Download What does the word REVISION mean to you?

What does the word REVISION mean to
you?
1) Revision Cards
• Method:
– Take a small part of the unit. E.g structure and
function of animal and plant cells.
– On a piece of A5 card makes notes about the
structure and function of animal and plant cells.
This could include:
• Labeled diagram of each cell
• A table to show the features and their functions
– Repeat this but for another mini topic. These can
then be tied together to make a revision book.
2) Mind Maps
• A mind map is a visual way of revising by using
diagrams, colour and explanations.
• Have a look at the example of a mind map. Look at the
way diagrams have been used, the way colour has been
used and the way explanations have been used.
• Now try completing a mind map for another topic.
3) Two Colour Revision
• Write down everything you can remember about
a topic in one colour. You can set this out
however you like – notes, a bubble diagram, a
mind map etc.
• When you think you have finished choose a
different coloured pen.
• Now using a book (revision guides are normally
very good for this) add to your work anything you
couldn’t remember about this topic.
4) Practice Questions
• Test yourself using old test paper questions or any questions about
the topic to help you revise. You can do this in a couple of ways:
• 1) Use a revision guide, textbook or website such as BBC Bitesize to
help you answer the questions and then check them using a mark
scheme.
• 2) Use two different coloured pens. With the first pen, answer what
you can remember. Then go back with the second pen and fill in the
answers using a revision guide to help you.
• Try the exam questions on Inheritance using one of these two
techniques.
5) Creating your own questions and
testing each other
• Read through the information about a topic. Using the information
write 5 questions and answers that you can test your partner with.
• The questions should always be written about the Science.
• For example:
• “What year was Dolly made?’
• but
• “What is a disadvantage of cloning?”
Q1 – What is the job of the nucleus of the cell?
A1 – The nucleus contains the genetic information and controls what
happens in the cell.
Q2 – What three features do animal cells and plant cells have in
common?
A2 – Cytoplasm, Nucleus, Cell Membrane
Q3 – What three features do plant cells have that animal cells don’t?
A3 – Chloroplast, Vacuole, Cell Wall.
Q4 – What is the function of the cell wall?
A4 – Provides structure for the cell.
Q5 – Name one type of plant cell.
A5 – Palisade cell, root cell.
• Can we think of any other top tips for
revision?
– How long?
– Where?