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GCSE Knowledge organisers for students

As content demands increase with the new GCSE specifications, knowledge organisers are becoming an increasingly popular method of condensing topics down into a single page, which in turn supports students to make links between themes as well as learn content in bitesize chunks. So whether you call them knowledge organisers, topic sheets, mindmaps or revision pages, we have put together this collection, shared by teachers in the Tes community, to support your students' revision.

English

AQA Love and Relationships Poetry Knowledge Organiser / Revision Sheet

An excellent teaching and revision guide for AQA's Love and Relationships cluster. Editable and all on two sides of A3. Contains everything students need to know on all fifteen poems; each poem has a section on Meaning, Context, Language and Form/Structure. There are also sections on theme pairings, language for comparison and poetic techniques. A must have for teachers and students.

By miss_fletcher

Romeo and Juliet Knowledge Organiser/ Revision Mat!

This detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for students learning or revising William Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet.' It contains comprehensive sections on:
- Context;
- Scene by Scene Summary (with quotes);
- Main Characters;
- Themes;
- Dramatic Devices;
- Features of Tragedy.
Key words and ideas are underlined for easy reference. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).

By TandLGuru

A Christmas Carol GCSE Knowledge Organiser / Revision Sheet

Excellent resource for teachers and students, designed for AQA GCSE. Fully editable and all on one A3 sheet so that it can be stuck into students' books. Contains: plot timeline; key quotes for each stave; form and structure; context; key characters; key themes. Can be used for planning a SOW or for revision.

By miss_fletcher

A Christmas Carol Revision Mat

A hand drawn revision resource I created for my Year 11 Middle set to help them remember key facts about the novel. I've used this A4 for the pupils but it was created A3 (could use in a classroom display perhaps).

If useful, please have a look at my other items as I've made similar mats for Macbeth, An Inspector Calls, Romeo and Juliet and Punctuation and grammar.

I'm hoping to make one for as many literature texts as possible so let me know in comments/reviews what you'd like one for and I'll put it to the top of my 'to draw' list!

By sarelibar

Macbeth GCSE Knowledge Organiser / Revision Sheet

Great teaching and revision resource for teachers and students. Fully editable and designed to be printed onto one side of A3. Perfect for sticking into students’ books. Covers: scene summaries with key quotes; context; character summaries; themes; form and meter; the structure of a tragedy; motifs and symbols; key vocabulary underlined.

By miss_fletcher

Shakespeare's Macbeth: key quotations for GCSE

A revision resource for GCSE students to help them memorise key quotations from Macbeth.
A 5 page document, colour-coded according to character.
Accompanying brief analysis of each quotation: stylistic features, key themes, similar scenes.
Easily adaptable for differentiation.

By mishymashy

Jekyll and Hyde Knowledge Organiser

This Jekyll and Hyde knowledge organiser on Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic text includes detailed notes on all the characters, the key themes, the most important linguistic devices, key areas of form, important contextual information, key themes, key quotes and more. The resource is best printed onto an A3 piece of paper and comes in an editable PowerPoint AND a printable PDF. Ideal revision materials for GCSE English Literature students.

UPDATE: Now includes a four page A4 version for ease of printing, or could be used as flash cards for revision.

Check out our English Shop for loads more free and inexpensive KS3, KS4, KS5, Literacy and whole school resources.

AQA English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 Knowledge Organisers
AQA English Language Paper 1 Section A package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Sections A and B package
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AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5 package
AQA English Language Paper 2 Section A package
AQA English Language and English Literature revision package

An Inspector Calls whole scheme package
An Inspector Calls revision package

Macbeth whole scheme package
Macbeth revision package

A Christmas Carol whole scheme package
A Christmas Carol revision package

Jekyll and Hyde whole scheme package
Jekyll and Hyde revision package

Romeo and Juliet whole scheme package

Power and Conflict poetry comparing poems package
Power and Conflict poetry whole scheme package

Love and Relationships poetry whole scheme package

Unseen Poetry whole scheme package

Or check out some Citizenship, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources

By Lead_Practitioner

Jekyll and Hyde Revision mat

I have put this together to help support my year 11 students - so they remember what happening in each chapter, who the characters are. I have also added the Assessment Objectives and used questioning to help them understand how to reach each AO. questions added for them to test their knowledge.

