Exam Essentials - Science (AQA)

Everything you need for the exam… and nothing else

A series of SAM Learning Activities to support teaching of the largest Science Exam Specification: AQA Combined Science - Trilogy.

Over 200 activities are available for each of the three Sciences:

• Foundation and Higher - in detail across all topics - matched precisely to the specification.
• Summary - for the end of each topic.
• Focus - topic-based questions that come up a lot in exams.
• Intensive - questions that come up often, at an exam paper level.

These activities can be used in a range of ways:

• Homeworks - to review prior learning or to consolidate new ideas.
• Revision - to prepare for tests or examinations.
• Diagnostics - to find the gaps in learning (with QLA) and support planning of teaching.

You can find these activities either by:

• Selecting your science and AQA as the exam board, then filtering to the Exam Essentials activity type:

Or:

• Looking for Exam Essentials in the Catch-up, Science menus:

Why not try:

• Setting the topic-based activities to your class to consolidate learning at the end of each lesson or at the start of teaching the topic to test prior knowledge
• Use the 'Intensive' and 'Focus' collections in the run-up to November GCSEs or ahead of mock exams. Students can also use these to self-assess and identify knowledge gaps
• Re-set the Summary activities for each topic on a regular basis as a revision tool or to monitor progress

For more guidance on how to use these activities as part of your school's Review and Assessment cycle or to close the gap, book a session with our School Success Team.