My Gcse Game changer

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Make sure you understand all of the concepts - have a checklist and a methods book so you know how to tackle all types of questions.
For example: Have a page on completing the square - How you do it, then an example with a coefficient higher than 1 , then with a negative coefficient and then one example showing how to get the turning point from completing the square. Use CorbettMaths if you

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Then Practise! I recommend DrFrost for this - they have videos for most questions if you get stuck. Do this very regularly - (I haven't started yet but I am planning to...) do like 30 minutes on every weekday.

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Then practise from past papers because you need to be able to figure out how to answer the question and what method to use!

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You need to understand the concepts again! CGP guide is your best bet , PMT have some really good notes. Make sure you understand everything and if you are really struggling to understand something then make it a story so that it is easier to remember (this helped me to understand electricity - not a story per se but imagine it in your head like a little animation and give them motives - the electrons are lazy so they want to find the easiest route but they are also very focused on balance etc.). Also if you understand it mostly but just don't understand why or how - learn exactly whats on the spec , sometimes you just have to accept that it is what it is(dark energy+matter in Space Physics).

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Know your maths really well - we're getting the equations so you just need to substitute them which is much simpler than trying to memorise all of them. Know how to covert between cm,mm,metres,km etc. and also Kilo,Mega and Giga Joules for example.

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Make sure to always include keywords with exam technique. Don't beat around the bush - the mark schemes are much nicer than Biology mark schemes but they are still strict and there'll be words that are needed to get marks. Look at mark schemes - write out answers to questions , write out the correct answer including all the key words. I recommend the CGP flashcards as well. Questions are often repeated just worded slightly differently so even without memorising it , you'll have an idea of what went wrong last time and what you need to include. Even for the CGP flashcards I wrote out all of the answers that I didn't have all the key words on because the writing is good for your memory.

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You cannot do this for all of the spec but try and link your understanding of different concepts together.E.g.
In the waves topic I learnt that sound waves are longitudinal so when learning about microphones and speakers in the Emag topic I was able to understand it better.

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6 markers are actually very easy once you get the hang of it. Get into the practise of identifiying all of the variables (Independant, Dependant, Control) in any experiment and writing them out like a recipe with numbered steps(usually around 6). Be very specific especially when measuring things ( with what - a balance , a ruler etc.). Always remember to plot a graph at the end of it ( I don't mean draw it - I mean write: "6. Plot a graph of the extension of the spring in cm against the mass of the load in grams")

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You might not get explicitly taught this section but the Working scientifically topic is very useful in gaining a few (reasonably easy) extra marks - learn errors , saftey methods etc. One tip our teacher told us was that we shouldn't write human error and always right random error instead. Again a CGP guide, the spec or even BBC bitesize can help with this.

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Make sure you understand all of the concepts - have a checklist and a methods book so you know how to tackle all types of questions.
For example: Have a page on completing the square - How you do it, then an example with a coefficient higher than 1 , then with a negative coefficient and then one example showing how to get the turning point from completing the square. Use CorbettMaths if you

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Then Practise! I recommend DrFrost for this - they have videos for most questions if you get stuck. Do this very regularly - (I haven't started yet but I am planning to...) do like 30 minutes on every weekday.

•

Then practise from past papers because you need to be able to figure out how to answer the question and what method to use!

•

You need to understand the concepts again! CGP guide is your best bet , PMT have some really good notes. Make sure you understand everything and if you are really struggling to understand something then make it a story so that it is easier to remember (this helped me to understand electricity - not a story per se but imagine it in your head like a little animation and give them motives - the electrons are lazy so they want to find the easiest route but they are also very focused on balance etc.). Also if you understand it mostly but just don't understand why or how - learn exactly whats on the spec , sometimes you just have to accept that it is what it is(dark energy+matter in Space Physics).

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Know your maths really well - we're getting the equations so you just need to substitute them which is much simpler than trying to memorise all of them. Know how to covert between cm,mm,metres,km etc. and also Kilo,Mega and Giga Joules for example.

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Make sure to always include keywords with exam technique. Don't beat around the bush - the mark schemes are much nicer than Biology mark schemes but they are still strict and there'll be words that are needed to get marks. Look at mark schemes - write out answers to questions , write out the correct answer including all the key words. I recommend the CGP flashcards as well. Questions are often repeated just worded slightly differently so even without memorising it , you'll have an idea of what went wrong last time and what you need to include. Even for the CGP flashcards I wrote out all of the answers that I didn't have all the key words on because the writing is good for your memory.

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You cannot do this for all of the spec but try and link your understanding of different concepts together.E.g.
In the waves topic I learnt that sound waves are longitudinal so when learning about microphones and speakers in the Emag topic I was able to understand it better.

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6 markers are actually very easy once you get the hang of it. Get into the practise of identifiying all of the variables (Independant, Dependant, Control) in any experiment and writing them out like a recipe with numbered steps(usually around 6). Be very specific especially when measuring things ( with what - a balance , a ruler etc.). Always remember to plot a graph at the end of it ( I don't mean draw it - I mean write: "6. Plot a graph of the extension of the spring in cm against the mass of the load in grams")

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You might not get explicitly taught this section but the Working scientifically topic is very useful in gaining a few (reasonably easy) extra marks - learn errors , saftey methods etc. One tip our teacher told us was that we shouldn't write human error and always right random error instead. Again a CGP guide, the spec or even BBC bitesize can help with this.