By Willow12

Maths

Selection of Maths Revision Learning Mats covering lower-end Higher Topics

12 separate worksheets which focus on the lower end of the higher specification. Sheets are best used when photocopied up to A3. Topics are revised through a selection of created questions, and past exam questions.

Appropriate for Year 10 and 11 Set 2 and 3.

By Dan Scovell

Area & Perimeter - Knowledge Organiser

One A4 page Knowledge Organiser including Need-to-Know facts, Keywords, Exam Question, MathsWatch clip numbers, Worksheet links and Curriculum Flowchart.

Aimed at KS4 students. Especially for schools who are using a knowledge based curriculum.

Updated July 2018

By CapeTownTeacher

Knowledge organiser - pythagoras and trigonometry

A resource summarising Pythagoras and trigonometry. Aiming to use the resource as an aid for the students before the topic is taught. This will hopefully allow more time for the students to use their knowledge with problems.

By katherinejolliffe

Knowledge organiser Unit 2F Intorduction to Algebra

I wrote this having been inspired by a twilight INSET at my school promoting the benefits of low stakes quizzes and knowledge organisers. This is how i used it with my year 9 foundation group.
At the beginning of the unit i gave everyone an A4 colour copy of the knowledge organsier. Every lesson i referred to this page and talked through the previous lesson and,also, where we are going in todays journey. After i had introduced all topics, we spent the next few lessons working through the mini-tests to ensure as much fluency as i could muster!
Having used them, i think the biggest drawback was that students were reliant on this sheet and i should have demanded students spend time re-producing the important elements of this knowledge organiser so they could recall the information for themselves.
I also felt that the questions became progressively more difficult and this thwarted fluency a little, especially for my weaker students.
There’s always next time …

Please let me know how you use this resource and any suggestions on how it can be improved. Please contact me using my twitter handle @billyads_47

By Billyads_47

GCSE revision checklists

Here is a "mind map" of all of the gcse topics students need to know for the GCSE maths exam.

There is a foundation and higher version.

(For an editable version visit my website! https://www.missbanks.co.uk/revision-checklists)

By Alison Banks

Algebra Patterns and Sequences Worksheets

This pack is filled with worksheet activities covering the topic of patterns and sequences. All worksheets are differentiated, offering supported worksheets, as well as worksheets which challenge the most able students. Answer sheets are included.

Gaps In The Sequence asks students to find the missing numbers of sequences (some linear, some following patterns such as doubling each number) and to state the term to term rule.

The Fencing In and Dinner Table Conundrum worksheets introduce the idea of geometric patterns which grow at a linear rate, giving a visual representation on linear sequences. For the more able students, this worksheet asks them to find the nth term of the given patterns.

Fishing for Sequences asks students to find numbers which appear in a given sequence. The first differentiation covers only term to term rules. The middle differentiation includes nth term examples. The most challenging differentiation asks students to state with algebraic reasoning, why a given number is not in a sequence. This checks for a true understanding of sequences.

The fifth worksheet is all about the nth term, with a more challenging worksheet that pushes students to think about such sequences as square numbers, and fraction sequences. The sixth worksheet continues the nth term exploration, starting with students identifying whether a given sequences is linear, and stating whether a given number is in a sequence.

The seventh worksheet, Function Machines, asks students to find the given rule for some numbers. And finally, worksheet eight offers a unique challenge for uniquely able students. This worksheet introduces students to the proper mathematical notation for linear sequences, including the formula for finding any term in a sequence.

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By LittleStreams

GCSE revision cards - game KS4 Maths

Print double sided and then cut into cards - they have a questions on one side (or a word that needs a definition) and the answer on the back.

