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Official Edexcel Biology B Paper 1:Core Cellular Biology and Microbiology-26th of May

This is the official thread for this unit. Please message me any resources you find useful and I will post them here to the original post.

Websites

www.technocratnotes.com I very much recommend you download their app it is quite awesome.

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc...-MnavJTQTLzTRg

http://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/biology-revision/

further reading

https://www.newscientist.com/
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Notes on Practical Skills /How Science Works Questionshttp://technocratnotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Technocrat-Notes-Notes-on-Acing-Practical-skills-How-science-works-questions.pdf
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hi
How was the exam ?
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Original post by Pikachuchu
How was the exam ?


i found it hard and pretty time pressuring
yeah, it was so hard :'(
my hopes and dreams are crushed

But if everyone found it hard the grade boundaries should be low ~~~hopefully
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What were the answers for the centrifuge questions of the cell?
I didnt manage to answer all the questions, including the last 6 marker :/ I thought timing was so difficult and 90 minutes for 80 marks just wasnt enough. Especially considering how many data analysis questions there were.
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Original post by Pikachuchu
yeah, it was so hard :'(
my hopes and dreams are crushed

But if everyone found it hard the grade boundaries should be low ~~~hopefully




What good will changing the grade boundaries do if everyone only got like 20/80 on that test?

You need like above 50% just to get an E, which isn't even a pass
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Wasn't the grade boundary for an A last year 72%? I know its like a new spec and everything but do you think the boundaries will be similar??
worst exam ever :frown:
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Original post by molly2789
I didnt manage to answer all the questions, including the last 6 marker :/ I thought timing was so difficult and 90 minutes for 80 marks just wasnt enough. Especially considering how many data analysis questions there were.


Same here :frown:
I really don't think that I answered any more than half marks... Considering that is usually a U, I am not looking forward to results day
I found this paper s hard. I struggled to know what they were asking me and although i like maths and do Alevel maths why was there so many maths questions! I found it really bad! Does anyone know where we can find an unofficial mark scheme as i cannot find one anywhere
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Wasn't the grade boundary for an A last year 72%? I know its like a new spec and everything but do you think the boundaries will be similar??


Considering how difficult it was, I'd hope not..

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The exam wasn't that bad actually. I worked through all the questions, Probably got 3 (or 4 marks if I'm lucky) on that last 6-mark question. It felt more like a chemistry exam than it did a biology exam. I'm looking at a very low A, or at least few marks off. Grade boundaries are definitely going to be set low.

What about you guys?
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Please can someone tell me what topics came up in this paper?

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