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 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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Topic 3 Infection and Response revision notes for AQA GCSE biology.
These notes contain all the content needed for both foundation and higher level of combined science.
They also contain all the content needed for separate science biology (biology only). This is clearly labelled so the notes can be catered depending on which GCSE course the student is studying.
It contains: all knowledge required, explanations, examples and the required practicals for each topic. These are the notes I created and used to obtain a level 9 at GCSEs.
Includes:
• Communicable diseases
• Monoclonal antibodies
• Plant diseases
Uses:
• Revision notes
• Hand out notes for pupils
• Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons
• Self-teaching for home education
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Topic 4 Bioenergetics revision notes for AQA GCSE biology.
These notes contain all the content needed for both foundation and higher level of combined science.
They also contain all the content needed for separate science biology (biology only). This is clearly labelled so the notes can be catered depending on which GCSE course the student is studying.
It contains: all knowledge required, explanations, examples and the required practicals for each topic. These are the notes I created and used to obtain a level 9 at GCSEs.
Includes:
• Photosynthesis
• Respiration
• Required Practical activity 6
Uses:
• Revision notes
• Hand out notes for pupils
• Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons
• Self-teaching for home education
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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
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• Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons
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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
Uses:
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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
Uses:
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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
Uses:
• Revision notes
• Hand out notes for pupils
• Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons
• Self-teaching for home education
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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.
Uses:
• Revision notes
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• Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons
• Self-teaching for home education
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Revision notes for the Cell Structure Topic 2.1.1 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 documents contain a total of 6 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• Microscopy
• Cell Structure – including: organelles, production and secretion of proteins, the cytoskeleton.
• Animal and Plant cells
• Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells
• Required Practical 1: Microscopy
Uses:
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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 Enzymes Topic 2.1.4 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 6 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• Action of enzymes
• Factors affecting enzymes
• Inhibition
• Required Practical 4: Rates of enzyme controlled reactions
Uses:
• Revision notes
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• Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons
• Self-teaching for home education
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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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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
Uses:
• Revision notes
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