[Fatema991]

Hey! Thought I'd make a thread about this because there's nothing on here to do with the new spec.

I suppose I ought to start this off, so, I was just wondering:

A) is it true the grade boundary for an A is just 40/60

and B) Has anyone got any resources to aid revision about the heart and circulatory system?

Hope this thread gets used!

Fatema

[Wilko-and-Out]

no, 48/60 is 80%

thats your A

and heart and circulatory system is covered in the AQA spec textbook, just read, make notes, then re read, then make simpler notes

[partysunil]

hey, ignore the guy above. The predicted boundaries for an A grade in the biology module this janurary is between 39 and 44.
AQA are unsure though, as it is a new specification.

To revise always get the officially endorsed text book and know everything in it. If you do, you are guaranteed 100%.


Rep me!

[raspberryice]

ah the disease bit is annoying! why do we always get the new syllabuses?? maybe its a good thing...

[FutureMedic!]

(Original post by raspberryice)
ah the disease bit is annoying! why do we always get the new syllabuses?? maybe its a good thing...

i know what you mean, every single year we get a new spec. but the new biology course is "supposedly" a lot easier...so it might actually be a good thing.

[modini]

(Original post by raspberryice)
ah the disease bit is annoying! why do we always get the new syllabuses?? maybe its a good thing...

My year always just missed out on new syllabuses.

The new GCSEs basically give away the grades compared to before and A levels are even easier now (4 modules instead of 6).

[Fatema991]

Haha! I know man! I ALWAYS get new syllabus's! My year were the first to do that new triple science from AQA.. drove us mad because we had no material to go by!

I'm getting really confused though between the three lung diseases, has anyone got a good way of remembering them without getting the symptoms mixed up?

[raspberryice]

(Original post by Fatema991)
Haha! I know man! I ALWAYS get new syllabus's! My year were the first to do that new triple science from AQA.. drove us mad because we had no material to go by!

I'm getting really confused though between the three lung diseases, has anyone got a good way of remembering them without getting the symptoms mixed up?

i did the new triple science, but for ocr.

is it me...or is there too much in the course for one term??...for january modules??...but then if they were harder before?

[DaveJ]

(Original post by Wilko-and-Out)
no, 48/60 is 80%

thats your A
and heart and circulatory system is covered in the AQA spec textbook, just read, make notes, then re read, then make simpler notes

No it's not. 80 UMS is your A.

[overclocked]

(Original post by Fatema991)
Haha! I know man! I ALWAYS get new syllabus's! My year were the first to do that new triple science from AQA.. drove us mad because we had no material to go by!

I'm getting really confused though between the three lung diseases, has anyone got a good way of remembering them without getting the symptoms mixed up?

There are four lung diseases..

Pulmonary TB, Pulmonary fibrosis, Emphysema and Asthma.

I sometimes get a bit muddled with the symptoms too- but I don't think theres any easy way of remembering them apart from just learning them.

Most of them have 'shortness of breath' or in the case of asthma 'difficulty in breathing'.

[Malsy]

why doesn't the AQA website have the new GCE's grade boundaries?

[DaveJ]

(Original post by Malsi101)
why doesn't the AQA website have the new GCE's grade boundaries?

Do they not wait until after the exam has been sat to set the grade boundaries? So they can lower them for a hard exam, raise them for an easy one etc.

[overclocked]

(Original post by Malsi101)
why doesn't the AQA website have the new GCE's grade boundaries?

80/100 UMS is an A
70/100 a B and so on

No raw boundaries until the paper has been sat by everyone and it has been marked and standardised..

[Malsy]

I hate the mark schemes for this exam board. Urgh.

[--Dan--]

I'm doing this course

What does everyone think of it?

[Malsy]

(Original post by --Dan--)
I'm doing this course

What does everyone think of it?

I think my hate stems from this boards awfully awkward questions and mark schemes

the subject is OK. not the greatest fan of biology as you can tell

[raspberryice]

..i dont like the enzymes! they're insane...and confusing! they all sound the same...sucrose, sucrase, sucralose...i mean what!!?

[DaveJ]

(Original post by raspberryice)
..i dont like the enzymes! they're insane...and confusing! they all sound the same...sucrose, sucrase, sucralose...i mean what!!?

Sucrose isn't an enzyme.

[Malsy]

I've got a feeling the questions are going to be awkward.

[raspberryice]

(Original post by DaveJ)
Sucrose isn't an enzyme.

i KNEW some smart arse would say that....i was just illustrating a point.
they all sounds the same...whether they are enzymes or not.