AQA AS/A Level Year 1 Biology Workbook: Organisms exchange substances with their environment; Genetic information

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Exam Board: AQA Level: A-Level Subject: Biology First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: Summer 2016 Create confident, literate and well-prepared students with skills-focused, topic-specific workbooks. Our Student Workbooks build students' understanding, developing the confidence and exam skills they need, whilst providing ready prepared lesson solutions. - Supplements key resources such as textbooks to adapt easily to existing schemes of work - Offers time-saving and economical lesson solutions for both specialist and non-specialist teachers - Provides flexible resource material to reinforce and apply topic understanding throughout the course, as classwork or extension tasks, or for revision - Creates opportunities for self-directed learning and assessment with answers to tasks and activities supplied online - Prepares students to meet the demands of the specification by practising exam technique and developing their literacy skills Review: A really great resource for students wanting that A* - Firstly a slight negative - the 48 pages includes the front and back cover. A bit fussy to moan about that but I really don't think they should be counting the outside covers as pages as there's no useful content there. This said the 46 useful pages are very good indeed. Predominantly aimed at students to work on at home to extend their learning, but I'm guessing it is also used (probably contravening copyright, so I'm not advocating it) by teachers to set extension activities / homework. The answers are not included, but are available online (web address inside cover). Unlike the year 2 books, and the other year 1 book, mark schemes are provided for ALL of the questions, I don't know why they haven't provided the same for the year 2 books!. I'm a student teacher and I'm not yet teaching A Level, but I bought these to refresh my own knowledge prior to doing so and they are proving helpful. Well worth the money IF they are going to be used and not just sit on the shelf - you can however download or print past exam questions from AQA's website which might be a better place to start. I've given 5 stars as they have made mark schemes available for ALL of the questions which is the right thing to do for a publication of this price. Review: Very good. I will buy A2 workbook as well - Very good. I will buy A2 workbook as well.