Revision

Great ideas for helping your students revise for science and chemistry exams

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Three sure-fire revision methods

Tackle the revision bogeyman

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10 new ways to use past papers

Revising the role of exam questions

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How to engage reluctant revisers

Have your students left it to the very last minute?

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Why I put mock exams in the freezer

But only after cooking them at 80°C 

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Memorisation method matters

Drawing is better than writing

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Effective revision

Are your students staring at revision guides and fiddling with coloured pens?

Mnemonic for the order of the planets

Mnemonics for chemistry students

Your favourites

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End curly arrow anxiety

Tips to prepare students for exams

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Six lessons from the 2017 exams

How to best prepare for the 2018 A-level chemistry exam

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I’m going to stop assigning past paper questions

Tom Husband ditches the assessment obsession

ChemGym web app

ChemGym

This is a very easy app to recommend as a starting point, or quick review, for any budding A-level chemists