a level chemistry

i'm currently in yr12 doing a level chemistry edexcel and i genuinely don't know how to revise for it. any tips would help

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AllThingsCCCU

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by h44444_

i'm currently in yr12 doing a level chemistry edexcel and i genuinely don't know how to revise for it. any tips would help

What works in Yr12:
After every topic: do the end-of-topic questions + past paper Qs straight away.
Make a mistake log (the exact question, what you did wrong, and the correct method). Re-do those weekly.
For calculations: practise the same types until it’s automatic (moles, titrations, energetics, Kc/Kp basics, etc.).
For “explain” questions: learn mark-scheme phrasing (electronegativity, intermolecular forces, Le Chatelier, etc.) and use it.
Quick routine (45 mins):
10 mins recap (flashcards/spec points)
25 mins exam questions
10 mins mark + rewrite the bits you lost marks on
Use PMT (Physics & Maths Tutor) + the Edexcel topic tests, and you’ll improve fast.

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Kingston Eve

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by h44444_

i'm currently in yr12 doing a level chemistry edexcel and i genuinely don't know how to revise for it. any tips would help

Hey @h44444_,

I studied A-Level Chemistry and took the same approach I did for my other A-Level subjects - start by looking over the areas you feel most unfamiliar with. If you don't know what those are, have a look through your previous class tests and mocks to see which topics you tend to lose the most marks on. Read through the topic multiple times and then complete any end-of-topic or past paper questions available on it.

Do your best to understand each topic rather than simply memorise it. I found that YouTube revision guides (e.g. MrEliotRintoul's video guides on Aromatic and Electrochemical Chem) were especially useful in improving my understanding of some topics as each topic was taught in a different way than how I'd first been taught it in class.

Hope this helps and best of luck with your A-Level Chem revision,
Eve (Kingston Rep).

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University of Bath

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Hello!

I used to make revision flashcards where I'd put a sample question from a past paper on one side, and the markscheme answer on the other, step by step with full workings. I'd then use these questions to test my workings out and this especially worked well for topics I wasn't as confident in. I also used to use revision cards to make mini-summaries of concepts on, such as the mechanisms, the diagrams of chiral compounds/enantiomers and also the colours of flames, the iodine clock etc. I'd then try to recreate the diagrams in my notes to see if I remembered then checked my work. If you have these cards as well it means that people can test you by asking you to explain something so you can check your understanding.

Hopefully this adds, and best of luck 🙂

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