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Maths - More C1 practice. Atm, I would guess that I'm at 70-75%. Still haven't got around to S1 yet, but that'll come eventually, probably when I get stuck. Whenever I think I'm nearing the end of C1, I see a topic on one of the past papers that I've completely missed I've still got to cover graph transformations, aspects of co-ordinate geometry, and roots/discriminants of functions/equations. I'm not even going to mention circle theorems/vectors, guess as to why. (hint: I forgot, again) I've had a look at the 9-1 SAM, and done some questions that I wasn't sure about. I actually underestimated how much had changed from the old Spec A to the 9-1 spec, there's a lot of new topics and more complex questions. Luckily, that means lower grade boundaries, and a realistic boundary for a grade 9, which I am striving for. (a grade 8 wouldn't be the end of the world, I'd still be able to do FM A-Level, I'm pretty sure) Had a glance at sine/cosine rules, and I somewhat understand them, but I haven't tested my knowledge yet. I've learnt 1/2absinC, too, but again I haven't got around to testing myself yet.
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Chemistry - Started off my C2 notes, with collision theory, solubility rules, flame tests, and quantitive chemistry.
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Maths - Suprisingly, little progress. I have *kind of* got graph transformations, with the exception of narrowing, coefficients of a functions > 1. which I am shortly looking into. I did a few ridiculous calculus questions set by a friend, (well, at least for my level), which I got right after some thought. I'm still oblivious to chain and quotient rules, so it took me a while lol. I have worked on my 9-1 notes with solving quadratics (not yet with factorising, the main emphasis is on solving), and an albeit unclear description of completing the square, which others are free to view [and laugh at, if need be]. Stagnating a bit in terms of C1, although I do want C1 and an applications module done and dusted by September. Even if I forget it and have to relearn it, it'll be easier as I'd have learnt it once! Thinking of learning S1, M1 and D1 look far too damn daunting, M1 seems like Physics! D: I'll also have to do some work on time management during Maths exams, so I can complete these questions within a reasonable time-frame, after I learn them of course.
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Chemistry - More C2 work on types of bonding, malleability, and exothermic/endothermic reactions. Did a bit of revision on reactivity, and the reasons behind differences, too.
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Physics - Kicked off my P2 revision notes with notes about my favourite topic: radioactivity. It's still a work in progress so I won't link it just yet, but I'll be building it up over the summer. My P1 notes are finished to a satisfactory standard, so I'm half done with Physics!
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Maths - Started some C2 work on binomial expansion and binomial coefficients. Wasn't too bad for me, having a calculator makes me a lot more comfortable as I can check calculations and avoid really basic errors, the sort I often make on non-calculator papers. I get discriminants/roots of quadratic equations now (C1), which means I have bits of co-ordinate geometry, and a glance at graph transformations left, which is pretty good for around 2 weeks of work. Back to boring GCSE work, I had a look at the first set of specimen papers (the one that is password locked, can be found with a google search lol), and it shows how much harder the new spec is. From the public material, I hadn't fully realised the jump. I did a few questions, the harder ones towards the end of the paper, and got a decent amount of them right, but for those I didn't I've taken notes of where I went wrong.
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Physics - Kicked off my P2 revision notes with notes about my favourite topic: radioactivity. It's still a work in progress so I won't link it just yet, but I'll be building it up over the summer. My P1 notes are finished to a satisfactory standard, so I'm half done with Physics!
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Maths - Started some C2 work on binomial expansion and binomial coefficients. Wasn't too bad for me, having a calculator makes me a lot more comfortable as I can check calculations and avoid really basic errors, the sort I often make on non-calculator papers. I get discriminants/roots of quadratic equations now (C1), which means I have bits of co-ordinate geometry, and a glance at graph transformations left, which is pretty good for around 2 weeks of work. Back to boring GCSE work, I had a look at the first set of specimen papers (the one that is password locked, can be found with a google search lol), and it shows how much harder the new spec is. From the public material, I hadn't fully realised the jump. I did a few questions, the harder ones towards the end of the paper, and got a decent amount of them right, but for those I didn't I've taken notes of where I went wrong.
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Maths - Per before (circle theorems and vectors, again), but I'll also try more C2 work, finish off the topics that I'm not fully confident with in C1, and start S1 a bit. D1 is pretty much out of the question, at the moment It primarily consists of discrete mathematics and algorithms. I tried looking into Dijkstra's algorithm, but it didn't get it whatsoever. M1 is even worse, too bad it's now compulsory (or more mechanics as a whole), in the linear spec. It's hard, to say the least.
