared much. Just have to go through some notes 2 days before the exam.
    Yes, done with the past papers.
    I am so stressed because after Unit 6 Physics, the next day I have Unit 6 Chemistry!
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    Re: A2 Physics Unit 4 and 5 Revision Thread
    (Original post by cpdavis)
    Exam for unit 6 :confused: I thought it was coursework
    For OCR A im sure its

    U1 Core
    U2 Core
    U3 Practicals

    U4 Core
    U5 Core
    U6 Practicals
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    Re: A2 Physics Unit 4 and 5 Revision Thread
    Here are the mark schemes for the past papers I've posted earlier.

    https://www.dropbox.com/home#/Public...k%20Schemes:::
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    Re: A2 Physics Unit 4 and 5 Revision Thread
    (Original post by Kevin_Tsang)
    Here are the mark schemes for the past papers I've posted earlier.

    https://www.dropbox.com/home#/Public...k%20Schemes:::
    Thanks but you need a log in
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    Re: A2 Physics Unit 4 and 5 Revision Thread
    Here are the mark schemes which you can access without any need for registration.

    Unit 4

    Jan 10: http://www.mediafire.com/?e8r68ui7ctpykm1

    Jun 10: http://www.mediafire.com/?0bw3l677xvxgf8h

    Jan 11: http://www.mediafire.com/?q1u5nq5657xur35

    Unit 5

    Jun 10: http://www.mediafire.com/?kz7dvtmket5x1c1

    Jan 11: http://www.mediafire.com/?znr6p1oft63ol43
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    *Subscribes* thanks for the past papers Kevin
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    anyone doing turning points in physics as the option for unit 5 aqa? any idea where i can find sample questions?
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    anyone doing turning points in physics as the option for unit 5 aqa? any idea where i can find sample questions?
    I'm doing turning points I would just do lots off the aqa website, or out of the texbook. Sorry I can't be more helpful.
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    anyone doing turning points in physics as the option for unit 5 aqa? any idea where i can find sample questions?
    I bought a 'Collins' textbook for turning points, its really useful - there aren't loads of questions, but whats there is pretty helpful, and it's not too expensive either!
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    Re: A2 Physics Unit 4 and 5 Revision Thread
    Do not like Electromagnetic induction spread, Its suddenly jumped many new similar sounding words on us!

    Resitting Unit 1, some of the questions in unit 1 from the book are not nice too!
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    I bought a 'Collins' textbook for turning points, its really useful - there aren't loads of questions, but whats there is pretty helpful, and it's not too expensive either!
    oh, is that the little pink one thats called the "support materials" i got that off of amazon and i find it quite good, i dont think the little blue booklet for turning points aqa supply is any good at all though
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    (Original post by jwest)
    oh, is that the little pink one thats called the "support materials" i got that off of amazon and i find it quite good, i dont think the little blue booklet for turning points aqa supply is any good at all though
    Yeah the one with lightning on the front? According to my teacher the information supplyed by AQA is written by the chief examiner who is very traditional and in his words "boring" but it is definately very relavant. So i've been trying to take notes from that but summarise it, it's really hard to know how to revise it!
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    Re: A2 Physics Unit 4 and 5 Revision Thread
    Is this thread for Edexcel or AQA?
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    Re: A2 Physics Unit 4 and 5 Revision Thread
    (Original post by Vampire-Love4ever)
    Is this thread for Edexcel or AQA?
    its a bit of both i think, im on aqa but some are on edexcel i think
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    Re: A2 Physics Unit 4 and 5 Revision Thread
    in.
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    Re: A2 Physics Unit 4 and 5 Revision Thread
    (Original post by Vampire-Love4ever)
    Is this thread for Edexcel or AQA?

    (Original post by jwest)
    its a bit of both i think, im on aqa but some are on edexcel i think
    im doing edexcel...but most people seem to be doing AQA....
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    Re: A2 Physics Unit 4 and 5 Revision Thread
    (Original post by jwest)
    its a bit of both i think, im on aqa but some are on edexcel i think

    (Original post by cool_beans1993)
    im doing edexcel...but most people seem to be doin AQA....
    Oh. I am doing Edexcel too. I thought it was for Edexcel but most people here were talking about AQA. Any way, good luck everyone!
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