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I'm a current, high-achieving medical student and academic tutor providing KS3, KS4 (GCSE), KS5 (A level) and medical school application resources that I wish had been available to me when I was studying.
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I'm a current, high-achieving medical student and academic tutor providing KS3, KS4 (GCSE), KS5 (A level) and medical school application resources that I wish had been available to me when I was studying.
PAG 12.1 OCR A-Level Chemistry Research and Plan: Investigating Iron Tablets
Exemplar independent research project for Required Practical 12.1 – Investigating Iron Tablets. Written by an A* chemistry student and approved by a chemistry teacher. Harvard referencing format used.
Includes:
• Introduction
• Research
• Aim
• Chemicals
• Equipment list
• Health and safety risk assessment
• Detailed method
• Answers to extension opportunity questions
• Reference list
• Results tables
Uses:
• Guidance to complete this research project
• 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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OCR A-Level Chemistry Redox and Electrode Potentials Revision Notes
Revision notes for 5.2.3 Redox and Electrode Potentials from the Energy Topic 5.2 for Year 2 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. 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 11 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student.
These notes include:
• Redox – including: redox equations.
• Redox titrations
• Electrode potentials – including: half cells, standard electrode potential, standard cell potential and redox systems.
• Storage and fuel cells
• Skills from required practical 8: Electrochemical Cells
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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AQA GCSE 9-1 Further Maths Notes: Trigonometry
Trigonometry revision notes for AQA GCSE (Level 2 Certificate) further mathematics. They have all the content needed for the topic. It contains: key points, methods and worked examples. These are the notes I created and used to obtain a level 9 at GCSEs.
Includes: solving trigonometric equations, trigonometric identities and proof using trigonometric identities.
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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AQA GCSE 9-1 Chemistry Notes: Using the Earth’s Resources
Topic 10 Using the Earth’s Resources revision notes for AQA GCSE chemistry.
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 chemistry (chemistry 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:
• Using the Earth’s resources and obtaining potable water
• Life cycle assessment and recycling
• Using materials
• The Haber process and the use of NPK fertilisers
• Required practical 8
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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OCR A-Level Chemistry Periodic Table Revision Notes
Revision notes for the Periodic Table Topic 3.1 for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. 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 9 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student.
These notes include:
• Periodicity
• Group 2
• The halogens
• Qualitative analysis
• Required Practical 4: Qualitative analysis of ions
• Required Practical 7: Qualitative analysis of organic functional groups
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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OCR A-Level Chemistry Electrons, Bonding and Structure Revision Notes
Revision notes for the Atoms and Reactions Topic 2.2 for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. 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 as an A* chemistry student.
These notes include:
• Electron structure
• Ionic bonding
• Covalent bonding
• The shapes of simple molecules and ions
• Electronegativity and bond polarity
• Intermolecular forces
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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OCR A-Level Chemistry Alcohols, Haloalkanes and Analysis Revision Notes
Revision notes for the Alcohols, Haloalkanes and Analysis Topic 4.2 for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. 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 as an A* chemistry student.
These notes include:
• Alcohols – including: properties and reactions.
• Haloalkanes – including: reactions and environmental concerns from use of organohalogen compounds.
• Organic synthesis
• Analytical techniques – including: infrared spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and combined techniques.
• Required Practical 5: Synthesis of an Organic Liquid
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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OCR A-Level Chemistry Basic Concepts and Hydrocarbons Revision Notes
Revision notes for the Basic Concepts and Hydrocarbons Topic 4.1 for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. 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 as an A* chemistry student.
These notes include:
• Basic concepts of organic chemistry
• Alkanes – including: properties and reactions.
• Alkenes – including: properties, stereoisomerism, reactions and polymers.
• Waste polymers and alternatives
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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OCR A-Level Chemistry Analysis Revision Notes
Revision notes for the Analysis Topic 6.3 for Year 2 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. These notes contain all the specification knowledge, examples and practical skills 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 as an A* chemistry student.
These notes include:
• Types of chromatography
• Tests for organic functional groups
• Carbon NMR Spectroscopy
• Proton NMR Spectroscopy
• Combined techniques
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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OCR A-Level Biology Module 3 Complete Revision Notes
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
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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OCR GCSE 9-1 Classical Civilisation Analysed Prescribed Literary Sources: Myth and Religion
Resource includes analysis for all of the required prescribed literary sources in the myth and religion topic for OCR GCSE classical civilisation.
