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How should I revise for physics? Currently, I use freesciencelessons alongside the AQA specification to make flashcards + topic sheets , but I still don’t feel like I thoroughly understand the content as when I am exposed to a past paper , I lose lots of marks - for example in my year 10 mocks I got a 7+, but the grade boundaries were relatively low (i got 65%). Please send tips/resources on how I can improve my revision for year 11 !

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Original post by m_ezi
How should I revise for physics? Currently, I use freesciencelessons alongside the AQA specification to make flashcards + topic sheets , but I still don’t feel like I thoroughly understand the content as when I am exposed to a past paper , I lose lots of marks - for example in my year 10 mocks I got a 7+, but the grade boundaries were relatively low (i got 65%). Please send tips/resources on how I can improve my revision for year 11 !

Hi what flashcards do u use? This rea

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Original post by shr_ya
Hi what flashcards do u use? This rea


at the beginning i used handmade flashcards , for the energy unit (basically equations and definitions of words) then eventually i used gizmo to recall required practicals, definitions equations, which are okay, but for the theory i have been copy and pasting the spec into chatgpt and asking it to make flashcards for me (advised by a friend) , but the content is still not sticking in my head 😭 usually in physics exams they give you application questions but i just can’t seem to apply the content to the question😭

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Original post by m_ezi
at the beginning i used handmade flashcards , for the energy unit (basically equations and definitions of words) then eventually i used gizmo to recall required practicals, definitions equations, which are okay, but for the theory i have been copy and pasting the spec into chatgpt and asking it to make flashcards for me (advised by a friend) , but the content is still not sticking in my head 😭 usually in physics exams they give you application questions but i just can’t seem to apply the content to the question😭

Oh ok that's really good lots of effort. I found myself struggling with physics although I memorised the spec with flashcards and stuff so I went through everything again and really focused on understanding every single detail. Eg if it's about newton's 3rd law the spec only details a few sentences but I needed to try and truly understand it as witj everything else. I asked chatgot to explain it thoroughly and simply and asked it to give me qs on it suitable for gcse. Hope this helps 😁

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Original post by shr_ya
Oh ok that's really good lots of effort. I found myself struggling with physics although I memorised the spec with flashcards and stuff so I went through everything again and really focused on understanding every single detail. Eg if it's about newton's 3rd law the spec only details a few sentences but I needed to try and truly understand it as witj everything else. I asked chatgot to explain it thoroughly and simply and asked it to give me qs on it suitable for gcse. Hope this helps 😁


ok thank you, ill try that!!

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Original post by m_ezi
How should I revise for physics? Currently, I use freesciencelessons alongside the AQA specification to make flashcards + topic sheets , but I still don’t feel like I thoroughly understand the content as when I am exposed to a past paper , I lose lots of marks - for example in my year 10 mocks I got a 7+, but the grade boundaries were relatively low (i got 65%). Please send tips/resources on how I can improve my revision for year 11 !

https://mmerevise.co.uk/gcse-physics-revision/

Lots of free stuff

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Original post by m_ezi
How should I revise for physics? Currently, I use freesciencelessons alongside the AQA specification to make flashcards + topic sheets , but I still don’t feel like I thoroughly understand the content as when I am exposed to a past paper , I lose lots of marks - for example in my year 10 mocks I got a 7+, but the grade boundaries were relatively low (i got 65%). Please send tips/resources on how I can improve my revision for year 11 !

Cognito and CGP books were my most used resources for GCSE physics!
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thank you!!

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Original post by DerDracologe
Cognito and CGP books were my most used resources for GCSE physics!


i like cgp but the layout of the content on each page overwhelms me 😭😭 but ill start using cognito for physics thank you!

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