How To Revise

23/08/23
What is Revision?
Learning objectives:
• To understand what ‘revision’ means, and why we
need to revise.
• To understand what makes effective revision
and what does not.
• To practice some different revision techniques.
Independent Learning- Revision
What is revision? Why do you revise?
What is revision? Why do you revise?
Revision means “the process of changing

something in order to improve it”.
So when we revise, we are trying to
correct and improve our knowledge and
understanding.
Independent Learning- Revision What does this graph show?
‘Retention’ means ‘keeping

information’
Why do you revise? This graph shows the ‘forgetting curve’.
When we first learn something, we

forget it very quickly.
Each time we review or ‘revise’ it, it

takes longer to forget it.
So the more often we revise, the easier

it is to remember something, and the
longer we can remember it for, until
eventually you stop forgetting it.
Ask your parents if they can still

remember a home telephone number
(theirs or a friend’s), from back when each
house used to have a landline. Why do you
‘Retention’ means ‘keeping information’
think they can they still remember it?
Independent Home Learning- Revision
How do you revise?
You can revise in many different ways. The best ways to revise involve you
using the information again and doing something with it.
What do you think makes good revision from the suggestions below?
Reading through notes
Making flash cards.
Reading the textbook
Doing practice questions with notes to look at if you need
Looking at the objectives/ topics and them.
concentrating on the ones you find hard.
Doing practice questions and then marking them yourself.
Watching a video
Making up songs and rhymes to remember things.
Watching a video and taking notes or making a
poster about what is on the video Drawing diagrams/ comic strips/ sketches of a topic or
process.
Rearranging notes into a mind map or graphic
organizer
Independent Home Learning- Revision
All of the suggestions in the green box involve you looking at your notes and doing something with
them. This forces your brain to use and process the information.
Useful revision
Watching a video and taking notes or making a poster about what is on the video Not useful revision
Making flash cards. Reading through

notes
Doing practice questions with notes to look at if you need them.
Reading the textbook
Watching a video
Making up songs and rhymes to remember things.
Drawing diagrams/ comic strips/ sketches of a topic or process.
Rearranging notes into a mind map or graphic organizer
Looking at the objectives/ topics and concentrating on the ones you find hard.
Objectives- you are given these for every topic. As you reach the
end of a topic, read them through and tick the ones you can do.
Remember, it’s
OK not to be
able to do
everything,
nobody can do
everything
first time.
These are just
the things you
can’t do YET.
Using Keywords • Read it,
• Say it,
• Write it,
compression
• Useit in a
electromagnetic spectrum sentence,
• Ifthe word was
gamma rays the answer, what
would the
infrared (IR) (radiation) question be?
ionisation
Chose a word you find
difficult to remember
If the word was the answer, what

would the question be?
Make a scientifically correct sentence
using as many words as you can
Loudspeaker Transmission
Sound
Longitudinal Amplitude
Compression
Rarefaction
Superpose
Wave
Cornell notes-
divide your page up
Sound
like this and try and
squeeze a whole
topic onto it!
Sound
Useful revision techniques & resources
Watching a video and taking notes or making a poster about what is on the video
Making AND USING flash cards.

Useful resources:
Doing practice questions with notes to look at if you need them.
• The textbook (available in kerboodle)
• BBC bitesize for Key Stage 3
• Oakupnational
Making songs andacademy
rhymes tolessons
rememberonline
things.
• All of the work in your books including questions you have already
Drawing diagrams/
answered- comic
you strips/
should sketches/
have lists/ categorising
the answers in in greena topic
pen! or process.
Rearranging notes into a mind map, poster or graphic organizer- Cornell notes
Looking at the objectives/ topics and concentrating on the ones you find hard.
Try and answer questions- talk to your
partner before writing anything down
5a The light is refracted so the image of

the fish is below where it really is. (2 marks)
b The light does not change direction so the
fish is below the bird. (2 marks)
Note that when you are given the mark
Exam questions scheme, this isn’t an opportunity for you to
cheat, it is an opportunity for you to have a
• Practiceexam questions go first, and then you can see exactly where
are a great way to make you can IMPROVE. This is called ‘SELF
sure you understand what REGULATION’.
you have learned.
• Checkthe mark schemes
and make improvements
to your answers in green
pen.
• Trythe question again
next time you are
revising by covering the
answers.
When you have done some
revision, look back at your
objectives and see if you think
you can tick any of them off.
Ticking things off of your list

is a really great way to show
yourself that you are making
progress.
Give yourself a cheer or a treat

each time you do it!
How did you do?
If there were areas you

found difficult, don’t
worry- these are the bits
to spend more time on!
Keep revisiting and

revising!

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23/08/23

Revision means “the process of changing

‘Retention’ means ‘keeping

When we first learn something, we

Each time we review or ‘revise’ it, it

So the more often we revise, the easier

Ask your parents if they can still

Making flash cards. Reading through

Drawing diagrams/ comic strips/ sketches of a topic or process.

Rearranging notes into a mind map or graphic organizer

If the word was the answer, what

Making AND USING flash cards.

5a The light is refracted so the image of

Ticking things off of your list

Give yourself a cheer or a treat

If there were areas you

Keep revisiting and

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