How to revise from CGP Science guides?

Hmm . . . I wouldn't just rely on the CGP guides, but if you're confident with your subject material then I guess they are okay. However, if there's something you don't understand don't attempt to teach yourself from there. The CGP guides are good because they are concise and simple, but sometimes they are too oversimplified and don't give as much detail as is necessary. Make sure you read every little line because sometimes a question can come up that the revision guide only has like 1 sentence on.
Oh and look at the diagrams because they are often small but still sometimes as useful as the text if not more. Hope that helps somewhat.

Well what other resources would you use for revision?

Youtube videos, bitesize, the actual textbook

Well what other resources would you use for revision?

I used the specification for science, each subject specification is available on the exam board website and it meant I learnt exactly what I needed to know and no unhelpful/useless facts!

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How exactly did you learn the specification?

Well, I went a bit overboard with revision, and I went through every single page of the CGP revision guide and wrote 3 flash cards on each page and memorised them. Took ages, but helped me get 3A*s in my sciences) You don't need to textbook for GCSE, CGP has EVERYTHING you need to know for the syllabus in there.

How did you use the flash cards effectively and if you only used 3, the cards must have been packed with information?

Not sure which exam board you're on but I was on aqa and the specification said exactly what I needed to know. I wrote out notes based on the spec and any class work notes.

Using the spec also meant I didn't learn anything unnecessary!

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I'm on AQA too but how did you retain the information, and what grade did you get?

I wrote out a flashcard for each specification point, including any extra detail I felt would help me to learn it. Then when it came to exams me and my friend would test each other on the bus (its about an hours journey) from the flashcard. I got 3 A*s (including highest marks in the year in biology in my school!)

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I wrote out a flashcard for each specification point, including any extra detail I felt would help me to learn it. Then when it came to exams me and my friend would test each other on the bus (its about an hours journey) from the flashcard. I got 3 A*s (including highest marks in the year in biology in my school!)

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So for each point you wrote a question?

Sort of, I wrote out the information and then me and my friend came up with questions verbally to test each other. (although in other subjects I wrote information on one side and questions about it on the other side)

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Ohh, one last thing, you see the chemistry specification and physics specification, its quite hard to make the notes compared to biology. Any tips? cheers

I used class notes, and the textbook to match up information which was relevant to the point!

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