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hii i was wondering does anyone have any advice for me taking these highers. At the moment im struggling in chemistry and especially biology. If anyone has any notes too they would be much appreciated thanks so much

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by notsareenx

Hey, I took 3 of the same subjects as you, did physics and human biology instead. I don't have any online notes I can attach, I apologise! Some good websites to look into for notes is Scholar and Harlaw Biology.
For Chemistry and Biology, I would say to take things by topic; for example, start with Periodicity, revise it, make summary notes, then answer basic regurgitative questions, then do some past paper questions from the hyperlinked you can find online. Once you're getting majority of these right, then move on to the next topic, Structure and Bonding, etc.
Try make a study plan, so say on Monday you do 1 topic Biology and an RUAE.
Once you've worked through all the topics until your prelim, I'd say ensure you've done this with at least a couple days left over so that you can just hammer out full past papers (loads can be found on Jabchem!). Try to do these timed and mark them, then write your mistakes on a separate piece of paper and go over them regularly. Also highlight any questions you were unsure of and their answer, and try to work to the answer on your own. If you are unable to, ask your teacher to show you how to get to their answer (this more applies to biology problem solving and chemistry calculations from Unit 3)
I hope this helps! If you have any questions (related to other subjects, for example) pop me a message here or privately. I'm happy to help.
I've linked a thread that I think has some really good advice for you to look through:
Maths/English

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jasmineva3128

Hey, I'm taking Higher English and business this year and I'm predicted A's, so maybe I can help.

For business I've been making flashcards after we finish each sub-unit, and then I read over them in the lead up to a test. If I'm tight for time to revise then just doing that can get me a good grade, but doing past paper questions if you've got time is ideal. Sometimes I make mind maps for topics, but I only tend to use this as a relaxed form of revision.

English has a bit more to it though. For SST I first recommend you've got the structure down.

"Quote..." - Technique. The word(s) _ have connotations of.... This suggests [link back to the question].

E.g., "prolonged and sordid negligence" - Word choice. The word "negligence" has connotations of abandonment and disregard, whilst "prolonged and sordid" suggest that this was horrible and long-lasting. This shows that the back entrance to Dr Jekyll's home has been abandoned, left to rot and decay, which helps create an unsettling atmosphere.

That would get you a mark (and you probably wouldn't need to write quite as much as that).

In terms of revising for your SST and critical essay, I think how you do it depends on the type of text you're studying (other than doing past paper questions).

For poetry and short prose texts, I think that flashcards with a quote and analysis will do the job.

For a longer prose text, drama, or film I recommend creating revision booklets on Google Docs and printing them off (explained below).

For my SST (Jekyll and Hyde - longer prose text), I have different tables for most if not all of the possible 10 marker focuses (e.g., evil in humanity, duality, ect). For each of these tables I have at least 7 different quotes + their analysis from 7 different chapters. I read this sheet like flashcards.

For my critical essay text (a film called 'Fargo'), I'm doing something really similar. For each possible angle I could answer a question, I'm creating revision booklets (one for each of the main characters, one for setting, ect). For example, in the one I've made for the character Marge I've done evidence and analysis from the point of view of her being heroic, breaking stereotypes, and behaving unexpectedly because that's what I could write an essay on Marge on. I also wrote a general introduction and conclusion for Marge essays that I could adapt based on the specific question.

If you would like any more advice, feel free to ask me. I'll be more than happy to help! 😊

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whynat

hii, im taking higher maths!! i highly recommend highermathematics.co.uk, they have so many practice questions and they organise past papers by topic which is really useful. if you aren't using the free notes from hsn.uk.net then i also highly recommend them, they have great worked examples and i find them really useful. apart from that i just like to work through as many textbook and past paper questions as i can as i find that repetition is key.

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by notsareenx

Hi there! (:
Best of luck with any prelims youve got atm, at this point of the year i generally reccomend once youve got prelims back, looking over the papers and making a list of any topics/question types you struggled with so your able to ask teachers questions if you have any and also do some more similar practice papers so you can patch up those gaps! 😊

subject specific, i did bio, chem, maths and english
sciences:
reccomend lots and lots of past papers!! - when your doing them you'll notice a lot of similar question types come up year and year again, getting yourself familar with this is really helpful, also very helpful for getting to see the using your knowledge questions in chemistry and the long answer bio ones - these i would see about getting teachers to mark as i know the mark scheme is quite vauge for what they accept!
also pretty good for the problem solving questions.

also for chemistry i used miss adams chemistry on youtube, shes got a playlist filled with the higher content
all fairly short videos explaining different sections (: - i think she might also have videos explaining some of the old past papers and how to get the answers

higher maths- https://www.highermathematics.co.uk/higher-maths-whole-course/ - i really reccomend this website!! - its got tons of past papers, also splits papers into topics so you can target specifc areas, with maths i also really recommend if your getting a question wrong again and again asking your teacher!! - i found a lot of the time it was usually some random rule from n5 i'd forgotten about that was usually the problem lol😅

when your getting closer to exam time, the sqa website for each subject has a section called course content that has a pdf including everyting within the course, you could always use this as a checklist to ensure you understand everything that could come up and your not missing any big chunks!

hope this helps, best of luck!!💙

Emily
Year 3, Chemistry
Official University Of Strathclyde Rep