Hi! My name is Rose and I studied A-level Law, Politics and PE. As a student, I know how hard it can be to find good resources, especially revision resources. I am now selling my A grade resources to help others and teachers.
Hi! My name is Rose and I studied A-level Law, Politics and PE. As a student, I know how hard it can be to find good resources, especially revision resources. I am now selling my A grade resources to help others and teachers.
This document contains all an A-level student needs to know about law & morality for the nature of law unit in OCR A-level law to achieve an A-A* grade.
This contains all revision resources for the A-level PE edexcel specification neuromuscular system unit (1.3).
1.3.1 Knowledge, understanding and application of the anatomy and
physiology and the function of the neuro-muscular system
during physical activity.
1.3.2 The characteristics and anatomical make-up of the different
fibre types: slow twitch (type I), fast oxidative glycolytic (IIa)
and fast glycolytic (type IIx, formerly known as IIb).
1.3.3 The different structure of each fibre type: how it facilitates their
physiology and affects their suitability for particular types of
physical activities.
1.3.4 The fibre recruitment patterns for endurance and power-based
events, and how specific training can enable athletes to gain
control over the recruitment pattern.
1.3.5 The anatomy of the neuro-muscular system, including the
central nervous system, muscle fibres, myofibrils, sarcomeres,
motor units, motor neurones and neuro-muscular end plates,
the protein filaments of actin and myosin, and the roles of the
globular proteins of troponin and tropomyosin.
1.3.6 The physiology of a muscular contraction, from a nervous
impulse to a muscular response. To include:
the neuro-muscular transfer, sliding filament theory, the all-ornone law. Knowledge of the five stages of a muscle contraction
(resting, excitation, contraction, recharge and relaxing).
Understanding of wave summation and gradation of
contraction.
1.3.7 Understanding of how the neuro-muscular system responds
acutely, both structurally and functionally, to the stress of
warming up and immediate physical or sporting activity.
1.3.8 The chronic adaptations of the cardiorespiratory,
cardiovascular, muscular-skeletal and neuro-muscular systems
to training.
This pack contains all of my revision resources to understand the Tort law unit of OCR A-level law.
This pack includes:
Negligence
Occupier’s Liability Act 1957
Occupier’s Liability Act 1984
Private nuisance
Rylands v Fletcher
Vicarious Liability
This document contains all the information a A-level student needs to know about law in society for the nature of law unit of OCR A-level law to achieve an A-A*.
This pack contains all of my revision resources for the Human Rights law unit of OCR A-level law. Most students find this the most tricky part of the course, so good revision documents are key to a good grade. Especially since this is worth at least 25% of their final grade.
Including:
Human rights background information
The ECHR & the ECtHR
Development of human rights in the UK
Key cases that transformed human rights law
The HRA 1998
ECtHR rulings that affected the UK
Article 5 (right to liberty)
Article 6 (right to a fair trial)
Article 8 (right to a private life)
Article 10 (right to freedom of expression)
Article 11 (right to freedom of assembly)
English law
The OCR A-level law course requires students to answer a 20 mark evaluation on an area of tort law. With a good essay plan, the student can afford to memorise one essay plan for each question area. These examplar essay plans were graded at A-A*.
The OCR A-level law course requires students to answer 8 & 12 mark questions on the English legal system. These examplar essay plans was graded at A-A*.
This pack contains all of my revision resources for the criminal law unit of OCR A-level law. This is one of the biggest units in A-level law, and can therefore be crucial to student’s final grades.
This pack includes:
Murder
Loss of control defence
Diminished responsibility defence
Unlawful act manslaughter
Gross negligence manslaughter
GBH S20 & S18
ABH
Battery
Assault
Robbery
Burglary
Theft
Attempts
Insanity
Automatism
Intoxication
Duress of threats
Self-defence
Consent
This pack contains most of the information needed for the Preparation and
training methods in relation to maintaining and improving physical activity and performance (2.2) for the A-level PE edexcel specification.
2.2.1 Knowledge and understanding of preparation and training
methods in relation to maintaining and improving physical
activity and performance.
