Have you ever wondered what it takes to get a 9 in GCSE Biology? If so, then you did the right video,
because today, I'm going to be sharing with you all 10 tips on how to get a 9
in GCSE Biology very much easy that you can be starting implementing from today onwards,
and applying them into your revision sessions, so if you're interested to find out the top 10 tips,
then please keep watching this video till the end. So, these 10 tips have been gathered based
on these three areas. The first one is based on my own personal experience and mistakes
that I have made when I was making, or when I was undertaking my GCSE Biology exam. Number two is
based on my sister's school's teachers' advice on how to get a 9, and of course, number three
is based on research and watching as many Youtube videos as possible on this topic. So, these three
areas have been combined together to make this whole entire video on these 10 advanced tips and
how to get a 9 in Biology, so if you're interested then please keep watching it. Before I begin with
the advanced tips on how to get a 9 in Biology or GCSE Biology, I'd like to first start off with the
four basic tips which I've already mentioned in my previous GCSE videos. Number one is making sure
that you're looking at the mark scheme teachers' comments as well as the examiner reports as much
as possible, so they get familiarized with what it takes to get a 9 as well as what are the teachers
are looking for in terms of what kind of points you should be making when answering questions in
the exam. Number two is making sure that you're practicing as many past papers as possible,
which is quite self-explanatory now that it is exam season, it is very important for you to get
in touch with as many past papers as possible. Number three is making sure that you're watching
as many YouTube videos or any other online free resources that are available for you to revise for
Biology and GCSE biology in general. Learn as many things as possible, and of course,
number four is sending as much work as possible to the teachers, and this can be through email if you
can't meet them up, and if you can meet them up, then of course, in school then you meet them up
during lunchtime or after school, in that way, you will get an understanding of the topic that you
may not be understanding, and it will also show in a way that you're working really hard for your
subject i.e. GCSE Biology. So, these four tips are very important for you to implement right now,
so now I'm going to be moving on to the advanced tips. The first one is to use as many active
recall strategies as much as possible in your revision, and your revision session in general,
so the first one can be for example, spaced repetition to make sure that you're reviewing
the content as many times as possible before you actually end up forgetting them. Number two is,
of course, for example, flashcards in a way that can be a really good way to summarize the content
that you might be learning in terms of Biology, and all the topics and chapters and subtopics,
making sure that you're not missing out any of them, especially if the teachers have already told
you what topics are coming up in the exam, so you want to use as many active recall strategies to
make sure they're reviewing the content before you forget as well. You want to use a cheat sheet too,
to make sure you're summarizing the content in a manner that you can remember instantly.
Number two advanced tip is making sure that you know all the command words, and what they actually
mean in terms of how to structure your answers in the exam, and any kind of exam questions that
might be coming up. So, you want to make sure that you know, what does "explain" mean "discuss" mean,
"compare and contrast" and all these kinds of command words that are really important for you to
understand because if you don't know what they're telling you, or how to answer the question,
then you might answer in a different way that the examiner may not be looking for. In that way,
you're going to be losing marks, so search up on Google maybe, or something like that, on what
are command words and what they actually mean, and how to structure your answers accordingly.
So in that way, you know exactly what to write and how much you have to write as well based on
the number of marks that have been provided in the question, so you want to make sure that you are
researching as many command words as possible and practicing them as many times as possible. Number
three advanced tip is making sure that you are highlighting the most difficult topics and working
on them from now onwards because, you want to make sure you're giving as much time as possible for
you to really understand the difficult subjects because first of all, they might take time for
you to really understand them and second of all, you might get these wrong very easily in the exam
if they come up as a question, so you want to make sure that you are using other different strategies
to make sure that you are teaching this material to others. For example, maybe use the Feynmann
technique, which has been very popular in terms of drawing, explaining, and teaching the content to
yourself, so that can be a really good way for you to really understand these difficult subjects
because you never know whichever topic is going to be coming, and even if you have been given
a list of all the topics, it does not mean that you know all of them. So. you want to make sure
that you're giving allocated time, or time limits, or the number of days, you're going
to be focusing on those difficult topics and making sure that you are acing them as much as
possible. Number four advanced tip is making sure that you're not forgetting any lab experiments,
the practical stages, and the practical skills in general because those questions can also come
up as a 10 mark or a 12 marker I believe in the exam, so if you forget any kind of stages
on how you conducted the experiment or the lab experiment, that can be really difficult for you
to really achieve the highest number of marks, so you want to make sure that you're keeping
a good set of organized notes on how you have conducted each and every type of lab experiments
during your school time, and in that way, you will be able to know exactly what you're writing
and also, you'll not be losing marks, so you want to make sure that you are not forgetting any lab
experiments, the practical skills that you have learned, and also each and every single stage
as to how you have conducted that experiment. Tip number five is making sure that you're recording
your own notes and listening to them whenever you get tired of doing past papers, or whenever
you are really bored and tired of reading your textbook, or any other only on that kind of thing.
You want to make sure that you're recording and listening to your own notes so that in that way,
you're not at least procrastinating, or doing something else instead of studying, so you want
to make sure that you have different kinds of strategies as I mentioned before on how to revise
and study for your GCSE Biology because the more creative you are at this stage, the better it will
be because you're like less likely to get bored, or less likely to procrastinate in general, so you
want to make sure that you apply this best tip I have mentioned here, especially if you're somebody
who gets really bored easily when studying. Hence, record your own notes and listening to them when
you're commuting maybe, or whenever you're walking around the house, or when you're having a walk
outside the park, or something like that, in that way, it can boost your memory and you'll remember
the topics better. Tip number six is making sure that you are reading around the subject, and
know your definitions inside out, and to find the definitions, of course, you can look at the exam
boards that you have been provided, so that if it's QAQ for you, then look at the AQA exam board,
and see what definitions they want you to learn inside out, and in terms of reading
around the subject, I would highly recommend for you to read, maybe, science magazines or,
watching the news and also reading around their articles, or anything like that they might be
provided online, or in school. In that way, you are aware of the subject, but of course,
this is more like an A level tip I would say, which is to read it on the subject, but it doesn't
really hurt if you yourself also read around even if you're a GCSE Biology student because,
if there's a question that you found it very surprising in the exam, and you write something
about it, that will definitely make you stand out, and even if you don't get marks, it would just
give an impression that you have read around the subject before, so I would highly recommend for
you to read it on the subject, and also know your definitions inside out. This brings you to the
end of today's video, I hope you really enjoyed this video and found these tips really helpful,
four basic tips and six advanced tips, and please, share this video with other friends who might
be also undertaking the GCSEs this year, or next year, in that way they're well prepared for it,
and how to get a 9 because I'm sure, all of you are capable of getting a 9 very much so. Other
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