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Biology - B1 and B2 notes, although I'm pretty confident with Biology, to maintain that confidence I feel that I should make notes on the topics I'm les comfortable with.
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Chemistry - Start making C1 notes. Pretty much per the above.
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Physics - Continue P2 notes, although with a lower priority than the above. I have a pretty good memory of P2, to me it's the most straightforward science module, with the exception of B1, so there's no real urgency for that.
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English - Remember to read the bloody question in tests! (caused me to drop from a potential A in language to a B, got a 0 in one large essay (16/24)) question. The grade annoys me since my work previously had been mostly A/A* standard It annoys me infinitely.
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French - I have been advised to just chill in regards to French, but I will have a look at some vocabulary, to ensure that I don't slip too far behin in my French knowledge.
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Maths - Further refined my C1 knowledge - I've got more or less everything down, and I'll try to do some full past papers, timed, maybe under full exam conditions, I'm not too sure yet. I have most topics down, including distinct roots, graph transformations, and line lengths. I have started a bit of work on C2, starting with the equations of circles, more binomial expansion, and S1, on standard deviation, coding, skews and outliers. I've actually got to looking at circle theorems and such, wasn't as hard as I thought, to be honest! Next will be vectors, and I can expect to struggle with that. Although I get the basic principles, it's the application that I sometimes struggle with. Or, rather, I haven't really looked into the application of vectors in an exam-style question, more practice questions from my revision guide. I would start D1/M1, but I'd be unsure where I should start. Any ideas?
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Maths - Further refined my C1 knowledge - I've got more or less everything down, and I'll try to do some full past papers, timed, maybe under full exam conditions, I'm not too sure yet. I have most topics down, including distinct roots, graph transformations, and line lengths. I have started a bit of work on C2, starting with the equations of circles, more binomial expansion, and S1, on standard deviation, coding, skews and outliers. I've actually got to looking at circle theorems and such, wasn't as hard as I thought, to be honest! Next will be vectors, and I can expect to struggle with that. Although I get the basic principles, it's the application that I sometimes struggle with. Or, rather, I haven't really looked into the application of vectors in an exam-style question, more practice questions from my revision guide. I would start D1/M1, but I'd be unsure where I should start. Any ideas?
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Maths - Physics and Maths Tutor has been down for a few days now. Or, more specifically, the resources on there. Unfortunately, that restricts some of my A-Level practice, since I typically use their tiered papers and SolomonPress's papers to practice. Thus, I haven't been able to test myself on C1 yet, I was going to use one of their bronze papers. I haven't made any progress in regards to S1, I find it quite boring tbf, far less interesting than C1 or C2. I have instead decided to start D1, which I have now discovered is infinitely worse. I have started on a few algorithms, namely sorting algorithms, binary searching, and binning, which have been pretty easy so far, but they are often pretty tedious. I'm also unsure if the examiner would recognise my method, either, as I sometimes forget to properly indicate pivots.
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Physics - I have resumed taking notes on P2, and I have started with the uses of radioactivity, the dangers of radon, and nuclear fusion/fission. I find P2 to be one of the easiest science modules. It almost makes up for P1 being the most boring module! :P Almost. Luckily, not a lot of P1 concepts appear in A-Level, which I have decided I may be doing up until AS. It's mostly mathematical, as opposed to GCSE, so it's far more appealing to me.
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Maths - Helped @*Alisha* with a few C-B grade topics (inequalities, surface area, simulataneous equations, etc.)! (so that qualifies as some revision) In terms of D1, I started looking at Dijkstra's algorithm, Prim's algorithm and Kruskal's algorithm, and did a practice question each. The one thing I'd be worried about for D1 would be running out of time. Some of the algorithms are pretty time consuming, particularly bubble sorts, which can take quite a few passes. S1 looks quite boring to me, so aside from linear interpolation, standard deviation, and quartiles, I haven't really done much. In terms of C1 I looked at the application of pythagoras' theorem in the context of line lengths, expressed normally as surds/radicals.
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Physics - Did a bit of work on P2, in terms of nuclear power. P2 seems to be quite a small module, but I will scan through the specification to see what I've missed at the end.