2.2.2 Fitness tests: functional thresholds, lactate threshold/anaerobic
threshold/maximum steady state, gas analysis, multi-stage
fitness test, step tests, yo-yo test, Cooper minute run, Wingate
test, maximum accumulated oxygen deficit (MAOD), RAST
(repeat anaerobic sprint test), Cunningham and Faulkner, jump
tests, Margaria-Kalaman, strength tests, agility tests, sprint
tests < 100 m.
2.2.4 Determinants of movement/running performance and their
application to sprint, endurance and intermittent activities.
2.2.5 Components of fitness: localised muscular endurance, V O2
max, anaerobic capacity, maximal strength, strength, power,
speed, agility, coordination, reaction time, balance, flexibility,
exercise economy, maximal and ‘submaximal’ aerobic fitness.
2.2.6 Principles of training: individual needs, specificity, progressive
overload, Frequency Intensity Time and Type (FITT),
overtraining, reversibility.
2.2.9 Contemporary technologies used by the performer and coach
to monitor fitness and performance.
2.2.10 Periodisation: Macro, Meso and Micro Cycles Knowledge and
understanding of the preparation phase (general and specific),
competition phase and transition phase.
2.2.11 Methods of training and their appropriateness for different
activities: interval, circuits, cross, continuous, fartlek, flexibility
(static, ballistic and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation
(PNF)), weights (free weights and machines), resistance
(including pulleys, parachutes), assisted (including bungees,
downhill), plyometrics, speed agility quickness (SAQ) and
functional stability.
Advantages and disadvantages of each method of training.
This pack contains all revision resources for linear, angular and projectile motion, as well as fluid mechanics. This comes under the edexcel A-level PE specification of sub-topics 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7.
2.4 - Linear motion:
2.4.1 Knowledge and understanding of the factors associated
with linear motion and the application of definitions,
equations, calculations and units of measurement in a
sporting context.
2.4.2 Calculation of the distance and displacement, speed and
average speed, velocity and acceleration.
Speed = distance/time (s =d/t)
Velocity = displacement/time or distance/time (m/s)
Acceleration = (final velocity – initial velocity)/time
taken (m/s²)
2.5 - Angular motion:
2.5.1 Knowledge and understanding of how angular motion is
applied in a sporting context.
2.5.2 Factors affecting moment of inertia: mass and
distribution of mass from axis of rotation.
2.5.3 Effects of increasing or decreasing the moment of inertia
when rotating about an axis (whole body or specific joint).
2.5.4 Conservation of angular momentum during flight,
moment of inertia and its relationship with angular
velocity
2.6 - Projectile motion:
2.6.1 Knowledge, understanding and application of projectile
motion in refining technique in different sporting
contexts.
2.6.2 Forces acting during flight that affect projectile motion:
gravity, air resistance and lift forces.
2.6.3 Factors that determine the horizontal displacement of a
projectile: velocity of release, height of release, angle of
release.
2.6.4 Technique modification through the application of
technology by the performer and coach in order to
improve performance.
2.7 - Fluid mechanics
s 2.7.1 Knowledge, understanding and application of
aerodynamics and hydrodynamics to appropriate sports
contexts.
2.7.2 Factors affecting fluid friction and air resistance:
velocity, drag force, mass, streamlining and surface
characteristics of body.
2.7.3 Interaction of lift forces with objects: upward and
downward lift forces, angle of attack and the Bernoulli
effect.
2.7.4 Types of spin: topspin, backspin, sidespin. Magnus effect
and how they impact on flight path and bounce.
2.7.5 Principles of fluid mechanics and how it has influenced
technological advancements in technique modification,
clothing/suits, equipment/apparatus.
This pack contains all revision resources on the ethics and deviance in sport unit for the edexcel A-level PE course (5.4).
5.4.1 Knowledge and understanding of ethics and deviance in
sport. The pressures on sports performers and
spectators to behave in a deviant way.
5.4.2 The impact of commercialisation on the sportsmanship
ethic and the growth of gamesmanship in the UK.
5.4.3 Deviance in sport: use of performance enhancing drugs,
(early conception of drug use up to the modern day);
blood doping and transfusions; diuretics and pain relief;
simulation; bribery; ‘bungs’; match fixing, betting
syndicates and other contemporary forms of deviance.
5.4.4 Different responses of national and international
governing bodies, governments and the law to combat
deviance in sport, including the utilisation of
technology.
