GCSE Chemistry Study Group 2022-2023

idk how to revise to get atleast a 4 in my chem triple foundation exam

Thank you sm! Do you think i should use freesciencelessons to revise the topics?

Past papers under timed conditions without access to notes, textbooks etc and mark them afterwards are how you master exam technique and get the required marks. You should find your teachers and see if they can talk you through some of the questions after class if the mark scheme doesn’t help.

When revising or self-teaching, do it in 30 - 45 minute bursts with 15 minute breaks between to have a snack and a drink. This prevents you losing focus and makes your study time as productive as possible.

That's literally so smart.. what is your average marks for science

woah are there any other rare tips you could give me since i want to not only get a 9 in science i wanna get high nines since im aiming for medicine
im averaging a 9 in physics 8 in chemistry and 7 in biology how can i get higher?

I used something called the Feynman Technique, which in your case should work really well given that you already have a strong grasp of the material. This method involves taking time to summarise a topic and do so in the simplest terms without removing key terminology, writing down notes/flashcards etc as you go along. After writing the notes, you find someone much less familiar with the topic than yourself and you attempt to talk them through it with the aid of the notes you prepared. If they do not understand, you assume you haven’t understood the topic as well as you could have, hence you haven’t been able to summarise it well enough and therefore you refine your own understanding of the topic by reading around it and making simpler notes, then try again. Otherwise, great, you’ve got it but keep practicing exam questions regularly so as to not get complacent.

I’d also advise using the examiner’s reports to find common mistakes made by candidates (i.e misreads, problems with units in calculations and forgetting/mixing up definitions) and learn how to avoid them.

I did Edexcel Triple Higher science and I remember the specification booklet having an index of command words (appendix 2: taxonomy on pages 53 and 54 of the chemistry specification) and what they mean. This is invaluable to improving your exam technique and next to no-one that I know used it. https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/GCSE/Science/2016/Specification/GCSE_Chemistry_Spec.pdf

What's the best way to try and memorise all the displayed formulas for organic chemistry? I'm really struggling to remember them

idk how to revise to get atleast a 4 in my chem triple foundation exam

At GCSE, my worst mark in chemistry was 89% on a mock with my best being 98% (averaging about 94%)

In physics and biology, I usually got around 70% on average. This is largely because I put much less effort into them and was much less invested in them.

What's the best way to try and memorise all the displayed formulas for organic chemistry? I'm really struggling to remember them