Miss Darcey's Study Resources
I'm a current, high-achieving medical student and academic tutor providing KS3, KS4 (GCSE), KS5 (A level) and medical school application resources that I wish had been available to me when I was studying.
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I'm a current, high-achieving medical student and academic tutor providing KS3, KS4 (GCSE), KS5 (A level) and medical school application resources that I wish had been available to me when I was studying.
Edexcel Statistics A-Level Maths Statistical Distributions Revision Notes (AS-Level)
Revision notes for the Statistical Distributions Topic for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level Edexcel Statistics Mathematics. These notes contain all the knowledge, key points, methods and worked examples needed to understand content and to achieve a high grade. This pdf contains 5 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• Probability distributions
• The binomial distribution
• Cumulative probabilities
Uses:
• Revision notes
• Hand out notes for pupils
• Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons
• Self-teaching for home education
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Edexcel Statistics A-Level Maths Representations of Data Revision Notes (AS-Level)
Revision notes for the Representations of Data Topic for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level Edexcel Statistics Mathematics. These notes contain all the knowledge, key points, methods and worked examples needed to understand content and to achieve a high grade. This pdf contains 6 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• Outliers
• Box plots
• Cumulative frequency
• Histograms
• Comparing data
Uses:
• Revision notes
• Hand out notes for pupils
• Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons
• Self-teaching for home education
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OCR A-Level Biology Cloning and Biotechnology Revision Notes
Revision notes for the Cloning and Biotechnology Topic 6.2.1 for A-Level OCR A Biology. These notes contain all the specification knowledge required, examples and required practicals for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 11 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• Plant cloning
• Animal cloning
• Food production
• Drug production
• Immobilised enzymes
• Required practical 7: Microbial techniques
• Practical: Factors affecting microorganisms growth
Uses:
• Revision notes
• Hand out notes for pupils
• Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons
• Self-teaching for home education
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OCR A-Level Biology Ecosystems Revision Notes
Revision notes for the Ecosystems Topic 6.3.1 for A-Level OCR A Biology. These notes contain all the specification knowledge required, examples and practical skills for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 9 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• Ecosystems
• Transfer of biomass and biomass calculations
• Manipulating the transfer of biomass
• The nitrogen cycle
• The carbon cycle
• Succession
• Studying ecosystems
Uses:
• Revision notes
• Hand out notes for pupils
• Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons
• Self-teaching for home education
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OCR A-Level Biology Hormonal Communication Revision Notes
Revision notes for the Hormonal Communication Topic 5.1.4 for A-Level OCR A Biology. These notes contain all the specification knowledge and examples required for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 5 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• Endocrine communication
• Adrenal glands
• The pancreas
• The control of blood glucose concentration
• Diabetes
Uses:
• Revision notes
• Hand out notes for pupils
• Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons
• Self-teaching for home education
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OCR A-Level Biology Cell Division, Cell Diversity and Cellular Organisation Revision Notes
Revision notes for the Cell Division, Cell Diversity and Cellular Organisation Topic 2.1.6 for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Biology. These notes contain all the specification knowledge and examples required for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 8 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• The cell cycle
• Mitosis
• Meiosis
• Stem cells and differentiation – including: specialised cells
• Tissues, organs and systems
Uses:
• Revision notes
• Hand out notes for pupils
• Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons
• Self-teaching for home education
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OCR A-Level Biology Enzymes Revision Notes
Revision notes for the Enzymes Topic 2.1.4 for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Biology. These notes contain all the specification knowledge required, examples and required practicals for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word documents contain a total of 6 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• Action of enzymes
• Factors affecting enzymes
• Inhibition
• Required Practical 4: Rates of enzyme controlled reactions
Uses:
• Revision notes
• Hand out notes for pupils
• Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons
• Self-teaching for home education
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OCR A-Level Biology Transport in Plants Revision Notes
Revision notes for the Transport in Plants Topic 3.1.3 for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Biology. These notes contain all the specification knowledge required, examples and required practicals for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word documents contain a total of 10 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• The need for transport systems in plants
• The vascular bundle
• Xylem
• Phloem
• Movement of water
• The transpiration stream and factors affecting transpiration
• Adaptations of xerophytic plants and hydrophytes
• Translocation and active loading
• Required Practical 5: Potometer
Uses:
• Revision notes
• Hand out notes for pupils
• Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons
• Self-teaching for home education
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OCR A-Level Biology Transport in Animals Revision Notes
Revision notes for the Transport in Animals Topic 3.1.2 for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Biology. These notes contain all the specification knowledge required and examples for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 10 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• Circulatory systems
• Blood vessels
• Exchange of the capillaries
• The heart – including structure, the cardiac cycle and coordination of the cardiac cycle, electrocardiograms.