5.4.5 The role of the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) in
combating the use of performance enhancing drugs.
This pack contains my revision resources for most of the English Legal System unit for OCR A-level law.
Including:
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Civil & criminal court structure
Three track system
civil courts
aims of sentencing
factors of sentencing
Juries
classification of offences
pre-trial procedures
legal personnel
The OCR A-level law course requires students to answer a 20 mark evaluation question on the nature of law. With a good essay plan, the student can afford to memorise one essay plan for each section of the nature of law. This examplar essay plan was graded at A-A*.
The OCR A-level law course requires students to answer a 20 mark evaluation question on the nature of law. With a good essay plan, the student can afford to memorise one essay plan for each section of the nature of law. This examplar essay plan was graded at A-A*.
This bundle contains all sub unit sections of the Edexcel A-level PE specification for unit 1; Muscular skeletal system. These resource notes are A grade.
1.1.2 The stretch-shortening cycle, including the different types of
contraction/muscular action: isotonic/eccentric,
isotonic/concentric and isometric. Application of how movement
or stability is produced as a result of these different
contractions/muscular actions during physical activity and
sporting movements.
1.1.3 The concept of agonist, prime mover, antagonist, fixator,
synergist and how a muscle can take on these different roles
when providing stability or movement in a variety of physical or
sporting situations.
1.1.4 The components of an anatomical lever and how the body uses
the lever systems (1st, 2nd and 3rd class) in physical activity
and sport. This should include the mechanical advantages and
disadvantages of each lever.
1.1.5 Newton’s Three Laws of Motion and how they apply to sporting
contexts: Law of Inertia, Law of Acceleration and Law of Action
and Reaction.
1.1.6 The principles related to the stability of the body in relation to
the centre of mass and its implication in physical activities.
1.1.7 The calculation of force and resultant force: a mass of 1 kg
exerts a force of 9.81 N (down).
1.1.8 How the muscular and skeletal systems respond, acutely, both
structurally and functionally to the stress of warming up and
immediate physical or sporting activity
This pack contains revision resources for the whole of the A-level edexcel PE course specification for the cardio-respiratory system (1.2).
1.2.1 Knowledge, understanding and application of the anatomy and
physiology of the cardiovascular, circulatory and respiratory
systems in physical activity. Understanding of how they
function individually and in conjunction with each other.
1.2.2 The structure and function of the respiratory system to include
the larynx, pharynx, trachea, bronchus, bronchiole, alveoli.
1.2.3 The physiology of the respiratory system as a mechanical
process of ventilation (inspiration and expiration). The cause
and effect process, including the role of pressure gradients,
partial pressure (pp) and diffusion.
1.2.4 Respiratory values and capacities: tidal volume, inspiratory
reserve volume, expiratory reserve volume, residual volume,
vital capacity, inspiratory capacity, functional residual capacity,
total lung capacity.
1.2.5 The anatomical components and structure of the cardio vascular
system to include, the heart – atria, ventricles, valves, septum,
atrioventricular (AV) and sinoatrial (SA) nodes, myocardia –
blood, and blood vessels (arteries, veins, and capillaries).
1.2.6 The physiology of the cardiovascular system with regards to the
cardiac cycle, systemic and pulmonary circulation, venous
return, vascular shunting, heart rates, (resting, working,
maximum, heart rate reserve and recovery), stroke volume,
cardiac output, end diastolic and end systolic volumes.
1.2.7 Understanding of bradycardia, why it may be beneficial and
how, anatomically and physiologically, it may occur.
1.2.8 The cardiorespiratory and cardiovascular systems and how they
respond acutely, both structurally and functionally, to the stress
of warming up and immediate physical or sporting activity.
1.2.9 Understanding of what constitutes an unhealthy lifestyle and its
effects on the cardiovascular and cardiorespiratory systems.
This contains my revision resource for Weiner’s attribution theory, in correlation with unit 4.4 of the A-level PE edexcel specification.
4.4.1 A knowledge and understanding of reasons for success
and failure in sport.
Weiner’s attribution theory and the four attributions:
ability, effort, luck, task difficulty.
The three main dimensions of attribution: locus of
causality, locus of stability and locus of controllability.
Strategies to allow for attribution retraining.