I'm a current, high-achieving medical student and academic tutor providing KS3, KS4 (GCSE) and KS5 (A level) resources that I wish had been available to me when I was studying.
I'm a current, high-achieving medical student and academic tutor providing KS3, KS4 (GCSE) and KS5 (A level) resources that I wish had been available to me when I was studying.
Revision notes for the Populations and Sustainability Topic 6.3.2 for A-Level OCR A Biology. These notes contain all the specification knowledge and examples required for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 9 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• Population size
• Interactions between populations
• Conservation and preservation
• Sustainable management of ecosystems
• Balance the conflict between conservation and human needs – including: Maasai Mara in Kenya, Terai region in Nepal and peat bogs in the UK.
• Controlling the effects of human activities – including: the Galapagos Islands, Antarctica, Snowdonia National Park and the Lake District
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Revision notes for the Ecosystems Topic 6.3.1 for A-Level OCR A Biology. These notes contain all the specification knowledge required, examples and practical skills for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 9 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• Ecosystems
• Transfer of biomass and biomass calculations
• Manipulating the transfer of biomass
• The nitrogen cycle
• The carbon cycle
• Succession
• Studying ecosystems
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Revision notes for the Cloning and Biotechnology Topic 6.2.1 for A-Level OCR A Biology. These notes contain all the specification knowledge required, examples and required practicals for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 11 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• Plant cloning
• Animal cloning
• Food production
• Drug production
• Immobilised enzymes
• Required practical 7: Microbial techniques
• Practical: Factors affecting microorganisms growth
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Revision notes for the Cellular Control Topic 6.1.1 for A-Level OCR A Biology. These notes contain all the specification knowledge and examples required for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 8 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• Gene mutations
• Control of gene expression: transcriptional control
• Control of gene expression: post-transcriptional control
• Control of gene expression: post-translational control
• Genetic control of the body plan
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Revision notes for the Plant and Animal Responses Topic 5.1.5 for A-Level OCR A Biology. These notes contain all the specification knowledge required, examples and required practicals for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 17 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• Plant responses to the environment
• Controlling plant growth
• Tropisms
• Experimental evidence for plant hormones
• Investigating plant hormones and tropisms
• Roles of plant hormones
• Commercial use of plant hormones
• The mammalian nervous system
• The brain
• Reflex actions
• Coordinating responses
• Controlling heart rate
• Muscle structure
• The action of neuromuscular junctions
• The sliding filament hypothesis
• Required Practical 11: Investigation into the Measurement of Plant or Animal Responses
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Revision notes for the Respiration Topic 5.2.2 for A-Level OCR A Biology. These notes contain all the specification knowledge required, examples and practical skills for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 9 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• The need for cellular respiration
• The structure of a mitochondrion
• Glycolysis
• The Link reaction
• The Krebs cycle
• Oxidative phosphorylation and the chemiosmotic theory
• Anaerobic respiration
• Respiratory substrates
• Practical investigations into aerobic and anaerobic respiration rates in yeast
• Practical investigations into factors affecting the rate of respiration using a respirometer
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Revision notes for the Photosynthesis Topic 5.2.1 for A-Level OCR A Biology. These notes contain all the specification knowledge required, examples and required practicals for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 8 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• The interrelationship between the process of photosynthesis and respiration • The structure of a chloroplast
• Photosynthetic pigments and the light harvesting stage
• The light dependent stage (phosphorylation)
• The light independent stage (Calvin cycle)
• Factors of photosynthesis
• Practical investigations into the effect of factors on the rate of photosynthesis
• Required Practical 6: Chromatography
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Revision notes for the Plant Responses Topic 5.1.5 for A-Level OCR A Biology. These notes contain all the specification knowledge required, examples and required practicals for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 7 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• Plant responses to the environment
• Controlling plant growth
• Tropisms
• Experimental evidence for plant hormones
• Investigating plant hormones and tropisms
• Roles of plant hormones
• Commercial use of plant hormones
• Required Practical 11: Investigation into the Measurement of Plant or Animal Responses
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Revision notes for the Animal Responses Topic 5.1.5 for A-Level OCR A Biology. These notes contain all the specification knowledge and examples required for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 10 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• The mammalian nervous system
• The brain
• Reflex actions
• Coordinating responses
• Controlling heart rate
• Muscle structure
• The action of neuromuscular junctions
• The sliding filament hypothesis
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Revision notes for the Hormonal Communication Topic 5.1.4 for A-Level OCR A Biology. These notes contain all the specification knowledge and examples required for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 5 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• Endocrine communication
• Adrenal glands
• The pancreas
• The control of blood glucose concentration
• Diabetes
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Revision notes for the Excretion as an Example of Homeostatic Control Topic 5.1.2 for A-Level OCR A Biology. These notes contain all the specification knowledge and examples required for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 9 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• Excretion
• Structure and function of the liver – including: glycogen storage, detoxification and the formation of urea.
