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 Cell Structure Topic 2.1.1 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 documents contain a total of 6 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• Microscopy
• Cell Structure – including: organelles, production and secretion of proteins, the cytoskeleton.
• Animal and Plant cells
• Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells
• Required Practical 1: Microscopy
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Revision notes for the Cell Division, Cell Diversity and Cellular Organisation Topic 2.1.6 for AS-Level and Year 1 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 8 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• The cell cycle
• Mitosis
• Meiosis
• Stem cells and differentiation – including: specialised cells
• Tissues, organs and systems
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Revision notes for the Biological Membranes Topic 2.1.5 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 documents contain a total of 8 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• Roles of membranes
• Fluid mosaic model and membrane structure
• Factors affecting membranes – temperatures and solvents
• Transport across cell membranes – diffusion, facilitated diffusion, osmosis, active transport, exocytosis, endocytosis
• Required Practical 8: Transport in and out of cells
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• Self-teaching for home education
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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
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Revision notes for the Enzymes Topic 2.1.4 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 documents contain a total of 6 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• Action of enzymes
• Factors affecting enzymes
• Inhibition
• Required Practical 4: Rates of enzyme controlled reactions
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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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Revision notes for the Transport in Plants Topic 3.1.3 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 documents contain a total of 10 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 transport systems in plants
• The vascular bundle
• Xylem
• Phloem
• Movement of water
• The transpiration stream and factors affecting transpiration
• Adaptations of xerophytic plants and hydrophytes
• Translocation and active loading
• Required Practical 5: Potometer
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Revision notes for the Transport in Animals Topic 3.1.2 for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Biology. These notes contain all the specification knowledge required and examples 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 and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• Circulatory systems
• Blood vessels
• Exchange of the capillaries
• The heart – including structure, the cardiac cycle and coordination of the cardiac cycle, electrocardiograms.
• Transport of oxygen
• Transport of carbon dioxide
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Complete revision notes for Year 2 A-Level OCR A Chemistry Module 5. 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 as an A* chemistry student.
This bundle includes:
• 5.1 Rates, Equilibrium and pH
How fast?
How far?
Acids, bases and buffers
• 5.2 Energy
Lattice Enthalpy
Enthalpy and Entropy
Redox and Electrode Potentials
Skills from required practical 8: Electrochemical Cells
• 5.3 Transition Elements
Required Practical 4: Qualitative analysis of ions
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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 Year 2 A-Level OCR A Chemistry Module 6. 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 as an A* chemistry student.
This bundle includes:
• Aromatic Compounds, Carbonyls and Acids
• Nitrogen Compounds, Polymers and Synthesis
• Analysis
• Required Practical 6: Synthesis of an Organic Solid
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Complete revision notes for AQA GCSE chemistry. These are the notes I created and used to obtain a level 9 at GCSEs.
All of the notes cover all of the content for 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.
Includes:
• Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table
• Bonding, Structure and Properties of Matter
• Quantitative Chemistry
• Chemical Changes
• Energy Changes
• Rate and Extent of Energy Changes
• Organic Chemistry
• Chemical Analysis
• Chemistry of the Atmosphere
• Using the Earth’s Resources
• Chemistry Required Practical Activities
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Revision notes for the Algebraic Expressions Topic for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level Edexcel Pure Mathematics. These notes contain all the knowledge, key points, methods and worked examples needed to understand content and to achieve a high grade. This pdf contains 3 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• Index Laws
• Expanding brackets
• Factorising
• Negative and fractional indices
• Surds
• Rationalising denominators
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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 3 pages of medical ethics notes, including:
• Autonomy
• Justice
• Beneficence and non-maleficence
• Gillick competence
• Fraser guidelines
• Confidentiality
• How to answer ethical questions
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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.
The Medical Interview Knowledge Complete Study Guide contains the entire collection of resources from my medical interview knowledge series. These high-yield study notes provide all the information and insider knowledge needed for aspiring medical students to excel in their university application interviews.
This resource contains 5 word documents with a total of 46 pages, including:
• Medical Case Studies
• Hot Topics
• NHS Knowledge
• Medical Ethics
• Medical Basics
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