By jessieB

Maths Learning Mat - KS3/KS4

A learning mat I produced to be laminated and out on all desks to give students a first place to look for help. Works well to encourage independence.

By maths_and_quizzes

Science and Computing

New AQA GCSE Atomic Structure revision poster 2018 exam

This is a revision poster based on the first chemistry topic in the new AQA Trilogy course. It could be used as a support placemat throughout lessons, but I tend to give pupils these as a revision summary at the end of the topic. It contains keywords for the topic and information for each of the subsections. It is very text heavy, so may only be suitable for higher ability pupils, which is the group I am teaching. I have pulled ideas together from similar formats already on TES. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

By paulamac29

AQA Bonding Knowledge Organiser

A knowledge organiser for the C4.2 section of the new AQA 2016 specification.

By suzyqzy

AQA Trilogy Chemistry Paper 2 revision map

Revision map with questions and gap fills for Chemistry Paper 2.
Separate documents for higher and foundation and model answers for each provided.

By jwoody

Knowledge organisers for AQA GCSE 9-1 Chemistry

Started to make some knowledge organisers. I print them and laminate them and have them on desks every lesson.

I like them to be simple and, where possible, pictorial in an attempt to aid their understanding and retention.

By sarah.comfort

Organic Chemistry Unit Summary / Knowledge Organiser (AQA)

A 2 page summary of the AQA (new specification) Organic Chemistry unit of work. Covers both trilogy and separate Chemistry content. Can be used for revision at the end of the topic, or as an introduction to a new unit of work.
- Crude Oil and Hydrocarbons
- Fractional Distillation
- Alkanes
- Alkenes
- Cracking
- Testing for Alkenes
- Reactions of Alkenes
- Addition Polymerisation
- Condensation Polymerisation
- Naturally Occurring Polymers

By lottie106

Knowledge Organiser KS3 Science - States of Matter and Separating Techniques

Knowledge Organiser with links to useful videos and animations for students to revise at home.
Can be used for flipped learning or for homework to learn the knowledge.

By dsmithova

GCSE Edexcel 9-1 Combined Science Chemistry Knowledge Organisers (CC1-CC12)

A set of knowledge organisers for Edexcel 9-1 Combined Science Chemistry for the first 5 topics (CC1 - CC12 using the Pearson identifiers). The knowledge organisers look good printed out on A3 and are a useful revision aid. Each topic has 3 sheets one for Higher, Standard and a support sheet giving a total of 24 sheets. CC13-17 available soon.

By comfyteach

AQA Physics - Forces unit revision flash cards

The PDF contains a series of slides that can be used a revision flash cards for students. The facts are taken directly from the **AQA ** specification including worked examples of equations , required practical and any specific knowlegde.

Each card contains:

Information linked to the exact specification content
The specification criteria that students must know
Equations and formula triangles for required equations with a worked example
Required practical cards have a method, resolution, variables, sources of inaccuracies and findings
****As far as I know the content is exact as of the 2016 reforms and completely up to date. Please let me know if you feel I have missed anything out.

I also plan to release the powerpoint for this but this will come out at a later date.

By Cengiz8849

GCSE OCR Computer Science Knowledge Organisers for Revision

Knowledge organisers for the whole OCR Computer Science spec.
Each topic of the spec summarised into 1 sheet (a couple of topics use more than one page due to the amount in them).
Gives students a starting point for their revision for learning key terms and concepts for each part of the spec.
Covers both exam papers.

By emmaclarke27

GCSE Computer Science Knowledge Organiser - Data Representation

A knowledge organiser/revision sheet on the Computer Science topic Data Representation. This includes number systems, conversion of binary and hexadecimal numbers and compression algorithms (Huffman). Each organiser contains key words, key skills and key knowledge. These are great for student revision, or as teaching aids for staff to be aware of the breadth of the module.

Thanks,

Toby Watkins

By MrWatkins123

(ALL) Computer Systems Knowledge Organisers

The amount of content that students are required to learn within Computing is vast the following document is all of the knowledge organisers I have developed for my students linked to the Computer Systems paper for computing. This document can be used for any specification to support students/teachers through the computing topics.

