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Science revision helpp

Im a student in Yr 9/10 and I rly need help with how to revise for science bcs I wanna improve my grades. I keep getting around 80% and get good marks and am a rly good student but I wanna make progress and get around 90% +

pls replyy

Reply 1

what id reccomend is starting to use anki to make flashcards on everything your learning (that is also on the spec), for gcse's this is really easy, so by the time ur y10 mocks come u can review everything youve learnt quite easily, and if youve been keeping up with the flashcards you should be able to cover a whole science in under a few hours. this is what i did, but one thing i regretted was not making them earlier.

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by isinhegus2928
what id reccomend is starting to use anki to make flashcards on everything your learning (that is also on the spec), for gcse's this is really easy, so by the time ur y10 mocks come u can review everything youve learnt quite easily, and if youve been keeping up with the flashcards you should be able to cover a whole science in under a few hours. this is what i did, but one thing i regretted was not making them earlier.

A lot of people don't find flashcards helpful.

Reply 3

Any other methods coz i dont rly like flashcards??

Reply 4

(Thx a lot for replying tho)

Reply 5

I got a 9 in biology for my mocks. For all your gcse subjects you need a structured revision plan of what you need to get done. For science mine was this: Make sure you understand all the content, then have it memorised, then do exam practice (so you know what keywords examiners are looking for).
So, for understanding i really recommend watching cognito videos (free science lessons is revision but does not explain it as much in depth as cognito)
Next, to make sure you are actually taking it and remembering the information you can try blurting if you dont like flashcards (but premade ones like on PMT are really good).
Lastly once you understand all the content and remember all the key concepts and definitions do exam questions. Start off with topic specific ones and then move onto past papers to find where your weak areas are.
Hope this helped goodluck!! :smile:

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by a1ici4
I got a 9 in biology for my mocks. For all your gcse subjects you need a structured revision plan of what you need to get done. For science mine was this: Make sure you understand all the content, then have it memorised, then do exam practice (so you know what keywords examiners are looking for).
So, for understanding i really recommend watching cognito videos (free science lessons is revision but does not explain it as much in depth as cognito)
Next, to make sure you are actually taking it and remembering the information you can try blurting if you dont like flashcards (but premade ones like on PMT are really good).
Lastly once you understand all the content and remember all the key concepts and definitions do exam questions. Start off with topic specific ones and then move onto past papers to find where your weak areas are.
Hope this helped goodluck!! :smile:


Thanks so much!!

Reply 7

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by Anonymous0505
Im a student in Yr 9/10 and I rly need help with how to revise for science bcs I wanna improve my grades. I keep getting around 80% and get good marks and am a rly good student but I wanna make progress and get around 90% +
pls replyy


Obviously everyone works in different ways but here is what I do (working at an A* at Bio and Chem ALevel and I got 9s in both):

First, the main priority should be understanding. This is obviously key for all questions but will help in the applied knowledge questions as well. Whenever I revise (as well as consolidating at the end of every week/half term) is I check through each section and make sure I understand it and if I don’t then I will read/listen/watch about this subject from lots of different sources. All the different sites explain things differently so I find it most helpful to review content from a range of revision books, videos etc. to make sure I find an explanation that helps me.

The second step is being able to remember all the content and for me I find flashcards the most helpful. Often I don’t want to waste my time making these so I use the ones available on Physics and Maths tutor which are great as they are specifically made around the specification so you know it’s everything you need to know.
For processes such as protein synthesis, meiosis etc. I make flowcharts and once a day leading up the exam I fill in each box again to check that I know the steps.
For subtopics with a lot of information I also find blurting quite helpful as well.

