TRIPLE SCIENCE
GCSE PREPARATION
BIOLOGY: 3 EXAMS – 1 HR LONG + ISA (25%) ______
CHEMISTRY: 3 EXAMS – 1 HR LONG + ISA (25%) ______
PHYSICS: 3 EXAMS – 1 HR LONG + ISA (25%) ______
EXAM
B1
C1
P1
DATE
Tues 16th
May
Thurs 18th
May
Weds 24th
May
EXAM
B2
B3
C2
C3
P2
P3
DATE
Fri 9th
June
Weds 14th
June
Fri 16th
June
Revision Resources
Core Revision Guide (red)
Additional Revision Guide (blue)
Extension Revision Guide (maroon)
Exam Style workbooks (Biol, Chem, Phys)
Past paper questions (from your teacher & school
website)
Websites
• BBC bitesize
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/)
• Revision world (https://revisionworld.com/gcserevision)
• S-Cool (http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse)
Videos
• My gcse science
(https://www.youtube.com/user/myGCSEscience
• Free Science lessons
(http://freesciencelessons.co.uk/aqa/)
• Get that C in your GCSE (not
suitabl(https://www.youtube.com/user/ChrisThornton
UK)
• Fuse School (www.fuseschool.org/)
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Reading text books/notes
/revision guides
Listening to Podcasts
Watching videos
Creating flashcards
Creating mind maps/spider
diagrams
Writing bullet points on topics
Recalling information at the
correct time
Answering short answer
questions
Creating acronyms/mnemonics
to aid memory
Chunking
Encoding into images
Answering exam style
questions under exam
conditions
Self assessment
Peer assessment
Teacher Assessment
MARCKS (exam analysis)
Biology 1 Checklist
Topic
Healthy Diet
Health benefits of exercise
Pathogens (types, infectious illnesses)
Defence against disease
Treating and preventing disease
Preventing/controlling infection
Vaccinations (how they work, why they are needed)
Growing bacteria
The nervous system (structure, reflex arc)
Homeostasis (factors controlled, why they need to be )
The Menstrual cycle
Fertility treatment (process, ethics, evaluation)
Plant responses (tropisms, hormones)
Developing medicinal drugs (process, ethics)
Recreational drugs
Plant & animal adaptations (how they help survival)
Competition (inter and intra species)
Pollution indicators
Ecological pyramids (biomass, energy, number)
The Carbon Cycle (decay, factors affecting)
Genes & inheritance
Cloning
Genetically modified crops
Evolution & natural selection (Darwin & Lamarck theories)
REVISED
APPLIED
Biology 2 Checklist
Topic
Animal cells (structure, functions, specialised cells)
Plant cells (structure, functions, specialised cells)
Bacterial & yeast cells (structure, functions)
Diffusion, osmosis & active transport
Specialised organs systems (plant & animal)
Photosynthesis (equation, limiting factors)
Growing crops (fertilisers, greenhouses, polytunnels)
Collecting ecological data (quadrats, transects)
Proteins (structure, shape, functions)
Enzymes (uses, how they work, factors affecting)
Respiration (aerobic, anaerobic, factors affecting)
Exercise & respiration
Cell division (mitosis, meiosis)
Stem cells (uses, definition)
Genes & Alleles
Inheritance (diagrams, Punnett squares)
Inherited illnesses
Fossils (formation, evidence for evolution)
Extinction (causes, evidence, link to evolution)
Speciation (geographic isolation, natural section)
REVISED
APPLIED
Biology 3 Checklist
Topic
Diffusion, Active transport & osmosis (factors affecting)
Sports drinks
Exchange surfaces (villi, alveoli)
Lung structure , Gas exchange & ventilation
Transpiration (transpiration stream, factors affecting)
The heart (structure & function)
Blood vessels (names, structure, function)
Blood (names of cells, function)
Heart surgery (stents, artificial
valves/hearts/pacemakers)
Homeostasis
Kidney structure/function
Treating kidney diseases (transplants/dialysis)
Thermoregulation (responses, negative feedback loop)
Glucoregulation (hormones , negative feedback loop)
Diabetes
Human impact on the environment (deforestation,
burning fossil fuels)
Biofuels
Producing biofuels via fermentation (process)
Mycoproteins
Intensive farming
Fishing (methods, overfishing)
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Chemistry 1 Checklist
Topic
Atomic Structure
Electronic configuration (draw and read)
Group 1 ( names, properties, reactions)
Group 0 (names, properties, reactions)
Balancing Equations
The Periodic Table (arrangement, groups, periods)
