OCR Biology A Exam Thread (Breadth - May 26, 2016 and Depth - June 7, 2016)

OCR Biology A Exam Dates

OCR Biology A:
H020/1 Breadth in biology 1 h 30 min Thu 26 May pm
H020/2 Depth in biology 1 h 30 min Tue 7 June pm

Hey, I'm not sure if someone has made an exam thread for the OCR Biology A exam for AS or yr 1 so I thought I should make one since I can't find one.

So far, with the amount of things we know about the exam structure I'm not sure if I should make one for both papers so I just combined them both.

I'm gonna look up some resources soon but this are some of the basics I've used (Will update once I find new ones):

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3EED4C1D684D3ADF

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7A750281106CD067

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTmLQvMM-1M (Student's T-test)

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiJa1PAsFO7r1xQBZWek8KrkVuHHtjNWM summary of topics

Suggested:

good revision website www.technocratnotes.com (by @nickg15b )

and good revision app https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...s.app&hl=en_GB (by @nickg15b )

http://www.thebiotutor.com/ (by @jackthb )

Notes:

Original post by MeeraP07

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B5eZEYkqM9hmUTFod25kMm1WN28&usp=sharing

(by @MeeraP07 )

New Spec. (posted by: @ChelK321 , )
http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/171693-specification-accredited-as-level-gce-biology-a-h020.pdf (AS)

Maths Skills

http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/294471-mathematical-skills-handbook-.pdf (posted by: James3000117)

Specimen Paper (posted by: @plower )

http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/171694-unit-h020-01-breadth-in-biology-sample-assessment-materials.pdf (breadth) http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/171735-unit-h020-02-depth-in-biology-sample-assessment-materials.pdf (depth)

Practise Papers (posted by: @Skipper12345 )

Original post by Skipper12345

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I can give people some of the in Breadth Practice paper... Excuse the answers

Tips:
-Find out out about chi-squared if you're using the purple, Pearson Biology Year 1 Textbook. It might not be in there) - thanks for the info @Ozil5 and @amalick1029
- Edexcel has (including in its past papers) multiple choice questions so check them out - @Sky14107836285
-It might not be in the textbook and you might not have done it as a PAG so maybe check out "Serial Dilution" - @SolomonP
Just a few questions to start things off:-How far are you in the curriculum?-Have you done the sample papers in the website?-Do you have any advice for the others?

Update!

-Just added some links to notes in this thread. Some people are kinda skipping some really helpful resources so I thought I should arrange it during break. If you guys didn't want your post/link on OP just tell me. I just wanted to make the links more visible to new people. Cheers :smile:

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Reply 1

S.G.

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We just started Module 4, but we still have to do Translocation in Module 3. Still a lot to cover with only 81 days left

Original post by Firenze26

OCR Biology A Exam Dates

OCR Biology A:
H020/1 Breadth in biology 1 h 30 min Thu 26 May pm
H020/2 Depth in biology 1 h 30 min Tue 7 June pm

Hey, I'm not sure if someone has made an exam thread for the OCR Biology A exam for AS or yr 1 so I thought I should make one since I can't find one.

So far, with the amount of things we know about the exam structure I'm not sure if I should make one for both papers so I just combined them both.

I'm gonna look up some resources soon but this are some of the basics I've used (Will update once I find new ones):

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3EED4C1D684D3ADF

Just a few questions to start things off:
-How far are you in the curriculum?
-Have you done the sample papers in the website?
-Do you have any advice for the others?

Reply 2

Rose.n

5

We have just started module 4 but have covered classification already :smile:

Do any of you have any tips/ useful links with biochemistry revision?

Reply 3

Firenze26

OP

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Original post by Rose.n

We have just started module 4 but have covered classification already :smile:

Do any of you have any tips/ useful links with biochemistry revision?

Hmm, are you talking in general or in relation to enzymes and water properties? Cause the latter is the one tat is kinda directly link to chemistry.

P.S.

Sorry for the horrible grammar 😞

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Reply 4

Rose.n

5

Original post by Firenze26

Hmm, are you talking in general or in relation to enzymes and water properties? Cause the latter is the one tat is kinda directly link to chemistry.

P.S.

Sorry for the horrible grammar 😞

More like the carbohydrates, lipids and phospholipid stuff :smile:

Reply 5

Firenze26

OP

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Original post by Rose.n

More like the carbohydrates, lipids and phospholipid stuff :smile:

For that topic, diagrams are a great way to revise that because, based on the past spec., OCR likes giving "identify this... and state the function of..." questions.

It also comes up in some essay questions which I'm pretty sure they would take advantage of for the other paper so memorise key words and key phrases using flash cards. Don't forget to remember the differences between the structures of bacteria, plants and animals. Sometimes they also ask you to draw sugar molecules so memorise that as well.

Overall, for this topic, I'd say flashcards and diagrams are the way to go. Making a mini glossary also helps because they can give you questions like "what is transpiration?', etc.

P.S.

