AQA A2 Biology BIOL5 - 17th June 2015

Does anyone have any good ways to remember some of the stages for bio5? For example for producing DNA fragments, does anyone have a easy way to remember the order for isolation,insertion,transformation etc?

My teacher got us to put all the different DNA technology methods on an A3 sheet and it's really helped me learn them and distinguish between them because some of the stuff overlaps. I made 5 columns, DNA fingerprinting, genetic screening, in Vivo cloning, in Vitro cloning and DNA sequencing and drew little diagrams, it really does help to remember each step!

Reply 181

Ruby_1696

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Original post by Hudl

Are you sure of this? my teacher was saying you will keep the grade you get the second time round better or worst

Hmm well my teacher said the opposite haha! So I'm not sure who's right !

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Makashima

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Original post by Ruby_1696

Hmm well my teacher said the opposite haha! So I'm not sure who's right !

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Are you referring the resits that you keep the second time grade? My teacher said they keep your best, if they didnt I doubt people would resit exams

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Ruby_1696

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Original post by Makashima

Are you referring the resits that you keep the second time grade? My teacher said they keep your best, if they didnt I doubt people would resit exams

Yes I am. And yeah I thought that too.

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~amethyst~

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Original post by lydiaaa1

My teacher got us to put all the different DNA technology methods on an A3 sheet and it's really helped me learn them and distinguish between them because some of the stuff overlaps. I made 5 columns, DNA fingerprinting, genetic screening, in Vivo cloning, in Vitro cloning and DNA sequencing and drew little diagrams, it really does help to remember each step!

oohh i see thanks :smile:

do you have a copy of the sheet? Like can you send a pic please?

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Hudl

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Original post by Makashima

Are you referring the resits that you keep the second time grade? My teacher said they keep your best, if they didnt I doubt people would resit exams

Im referring to resitting your empa not just an exam. I know you keep the hgihest mark for exams. My teacher is proabbly wrong but this is what hes going around saying. I still choose to resit the bio AS empa even though I got bang on a B first time round

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Makashima

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Original post by Hudl

Im referring to resitting your empa not just an exam. I know you keep the hgihest mark for exams. My teacher is proabbly wrong but this is what hes going around saying. I still choose to resit the bio AS empa even though I got bang on a B first time round

How many UMS was your B?
Goodluck though
I also got a B but I didnt resit because I cant do two empa written tasks in one day :L

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Hudl

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Original post by Makashima

How many UMS was your B?
Goodluck though
I also got a B but I didnt resit because I cant do two empa written tasks in one day :L

I got 42/43 ums cant remember but I can remember I pretty much scraped the B. I actually thought my written went well last year but I completely bombed the tasks and drew the graph wrong on task 2. How many ums was yours?

& my written test is not on the same day its a day after

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Makashima

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Original post by Hudl

I got 42/43 ums cant remember but I can remember I pretty much scraped the B. I actually thought my written went well last year but I completely bombed the tasks and drew the graph wrong on task 2. How many ums was yours?

& my written test is not on the same day its a day after

Ugh I would do AS empa but they decided to put A2 and AS on the same day...Poor my friends :P

Mines was 44UMS for 39/50 marks but I did ISA not Empa...
Doing EMPA because teacher sick of people cheating and increasing boundary, RAGING XD
Idk is that a good UMS, becos 44/60 eh is like 73%

Reply 189

thegiggler

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Hi, could anyone send me the biol5 2014 question paper pretty please. Or post a link of it.
Would be very grateful

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Matriix

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Original post by thegiggler

Hi, could anyone send me the biol5 2014 question paper pretty please. Or post a link of it.
Would be very grateful

All 2014 exam papers are now available to everyone on the AQA website.

http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/subjects/AQA-BIOL5-QP-JUN14.PDF

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thegiggler

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Original post by Clubba

All 2014 exam papers are now available to everyone on the AQA website.

http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/subjects/AQA-BIOL5-QP-JUN14.PDF

You're a star!! Are the mark schemes on it also by any chance

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Hudl

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Got an A* in my BIOL5 mock, it was the 2014 paper

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Matriix

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Original post by thegiggler

You're a star!! Are the mark schemes on it also by any chance

Yes, http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/as-and-a-level/biology-2410/past-papers-and-mark-schemes

Reply 194

pinkgorilla

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Original post by Hudl

Got an A* in my BIOL5 mock, it was the 2014 paper

Well done dude! That's great !
Got any tips ? :')

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Baloney26

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Guys I got over 90% last year, predicted an A* and yet I'm getting like anywhere between a D and a B, got a D in the biol 5 2014 mock, can anybody help me please, or maybe suggest where I'm going wrong? Bit hard but still worth a try!

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nope..

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is there any way to 'predict' what may come up as the essay? I know they like to give outrageously broads questions and I'm probably clutching at straws but yeah..

Reply 197

veroola

got my aqa task 3 any advice got no idea what to revise

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JustTesting

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Can I just remind everyone that discussing specifics about the EMPA and trading information about the EMPA is not allowed on TSR. AQA are actively looking for people cheating and there have been a couple candidates disqualified already! Do not be one of them and get 2 years of hardwork thrown down the drain!

Original post by veroola

got my aqa task 3 any advice got no idea what to revise