1. AQA Science
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2. AQA Science
Students in combined science will get 1 of 17 combinations of grade and this is a double award. Students of Triple Science will get 1 of 9 combinations and will get 3 grades.
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3. AQA Science
All students will be taking 6 exams. Combined students have 6 papers at 1hr15mins. Triple have 6 papers at 1hr45mins.
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4. AQA Science
Links to specification, specimen papers and markschemes can be found on Firefly.
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5. AQA Science
Questions?
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6. How to maximise the learning from revision in Science

7. Who do you think will do better?
Student 1 Does fifteen hours’ revision;
reading through her Revision Guide.
Student 2 Does ten hours’ revision
two hours making mind-maps
two hours creating flash cards of key terms
three hours writing timed essays
two hours working through past papers and looking for patterns in the questions asked
half an hour doing the hardest question they could find, half an hour talking it through with their teacher.
Then they spend five hours shopping with their friends and watching television.

8. CONTENT
SKILLS
FEEDBACK

9. Choose a topic Answer a question
Look at the specification and choose one topic e.g. Quantitative Chemistry
Answer a question
Look at the marks allocated for the question. Allocate typically 1 min per mark.

11. Break information up
Scan the information and highlight the headings / subheadings.
Under one heading, scan the passage and highlight the keywords.
Only once you have done this tackle reading the whole passage
Students skim read page and think because they recognise it they know it. Recognition and recall are two very different things.

12. Summarise the information in no more than 10 words
…….but lots of diagrams

16. TOP TIPS for memorising material
Use mnemonics
No.1
Set facts and figures to music
No.2
Use your whole brain to remember
No.3
Experience things practically
No.4
Get a good night’s sleep
No.5

17. Be brave! Enter the LEARNING ZONE!

18. ‘Skills based’ intervention session
Tuesday 3-4 pm S5
‘Skills based’ intervention session
Wednesday lunch S13
Drop in sessions