Edexcel Additional and Triple Science discussion

I was looking thorough wondering also if there is actually anyone doing science with Edexcel! I am!

I'm super nervous for the extension exams! In those units the only one I feel mildly confident in is Chemistry, even then I'm panicking over learning all the formulas!

What have you revised so far?

I started pretty early (Before Easter), so I've made notes on everything by now. My revision consists mostly of past papers now. Unfortunately there are only two for triple which makes it a lot harder. I am struggling to remember some of the equations too, there are way too many for chemistry, at least they give you them in physics.

How much have you revised atm?

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Sounds like you've done quite a lot! For additional, I've so far only made a full set of notes for Biology however we've been doing weekly mocks in lessons and I'm getting consistent A/A* but I know I can't be too reliant on that. For extension I don't even know where to start revising, we only finished learning the course last week and I need to go over and familiarise with it all again:/. Aaaargh!

same I like all the chemistry and biology units but I hate physics

I started pretty early (Before Easter), so I've made notes on everything by now. My revision consists mostly of past papers now. Unfortunately there are only two for triple which makes it a lot harder. I am struggling to remember some of the equations too, there are way too many for chemistry, at least they give you them in physics.

How much have you revised atm?

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I thought there was only 1 past paper from June 2013. and there is only 2 formulas for chemistry... i think its mass(g) with rfm (relative formula mass) times moles and the other one is Moles = Concentration (mol dm-3??) x Volume (dm3?) if you struggle remembering the formulas for chemistry draw a triangle, the one before the equals (=) is on top that way its easy to remember

I saw your fact sheets on another thread and they're pretty good! I've been getting similar marks on my additional mocks. I think I could get higher marks if i didn't make silly mistakes/rush questions.

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I can only see AQA threads on the GCSE board so I thought I'd start an Edexcel one. Is anyone actually doing this exam board? How has revision been going? I do Additional and Triple, I'm super confident with Additional but C3 is a little shaky for me.

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I was looking thorough wondering also if there is actually anyone doing science with Edexcel! I am!

I'm super nervous for the extension exams! In those units the only one I feel mildly confident in is Chemistry, even then I'm panicking over learning all the formulas!

What have you revised so far?

Sounds like you've done quite a lot! For additional, I've so far only made a full set of notes for Biology however we've been doing weekly mocks in lessons and I'm getting consistent A/A* but I know I can't be too reliant on that. For extension I don't even know where to start revising, we only finished learning the course last week and I need to go over and familiarise with it all again:/. Aaaargh!

same I like all the chemistry and biology units but I hate physics

I thought there was only 1 past paper from June 2013. and there is only 2 formulas for chemistry... i think its mass(g) with rfm (relative formula mass) times moles and the other one is Moles = Concentration (mol dm-3??) x Volume (dm3?) if you struggle remembering the formulas for chemistry draw a triangle, the one before the equals (=) is on top that way its easy to remember

I can only see AQA threads on the GCSE board so I thought I'd start an Edexcel one. Is anyone actually doing this exam board? How has revision been going? I do Additional and Triple, I'm super confident with Additional but C3 is a little shaky for me.
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I was looking thorough wondering also if there is actually anyone doing science with Edexcel! I am!

I'm super nervous for the extension exams! In those units the only one I feel mildly confident in is Chemistry, even then I'm panicking over learning all the formulas!

What have you revised so far?

I started pretty early (Before Easter), so I've made notes on everything by now. My revision consists mostly of past papers now. Unfortunately there are only two for triple which makes it a lot harder. I am struggling to remember some of the equations too, there are way too many for chemistry, at least they give you them in physics.

How much have you revised atm?

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I've been noticing that aswell. I think a lot of schools have taken students off edexcel, only my year are still doing edexcel.
I'm only doing additional this year, but after having a couple of really small group sessions with my teacher, I now understand all the topics (I think). I actually enjoying protein synthesis =-O
I've glanced at the extended additional and it looks like things I'd enjoy more. I think I can relate to it better.

If you're getting high marks in mocks then there's no reason why you can't do it in the real thing

As for Extension, do you have a CGP revision guide ? I just made notes using that and test myself using the question book we got.


Really? I find P2 to be the easiest one, half the marks seem to come from using the formula sheet at the front



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i dont really get proteinsynthesis but i know the steps pretty welll... its just ii dont know what im saying... im doing this for the sake of cramming, no timeto understand, only time to know

I was the same. I was just learning it. It makes it loads clearerwhen you uunderstand.
Do you have any revision sessions? A one-one with a teacher can clear up any confusion.

lol nah i aint got time for that and my teacher really doesn't care less!