If you're struggling with GCSE Chemistry, but you also want to get a grade 9, I know how
difficult it can be for you, but today, I'll be sharing with you all the top 10 tips on how to
really get that 9 and the guaranteed ways to make sure that you're getting that 9 for sure, because
these tips you have never had them before, I'm sure, so if you're interested to find other tips,
then please keep watching this video till the end. These top 10 tips have been gathered based
on these three areas. The first one, it is based on my own personal mistakes and experience on how
I undertook my own GCSE Chemistry exam. Number two, it is based on my own sister's teachers'
comments on how to get a 9 and advice in general. Number three, it is, of course, based on research
and watching, so many YouTube videos out there, so I've combined all these three areas together
to combine in this one video that you only have to watch to make sure that you are getting that
grade 9 in GCSE Chemistry, so now let's jump into the basic tips. Before I jump into the advanced
tips, I want to make sure that you have been doing these four basic tips already, and even
before watching this video. The first one, it is making sure they have looked at already as
many mark schemes, teachers' comments as well as examiners' reports as much as possible,
so that you get an idea of what it takes to get a 9 in GCSE Chemistry,
and what it takes to really answer the questions, and what marks give you what points give you the
marks basically. Number two, it is making sure you're practicing already as many past papers
questions as much as possible, whether they might be from the textbook, from the actual exam board,
whatever that might be, you are practicing as many past papers as possible already.
Number three, it is that you're using as many free resources available online, for example, YouTube
videos, or summary sheets, or Quizlet flashcards, whatever that might be already, using those as
part of your revision, whenever you're actually revising for GCSE Chemistry. Number four, it is,
of course, sending as much work as possible to the teachers, especially when you need it the most,
or whenever you don't understand a topic, you are emailing them straight away or, you are
meeting the bombing school during lunchtime, or after school, whatever that is suitable for them.
So, you already should be doing these four basic tips, and now I'm going to be moving on to the
advanced tips. The first advanced tip, it is making sure that you know the content inside out,
and this is very important, and to do this very well, you have to make sure that you're using
as many active recall strategies as much as possible. For example, the Feynman technique,
flashcards, past papers, spaced repetition, brain dump, mind maps, whatever that might be, you are
using as many active recall strategies as possible in your revision time, or your revision session,
so that you are first of all not getting bored, or revising the same topics, or the same subjects,
or very boring topics, and number two, it is because it gives you more creativity,
and it also makes it more fun for you to revise the topics, instead of just reading the textbook
and making notes. For example, so you want to use active recall strategies on a weekly basis,
or a daily basis, whenever you're revising for GCSE Chemistry so that you never get bored,
and also you'll understand the topic much better. Number two, it is making sure that you know how to
balance your equations very well, and as someone who has struggled with this in the past whenever
I was doing my GCSE Chemistry during my own GCSE years, it was very hard for me to really do this,
but, trust me it works, and it will definitely work out if you put in the time and effort to
actually understand how to balance equations, because you cannot simply lose marks, let's
say two, three, four five marks just because you don't know how to balance the equations very well,
so you wanna make sure that you are seeking as much help as possible from teachers,
or looking at online free resources, or even from a student who might be really good at doing
balancing equations, you want to make sure they're seeking as much as help as possible because you
don't want to be losing basic marks just because you do not know how to balance your equations
and take your time doing this and there's no need to rush, and everybody learns at a different pace
anyway, so it's making sure that you are knowing how to balance the equations very
well. Number three, it is making sure that you familiarize yourself with the periodic table,
in terms of the different types of metals and elements, and what are the properties. So,
whenever you get a question in the exam based on the metals, non-metals, or any other kind
of things, or elements that are available in the periodic table, you know exactly what it's
talking about, and what are the properties in general, because sometimes students can neglect
this part and think that I should be learning only the content and the periodic table and this
come later, and I can leave this to the last minute because it's not really that important,
but it's actually a very important topic that you should be revising on a daily basis, or a
weekly basis, to make sure that you know different types of elements, and the properties, so that in
the exam, first of all, you don't forget the properties in general. Number two, you know
exactly what to write, which means that you are not going to be losing marks in general, so you
want to make sure that you familiarize yourself with the periodic table from today onwards.
Aligned with tip number three, tip number four, it is about knowing about the different types
of bonding, what are the properties, why do they work that way, and how do they work in general,
and why they're so different from each other, so you want to make sure that you know these basic
topics as well as possible, because I believe that whenever I was doing GCSE Chemistry, I
remember this was one of the most important topics that were very confusing because you can confuse
yourself with different types of bondings, so you want to make sure that you are knowing all kinds
of bonding types, and what are the properties, how do they work, and why do they work that way,
and what are the differences between the different types of bonding types as well,
as what are the similarities, so in that way, you can make a mind map maybe, or maybe a brain dump,
or have organized sets of notes in which you have exactly know what are the properties really well
and what are the bonding types in general. Tip number five, it is making sure that you've only
prioritized all those topics, so your teacher has assigned that those are going to be definitely in
the exam, and do not forget the lab experiments, and practical skills as well, as all the stages of
how you have conducted those experiments in school, because these can be lost marks very
easily as well, because if you don't know what are the stages of a lab experiment for example,
then you're going to be losing marks very easily, and if you don't know how to write the practical
skills that you have learned, or that might be relevant for that lab experiment, you can lose
literally marks for no reason, so you want to make sure that you're preparing yourself well before
the exam on having some kind of good amount of notes on all each type of lab experiments you have
conducted, what are the practical skills, as well as what are the stages, and of course, you're only
prioritizing those topics and cover all the areas that are going to definitely be coming in the
exam, and you're not putting yourself in pressure on learning the whole entire book in a way,
so you want to make sure that you are working smart, but not hard. Tip number six, it is making
sure that you're not neglecting GCSE Maths, so if you're really weak at Maths, I believe that
you should be really starting off and watching my video on here and here about how to get a
9 in GCSE Maths, but other than that, you're going to make sure that in Chemistry, you're
not neglecting max, which means that you're not forgetting subjects, such as algebraic equations,
exponents, negative numbers, fractions, and logarithms, I believe that's how you pronounce it,
and these basic topics you should be knowing them really well, because they're going to be
very applicable for Chemistry as well, and do not just think that Maths is only relevant in Physics
or anything like that, but I'm just trying to say that GCSE Maths is a very important
subject in GCSE years, especially in sciences, because they're quite interlinked together,
so you want to make sure that you're not neglecting Maths completely, and if you're
weak at Maths, and you should be starting to work on it right now, or maybe watch my previous video,
or one of my previous videos, on how to get a 9 in GCSE Maths, and that video can be really helpful
for you and hopefully you will get a 9 in both of the subjects. This brings me to the end of today's
video. I hope you really enjoyed this video and found these tips really helpful, and if you know
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