The topics covered within this document are:

System Architecture
Memory
Storage
Networks
Systems Security
System Software
Computing Concerns and Impact on society

This document can be used in many different ways some examples are below:

Student led revision
Topic summary
Lesson activities/resources
Teacher resource
Homework

The document is 21 pages long and contains a vast amount of information to support with students understanding and a lot of time and effort has been placed into this document to make it as informative and engaging as possible.

Please also look out for my computational thinking knowledge organiser set that will be uploaded soon and my knowledge organiser assessments that aid in reviewing students progress.

Thanks for your time.

By NextStepComputing

Systems Architecture Revision

This visually appealing knowledge organiser helps pupils revise the systems architecture section of the GCSE in Computer Science. Written originally for OCR Computer Science (J276), it is also suitable for helping pupils revise for other exam boards.

One PDF document contains the knowledge organiser and the second PDF document includes tips of revision techniques allowing pupils to pick a technique they prefer. Once they have revised the topic, they can attempt the 6 mark exam practice question on the second sheet and mark it themselves using the mark scheme included.

This resource makes an ideal homework task, can be used as part of a lesson or given to pupils to help them with their exam revision.

Covers:

The purpose of the CPU
Von Neumann Architecture
Fetch, decode, execute cycle
Factors that affect the performance of the CPU
Cache memory
Embedded systems

For a high-quality PDF student workbook on systems security that includes detailed theory, tasks and the answers visit https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/systems-architecture-11896173

Check out these other great revision knowledge organisers by Nichola Wilkin (nwilkin):

#KOCSGCSE2019
#nwrevision2019

By nwilkin

Humanities

9-1 Edexcel History Learning/Topic Placemats for Superpower Relations and The Cold War - Topic 1

9-1 Edexcel History Learning/Topic Placemats for Superpower Relations and The Cold War - Topic 1 -Origins of the Cold War 1945-58

These interactive learning placemats were designed to meet the challenges of the new 9-1 GCSE. They build upon the successful Medicine Through Time Placemats that I previously designed (and which received 5* reviews by all who have purchased them up to the time of launching these new materials – see: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/9-1-edexcel-gcse-history-of-medicine-place-mat-question-structure-11627611 ). The new placemats have been identified as best practice during a ‘Challenge Partners’ review as well as being identified as best practice by other History teachers on the Olevi ‘Outstanding Teacher Programme’.

The new design learning placemats support both teachers and students in addressing the:
a) dramatic increase in the curriculum content needed for the different units
b) support the need for increased literacy demands
c) help students become familiar and more confident in recognising the correct response needed for the unprecedented number of different question styles

The placemats are designed to be double sided. One side focuses on the CONTENT: providing an overview of key knowledge and understanding needed (this will change for each topic area within this GCSE unit).

Every placemat across the GCSE range is designed to encourage greater understanding of:
1. Historical Context - through timelines, picture prompts and key words

2. Awareness of the ‘big picture’ so students can see how individual lessons fit into the unit and make clearer links between prior and future learning – through ‘Big Picture’ questions.

3. Better Literacy – through selected ‘language for learning’ vocab box.

4. Memory prompts to support revision – through the use of carefully selected images.

5. Increased awareness of metacognition – through PME (Progress, Monitor and Evaluation Time) questions to encourage students to deconstruct their learning and identify key factors (eg. Social, economic, political) or key individuals and make links between features. A pictorial metacognition man with 5 question prompts will support student reflection.

6. A confidence thermometer is also included as a prompt to identify student confidence in the topic.

The reverse side contains guidance on EXAM TECHNIQUE through:
1. Identifying the nature of the question styles for each GCSE Unit and the allocated marks available
2. Examiners levelled mark schemes
3. Support writing frames with generic sentence starter

By awithey

All the Germany 1918-45 topics on one page

Mindmap of all the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany topics for GCSE, including pointers to key questions for each sub-topic. Created originally for EdExcel iGCSE Development of Germany, but equally applicable for AQA / OCR / SHP Depth Studies with a little tweaking. Handy for planning or revision to make sure all areas covered.