Limestone reactions (formulae, reactions)
Extracting Limestone
Thermal decomposition
Making mortar, cement & concrete
Extracting ores
The reactivity series
Oxidation/ reduction of metal ores
Electrolysis & phytomining to extract metals
Alloys (definition, uses, structures)
Alkanes & Alkenes (names, structures, properties)
Fractional distillation
Burning fuels (names of fuels, products and problems caused
Cracking
Polymers (structure, uses, smart polymers, disposal, problems)
Emulsions
Hydrogenation
Global warming
New fuels (hydrogen, ethanol, biodiesel)
The structure of the Earth
Continental Drift (Wegener, fossils)
The atmosphere (composition today and in the past)
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Chemistry 2 Checklist
Topic
Forming Ions
Ionic Bonding (written and in diagrams)
Covalent bonding (written and in diagrams)
Metallic bonding (Explain using diagrams)
Properties of each type of bonding
Alloys (properties, structure, uses)
Polymers (thermosoftening/setting-structures)
Atomic Structure
Mr calculations
Mole calculations
Percentage yield calculations
Reacting masses calculations
Empirical formulae calculations
Analysis- (gas chromatography, mass spectrometer)
Rates of reaction (factors affecting, behaviour of
particles)
Endothermic/Exothermic reactions
Reversible reactions
Acids and bases
Neutralisation
Making soluble salts (making and separating)
Making insoluble salts (making & separating)
Naming compounds
Electrolysis (salt water and other metal salts)
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Chemistry 3 Checklist
Topic
The early periodic table (Newlands, Mendeleev)
The modern periodic table (arrangement , properties)
Group 1 (properties, reactions, electron arrangement)
Group 7 (properties, reactions, electron arrangement)
Transition metals (properties, uses, electron
arrangement)
Hard & soft water (ions present, effect on properties)
Calorimetry
Bond energy calculations
Energy level diagrams
Hydrogen cells
Testing for anions (tests, positive results)
Testing for cations (tests, positive results)
Equilibria
The Haber process (reactants, conditions, uses)
Alcohols (functional group, uses, properties)
Carboxylic acids (functional group, uses, properties)
Esters (functional group, uses, properties)
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Physics 1 Checklist
Topic
Infrared Radiation- factors affecting
Kinetic Theory
Heat transfer- conduction, convection, radiation
Specific heat capacity
Types of energy & energy transfers
Efficiency (calculating) and Sankey diagrams
Electrical Energy (calculations)
Power stations (parts, how they work)
Energy from renewable resources
Renewable energy & the environment
The National Grid (transformers, transfer)
Waves (anatomy, calculations)
Wave behaviour (diffraction, reflection, refraction)
The Electromagnetic Spectrum (properties & uses)
Light (reflection, refraction, dispersion)
Sound (properties, behaviour)
Red Shift
Doppler Effect
The Big Bang Theory
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Physics 2 Checklist
Topic
Forces
Elasticity (Hooke’s Law)
Speed, distance, velocity (calculations)
Velocity(Speed)/Time ;Distance/Time graphs
Acceleration (calculations, descriptions)
Terminal Velocity
Forces & energy
Power
Potential & Kinetic Energy
Momentum (conservation, calculations)
Car safety
Static electricity (properties & uses)
Series & Parallel circuits (properties)
Electrical calculations (Q,I,t, V, P, R)
Mains electricity
Wiring a plug
Electrical safety (fuses, circuit breakers, RCCB’s)
Atomic Structure (including isotopes, ions)
Nuclear Radiation (Alpha, beta, gamma- properties & uses)
Half Life
Nuclear Fusion
Nuclear Fission
The Life cycle of a star
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Physics 3 Checklist
Topic
X-rays (properties uses, how they work)
Ultrasound (properties uses, how they work)
Refraction
Lenses (properties, uses how they work)
Images & ray diagrams
The Eye (structure & function)
Correcting vision
Total Internal reflection (what it is and uses)
Moments (description, calculation)
Levers
Centre of mass (factors affecting)
Hydraulics
Pendulums
Circular Motion
Magnetic Fields
Electric Motors
Electromagnetism
Electromagnetic induction
Transformers (how they work, uses)
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