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Quick Cell Quiz: can you spot where these students went wrong?

March 23, 2024 Jenny Shipway

Can you spot the problems with these A level Biology exam question answers? These bloopers come up a lot - check you’re not going to make the same mistakes.

Improve your Exam Answers -Small changes that will get you more marks - UPDATED JAN 2023

November 7, 2021 Tom Whitburn

How to change the language you use in A level Biology Answers, and get better grades

OCR A and OCR B June 2019 - Summer highlights - Great tips from the board

November 29, 2019 Tom Whitburn

OCR A June 2019 summer highlights

AQA Paper 3 Extended Essay: Tips, Mark-schemes and Past Essay Titles

February 22, 2018 Tom Whitburn

Tips on how to answer the AQA A-level Biology Extended Essay.

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How to do Tables and Graphs - terrific guidance from Exam Boards for A-level Biology

December 29, 2016 Tom Whitburn

There is plenty of excellent guidance on how to plot graphs and draw tables in the OCR practical booklet ..... pdf

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Find the mistakes ... Surprisingly popular Photosynthesis revision for A-level Biology

December 27, 2016 Tom Whitburn

Surprisingly popular Photosynthesis revision

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No, no, no ! Quickly addressing (very) common Enzyme mistakes - A-level Biology #eduqas #OCR

November 3, 2016 Tom Whitburn

Enzymes have an active site - Substrates don't.

The substrate is a complementary shape to the active site NOT the "same shape"

Enzymes reduce the activation energy for a reaction to occur

Anabolism is making, Catabolism is breaking

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A different approach to teaching (aerobic) respiration - A-level Biology

September 29, 2016 Tom Whitburn

Teaching aerobic respiration is a difficult topic, traditionally, teachers begin with glycolysis, then link reaction and krebs cycle and then the electron transport chain, I would argue that there is a better way to teach this.

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Common Mistakes and misconceptions with Cells and Membranes

September 26, 2016 Tom Whitburn

A few common mistakes with molecules and cells and membranes

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A-level Biological Molecules - 11 basic points to help you learn

September 20, 2016 Tom Whitburn

10 Basic points to remember for Biological Molecules

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How to Understand the Cardiac Cycle - Now with a Quiz and Questions

August 25, 2016 Tom Whitburn

How to understand the Cardiac Cycle

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SPOTLIGHT: WEEKLY GROUP MASTERCLASS

We cover a different topic each week, looking in depth at how to structure answers and approach application questions for top marks. Lesson videos are available for recaps and revision.

Each class is specific to an exam board and year group

“The focus the sessions have on understanding biological concepts and how to correctly answer past paper questions has really helped me. Through actively attending the group tutoring sessions my Biology grades are quickly improving from Cs to As.” - Eloise Brown (and yes she got an A!)

Classes (£45) are enrolling now and sold out last year

AQA Y12 - 5.15pm Tues from 1st of October
AQA Y13 - 6.30pm Weds from 9th of October
OCR A Y12 - 5.15pm Weds from 25th of September
OCR A Y13 - 6.30pm Tues from 8th of October

Do you want to improve your grades in A level Maths, Chemistry, Psychology, Sociology, Geography, or Economics ? - One-to-one tuition by highly experienced A level teachers.