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Recommended GCSE Revision Sites 

  

Art - Business Studies and L&TEnglish - Electronics - French - Food Technology - Geography - History - Maths - Music - PE - RE - Resistant Materials - Science - Textiles 

Revision/Learning Links:
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Mr Ward's 10 Revision Tips

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Test your IQ

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Find your learning style

  

  

Art

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Inside Art  (an adventure in Art history)

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A Lifetime of Color  (Art products and resources for creative individuals from beginner to advanced)

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World Artist Directory  (the Net's Source for Accomplished Artists Worldwide)

  

English

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bbc gcsebitesize (BBC GCSE Bitesize revision web site)
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www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/  (focuses on the literature exam)

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universalteacher.org.uk  (A superb site for revising the AQA anthology. It has in-depth commentaries of all poems in the current anthology. It also has sections on all aspects of coursework.)

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sparknotes.com  (Comprehensive study guides for most GCSE texts)

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s-cool.co.uk (A great resource with notes on many popular GCSE texts such as Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, The Go-Between and more. It also contains revision notes to help you with some of the poems from the anthology)

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Belmont High School   (A useful site if you are studying the novel Of Mice and Men or the novel To Kill a Mockingbird - good because words and phrases that you may have difficulty understanding are explained)

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A comprehensive study guide for the novel Lord of the Flies

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homework-online.com  (Free study guides for “Lord of the Flies” and “To Kill a Mockingbird”)

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englishbiz.co.uk  (A straightforward site which focuses on helping you to achieve higher grades in English and English Literature GCSE exams. You are also invited to send in questions)

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essay tips  (A helpful site if you struggle with organising and extending your essays. Also extremely useful for preparing for your exams as it helps you with comparing and contrasting essays which you will need to use when comparing poems)

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Podcastrevision (revision podcasts on key poems)

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A detailed site on the novel Frankenstein.

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englishplus.com (A site on English grammar; If you struggle with your apostrophes or semi-colons then this is the site for you)

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bibliomania.com  (Free Online Literature with more than 2000 whole Classic Texts to view. If the text you are studying is on this site, then there is no need to take your book home as you can view it on-line)

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www.novelguide.com  (Study guides for almost all GCSE novel and coursework texts, including full texts of some novels and plays such as “Great Expectations”, “Frankenstein” and “Romeo and Juliet”)

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The Complete works of William Shakespeare  (Why take the book home when you can read the whole text online?)

Electronics

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Design and Technology on the web  (click on the box for Electronics  - there are also links for Resistant Materials, Food and Textiles.)

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The Technology site  (written by a teacher)

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dtonline  (a beautifully-designed site - click on the Electronics link)

French

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WildFrench  (topic-based revision from the excellent WildFrench site)

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FrenchRevision  (past papers and practise your exam technique)

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French Video Resources  (practise your listening skills)

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Orthographe  (French writing exercises)

Food Technology

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Food Forum  (AQA Food Technology Notes and Guidance)

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s-cool.co.uk  (food revision)

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Soya Group  (details about soya protein)

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BBC Bitesize  (revision questions)

Geography

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S-Cool (really straightforward visual site)

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BBC Bitesize  (includes the topics needed for GCSE Geography)

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GeoResources (hugely popular site)

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Internet Geography (detailed site)

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revision-notes  (general revision notes on Business Studies, sections 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8)

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The Geography Site (a general site, including some revision notes)

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Information on the Weather from the Met Office

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The CIA World Factbook (information about every country in the world - general interest/ background)

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Spartacus web directory  (a list of recommended Geography sites)

History

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johndclare.net  (sorry - it's just the best site for you around), including a list of Factual Topics

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Revision spidergrams  (great for pupils who prefer a visual way of revising)

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BBC Bitesize  (lots of stuff to think about)

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History Games  (don’t spend all your time on these! – but have fun and relax)

Maths

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BBC Bitesize  (includes the topics needed for GCSE Maths)

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S-Cool  (online revision of Maths GCSE topics)

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GCSE Maths Buster  (written by 11-year-old Maths prodigy Adam Spencer, who got his Maths A-level aged 10!   Full of really basic tips)

Music

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BBC Bite size  (includes the topics needed for GCSE Music)

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GCSE Revision-Notes  (musical periods)

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GCSE Music Notes by RP Fuller  (well-organised)

PE

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TeachPE  (GCSE zone has revision aids, worksheets, information, links, quizzes and relaxed tests)

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BBC Bitesize  (organised revision area.   Tests and a link to online help with SOS teacher)

RE

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The GCSE RE site  (probably the best general R.S. site with loads of relevant material, together with revision questions, essay outlines etc.)

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BBC Bitesize  (some good stuff on here, with helpful revision tests BUT be careful you only revise what is on OUR syllabus – there is more than you need on some topics.)

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RE:Quest  (not specifically for our syllabus – watch out!)

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RE department materials  (WORD documents - may take a little time to download)
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Exam Questions
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Christianity(1) - Origins + Beliefs

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Christianity(2) - Scriptures

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Christianity(3) - Festivals

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Christianity(4) - Places of Worship

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Christianity(5) - Worship

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Christianity(6) - Rites of Passage

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Christianity(7a) - Personal + Community

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Christianity(7b) - Moral Issues

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Islam(1) - Origins + Beliefs

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Islam(2) - Scriptures

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Islam(3) - Festivals

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Islam(4) - Places of Worship

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Islam(5) - Worship

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Islam(6) - Rites of Passage

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Islam(7a) - Personal + Community

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Islam(7b) - Moral Issues

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Key Terms
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RS_ch1_key terms

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RS_ch2_key terms

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RS_ch3_key terms

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RS_ch4_key terms

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RS_ch5_key terms

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RS_ch6_key terms

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RS_ch7_key terms

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Other important information
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Christianity - Rites of Passage

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Islam - Rites of Passage

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Jesus' teaching

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Moral Issues - Christianity

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Moral Issues - Islam

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Specimen Answers and Structure

Resistant Materials

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Technology Student  (an excellent site for general information)

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bbc bitesize

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design-technology.info  (a site for general revision)

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design-technology.org  (tools, materials and processes)

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Exam questions advice

Science

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BBC Bitesize  (links to Biology, Chemistry and Physics sites with lots of good stuff to think about)

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FearofPhysics  (good notes on many different Physics topics)

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gcsescience  (Chemistry and Physics - site highly officially recommended by the government)

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Gondar Design Science  (large site provided by a web design company)

Textiles

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BBC Bitesize  (lots of good stuff to think about)

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Young Embroiderers  (pictures and projects)