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Offline sweetsour

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Any tips for me??I'm going to start my A2 semester...
« on: June 09, 2009, 06:40:02 am »
I have only about 6 months before taking A2 on oct/nov this year..,any tips or advise???or maybe you guys can tell me any good resources for notes....,please...,i'm taking pure maths P3, mechanics 1, chem paper 4 and 5,biology paper 4 and 5 & physics paper paper 4 and 5.

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Re: Any tips for me??I'm going to start my A2 semester...
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2009, 07:06:01 am »
for pure math i will recommend you to consult P3 book by Quadling and the same one for the M1....and after doing it if you still want to do some more practice then do check the book core maths for a levels....

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Re: Any tips for me??I'm going to start my A2 semester...
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2009, 08:57:19 am »
my friends recomended me these pages with lots of revision & teaching notes and really good examples for bio and maths.

http://revision-notes.co.uk/A_Level/Maths/index.html
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/alevel.html
http://www.revisionworld.co.uk/alevel

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Re: Any tips for me??I'm going to start my A2 semester...
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2009, 08:30:11 am »
Thanks guys..,any tips for chemistry??and about pure maths, i'm going to take p3 only..,is the syllabus is the same with p2??

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Re: Any tips for me??I'm going to start my A2 semester...
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2009, 04:27:40 pm »
umm
don't you have the book by quadling?? it covrs p2 p3 isn't it?
p3 is not the same as p2...it's more complicated. for example u learn vector in 2d in p2, right? in p3 you'll learn vector in 3 dimension
i recommend u to learn from the past papers.
it works best for me because when i can't do a question it means that i haven't understood this part
and i can go over that chapter again
and actually you can check the syllabus
 http://www.freeexampapers.com/FreeExamPapers.com_.php?__lo=QSBMZXZlbC9NYXRocy9DSUUvUmVzb3VyY2VzLzk3MDlfeTA5X3N5LnBkZg==

bio?
p5 won't be complicated as long as u understand about t-test, chi square test, independent, dependent variable
so focusing on p4, just eat you books...lol...remembers everything even the smallest thing written in the book
lol.. i lost 4 points in this may june session because i ignore about a small picture of endosperm ( lol..it's just like a 4x4cm picture)
i the book covers everything you need so just sleep with your bio book from this day on...
if you think u understand everything written in the book i don't think you need another source bcoz book from cambridge really has cover all and this book is easy to understand
bio syllabus
http://www.freeexampapers.com/FreeExamPapers.com_.php?__lo=QSBMZXZlbC9CaW9sb2d5L0NJRS9SZXNvdXJjZXMvOTcwMF95MDlfc3kucGRm
i also learn from this for p5( although it's written it's for teacher...this helps and everybody seems to learn from this too...no need to memorize all complicated practicals because it won't come out in the test, just try to read and understand the experiments...because this will help you in determining independent dependent variable if similar experiment( usually it's simpler) come out in your test
http://www.freeexampapers.com/FreeExamPapers.com_.php?__lo=QSBMZXZlbC9CaW9sb2d5L0NJRS9SZXNvdXJjZXMvOTcwMF95MDdfcHNfNS5wZGY=
and also for application chapters
http://www.freeexampapers.com/FreeExamPapers.com_.php?__lo=QSBMZXZlbC9CaW9sb2d5L0NJRS9SZXNvdXJjZXMvOTcwMF95MDdfYXNiLnBkZg==

chemistry?
umm...sometimes difficult question occurs in the test
like in this may june session,
it's about group I's nitrate heat decomposition
it's given that
I   LiNO3 -----> LiNO2+ O2
II.  KNO3 ------> KNO+ NO+ O2
the question is what will happen to CsNO3 and why
lol...i don't know the answer but i answer it will just react like LiNO3 god knows why...
which part of the syllabus is this i don't know...it's not group 2 chapter so i guess this is all about your chemistry concept
polarity, electronegativity, bonding, etc...you must know about this
electrochemical? the more + E means higher oxidizing power..reaction will goes forward, reduction occur ...oxidation is (-) pole and electrons flow from - to +
when u do a reaction with arene compound, don't forget to check whether u're going to react arene with electron pulling/electon pushing compound. remember the reactions for arenes.
umm... also remember about testing compound, like how would you differentiate a cyclic hexane and benzene..this is all in the book and don't forget to remember the EXACT CONDITION of reaction like concentrated/aqueous/dark/heat, etc
aaaaaaah...chemistry will  offer you so much too remember..just hope that in o/n session their schedules won't be in a same day...
and just like bio, sleep with your chemistry book to from now on...make sure you know every little details..(colours...reactivity...advantages)
you can depend on cambridge book?mine is by ratcliff, released in 2004 but that's the old version because they hadn't include application chapters)  in chemistry too...but yes, sometimes other books gives better explanation(for me it really does)
for p5? dig the past papers...the difficult part is usually drawing graphs because the questions can be confusing( for me personally)



 



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Re: Any tips for me??I'm going to start my A2 semester...
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2009, 05:19:16 pm »
Thanks guys..,any tips for chemistry??and about pure maths, i'm going to take p3 only..,is the syllabus is the same with p2??

for chem u cud c ds: http://www.chemguide.co.uk/ :)
it helpd a lot!!

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Re: Any tips for me??I'm going to start my A2 semester...
« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2009, 01:08:21 am »
how about phy??anything??

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@metamorphosis
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2009, 07:32:09 pm »
hey,these sites you suggested are gr8>>thanx