WEBINAR | Maximising Marks in AQA GCSE Foundation Combined Chemistry; Trilogy

ABOUT THIS WEBINAR

Using the insight from experienced Exam Marker and Chemistry expert Dee Martin, this webinar aims to outline the key areas where students make mistakes by not understanding GCSE Combined Chemistry exam questions.   The session is aimed at Foundation students pushing towards securing a Grades 4. Highlighting some of the fundamental concepts where Foundation students struggle and providing a scaffold to increase confidence when answering exam questions.   Specific focus on linking Required practical's to the theory with fool proof methods to maximise marks on levelled questions. An interactive session ensuring students at all levels leave with key takeaways to improve performance in the 2024 exams.   The webinar is accompanied by an Exam pack to record key concepts and work through exam questions.  

WEBINAR BENEFITS

• Ensure students understand key exam technique that will maximise marks
• Focus on the basic core concepts where Foundation students lose marks
• Simplifying tricky topics in Paper 1 and Paper 2 and providing scaffolds to ensure confidence when faced with harder questions
• Do not get beaten by the English – Practice at applying exam technique to answer exam questions
• Breaking down Required practical questions to ensure confidence at hitting all the criteria for maximum marks in levelled questions
• Techniques to benefit students and facilitate a deeper understanding in teachers by using key marking insight
• The webinar is accompanied by an Exam pack to ensure all abilities will be both challenged and supported

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PROGRAMME | 3.45 - 5.15pm

3.45 - 4.05pm: Key exam technique to maximise marks

• Reading graphs and equipment, Key word language (Trend, Describe, Explain, Observation), Patterns in the Periodic Table, levelled questions and calculations
• Understand how to analyse questions to enable prior learning to give confidence when answering questions
• How to get the Examiner on side to ensure maximum marks

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4.05 - 4.45pm: Tricky topics and applying exam technique

• Atomic structure language, Bonding and Structure language, Calculations basics (Mr, conservation of mass, concentration g/dm³), Reactivity of metals and Electrolysis, Rates language, Fractional distillation language, Chromatography, Gas tests, Greenhouse Effect and Pollutants
• Easy to apply techniques to unlock the key to answering questions confidently

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4.45 - 5.15pm: Applying exam technique to break down, understand and answer Required Practical exam questions

• Modelled exam questions to ensure students gain maximum understanding from the session on how to improve their exam performance
• Practice the theory covered in the first part of the webinar to ensure all students are confident implementing the methods outlined