KS 4 Science revision Follow the science revision

KS 4 Science revision *Follow the science revision timetables and use these alongside the OCR gateway science revision guides. *Use BBC bitesize GCSE OCR gateway to support your revision and completion of your weekly revision homework. *Use active revision (not copying or reading). 20 minutes review and then 20 minutes questions/keywords/write out what you can remember. *Use a keyword to start a mind map and then from memory add detail and then use revision books to add even more detail. *Practise answering questions on the VLE – do this from memory first, then with a revision guide. Check your work with the mark scheme and improve your answers. *Take care analysing tables and graphs. Practise these questions. *Be specific in your answers – don’t us the word ‘It’ to start to answer a question

KS 3 Science revision strategy • Units are delivered in 6 week blocks. Lesson 10 of every block focuses on developing revision strategies. Each block will provide the opportunity to try a different approach to revision (linked to learning style). Try a range of ideas to see which one works best for you. • Homework is set weekly and will focus on: • key words from the current topic, • exam style questions • fact recall • Resources to support revision are provided on the VLE and organised by topic. There also links to BBC bitesize. Revising each section then completing the mini tests is a good way to check understanding. • Your teacher with provide colour coded checklists and these should be used to help identify areas for review/revision. • Blue statements are aimed at targets 1 -3 • Yellow statements are aimed at 4 -6 • Green statements are aimed at 7 -9