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AQA GCSE Biology Paper 1 (Higher Combined) 8464/1H - 10th May 2024 [Exam Chat]

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AQA GCSE Biology Paper 1 (Combined Higher Tier Trilogy) 8464/1H - 10th May 2024 [Exam Chat]
Welcome to the exam discussion thread for this exam. Introduce yourself! Let others know what you're aiming for in your exams, what you are struggling with in your revision or anything else.

Wishing you all the best of luck. :yy:

General Information
Date/Time: 10th May 2024
Length: 1hr 15 mins

Resources
https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/combined-science-trilogy-8464
(edited 10 months ago)

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Reply 1
Is there a thread for this but triple science? Thanks in advance
Original post by Inviqta
Is there a thread for this but triple science? Thanks in advance

If you go to biology exams then you should scroll to see the other threads but here’s the thread for paper 1 triple higher:

https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7463144
Reply 3
Original post by Talkative Toad
If you go to biology exams then you should scroll to see the other threads but here’s the thread for paper 1 triple higher:
https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7463144

Thanks
Reply 4
Original post by Talkative Toad

AQA GCSE Biology Paper 1 (Combined Higher Tier Trilogy) 8464/1H - 10th May 2024 [Exam Chat]
Welcome to the exam discussion thread for this exam. Introduce yourself! Let others know what you're aiming for in your exams, what you are struggling with in your revision or anything else.
Wishing you all the best of luck. :yy:
General Information
Date/Time: 10th May 2024
Length: 1hr 15 mins
Resources
https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/combined-science-trilogy-8464

Wait so are u doing your GCSE this year cause I want to know some key topic i must learn even though i haven't revised
Reply 5
Original post by Talkative Toad

AQA GCSE Biology Paper 1 (Combined Higher Tier Trilogy) 8464/1H - 10th May 2024 [Exam Chat]
Welcome to the exam discussion thread for this exam. Introduce yourself! Let others know what you're aiming for in your exams, what you are struggling with in your revision or anything else.
Wishing you all the best of luck. :yy:
General Information
Date/Time: 10th May 2024
Length: 1hr 15 mins
Resources
https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/combined-science-trilogy-8464


Wait so are u doing your GCSE this year cause I want to know some key topic i must learn even though i haven't revised
Original post by Ahyzah
Wait so are u doing your GCSE this year cause I want to know some key topic i must learn even though i haven't revised

I did my GCSEs in 2019 😅 (and I didn’t like this paper because AQA suck). I’ve simply made a bunch of exam threads.
Reply 7
Original post by Talkative Toad
I did my GCSEs in 2019 😅 (and I didn’t like this paper because AQA suck). I’ve simply made a bunch of exam threads.

aaaa so u didnt do AQA as an exam board for science?
Original post by Ahyzah
aaaa so u didnt do AQA as an exam board for science?

I did do AQA, this exact paper but I’m not doing my GCSEs this year, I already did my GCSEs in 2019.
Reply 9
Heyyyy I’m trying to aim for a 9-9 or a 9-8 in science but the issue is I struggle with paper 1 topics especially for biology. The paper 2 topics are so much easier in my opinion. In my mock (we only did paper 2) I ended up getting a 7-6 (not the best I know) but it was better that the grades I got in December when I was doing triple I got ( U, U, 4) so yeah I just need help with paper 1 and I think il be good to go. I just don’t know how I will cover it before the exams.
hiya! I aim in science to get a 6-7 because I got that in mocks and I feel I can hopefully get that in the exams! my teacher for biology recommended revising the osmosis practical as that hasn't come up in a while aswell as the food tests as she said those might be possible 6 markers (I do aqa)! Good luck everyone :smile:
Reply 11
Original post by disaffected-tomb
hiya! I aim in science to get a 6-7 because I got that in mocks and I feel I can hopefully get that in the exams! my teacher for biology recommended revising the osmosis practical as that hasn't come up in a while aswell as the food tests as she said those might be possible 6 markers (I do aqa)! Good luck everyone :smile:

I think the most likeable topics coming is infections and response as well as orginisations so 2 and 3 but do eveything yk
Original post by disaffected-tomb
hiya! I aim in science to get a 6-7 because I got that in mocks and I feel I can hopefully get that in the exams! my teacher for biology recommended revising the osmosis practical as that hasn't come up in a while aswell as the food tests as she said those might be possible 6 markers (I do aqa)! Good luck everyone :smile:

Same with my teaching, we had to learn food test this year as we switched exam board from Edexcel,
Original post by Lalakalala5
Heyyyy I’m trying to aim for a 9-9 or a 9-8 in science but the issue is I struggle with paper 1 topics especially for biology. The paper 2 topics are so much easier in my opinion. In my mock (we only did paper 2) I ended up getting a 7-6 (not the best I know) but it was better that the grades I got in December when I was doing triple I got ( U, U, 4) so yeah I just need help with paper 1 and I think il be good to go. I just don’t know how I will cover it before the exams.

Personality I found paper 1 easier I'm also aiming for 9-9 or 9-8 but my predictions is only 8-8 for paper 1 learn all the require practical, learn amount the plant stuff, make sure u know small stuff like importance of Bile in digestion and stuff l, those are the one people forget to study. Do lot of past parper they would help u so much I used to get grade 5 or 6 when I started doing it now I'm getting 8 or 9, do as much as possible.
Guys learn ur food test and the digestive system, don't leave out small easy topic, in exam they can. Strip you up
Reply 15
does anyone have any predicted papers that they can send on here as revision?
i would really appreciate it :smile:
I went over content now is just a matter of practicing papers for me now
Idk if anyone relates but the problem for me is that even though I know at least majority of the content I feel like I know nothing 😔
Original post by Kayla35689
Idk if anyone relates but the problem for me is that even though I know at least majority of the content I feel like I know nothing 😔
Step 1:Believe in yourself
Step 2: Write down topics, hardest - easiest
Step 3: Cold shower
Step 4: Watch summary video for hardest topic.
Get practice paper for that topic and answer
questions in your head and check with mark
scheme. If it's wrong write down the question and
answer. When questions repeat you should learn
the questions you didn't know. Rinse and repeat
Original post by Valueguide
Step 1:Believe in yourself
Step 2: Write down topics, hardest - easiest
Step 3: Cold shower
Step 4: Watch summary video for hardest topic.
Get practice paper for that topic and answer
questions in your head and check with mark
scheme. If it's wrong write down the question and
answer. When questions repeat you should learn
the questions you didn't know. Rinse and repeat


Thank you for your words of encouragement!! I will definitely try to implement these, but how do you take cold showers they are so hard?? 😭😅