• Transport of oxygen
• Transport of carbon dioxide
Uses:
• Revision notes
• Hand out notes for pupils
• Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons
• Self-teaching for home education
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OCR A-Level Biology Communicable Diseases, Disease Prevention and the Immune System Revision Notes
Revision notes for the Communicable Diseases, Disease Prevention and the Immune System Topic 4.1.1 for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Biology. These notes contain all the specification knowledge and examples required for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 8 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• Pathogens and communicable diseases
• Plant defences against pathogens
• Primary defence
• Secondary defence
• The specific immune response
• Antibodies and vaccination
• Development and usage of drugs
Uses:
• Revision notes
• Hand out notes for pupils
• Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons
• Self-teaching for home education
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Exemplar Responses: Weimar and Nazi Germany Edexcel GCSE 9-1 History
Exam questions with marked exemplar answers for Weimar and Nazi Germany Edexcel GCSE history. These exam question responses cover all the types of questions that could be asked in paper 3: modern depth study.
These responses will show you examples of how to structure your answers, as well as the amount of own knowledge, statistics and detail needed to get high marks. They are my own written answers and I achieved a level 9 at GCSE for history.
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AQA GCSE 9-1 Chemistry Complete Revision Notes
Complete revision notes for AQA GCSE chemistry. These are the notes I created and used to obtain a level 9 at GCSEs.
All of the notes cover all of the content for foundation and higher level of combined science.
They also contain all the content needed for separate science chemistry (chemistry only). This is clearly labelled so the notes can be catered depending on which GCSE course the student is studying.
It contains: all knowledge required, explanations, examples and the required practicals for each topic.
Includes:
• Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table
• Bonding, Structure and Properties of Matter
• Quantitative Chemistry
• Chemical Changes
• Energy Changes
• Rate and Extent of Energy Changes
• Organic Chemistry
• Chemical Analysis
• Chemistry of the Atmosphere
• Using the Earth’s Resources
• Chemistry Required Practical Activities
Uses:
• Revision notes
• Hand out notes for pupils
• Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons
• Self-teaching for home education
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Edexcel Pure A-Level Maths Algebraic Expressions Revision Notes (AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level)
Revision notes for the Algebraic Expressions Topic for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level Edexcel Pure Mathematics. These notes contain all the knowledge, key points, methods and worked examples needed to understand content and to achieve a high grade. This pdf contains 3 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created and used to obtain an A* at A Level.
These notes include:
• Index Laws
• Expanding brackets
• Factorising
• Negative and fractional indices
• Surds
• Rationalising denominators
Uses:
• Revision notes
• Hand out notes for pupils
• Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons
• Self-teaching for home education
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Medical Ethics: Medicine Interview Notes
As a current medical student, I understand how daunting preparing for medical interviews can be. This study resource includes my own notes which I used to secure three Russel group medical school offers (and being winter-pooled at Cambridge). I have also updated these notes with the insights gained from my own interviews and experience assessing students during their medical interviews.
These high-yield study notes provide all the information and insider knowledge needed for aspiring medical students to excel in their interviews. The word document contains 3 pages of medical ethics notes, including:
• Autonomy
• Justice
• Beneficence and non-maleficence
• Gillick competence
• Fraser guidelines
• Confidentiality
• How to answer ethical questions
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Complete Medical Interview Knowledge Guide
As a current medical student, I understand how daunting preparing for medical interviews can be. This study resource includes my own notes which I used to secure three Russel group medical school offers (and being winter-pooled at Cambridge). I have also updated these notes with the insights gained from my own interviews and experience assessing students during their medical interviews.
The Medical Interview Knowledge Complete Study Guide contains the entire collection of resources from my medical interview knowledge series. These high-yield study notes provide all the information and insider knowledge needed for aspiring medical students to excel in their university application interviews.
This resource contains 5 word documents with a total of 46 pages, including:
• Medical Case Studies
• Hot Topics
• NHS Knowledge
• Medical Ethics
• Medical Basics
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