Sorry for the horrible grammar 😞

Reply 6

jade1999

Original post by Firenze26

OCR Biology A Exam Dates

OCR Biology A:
H020/1 Breadth in biology 1 h 30 min Thu 26 May pm
H020/2 Depth in biology 1 h 30 min Tue 7 June pm

Hey, I'm not sure if someone has made an exam thread for the OCR Biology A exam for AS or yr 1 so I thought I should make one since I can't find one.

So far, with the amount of things we know about the exam structure I'm not sure if I should make one for both papers so I just combined them both.

I'm gonna look up some resources soon but this are some of the basics I've used (Will update once I find new ones):

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3EED4C1D684D3ADF

Just a few questions to start things off:
-How far are you in the curriculum?
-Have you done the sample papers in the website?
-Do you have any advice for the others?

hi

We are on communicable diseases of module 4, and we need to finish off translocation of module 3 too. We recently had a mock exam where they used the specimen paper, but I havent done any other sample papers

Reply 7

MeeraP07

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*IMPORTANT*Hi everyone! I'm actually in my first year of university now but thought I would post all of my resources from my A levels last year. There are 1000s of resources including notes, practice questions and answers etc. for A2 Biology, Chemistry and Maths. There were far too many to upload them individually so I uploaded them to a google drive so if you follow the link below it will take you to them! I found TSR so helpful when I was doing my A Levels and found other peoples notes to be useful so I thought I would reciprocate the favour and upload mine! They aren't exam board specific so I hope they're helpful (although I did do OCR-Bio, Edexcel- Chem and Maths).Enjoy!https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B5eZEYkqM9hmUTFod25kMm1WN28&usp=sharing

Reply 8

nickg15b

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Original post by Firenze26

OCR Biology A Exam Dates

OCR Biology A:
H020/1 Breadth in biology 1 h 30 min Thu 26 May pm
H020/2 Depth in biology 1 h 30 min Tue 7 June pm

Hey, I'm not sure if someone has made an exam thread for the OCR Biology A exam for AS or yr 1 so I thought I should make one since I can't find one.

So far, with the amount of things we know about the exam structure I'm not sure if I should make one for both papers so I just combined them both.

I'm gonna look up some resources soon but this are some of the basics I've used (Will update once I find new ones):

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3EED4C1D684D3ADF

Just a few questions to start things off:
-How far are you in the curriculum?
-Have you done the sample papers in the website?
-Do you have any advice for the others?

good revision website www.technocratnotes.com

and good revision apphttps://play.google.com/store/apps/d...s.app&hl=en_GB

can you add this to your original post please so that any new ppl to the thread see this. thanks

Reply 9

Firenze26

OP

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Original post by nickg15b

good revision website www.technocratnotes.com

and good revision apphttps://play.google.com/store/apps/d...s.app&hl=en_GB

can you add this to your original post please so that any new ppl to the thread see this. thanks

Thanks for the link, just added it to the OP.

Bozeman science also added this new video about the Student's t-test, its a short part in Data skills but it might provide some insight into how you use it in the exam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTmLQvMM-1M

Reply 10

Yesitisi

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Original post by Firenze26

Thanks for the link, just added it to the OP.

Bozeman science also added this new video about the Student's t-test, its a short part in Data skills but it might provide some insight into how you use it in the exam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTmLQvMM-1M

Is the students t-test in the ocr a spec?

Reply 11

Firenze26

OP

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Original post by Yesitisi

Is the students t-test in the ocr a spec?

I believe so, it was in data skills in the last few pages of the text book so yeah. I'm still not 100% sure of when to use it since I haven't seen it come up before in the past papers I've done so maybe its a new topic.

Reply 12

microbiologist1

How far are you doing with revision? I've just finished biological molecules but I have loads to do.

Reply 13

Yesitisi

7

Original post by Firenze26

I believe so, it was in data skills in the last few pages of the text book so yeah. I'm still not 100% sure of when to use it since I haven't seen it come up before in the past papers I've done so maybe its a new topic.

The cgp textbook? I looked for it and didn't find anything about it. What page is it on?

Reply 14

Firenze26

OP

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Original post by Yesitisi

The cgp textbook? I looked for it and didn't find anything about it. What page is it on?

CGP textbook? Oh, no, it's the Pearsons A-level year 1 OCR Biology A textbook. I'm not sure about the CGP textbook but the Pearsons one puts Data Skills in like a small chapter.

Maybe the CGP textbook integrated it in with a topic.

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Reply 15

Firenze26

OP

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Original post by microbiologist1

How far are you doing with revision? I've just finished biological molecules but I have loads to do.

Nice, that's way better than me. Properly, I've only revised microscopes but, I have revised Bohr Shift and Spirometer (well, more like finally learned them).

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Reply 16

ImagineCats

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We're halfway through module 4! Flashcards are helping me not dread this exam too much. Thank god for half term between the exams- relying on depth for that B! :biggrin:

Reply 17

alevelyh

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today we did a paper in class of the new specification was so hard for me 😞 does anyone have the 2015 paper from last year june? and markscheme and any tips for the multiple choice questions