Takeaway Revision
Want to revise but don’t know where to start? Try one of these…
10 minute tasks
20 minute tasks
30 minute tasks
1. Copy a diagram of a process e.g. the cycle.
Then cover up the diagram and try to draw it
again from memory. Do this several times
1. Choose one topic e.g. enzymes and make
10 revision cards for key definitions from this
topic. Put the word on one side and the
definition on the other. Then get someone
to test you.
1. Go on the AQA website
http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcs
e/biology-4401 Complete part of a past
paper and then use the mark scheme to
check your answers and see where you went
right and wrong
2. Choose 5 definitions from the glossary in
the back of your revision guide and use the
LOOK>COVER>WRITE >CHECK technique to
learn them (you probably learned your
spellings this way at primary school)
2. Go on the Doddle revision website
www.doddlelearn.co.uk Use your school
username and the password is keswick
Search for a presentation on a topic you
have been struggling with. Or complete a
quiz which has been set by your teacher
2. Buddy up! Meet up with a friend or use
Skype/Facetime to test each other on a topic
of your choice
3. Complete one of the 6 mark questions
available on the Keswick school GCSE
revision website
http://keswickgcsebiology.weebly.com/ and
then mark it!
3. Go on the GCSE bitesize revision website
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/
science/aqa/ and complete the revise and
test sections for one topic
3. Complete a ‘quick fire quiz’ from one of
the topics available on the Keswick school
GCSE revision website
http://keswickgcsebiology.weebly.com/
4. Watch one of the online tutorial videos
available at http://www.mygcsescience.com/
4. Read one section (no more than 2 pages)
from your revision guide and make a quiz to
test yourself as you read through. Have a
break then try and complete the quiz!
Remember to use the specification or a checklist to make sure that you have revised all of the
relevant content! http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/gcse/biology-4401/spec-at-a-glance