Revision Checklist for Igcse Biology
Revision Checklist for IGCSE Biology 0610
Guide for Students
REVISION CHECKLIST for IGCSE Biology 0610 A guide for students How to use this guide The guide describes what you need to know about your IGSCE Biology examination. It can be used to help you to plan your revision programme for the theory examinations and will explain what the examiners are looking for in the answers you write. It can also be used to help you revise by using the tick boxes in Section 3, ‘What you need to know?’, to check what you know and which topic areas of Biology you have covered. The guide contains the following sections: Section 1 - How will you be tested? This section will give you information about the different types of theory and practical examination Papers that are available.
Section 2 - What will you be tested on? This section describes the areas of knowledge, understanding and skills that you will be tested on.
Section 3 - What you need to know This shows the syllabus content in a simple way so that you can check: • the topics you need to know about • how the Extended syllabus (Supplement) differs from the Core syllabus • details about each topic in the syllabus • how much of the syllabus you have covered
Section 4 - Appendices This section covers the other things you need to know, including: • information about the mathematical skills you need • information about terminology, units and symbols, and the presentation of data • the importance of the command words the Examiners use in the examination papers Not all the information will be relevant to you. For example, you will need to select what you need to know in Sections 1 and 3, by finding out from your teacher which examination Papers you are taking.
Section 1 - How will you be tested? 1.1 The examinations you will take You will be entered for three examination Papers, two theory Papers and one practical Paper. You will need to ask your teacher which practical Paper you are taking. Nearer the time of the
Guide for Students
REVISION CHECKLIST for IGCSE Biology 0610 A guide for students How to use this guide The guide describes what you need to know about your IGSCE Biology examination. It can be used to help you to plan your revision programme for the theory examinations and will explain what the examiners are looking for in the answers you write. It can also be used to help you revise by using the tick boxes in Section 3, ‘What you need to know?’, to check what you know and which topic areas of Biology you have covered. The guide contains the following sections: Section 1 - How will you be tested? This section will give you information about the different types of theory and practical examination Papers that are available.
Section 2 - What will you be tested on? This section describes the areas of knowledge, understanding and skills that you will be tested on.
Section 3 - What you need to know This shows the syllabus content in a simple way so that you can check: • the topics you need to know about • how the Extended syllabus (Supplement) differs from the Core syllabus • details about each topic in the syllabus • how much of the syllabus you have covered
Section 4 - Appendices This section covers the other things you need to know, including: • information about the mathematical skills you need • information about terminology, units and symbols, and the presentation of data • the importance of the command words the Examiners use in the examination papers Not all the information will be relevant to you. For example, you will need to select what you need to know in Sections 1 and 3, by finding out from your teacher which examination Papers you are taking.
Section 1 - How will you be tested? 1.1 The examinations you will take You will be entered for three examination Papers, two theory Papers and one practical Paper. You will need to ask your teacher which practical Paper you are taking. Nearer the time of the