1. Year 11 Information Evening
Science
Revision Techniques

2. Getting unstuck

3. What are the most common situations?
A single point of information that a student needs
to look up.
A multi step question that a student needs to work
through.

4. Single point answers Resources to use: Student work book. Text book
Syllabus - AQA science website
Bite size website
Other GCSE revision websites
General websites such as Wikipedia

5. Multi step questions
Highlight the questions key points, what it is asking you
and the science bits.
The space shuttle orbits at a Velocity of 17,500 miles per
hour. It needs to slow to a velocity of about 226 miles per
hour in order land. To do this it uses a procedure known a
deorbiting. The shuttle only carries enough fuel to reduce
its speed by approximately 500 miles per hour. Using your
knowledge of physics suggest a way in which a space shuttle
could reduce its speed in order to land?

6. Make key points The shuttle has to lose velocity.
It has to change kinetic energy into another form.
Cars change kinetic energy into heat.
The force involved is friction.
The space shuttle could use friction with the
atmosphere to transfer kinetic energy into heat.
This loss of energy would reduce the ships speed.

7. Using exam questions

8. The AQA website for Science
4408/past-papers-and-mark-schemes
TES
Create an account for a wealth of resources to help with the content
Top tips for answering longer answer questions
What topic is the question asking me about?
What key words will I need?
What is the command word and how does this affect how I write?
How can I link my keywords together to get full marks?

10. Using online resources

11. Why use online resources
Students can access from a laptop, tablet, phone
Excellent support for revision
Free!
The students are expert users!

12. How to best use online resources
Don’t just read!!

13. How to best use online resources
The exam boards have not yet fully caught up- it is essential that students use revision techniques involving writing exam-style answers alongside these
GET CREATIVE: Key cards, posters, mind maps, Q and A cards….
2. USE WHAT HAS BEEN LEARNT: Teach you/ a sibling/ friends, make a key info video, complete a quiz
3. APPLY WHAT HAS BEEN LEARNT: Answer exam-style questions

14. Useful resources: apps CGP (£1.49 each, lite version is free)
Subject specific quizzes
S-COOL (£1.99 each)
There are many of these, some are subject specific, others help develop learning skills and highlight common examination slip ups
Exam countdown (free)
This app lets you keep track of all your exam dates, and helps keep you focused and on track with a daily countdown

15. Useful resources: websites
AQA- this has a number of past papers and the specifications (lists of everything students need to know)
GCSE BITESIZE- great for explanations in student speak. There are lots of quizzes and activities to make things more interactive
S-COOL- brilliant video tutorials, quizzes and revision guides
myGCSEscience- this has a number of video tutorials
Revisionworld.com- exam board specific resources and quizzes- need to sign up
TES- this is used by teachers to share resources. It has LOADS of revision resources- need to sign up

16. Support
Firefly
teachers- if you don’t know a specific address the send to school addressed to the teacher