AQA AS Biology unit 2 notes

Original post by DavidH20

Hello

Thought these might be helpful for anybody sitting the AQA unit 2 biology exam this January. Made by me, so possibly not perfect, but they did me well - see spoiler.

Apologies for any typos/mistakes - feel free to post if you see anything that's wrong [insert disclaimer about no responsibility for exam performance etc.]

Enjoy :biggrin:

Spoiler

DAMNN! 140/140 is wow! And excellent set of notes :smile:

Thanks a lot :biggrin:

x

Reply 2

OP

Thanks - no problem :smile:

they didn't seem to attract much attention unfortunately - I guess not many people take this as a Jan exam...I'll try again in june :smile:

Reply 3

RespectedDon

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Excellent Notes indeed. Thank you very, very much for those notes, as they are extremely helpful. Don't know what else to say! :biggrin:

Reply 4

gardan

Original post by RespectedDon

Excellent Notes indeed. Thank you very, very much for those notes, as they are extremely helpful. Don't know what else to say! :biggrin:

Just printing notes , brilliant thanks

Reply 5

anisah150

Original post by DavidH20

Hello

Thought these might be helpful for anybody sitting the AQA unit 2 biology exam this January. Made by me, so possibly not perfect, but they did me well - see spoiler.

Apologies for any typos/mistakes - feel free to post if you see anything that's wrong [insert disclaimer about no responsibility for exam performance etc.]

Enjoy :biggrin:

Spoiler

First of all WELL done Nd secondly thanx for these notes also do you hav any good revision tips

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Reply 6

OP

Original post by anisah150

First of all WELL done Nd secondly thanx for these notes also do you hav any good revision tips

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Well, the first step is making sure you understand all the information - in biology it's very easy to learn and regurgitate facts. The best way that I find is to make connections between the different areas of biology, and with other sciences (if you don't think a textbook explains it very well research it yourself).

A good way to ensure understanding would be to rewrite these notes, or any others, in your own words - that makes sure your brain processes the information.

When you feel confident that you know and understand the topics, start on past papers. Remember that these are limited and are the only real indicator of your performance: don't waste them. I would strongly recommend doing each one under timed exam conditions - if you do papers open book or with mark schemes you basically waste one. Mark them harshly and don't rest until you're getting your target grade - that's your target, not your teachers'.

Biology is a lot of facts - personally I prefer the other sciences, but in the end if you learn and understand the info, and develop your exam technique, you can't go far wrong.

Hope that helps :smile:

Reply 7

anisah150

Original post by DavidH20

Well, the first step is making sure you understand all the information - in biology it's very easy to learn and regurgitate facts. The best way that I find is to make connections between the different areas of biology, and with other sciences (if you don't think a textbook explains it very well research it yourself).

A good way to ensure understanding would be to rewrite these notes, or any others, in your own words - that makes sure your brain processes the information.

When you feel confident that you know and understand the topics, start on past papers. Remember that these are limited and are the only real indicator of your performance: don't waste them. I would strongly recommend doing each one under timed exam conditions - if you do papers open book or with mark schemes you basically waste one. Mark them harshly and don't rest until you're getting your target grade - that's your target, not your teachers'.

Biology is a lot of facts - personally I prefer the other sciences, but in the end if you learn and understand the info, and develop your exam technique, you can't go far wrong.

Hope that helps :smile:

Thankyou

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Reply 8

Jimmy20002012

Original post by DavidH20

Hello

Thought these might be helpful for anybody sitting the AQA unit 2 biology exam this January. Made by me, so possibly not perfect, but they did me well - see spoiler.

Apologies for any typos/mistakes - feel free to post if you see anything that's wrong [insert disclaimer about no responsibility for exam performance etc.]

Enjoy :biggrin:

Spoiler

How did you revise for how science works questions?

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Reply 9

amar96

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these notes are really helpful man!

thanks a mill

Reply 10

OP

Original post by amar96

these notes are really helpful man!

thanks a mill

No problem - glad they're useful :smile:

Reply 11

gardan

Just Printing off now, will give some feed back later after using them , but they look great , thanks

Reply 12

chrisy:)

wow thanks !!! really kind of you :biggrin:

Reply 13

OP

Original post by gardan

Just Printing off now, will give some feed back later after using them , but they look great , thanks

Thank you - let me know how you find them :smile:

Reply 14

OP

Original post by chrisy:)

wow thanks !!! really kind of you :biggrin:

No problem - I had them saved on my computer and thought some people here might appreciate them :smile:

Reply 15

chrisy:)

Original post by DavidH20

No problem - I had them saved on my computer and thought some people here might appreciate them :smile:

yep we deffo apprecite them :biggrin:

Reply 16

gardan

Hi I like to do Questions and Answers after revising and copying each Section or a couple of sections , I then do the past papers when all units/sections are completed ,I did this with Chemistry just last week and feel like i'm making progress with that. Does anyone know if there is any resources that will let me do that. The Chemistry Q&A for each section/unit was from a linked site from here. I have done loads of searching but not having much luck.

Thanks

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Reply 17

erp

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Original post by DavidH20

Hello

Thought these might be helpful for anybody sitting the AQA unit 2 biology exam this January. Made by me, so possibly not perfect, but they did me well - see spoiler.

Apologies for any typos/mistakes - feel free to post if you see anything that's wrong [insert disclaimer about no responsibility for exam performance etc.]

Enjoy :biggrin:

I got 140/140UMS in this exam using these notes and past papers as my main ng revision resource.

Well done! Full marks! Just out of interest what other a levels did you take and what have you moved on to doing now, your notes have been a massive help by the way, thank you :smile:

Reply 18

OP