How the use the specification to get better marks in your exams The specification is the document that tells you two massively important things. 1) The structure of your exams: a. How many there are, and how long they are. b. The format of each – multiple choice, short answer, long answer. 1, 2 or more sections. c. What percentage … Read More
How to answer ‘design an experiment’ questions in physics A level exams.
Design A Physics Experiment Questions: Questions that ask you to design an experiment to measure, calculate or prove something come up quite regularly in physics A level papers. They sometimes focus on one part of the experiment, others ask you to write a brief summary of the whole experiment. There is a method for doing these questions. What I will … Read More
A level exam dates for 2019, OCR, AQA, Edexcel and International Edexcel maths, physics and chemistry
AQA Mathematics AS 7356 7356/1 Paper 1 1h 30m 15 May 2019 am 7356/2 Paper 2 1h 30m 22 May 2019 am Mathematics A-level 7357 7357/1 Paper 1 2h 05 June 2019 am 7357/2 Paper 2 2h 12 June 2019 am 7357/3 Paper 3 2h 14 June 2019 pm Chemistry AS 7404 7404/1 Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 1h 30m 20 … Read More
Revision planning from start to finish.
Revision planning: THERE ARE NO SIMPLE SOLUTIONS. YOU MUST COVER EVERYTHING. YOU MUST WORK HARD. REALLY HARD. YOU MUST DO QUESTIONS IN CONJUCTION WITH THE MATERIAL. YOU MUST KNOW THE INFORMATION. YOU MUST KNOW HOW TO APPLY THE INFORMATION. YOU MUST READ THE QUESTION CAREFULLY. YOU MUST ANSWER THE QUESTION THEY ASK, NOT YOUR VERSION OF IT. The two phases: … Read More
Chemistry practical paper 3 help: Errors, uncertainties, measurements, graphs, lines of best fit, accuracy and other practical terms explained.
Here is a document to help you in your chemistry paper 3 exam. For those sitting physics, it’s very similar to the physics one so you will be able to skim through this if you have read the physics one. If you read it, understand it, and then use it when you go over the previous paper 3 specimen and … Read More
Physics practical paper 3 help: Errors, uncertainties, measurements, graphs, lines of best fit, accuracy and other practical terms explained.
Here is a document to help you in your physics paper 3 exam. If you read it, understand it, and then use it when you go over the previous paper 3 specimen and 2017 paper 3 (which is available from Tuesday May 8th 2018), you will be in an excellent position to tackle paper 3. It covers errors, uncertainties, graphs….. … Read More
How to remember the colours of aqueous transition metal ions
Here is a list of the aqueous transition metal ions and their colours, that you need to know for AQA and OCR A-level chemistry. To remember the oxidation states, notice that all 2+ and 3+ ions have no oxygen. All ions with oxidation states of 4+ or greater need oxygen to help them achieve the high formal oxidation states of … Read More
Molecules, structures, melting & boiling points.
This is a brief summary of the different types of structures you encounter in chemistry, from molecules to all the types of crystal lattices. It gives a description of the forces of attraction holding them together – either chemical bonds or intermolecular forces, and how this affects their melting points and boiling points. A description of the bonding or intermolecular … Read More