A-Level Revision Tips for Biology, Chemistry & Maths 📖

to summarise for biology and chemistry 🧪

how I revise for topic tests:
- use the specification to see what you need to know
- watch youtube videos to understand content you don’t get (DON’T JUST START MEMORISING!!!)
- use spec points and turn them into questions
- summarise your own notes as well as notes from an external resource (e.g. save my exams or a cgp book) into flashcards
- do the flashcards as well as practice questions to prepare
- smash the topic test xx

the night before an exam (a-level or topic test):
- read all the spec points of the exam content and any notes made
- go over all the past papers and just read your marking to see silly errors you previously made
- look at practicals in those topics that might come up
- go over any notes you are unsure of

amy’s ‘foolproof plan’ when it comes to a-level season :
- rank all your topics (red, amber, green) for that subject
- start with your weakest topics
- read the specification
- do your anki cards/revision resources
- read any notes you’ve made previously
- ask chatgpt to test you using active recall
- do practice questions (can be found on PMT website - linked below)
- look at mark schemes and mark your answers

other techniques/advice
- blurt with friends
- use colourful pens/pencils to make mind maps
- draw out organic synthesis pathways or diagrams to help you understand content (whiteboards are useful here)
- ask teachers or friends for help!!
- anki every morning
- watch youtube videos on weak areas when getting ready in the morning
- use whiteboard to blurt by yourself
- use AI or chatgpt for active recall

the prompt I used for chatgpt:
‘I’m currently revising [insert] topic of AQA A-Level [insert]. Please can you test me using detailed, spec-relevant questions to assess how much I can recall and to check for full understanding. and provide me with detailed feedback based off aqa mark schemes.’

4 other ways I used chatgpt
1. use a revision log, paste in every time you gets something wrong and go back to this
2. talk to chatgpt and explain a process (teach-back mode) and only tell it to interrupt if something is unclear, missing, or incorrect
3. do an essay and ask chatgpt to mark it like an AQA examiner, “where would I drop marks”
4. “test me on any random part of AQA A level Biology from any part of the spec”

other resources i mentioned
save my exams https://www.savemyexams.com/
allery chemistry youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@AlleryChemistry
PMT https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/
anki
use MME for biology past paper question packs by topic

maths
resources i mentioned
madasmaths https://madasmaths.com/
bicen maths https://www.youtube.com/@BicenMaths/videos
zeeshan https://www.youtube.com/@zeeshanzamurred9280

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time stamps
00:00 - 00:30 intro
00:31 - 11:32 chemistry
11:33 - 18:17 biology
18:18 - 22:21 maths
22:22 - 30:09 general advice

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