By lighthousekeeper

GCSE History - Nazi methods of control revision/summary sheet

GCSE NAzi Germany
Grades 9-1 or A-A*
Can be used for AQA, Edexcel, OCR or iGCSE exam boards.

Revision/summary sheet covering the methods used by the Nazis to control Germany
Fear and Terror (Gestapo/SS) , Propaganda, Censorship, Legal System, DAF, Education, Youth Groups etc.

Does include exam style questions for AQA 2017 Exams

Part of Hitler's Germany Topic 1933-1945

Please see my other lessons & resources
Feedback welcome

By MrThorntonTeach

9-1 British Medicine: Surgery in the Industrial Revolution Revision Sheet

GCSE British Medicine Through Time
New 2016 Specification
Grades 9-1
Can be used for AQA, Edexcel, OCR or iGCSE exam boards.

Revision/summary sheet covering the progress in surgery during the Industrial Revolution (Antiseptics, Anaesthetic and Aseptic Surgery) including the key individuals James Simpson and Joseph Lister

Part of Medieval 1750-1900 Medicine topic.

Please see my other lessons & resources
Feedback welcome!

By MrThorntonTeach

Development Dynamics/Challenges of an Urbanising World Knowledge Organiser GCSE Geography Edexcel B

Attached is a knowledge organiser designed to help students revise content for the GSCE geography Edexcel B exam.

This organiser focuses on Development Dynamics (India) and Challenges of an Urbanising World (Mumbai) case studies.

A SWOT analysis is included to demonstrate students have engaged with the material.

By mrsutheran_geog

AQA 9-1 GCSE Geography Knowledge Organisers

Knowledge organisers for all the different topics in the AQA 9-1 GCSE geography course.

Notes: Please check organisers before printing on mass for simple errors (only human) or changing case study information.

By Bsnewbury

OCR A 9-1 Geography: UK Environmental Challenges Revision Sheet/Knowledge Organiser

Here is a three page revision sheet that completely breaks down the OCR A 9-1 GCSE Environment Challenges (Paper 1 Module 3) into manageable revision chunks that my students find particularly useful. The revision sheets are detailed and cover all aspects of the spec including case studies on the Somerset Levels.

By Adam McAllister

Map Skills Topic Knowledge Organiser

Knowledge Organiser for Map Skills unit for KS3 Geography

By lglass165

Christianity Islam Knowledge Organisers AQA

NEW SPEC RELIGIOUS STUDIES AQA KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS 4 x AQA Component 1 (study of religions) ISLAM + CHRISTIANITY Revision Knowledge Organisers. For GCSE RS Component 1 (study of religions)- made for Spec A - AQA but easily amended. Covers all areas of Christianity and Islam (Beliefs, Teachings, Practices) for component 1.
These can easily be printed out and given to students without even having to explain any of the terminology as all explanation is here for them. There are lots of quotes for students to study and remember, all highlighted in bold with exact Qur’an + Bible references. There is a section for students to complete on each organiser and RAG-rate as they study and test themselves, so they know what they need to come back to. They are all A3 size and would work great as a revision posters for a student’s wall at home. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: EC_Resources
Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)

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By EC Resources

RE Revision: Arguments for the Existence of God Knowledge Organiser

Everything students need to know for the AQA RE Unit Arguments for the Existence of God, in one handy double sided revision sheet, with exam questions to practise.

By RuthMunday

AQA Themes: Religion and Life Knowledge Organiser

Knowledge organiser for revision and information for the Theme of Religion and Life, as part of the GCSE AQA syllabus. It includes key information; case studies and examples; Christian teachings; Muslim teachings; exam requirements and technique and key vocabulary.

It can be used for independent revision, to aid a structured revision timetable and in lessons. My own students have these glued in their books and are encouraged to refer to them during our learning. At the end of the unit, students are asked to go over the statements and highlight (RAG) their knowledge and understanding of the topics, thereby revealing key areas for revision.