The annotations clearly explain the sources’ plot, meaning and significance within the historic period, making complicated texts much simpler for students.
Sources include:
• Hymn to Demeter
• Hymn to Heracles the Lion Hearted
• Plutarch, The Parallel Lives: Comparison of Theseus and Romulus
• Livy, The Early History of Rome
• Ovid, Metamorphoses (including: Achelous and Hercules, Hercules and Nessus, The death of Hercules)
• Orpheus and Eurydice
• Virgil, Aeneid
Uses:
• Revision notes
• Lesson hand-out for pupils
• Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons
• Self-teaching for home education
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OCR A-Level Biology Populations and Sustainability Revision Notes
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
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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OCR A-Level Biology Biodiversity Revision Notes
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
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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Edexcel GCSE 9-1 Maths Complete Revision Notes
Complete revision notes for Edexcel GCSE mathematics. They have all the content needed for both foundation and higher level. It contains: key points, methods and worked examples. These are the notes I created and used to obtain a level 9 at GCSEs.
Includes: number, algebra, graphs, ratio, proportion and rates of change, geometry and measures, Pythagoras and trigonometry and probability and statistics.
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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AQA GCSE 9-1 Further Maths Complete Revision Notes
Complete revision notes for AQA GCSE (Level 2 Certificate) further mathematics. They have all the content needed for each and every topic. It contains: key points, methods and worked examples. These are the notes I created and used to obtain a level 9 at GCSEs.
Includes: algebra, coordinate geometry, calculus, trigonometry and matrix transformations.
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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OCR A-Level Chemistry Complete Course Revision Notes
Complete revision notes for the OCR A Chemistry course. This bundle contains notes for modules 2 - 6 both Year 1 (AS-Level) and Year 2 A-Level. These notes contain all the specification knowledge required, examples and required practicals. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade.
These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student.
This bundle includes:
• 2.1 Atoms and reactions
• 2.2 Electrons, bonding and structure
• 3.1 The Periodic Table
• 3.2 Physical Chemistry
• 4.1 Basic Concepts and Hydrocarbons
• 4.2 Alcohols, Haloalkanes and Analysis
• 5.1 Rates, Equilibrium and pH
• 5.2 Energy
• 5.3 Transition Elements
• 6.1 Aromatic Compounds, Carbonyls and Acids
• 6.2 Nitrogen Compounds, Polymers and Synthesis
• 6.3 Analysis
• Required Practical Notes: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12
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Transpiration and Translocation Information Sheet
A brief summary sheet outlining transpiration and translocation. This includes definitions, a short explanation of each process and why they are important, including examples.
For more detailed information on transpiration and translocation see my other resource: ‘AQA GCSE 9-1 Biology Notes: Organisation’ which specifically covers more content for GCSE level.
Uses:
• Hand out notes for pupils
• Self-teaching for home education
• Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons or for students to make revision notes
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OCR A-Level Chemistry Atoms and Reactions Revision Notes
Revision notes for the Atoms and Reactions Topic 2.1 for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. 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 12 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student.
These notes include:
• Atomic structure and isotopes
• Compounds, formulae and equations
• Amount of substance
• Acids
• Redox
• Required Practical 2: Acid-base Titration
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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Hyperinflation of Weimar Germany Edexcel GCSE 9-1 History
An easy-to-undertsand explanation of what caused Germany to experience hyperinflation in 1923. It includes statistics that can be used as own knowledge in the exam.
This is specifically tailored to the Weimar and Nazi Germany Edexcel GCSE history specification.
I achieved a level 9 at GCSE for history.
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Standards of Living Nazi Germany Summary Edexcel GCSE 9-1 History
A short summary of how the standards of living changed under the Nazis. This is specifically tailored to the Weimar and Nazi Germany Edexcel GCSE history specification.
The summary covers different aspects: employment, wages, working hours, Labour Front, Strength Through Joy, the Volkswagen scam and the Beauty of Labour. It shows how each aspect was better/worse and for whom. Statistics that can be used as own knowledge in the exam have also been included.
I achieved a level 9 at GCSE for history.
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