I've only had two lessons of chemistry and already I feel like there has been a really big jump
Does anyone have any tips on how to ace A-level Chemistry, how and how often to revise?
Please link any helpful resources below, thank you in advance
I did OCR A too! I'm now studying my A2's. I understand what you're saying, it is tough, but my best advice would be to read ahead, so that when the harder content is taught (unit 2: nucleophilic substitution etc) you won't find it as tough to get your head around. (As students find the unit 2 mock a shock To the system, and you'll probably think you've been given an especially hard paper and it's a one off- it's not, sadly) The stuff your being taught at the moment should be super easy and second nature to you by the end of the year, so don't worry too much about it. (depending on how good of a teacher you have, that is) so yeah, maybe read a double paged spread a night before you go to bed 😉 Finally, please please start papers early. I made that mistake, I revised and revised content but left doing papers of my own until a few nights before the exam and it panicked me. The best way to revise (once you know the content in my opinion) is to do papers, especially when maths, physics and chemistry are involved. If you have any questions feel free to ask me ☺️
He's the only one out of all my teachers that actually does give notes! I started on formula and moles calculations too and I'm finding it super easy because I've got notes, which I can review.... Have a look on YouTube for tutorials for the stuff that's difficult to you and make notes
I did OCR A too! I'm now studying my A2's. I understand what you're saying, it is tough, but my best advice would be to read ahead, so that when the harder content is taught (unit 2: nucleophilic substitution etc) you won't find it as tough to get your head around. (As students find the unit 2 mock a shock To the system, and you'll probably think you've been given an especially hard paper and it's a one off- it's not, sadly) The stuff your being taught at the moment should be super easy and second nature to you by the end of the year, so don't worry too much about it. (depending on how good of a teacher you have, that is) so yeah, maybe read a double paged spread a night before you go to bed ������ Finally, please please start papers early. I made that mistake, I revised and revised content but left doing papers of my own until a few nights before the exam and it panicked me. The best way to revise (once you know the content in my opinion) is to do papers, especially when maths, physics and chemistry are involved. If you have any questions feel free to ask me ☺️
He's the only one out of all my teachers that actually does give notes! I started on formula and moles calculations too and I'm finding it super easy because I've got notes, which I can review.... Have a look on YouTube for tutorials for the stuff that's difficult to you and make notes
If you're doing edexcel you will probably see the biggest jump as it's the hardest exam board for chemistry seeing as you cover so much in AS that other boards don't
I recommend the George facer edexcel AS chemistry text book as it goes over the course in so much detail there's no reason that you wouldn't get an A or B - other than that I suggest you dedicate your time into studying for chemistry from now so you're not behind by going over notes in class and doing summary questions from the George facer textbook, past papers and stuff can be done later on