Sixth form AQA Biology EMPA

Hi, I'm just wondering how to prepare myself for the Biology AS Unit 3 EMPA. I really want to get high marks on it, and I'm wondering what sort of questions will be on it. What can I expect? Posted from TSR Mobile...

Sixth form How to prepare for my EMPA?

Im currently in year 12, going on to do my first Empa in two weeks (Biology) and then the week after my chemistry and then my physics Empa after the Easter holidays...I just need help and advice on how to revise for my EMPA's and how to ensure an A grade. Especially from those who have already done their AS Empas and those of you who have...

Sixth form Aqa a2 biology empa 2013

hey guysss!!! has anyone done this empa yet? any information on what it is about, what the task was and the questions? thxxx...

Sixth form AQA A2 Biology EMPA

Hey i was wondering if anyone has done the exam paper yet? How did you find it and are there any specific topics to revise for? Thanks :D...

AQA Empa aqa biology 2013

Hi guyss just wondering who has done EMPA task 1 AQA Biology as level. There are so many threads on this topic but no one has actually helped. so guys some help pleaaase?...

Sixth form AQA EMPA AS Biology

I have a few questions about the EMPA. The practical is about cutting up jelly cubes and then finding out how the SA is related to the volume, and I can understand that the EMPA exam will ask me about why I did certain things, however, what I don't understand is the graph. I missed the lesson where it was explained, and I'm not too sure h...

Sixth form AQA chemistry AS level Empa 2012

Can someone please be a hero and tell me about this empa and give me advice and tell me what experiments were so i know what to revise. Can you also tell me what was in A2 empa please thankssss...

Sixth form A2 aqa chemistry empa chm6x

Hi, got my a2 chem empa coming up soon, could you please tell me what topics I need to revise and any tips if possible? Thanks:)...

Ashby School Sixth Form

Hiya, My name's Aaliyah and I'll be moving house from Birmingham to Derbyshire just before college starts in August. I've secured a place at Ashby sixth form, it looks lovely there but I don't know the area very well and I will not know anyone at the sixth form prior to joining. I was wondering if anyone else is going there? Thanks! My A-...

Sixth form Standard deviation overlap?

Hey I've got a biology EMPA in a few weeks and needed to know the significance (or implications) of the standard deviations of different sets of data overlapping? Thank you.:)...

Sixth form What do you think I should do re: resitting etc?

Well, got to talk about my results on Friday with my (by far better of the two) biology teacher and this is what we said were my options: UCAS pred = B Preferred Biol grade for entry = B Current picture with successful BIOL 4 resit = C B is possible with high impact improvement in either or both of BIOL2 (has already been re-sat and you a...

Sixth form AQA Chemistry AS Level EMPA ( CHEM3X)

Hello :) , Has anyone done the AQA CHEM3X EMPA , if so how did you find it ?...

Sixth form Human Biology vs. Biology at AS/A Level?

Hello. I'm just asking out of curiosity; do universities favour Biology over Human Biology? I know that "traditional" Sciences (Bio., Chemistry, and Physics) are well-respected, but is Human Biology still a "traditional" science? Thanks!...

Sixth form Biology & Chemistry A level help!

hi guys, i was just wondering if anyone currently doing chemistry and biology at a level could just give me a brief description of what its like, what you do and how you find it. I know this may be a bit tedious, but i would really appreciate it. I hope to study medicine so any help or advice would be awesome. thanks x...

Sixth form Self-taught AS Biology? Any exam boards without a biology practical?

Hi, At my current school we use OCR gateway for science. And triple science (So modules B5,B6,C5,C6,P5 and P6) were all taught in 15 minutes of form time, 3 times a week. Obvoiusly we did not have time to complete this and as a result I have had to pretty much had to learn all of B5 and B6 at home , from the revision guide, in the two da...

Sixth form AQA 2013 EMPA (AS)- Surface area and uptake

Has anyone done the third part, the test yet? If so can you remember any of the questions in the paper or any other form of help? Thanks a lot!...

Sixth form AS Biology help!! urgent pls!

I have two AS Biology exams in about 4 weeks time and I'm struggling on every bit of this subject. This is partly because I have very poor revision techniques and also on the whole, completely shut down when revising biology....please I need: tips to revise well and break down the topics good revision websites for AS Biology (edexcel) adv...

Aqa as biology empa

?anyone doing or have done the biology AS AQA empa/ISA on unit 2, please help?...

Sixth Form A2 biology coursework help.

Hi, I'm starting my A2 biology coursework soon and we've been told to start thinking about a topic for the practical. i have NO IDEA what to do. Don't really want to do plants or enzymes, much more interested in human biology and forensics. any help would be greatly received! thanks.

Sixth form AQA Biology ISA A2 help

My ISA is about Genetics and I've already done the practical and the statistical test, was wondering if anyone could give me any general tips on how hard it is, what to expect and what is best to last minute revise.

Sixth form Biology taking the mick!!

I recently got my As results. Maths C1 edexcel A Chemistry ocr f321 A Biology f211 D I'm still pretty much shocked on how I got this grade. I put in more time in biology than in chemistry and maths put together and came out with some rubbish grade. Need serious tips to revise biology. Thanks.

