Science Modular exams

• You have completed 6 modular exams• These are worth 75% of your year 10 Core

science GCSE (you have been re-sitting these in Year 11)

• The other 25% of your grade comes from your year 10 ISA coursework

If your grade is still not high enough you have one last chance to re-sit these modular

exams in June!

Science Exam in June

• 3 x 45 minute papers

• 1x Biology, Chemistry, Physics

• Each paper is worth 25% of your final grade.

• The other 25% comes from your year 11 ISA coursework

What are the important pieces of information on the front page of

the exam paper?

Task: Circle or underline the most important points

Task: Circle or underline the most important advice/instructions

Task 1: Circle or underline instructions in red

Task 2: Circle or underline information that can help you

Task 3: Circle science keywords in blue

1.Time management 2.Marks for a question3.Key Formulas 4.Key words5.Using what they give you6.Answering the question

There are 4 crucial areas of exam technique for the science papers

1. Time management

How many marks on the paper?

How much time do you have?

3-7 marks

45 mins

So you should aiming to get 1 mark every minute

How many questions on the paper?

How many marks for a question?

Obviously you should spend longer on the higher mark questions

77

45 marks

Scenario 1• Question 3 on your chemistry exam paper is on electrolysis, a topic you find really hard! • You reckon you can do the question but it will take you about 10 minutes. What do you do?

2. Marks for a question

How many marks do you think this student got?

In the year 1800 there were lots of men, women and children and their dogs living in houses in the United Kingdom of Great Britain. Today in 2008 there are 60 million people living in the United Kingdom of Great Britain which is a lot more than in 1800. If there are more people living in Britain we need more food around.

A

More people in UK today who need more foodTo grow more food you need lots of fertilisers

B

How many marks do you think this student got?

Mark scheme

Mark Scheme

How many marks do you think this student got?

In the year 1800 there were lots of men, women and children and their dogs living in houses in the United Kingdom of Great Britain. Today in 2008 there are 60 million people living in the United Kingdom of Great Britain which is a lot more than in 1800. If there are more people living in Britain we need more food around.

A

More people in UK today who need more foodTo grow more food you need lots of fertilisersB

1 mark

1 mark

Scenario 2• Question 7 on your chemistry exam paper is on calculations, you read part a and b and can’t even attempt to write anything. What do you do next?

Easiest mark on this question is the last one! Don’t give up at start of question

Scenario 2• Question 1 on your physics exam paper is about momentum• You can’t remember the formula for working out momentum, what do you do?

3. Key Formulas

You will be given all the formulas you need to answer physics questions, you just need to look for them!

Key Formulas

Key definitions

You will need to learn key definitions though;

RAM

Mole

RFM

Mass number

Atomic number

Ion

Isotope

Isotope

4. Key words

By highlighting key words you can focus your attention on the

facts!

They often give you the answer in the question you

just have to find it!Eg Question i.

5. Using what they give you

Try these 2 example questions…the answers are all

on the page!

1. Pig factory question on Biology F paper part b. and c.2. Haber process question on chemistry F paper part a. catalyst

5. Answering the question

Read the question properly before answering, or this can happen….

Insulin

5. Answering the question

Read the question properly before answering, or this can happen….

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• Higher temperature makes chemicals move faster

• Lower temperature makes chemicals move slower

• A higher concentration of chemicals can mean more particles to react so reaction is faster

• A catalyst can also speed up a reaction

5. Answering the question

Read the question properly before answering, or this can happen….

Now all you need to do is REVISE so you know the science!

Good luck!