AQA A/S Biology - Biology and Disease (BIOL1)

Hey! Thought I'd make a thread about this because there's nothing on here to do with the new spec.

I suppose I ought to start this off, so, I was just wondering:

A) is it true the grade boundary for an A is just 40/60

and B) Has anyone got any resources to aid revision about the heart and circulatory system?

Hope this thread gets used!

Fatema

Reply 1

Wilko-and-Out

2

no, 48/60 is 80%

thats your A

and heart and circulatory system is covered in the AQA spec textbook, just read, make notes, then re read, then make simpler notes

Reply 2

partysunil

hey, ignore the guy above. The predicted boundaries for an A grade in the biology module this janurary is between 39 and 44.
AQA are unsure though, as it is a new specification.

To revise always get the officially endorsed text book and know everything in it. If you do, you are guaranteed 100%.

:biggrin:

Rep me!

Reply 3

raspberryice

13

ah the disease bit is annoying! why do we always get the new syllabuses?? maybe its a good thing...

Reply 4

FutureMedic!

13

raspberryice

ah the disease bit is annoying! why do we always get the new syllabuses?? maybe its a good thing...

i know what you mean, every single year we get a new spec. but the new biology course is "supposedly" a lot easier...so it might actually be a good thing.

Reply 5

modini

15

raspberryice

ah the disease bit is annoying! why do we always get the new syllabuses?? maybe its a good thing...

My year always just missed out on new syllabuses.

The new GCSEs basically give away the grades compared to before and A levels are even easier now (4 modules instead of 6).

Reply 6

Fatema991

OP

Haha! I know man! I ALWAYS get new syllabus's! My year were the first to do that new triple science from AQA.. drove us mad because we had no material to go by!

I'm getting really confused though between the three lung diseases, has anyone got a good way of remembering them without getting the symptoms mixed up?

Reply 7

raspberryice

13

Fatema991

Haha! I know man! I ALWAYS get new syllabus's! My year were the first to do that new triple science from AQA.. drove us mad because we had no material to go by!

I'm getting really confused though between the three lung diseases, has anyone got a good way of remembering them without getting the symptoms mixed up?

i did the new triple science, but for ocr.

is it me...or is there too much in the course for one term??...for january modules??...but then if they were harder before? :eek:

Reply 8

DaveJ

Wilko-and-Out

no, 48/60 is 80%

thats your A
and heart and circulatory system is covered in the AQA spec textbook, just read, make notes, then re read, then make simpler notes

No it's not. 80 UMS is your A.

Reply 9

overclocked

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Fatema991

Haha! I know man! I ALWAYS get new syllabus's! My year were the first to do that new triple science from AQA.. drove us mad because we had no material to go by!

I'm getting really confused though between the three lung diseases, has anyone got a good way of remembering them without getting the symptoms mixed up?

There are four lung diseases..

Pulmonary TB, Pulmonary fibrosis, Emphysema and Asthma.

I sometimes get a bit muddled with the symptoms too- but I don't think theres any easy way of remembering them apart from just learning them.

Most of them have 'shortness of breath' or in the case of asthma 'difficulty in breathing'.

Reply 10

Malsy

18

why doesn't the AQA website have the new GCE's grade boundaries?

Reply 11

DaveJ

Malsi101

why doesn't the AQA website have the new GCE's grade boundaries?

Do they not wait until after the exam has been sat to set the grade boundaries? So they can lower them for a hard exam, raise them for an easy one etc.