AQA A2 Biology BIOL5 - 17th June 2015

We had this whole week to start on the skeletal muscles etc
But we chose to prepare empa which is the week after the week come back
:l Like dude seriously, I want to get everything done!

We just need to cover muscle contraction, homoeostasis and feedback mechanism then everything is completed

You're a little bit behind us. We have supposedly finished everything, but I don't remember ever learning about secondary messengers or anything like that, so I have a bit to do still.

I'm not looking forward to the EMPA at all. It doesn't help that the teachers don't know what we're doing until one week before either!

Dang I wish I was at your pace
I think everything will be done by end of april, not satisfied though because that means only may left to revise. Thats not enough time :/

Yeah I feel you. Just got to start trying to learn everything now tbh

Do you remember unit 4 contents rn? or you havent started revision

Do you think its still possible to get an A and miss out the essay question??

Do you think its still possible to get an A and miss out the essay question??

You would get at least 5-10 marks from the essay no matter how bad you done

isnt it like 4 marks for english communication quality thing
and then blah blah

Some years it's been possible to miss the essay question and still get full ums lol

Fluorescent markers are like indicators. So once u have made target gene u can insert it into a plasmid, You can also add these marker gene which code for fluorescence. The smart thing is that the fluorescent marker will bind only if the target gene is present so the plasmids with the target gene that we want will light up under uv light. The ones that dont have the target gene wont have the marker gene so it wont light up under uv

Do you think its still possible to get an A and miss out the essay question??

Hello everyone. I was wondering if addition to doing all the past papers, does any one also do the old spec papers ( which are very different to the current spec but has some similar questions)? I feel like doing the old spec papers too but I dunno.

How far is everyone with revision, ready for unit 4? How's unit 5 going?

Hello everyone. I was wondering if addition to doing all the past papers, does any one also do the old spec papers ( which are very different to the current spec but has some similar questions)? I feel like doing the old spec papers too but I dunno.

How far is everyone with revision, ready for unit 4? How's unit 5 going?

What sort of things are people looking at for outside reading for the synoptic essay? I know it shouldn't be the main focus and it's more important to master the content but I'm keen to get a few extra bits of info. I've looked at the kidneys in quite a lot of detail as you could link them with an essay that asked about structure linked to function, hormones, ions, osmosis, transport, organs etc, and I've looked at a bit of extra genetics stuff but can't think of anything else?

As soon as I've finished all the content I plan on going through biological sciences reviews and just making a couple of bullet points on extra bits that link to each sentence on the spec!