Download as an A3 Word document as as an A4 PDF.

Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils’ RE/RS education in general - which is what we’re all here for!

By CreativeRE

AQA Crime & Punishment Revision Poster (Unit 3)

This is a further revision poster in the same format as the one for medical ethics. It could be used as a placement throughout lessons, but I tend to give pupils these as a revision summary at the end of the topic. It is very text heavy, so may only be suitable for higher ability pupils, which is the group I am teaching

By paulamac29

Languages

French Writing mats - tenses and vocab

I made a collection of Writing mats for y7, y8, and KS4 French last year and the students found them really helpful so here they are.
They include basic verb conjugations in different tenses, and useful vocab to include in writing (opinions, time phrases, connectives, ...). I've made different slides for different levels/years.

By Lisambre

Tips and advice for GCSE students on how to improve their writing and speaking

PPT based on giving advice to students to improve+ 2 learning mats which I adapted after finding them on TES

By cathy26_2001

GCSE AQA New Spec French Writing Mat - 90 Word

Writing Mat designed to assist students in the writing of the 90 words, 16 mark task, in the new AQA GCSE (1-9). It has lots of useful phrases, verb help, a pupil speak markscheme. Very useful to stick in the front of pupils' books/print out back to back and laminate for use in class. I have found they have gone down very well with the pupils when scaffolding the writing task.

By grisedaw

French Tense Help Sheet/Table mat/ Knowledge Organiser

Designed to help pupils be more independent when forming tenses. Can be printed and stuck in pupils books or used as a table mat.

Includes:
past
present
near future
simple future
conditional
imperfect

By hannah_durham

GCSE Spanish - Writing Skills

Sheet containing different ways to express opinions, time phrases, linking words and verb tenses.

By ajsanzcaro

GCSE Spanish "Excellence in writing" mat

A double-sided writing mat which encourages students to include a wide range of connectives, opinion phrases, intensifiers, infinitive constructions etc. in their written or oral work.
Sheet also includes easy-to-use complex structures and ‘Grade 9’ features such as idioms and subjunctive to enable high ability students to access top marks for linguistic knowledge/range of language.

By KateH44

Spanish Tenses Booklet

Present, immediate future, future, conditional, preterite, imperfect - including irregulars. To be used alongside Independent Learning Folders

By Dannielle Warren

Spanish Verb Tenses Mat

Spanish Verb Mat for Higher GCSE and A Level. Students can see at a glance how to form all tenses required for GSCE and A Level on one page. Preterite, imperfect, imperfect subjunctive, imperfect continuous, pluperfect, perfect, past participles, present, gerund, present continuous, imperative, simple future, conditional, near future, subjunctive. Also includes lists of irregulars for each tense. Assumes pupils have basic knowledge of infinitives, stems etc. Great Revision resource, especially now that translation and grammar feature more prominently in the GCSE exams.

By Mr Pooley

Writing mat for past tense

Contains a summary of sentence starters, modal verbs, opinions, infinitive clauses, relative clauses etc to help students to improve their past tense writing.

By sommersprossen

German Oral Exam Key Phrases

A speaking mat of Schlüssel Ausdrücke intended for AS German oral examinations, but also applicable to GCSE and A Level speaking exams. Sorry it's a PDF; it's not because I don't want it edited, but because I don't want the boxes going haywire! Let me know in the comments if you want a Word/Pages file.

By ssimm98

German GCSE AQA complete set of knowledge organisers/think it mats - one for each of the AQA topics

This resource contains a think it mat/knowledge organiser for each of the German GCSE AQA topic areas. On one side there is the complete list of vocab and on the other, suggested questions and sample answers for students to use and develop.
Ideal for a course where you have had to rush topics through, in particular.
This will be useful for last minute speaking preparation but also for essay writing and vocab revision for the listening and reading exams.

By HJPembrey

GCSE AQA New Spec German Writing Mat - 90 Word

By grisedaw

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