Using Websites to boost revision

Website Based Revision – Website Based Revision – Do’sDo’s

• Do use it as a way of breaking up your revision into manageable chunks

• Do make use of the various ways information in presented e.g. audio clips, videos, quizzes, animations etc

• Do make sure that the online content is specific to your course

Website Based Revision – Website Based Revision – Don’tsDon’ts

• Don’t use it as your only way of revision. Sometimes doing exam questions is the only way of learning!

• Some websites have a lot of games. These can be great but often don’t cover subjects in detail.

• Jump between subjects – try to focus on one at a time.

A really useful starting point• http://www.revisiontime.com/index.htm

The Big Daddy of them all – BBC Bitesize

Text, quizzes, videos and audio clips.http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/

S-cool

Languages• Websites for French/Spanish as recommended

by Miss Mann • www.linguascope.com (ask your teacher for the

username and password) Choose 'Intermediate' level. Use to revise vocabulary on all key topic areas.

• www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize Use to revise GCSE listening and reading tasks.

• www.languagesonline.org.uk Use to revise the main tenses, as well as vocabulary.

 

Science – Thanks to Mr Credali for theseI've forwarded this to the science staff too in the hope of avoiding repetition.

• http://web.aqa.org.uk/qual/newgcses/science/new/add_materials.php?id=03&prev=03&tabid=1

• this one is for core science (Yr 10) and for additional science (Yr 11). It has copies of past papers and mark schemes for the Yr 10 and Yr 11 exams.

• Yr 11 need to be doing Additional Science - unit 2 exams in Biology, Chemistry and Physics. There are about 8 of each to try.

This next one is the tried and trusted BBC bitesize

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/add_aqa/

• Yr 11 are doing AQA additional science. The biology, chemistry and physics are split nicely into about four topics each.

• Each topic is then subdivided into two to four sub-topics with a' revise', 'activity' and 'test' for each. They are also categorized as foundation or higher.

Thanks to Mrs Millward for this.

Religious Education http://www.folens.com/gcsers/religionandlifebasedonchristianityandislam/

 

English

• http://www.englishbiz.co.uk/

• http://www.teachit.co.uk/armoore/default.htm

• http://www.sparknotes.com/

Miss Parker says…BBC Bitesize’ is helpful for English Literature revision. Students need to be selective with the appropriate literature texts that they have been studying in class. It is also helpful for the poetry section (section C) of their literature exam.

Design and Technology• http://www.technologystudent.com/

History

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/shp/

• Students should access SHP course from the choice

• http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/gcselinks/

Using mind maps - https://bubbl.us/

The dangers of relying too heavily on

websites

The lost army of Fu Shi

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/games/lostarmy/index.shtml

Distractions!!

‘Shallow’ learning Not specific to syllabus