• Structure and function of the kidney – including ultrafiltration and selective reabsorption.
• Osmoregulation
• Kidney failure
• Urine analysis – including pregnancy tests.
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Revision notes for the Communication and Homeostasis Topic 5.1.1 for A-Level OCR A Biology. These notes contain all the specification knowledge and examples required for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 4 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• The need for communication systems
• The principles of homeostasis
• Control of body temperature – including: endotherms (e.g. mammals) and ectotherms.
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Complete revision notes for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Biology Module 3. These notes contain all the specification knowledge required, examples and required practicals for this module. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
This bundle includes:
• 3.1.1 Exchange Surfaces
• 3.1.2 Transport in Animals
• 3.1.3 Transport in Plants
• Required practical 5: Potometer
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Complete revision notes for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Biology Module 2. These notes contain all the specification knowledge required, examples and required practicals for this module. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
This bundle includes:
• 2.1.1 Cell Structure
• 2.1.2 Biological Molecules
• 2.1.3 Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids
• 2.1.4 Enzymes
• 2.1.5 Biological Membranes
• 2.1.6 Cell Division, Cell Diversity and Cellular Organisation
• Required Practical 1: Microscopy
• Required Practical 4: Rates of enzyme controlled reactions
• Required practical 5: Colorimeter
• Required practical 6: Chromatography
• Required Practical 8: Transport in and out of cells
• Required practical 9: Qualitative testing
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Revision notes for the Biodiversity Topic 4.2.1 for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Biology. These notes contain all the specification knowledge required, examples and required practicals for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 7 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• Biodiversity
• Calculating biodiversity – including Simpson’s Index of Diversity, proportion of polymorphic loci, population size.
• Factors affecting biodiversity
• Reasons for maintaining biodiversity
• In-situ and ex-situ conservation
• Required Practical 3: Sampling techniques
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Revision notes for the Communicable Diseases, Disease Prevention and the Immune System Topic 4.1.1 for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Biology. These notes contain all the specification knowledge and examples required for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 8 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• Pathogens and communicable diseases
• Plant defences against pathogens
• Primary defence
• Secondary defence
• The specific immune response
• Antibodies and vaccination
• Development and usage of drugs
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Revision notes for the Transport in Plants Topic 3.1.3 for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Biology. These notes contain all the specification knowledge required, examples and required practicals for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word documents contain a total of 10 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• The need for transport systems in plants
• The vascular bundle
• Xylem
• Phloem
• Movement of water
• The transpiration stream and factors affecting transpiration
• Adaptations of xerophytic plants and hydrophytes
• Translocation and active loading
• Required Practical 5: Potometer
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Revision notes for the Transport in Animals Topic 3.1.2 for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Biology. These notes contain all the specification knowledge required and examples for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 10 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• Circulatory systems
• Blood vessels
• Exchange of the capillaries
• The heart – including structure, the cardiac cycle and coordination of the cardiac cycle, electrocardiograms.
• Transport of oxygen
• Transport of carbon dioxide
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Revision notes for the Exchange Surfaces Topic 3.1.1 for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Biology. These notes contain all the specification knowledge required, examples and practical skills for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 5 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• The need for exchange surfaces
• Gaseous exchange system in mammals
• Ventilation in mammals – including using a spirometer
• Gaseous exchange and ventilation in fish
• Gaseous exchange and ventilation in insects
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Revision notes for the Cell Division, Cell Diversity and Cellular Organisation Topic 2.1.6 for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Biology. These notes contain all the specification knowledge and examples required for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 8 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• The cell cycle
• Mitosis
• Meiosis
• Stem cells and differentiation – including: specialised cells
• Tissues, organs and systems
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