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.
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.
Revision notes for the Physical Chemistry Topic 3.2 for AS-Level and Year 1 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 10 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student.
These notes include:
• Enthalpy changes – including: reaction, formation, combustion, neutralisation, bond enthalpies and Hess’ law and enthalpy cycles.
• Reaction rates – including: collision theory, catalysts and the Boltzmann distribution.
• Chemical equilibrium – including: dynamic equilibrium, le Chatelier’s principle and the equilibrium constant, Kc.
• Skills from required practical 3: Enthalpy Determination.
• Skills from required practical 9: Rates of Reaction – continuous monitoring method.
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Revision notes for the Exchange Surfaces Topic 3.1.1 for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Biology. 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 5 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• The need for exchange surfaces
• Gaseous exchange system in mammals
• Ventilation in mammals – including using a spirometer
• Gaseous exchange and ventilation in fish
• Gaseous exchange and ventilation in insects
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Exam questions with marked exemplar answers for Weimar and Nazi Germany Edexcel GCSE history. These exam question responses cover all the types of questions that could be asked in paper 3: modern depth study.
These responses will show you examples of how to structure your answers, as well as the amount of own knowledge, statistics and detail needed to get high marks. They are my own written answers and I achieved a level 9 at GCSE for history.
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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.
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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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Complete revision notes for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Biology Module 2. 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:
• 2.1.1 Cell Structure
• 2.1.2 Biological Molecules
• 2.1.3 Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids
• 2.1.4 Enzymes
• 2.1.5 Biological Membranes
• 2.1.6 Cell Division, Cell Diversity and Cellular Organisation
• Required Practical 1: Microscopy
• Required Practical 4: Rates of enzyme controlled reactions
• Required practical 5: Colorimeter
• Required practical 6: Chromatography
• Required Practical 8: Transport in and out of cells
• Required practical 9: Qualitative testing
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Matrix transformations 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: multiplying matrices, identity and zero matrices, transformations of the unit square and combining transformations (composite matrices).
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As a current medical student, I understand how daunting preparing for medical interviews can be. This study resource includes my own notes which I used to secure three Russel group medical school offers (and being winter-pooled at Cambridge). I have also updated these notes with the insights gained from my own interviews and experience assessing students during their medical interviews.
These high-yield study notes provide all the information and insider knowledge needed for aspiring medical students to excel in their interviews. The word document contains 8 pages of NHS knowledge notes, including:
• Origins of the NHS
• Structure of the NHS
• 6 principles of the NHS
• The Long Term Plan
• 7 Day NHS
• Junior doctors contract
• Privatisation of the NHS
• NHS Scotland
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As a current medical student, I understand how daunting preparing for medical interviews can be. This study resource includes my own notes which I used to secure three Russel group medical school offers (and being winter-pooled at Cambridge). I have also updated these notes with the insights gained from my own interviews and experience assessing students during their medical interviews.
These high-yield study notes provide all the information and insider knowledge needed for aspiring medical students to excel in their interviews. The word document contains 8 pages of medical concepts and conditions notes, including:
• Common medical terms
• Common medical conditions
• Medical imaging: x-rays, CT scans, MRI scans and ultrasound scans.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Revision notes for 5.2.1 Lattice Enthalpy from the Energy Topic 5.2 for Year 2 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 7 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student.
These notes include:
• Lattice enthalpy
• Bohr-Haber cycles
• Bohr-Haber: solution and hydration enthalpy
• Factors affecting lattice enthalpy
• Factors affecting enthalpy of hydration
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Revision notes for the Nitrogen Compounds, Polymers and Synthesis Topic 6.2 for Year 2 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. These notes contain all the specification knowledge, 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 16 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student.
These notes include:
• Amines
• Amino acids, amides and chirality
• Polyesters and polyamides
• Carbon–carbon bond formation
• Organic synthesis
• Required Practical 6: Synthesis of an Organic Solid
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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
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Algebra 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: indices, expanding brackets, binomial expansion, factorising, factor theorem, simultaneous equations, limiting values of a sequence and functions.
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Topic 2 Organisation revision notes for AQA GCSE biology.
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 biology (biology 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:
• Principals of organisation
• Animal tissues, organs and organ systems
• Plant tissues, organs and systems
• Required Practical activity 4 and 5
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Topic 1 Cell biology revision notes for AQA GCSE biology.
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 biology (biology 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:
• Cell structure
• Cell division
• Cell transport
• Required Practical activity 1, 2 and 3
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Topic 7 Homeostasis and Response revision notes for AQA GCSE biology.
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 biology (biology 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:
• Adaptations, interdependence and competition
• Organisation of an ecosystem
• Biodiversity and the effect of human interaction on ecosystems
• Trophic levels in an ecosystem
• Food production
• Required Practical activity 9 and 10
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