OCR A-Level Biology A Paper 2 (H420/02) - 14th June 2024 [Exam Chat]

If it’s anything like paper 1 I’m getting a D

Do anyone of you have predictions for paper 2, 6 marker

after paper 1 i am dreading this one

how are you guys revising? Apart from the usual past papers idk what else to do

Go over whichever topics you would hate to come up. I'd recommend watching videos (Clare biology does amazing 5 minute videos explaining spec spoints concisely) of the areas you struggle to understand, the visuals alongside the audio are really helpful. For memorising longer processes (e.g. outlining what happens in PCR) I would recommend blurting it over and over again until you can recall it accurately - I personally do it all on a whiteboard and if needed draw any useful diagrams whilst I'm doing it to help me out since images can act as a cue for the recall

Thank you does Clare do it for aqa too?

I think she's OCR only. I'm pretty sure Miss Estruch does AQA though!

Ok thanks paper 2 for is all year 2 content which is the worst. Then paper 3 has a 25 mark essays on who knows what 💀

AQA biology has essays???

Yep only in paper 3, even geo doesn’t have a 25 mark essay 😭 the essay can be explain the importance of ions for example (that’s an easier ion compared to the others theyve given) they’re really harsh in marking it and can drop bands of marking by making one error in ur a level terminology. They give us an option of 2 in the real exam. Ig every exam board has its + and - because ocr is a devious exam board for every subject