Forces and Motion in 50 minutes
First make sure you are in a good place to revise with no distractions (yes, turn off your phone)
1. Look in your revision guide or lesson notes at what you want to focus your revision on. For this example we will pretend you are really confident with calculating velocity, distance and time, and acceleration, forces and elasticity and feel weaker in velocity time and distance time graphs, power (using energy transferred and time), momentum and collisions and car design. Write your weaknesses on a post-it note so you focus on them. (5 - 10 mins)
2. Have paper in front of you and a pencil or pen. Go on youtube and search 'GCSE velocity time and distance time graphs'. The results are shown on the left. The second video (doodle science) is the shortest so I would watch this and make notes. If still unsure I would then watch the two videos with blue back grounds (5 - 10 mins). I would do the same for my other weaker topics (search 'GCSE Power, energy, time', 'GCSE momentum and collisions'and 'GCSE car design'). In total this would be the bulk of revising without testing (30 minutes).
3. For the remaining time you need to test your knowledge and understanding to address misconceptions you have and reinforce your learning. A great, easy way to do this is using quizlet.com/. You can search for a set however you should then read through the revision set to ensure they cover what you need to know (use your revision guide and lesson notes to help you if you are not sure). For momentum = quizlet.com/128401239/momentum-and-forces-flash-cards/, for distance time graphs quizlet.com/141619965/velocity-and-distance-time-graphs-flash-cards/, for velocity time graphs quizlet.com/147571310/velocity-time-graphs-flash-cards/, and car safety quizlet.com/84217810/physics-car-safety-flash-cards/. (15 minutes)
4. Now it is break time. Get a drink, check your phone, put on some music, walk around a bit (10 minutes). Then start on another topic.
First make sure you are in a good place to revise with no distractions (yes, turn off your phone)
1. Look in your revision guide or lesson notes at what you want to focus your revision on. For this example we will pretend you are really confident with calculating velocity, distance and time, and acceleration, forces and elasticity and feel weaker in velocity time and distance time graphs, power (using energy transferred and time), momentum and collisions and car design. Write your weaknesses on a post-it note so you focus on them. (5 - 10 mins)
2. Have paper in front of you and a pencil or pen. Go on youtube and search 'GCSE velocity time and distance time graphs'. The results are shown on the left. The second video (doodle science) is the shortest so I would watch this and make notes. If still unsure I would then watch the two videos with blue back grounds (5 - 10 mins). I would do the same for my other weaker topics (search 'GCSE Power, energy, time', 'GCSE momentum and collisions'and 'GCSE car design'). In total this would be the bulk of revising without testing (30 minutes).
3. For the remaining time you need to test your knowledge and understanding to address misconceptions you have and reinforce your learning. A great, easy way to do this is using quizlet.com/. You can search for a set however you should then read through the revision set to ensure they cover what you need to know (use your revision guide and lesson notes to help you if you are not sure). For momentum = quizlet.com/128401239/momentum-and-forces-flash-cards/, for distance time graphs quizlet.com/141619965/velocity-and-distance-time-graphs-flash-cards/, for velocity time graphs quizlet.com/147571310/velocity-time-graphs-flash-cards/, and car safety quizlet.com/84217810/physics-car-safety-flash-cards/. (15 minutes)
4. Now it is break time. Get a drink, check your phone, put on some music, walk around a bit (10 minutes). Then start on another topic.