Sixth form AQA A2 Biology unit 4 Mark scheme

Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone, anyone had the AQA A2 Biology unit 4 Mark scheme? I would be so grateful! Thanks, have a lovely day and please don't stress about your exams, breath and you will be fine!...

Sixth form Concentration of caffeine by titration???

I need to make different concentrations of caffeine and I was wondering if I could measure the concentrations by titration? This was suggested by my biology teacher (but he wasn't sure) for biology coursework so I have no idea if I can do it/how to do it? :confused:...

Sixth form Biology Stomata ISA - What mark did you get ?

Just wondering what scores people got for the Stomata and if allowed a difficulty rating out of 10 ( with 10 being very hard )...

Sixth form Exam board with similar specification to Edexcel Biology

Snab biology has very few exam papers and I'm wondering what other exam board has a similar spec so I can use their past papers as well. (A-level)...

Sixth form Ocr a2 biology practicals

So I am retaking my biology A2 practicals as an external student and my deadline for being entered to do this is Friday, 14th March, but I am not entirely sure I remember exactly which practical tasks I carried out so I would be grateful if someone could post a list of all the A2 biology practicals we could have done last year and so I ca...

Sixth form How to revise for a level biology?

Serious of all my subjects biology has the most volume and I barely know where to start! Atm I'm just writing out exemplar answers for topics which tend to come up most years. Anyone got any tips? Posted from TSR Mobile...

Is This Possible At All In Sixth Form

Hey in sixth form i want to do the following subjects; Biology Chemistry Physics Sociology BTEC Level 3 Applied Science (Assignments at home ) Stats (Self Teaching) Maths and Physics Open University Degree...

Sixth form A Level Statistics Self Teaching

Hey, I really want to do statistics but my sixth form don't offer it. I would have to teach my self, I am not bothered about this. I was wondering if anyone has any recommended; textbooks or anything else. I am going to do the AQA Stat without course work. Dose anyone have any notes they don't mind sharing. I am doing in sixth form Bio, C...

Sixth Form Outfit

Hey I'm a year 11 student, nearly going into Sixth Form. I was wondering if Sixth Form students could post photos of outfits they wear or would wear to class so that me and other new Sixth Form Students can have an idea of what to wear. Because switching from wearing the same uniform everyday to having to decide on what to wear can be dif...

Applying to external sixth form and college:

Hi I am going to resit the year but i dont think my own sixth form will accept me if i get really bad As so I was wondering would it be a good idea to apply to external sixth form now or a college. or should I wait for my exam results, then phone in to ask if there is remaining places.. THank you so much for comment, I appreciate your hon...

Sixth form Aqa bio2/4/5

Hey, I am doing BIOLOGY Unit 2/4/5 in May/June. I was wondering if anyone has useful brain storms, posters, revision tips for me. I am mainly struggling with Respiration, Photosynthesis, ATP, and most of UNIT 5...

AS chemistry emoa 2013

I was wondering whether anyone can give me some tips on what sort of things to revise for the empa. What questions shall i practive relating to thermal decomposition? I would really appreciate any advice. Thanks x I meant EMPA...

Sixth Form Unit 1 Biology is disgusting. AQA

Hi guys, Is it me or is unit 2 biology AQA A levels is much easier than unit 1? I revised so much for unit 1, yet I only got 78 in unit 1 in June, whereas, in unit 2, I got nearly full UMS but I did about half as much revision for unit 2 than unit 1. Isn't it supposed to get harder as you go along the units? E.g. Get a better percentage U...

AQA Biol AS EMPA (gelatine cubes)

Hello. I was wondering, have people actually finished the EMPA exam? I've noticed that some people have done it a few weeks ago, so I was wondering, what are the questions actually like? Is it a hard exam? What's especially important to revise for it. Any help would be appreciated :). Note: I've done the practical, so it's just the final...

Sixth form Biology AQA Genetics ISA

Ive got the second part of my Biology Genetics ISA next week. I would really appreciate it if someone could help on the likely questions that will come up.

Sixth form Science experiments on animals????

Not really animals but what living things are we allowed to experiment on in sixth form? Apart from daphnia, brine shrimp and maggots? (I have to do an experiment for biology)...

Sixth form All 3 sciences at A-level without Maths?

So I'm trying to choose my options for Sixth Form and I was wondering whether it'd be a really bad idea to take all sciences, particularly Physics, without Maths? I'm currently on high A's in Biology, Chemistry and Physics so I'm pretty confident with those. I'm basically scraping a B in Maths because I really don't like it so I'm only co...

Sixth form What can I do with Biology at Uni?

So yeah, What can I do with just one science alone? Since most universities would prefer two science subjects. Does anyone know of any courses that would require Biology along with 2 other A-levels?...

Sixth form A-level biology help needed

My A-level biology paper 5 (Planning, Analysis and Evaluation) is tomorrow and I'm stuck on one of the questions. Code of the exam is 9700/05/O/N/08. Question 2) b) part ii) iii) and iv).