I usually don’t think this is very helpful until after I have gone over all the content but once I have the most important thing is PRACTICE QUESTIONS. Again, a good place to find these is Savemyexams or physicsandmathstutor. I usually start by doing questions based on topic to identify problem areas and then do as many practice exams as possible in the time. Obviously I always mark these practice exams and I like to make a spreadsheet with the marks and both the areas of content and type of questions where I lost the most marks. For questions which require a particular technique such as analysing data and applying knowledge I also like to practice these more than other questions as if you can nail the technique it’s usually a good way to pick up marks.
A bit of advice for those: no piece of information is ever too obvious, if a graph shows more reptiles than mammals in a certain area, just stating that will likely get you a mark.
For types of questions which are usually similar, such as describing a process I.e evolution, it can be helpful to study the mark schemes to see what the key words to get marks are. This is very helpful for me as often I know the answers but miss out on marks due to my wording.
Although this is likely better for GCSE, I still use this at ALevel: for any questions which require you to devise or explain an experiment I use the acronym CORMSS. This stands for Change (independent variable), Organism, Repeat (do 3+ times and take an average), Measure (what and how you will measure I.e length using a ruler), Same (control variable), Same and this is generally what you need to include to get at least 75% of the marks - more details will be needed in different areas depending on the phrasing of the question but this helps me get marks.
For graph questions I use - SLAPU: Scale (at least half of graph paper), Line, Axis (labelled), Points, Units to make sure I get all the marks.
Sorry for the lengthy answer but wanted to give all details. Please let me know if you want any more information, good luck with your studies!

Reply 8

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by escalating-kidna
Obviously everyone works in different ways but here is what I do (working at an A* at Bio and Chem ALevel and I got 9s in both):
First, the main priority should be understanding. This is obviously key for all questions but will help in the applied knowledge questions as well. Whenever I revise (as well as consolidating at the end of every week/half term) is I check through each section and make sure I understand it and if I don’t then I will read/listen/watch about this subject from lots of different sources. All the different sites explain things differently so I find it most helpful to review content from a range of revision books, videos etc. to make sure I find an explanation that helps me.
The second step is being able to remember all the content and for me I find flashcards the most helpful. Often I don’t want to waste my time making these so I use the ones available on Physics and Maths tutor which are great as they are specifically made around the specification so you know it’s everything you need to know.
For processes such as protein synthesis, meiosis etc. I make flowcharts and once a day leading up the exam I fill in each box again to check that I know the steps.
For subtopics with a lot of information I also find blurting quite helpful as well.
I usually don’t think this is very helpful until after I have gone over all the content but once I have the most important thing is PRACTICE QUESTIONS. Again, a good place to find these is Savemyexams or physicsandmathstutor. I usually start by doing questions based on topic to identify problem areas and then do as many practice exams as possible in the time. Obviously I always mark these practice exams and I like to make a spreadsheet with the marks and both the areas of content and type of questions where I lost the most marks. For questions which require a particular technique such as analysing data and applying knowledge I also like to practice these more than other questions as if you can nail the technique it’s usually a good way to pick up marks.
A bit of advice for those: no piece of information is ever too obvious, if a graph shows more reptiles than mammals in a certain area, just stating that will likely get you a mark.
For types of questions which are usually similar, such as describing a process I.e evolution, it can be helpful to study the mark schemes to see what the key words to get marks are. This is very helpful for me as often I know the answers but miss out on marks due to my wording.
Although this is likely better for GCSE, I still use this at ALevel: for any questions which require you to devise or explain an experiment I use the acronym CORMSS. This stands for Change (independent variable), Organism, Repeat (do 3+ times and take an average), Measure (what and how you will measure I.e length using a ruler), Same (control variable), Same and this is generally what you need to include to get at least 75% of the marks - more details will be needed in different areas depending on the phrasing of the question but this helps me get marks.
For graph questions I use - SLAPU: Scale (at least half of graph paper), Line, Axis (labelled), Points, Units to make sure I get all the marks.
Sorry for the lengthy answer but wanted to give all details. Please let me know if you want any more information, good luck with your studies!


Thanks so much, super useful!!

Reply 9

i recommend doing seneca to quickly learn content due to repetitive nature then do practice questions

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