(Part 2) Best products from r/6thForm

I did the witch-craze at A Level and got an A* and have done some witchcraft stuff at university also, let me know if you wanna discuss anything about it.

It is a pretty fun module and this textbook has pretty much everything you need to do well in it.

Link to the CGP book I used it was pretty good, I also had this AQA A book. The CGP book teaches the key ideas pretty well and the AQA A book goes into more detail however it has some bits which are irrelevent

Just buy a mechanical pencil and 40 refills for a grand total of £6.12

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[Pentel Ain Stein pencil Lead – 0.5 mm – HB – C275 – HBO or 40 Leads] (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004NNPWCG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_Z-PDzbJBPXATB)

EDIT:

I am assuming your calculations are for HB pencils, you can easily reduce the number of pencils used by opting for a slightly harder lead like 2H. It is not as smooth to write with as a soft B or 2B but will definitely last much longer.

EDIT 2:

Woodcase pencils are less efficient because sharpening also reduces the amount of writing graphite. Sharpening is not necessary for mechanical pencils.

EDIT 3:

Ammendment to EDIT 2: 2mm Lead Clutch pencils are technically mechanical pencils and do require sharpening. I should have clarified I was referring to the standard sizes of 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9 (mm) mechanical pencils.

EDIT 4:

I only included links to Pentel pencil and lead, I am not shilling for Pentel. Other brands are available.

Just so you know OP there's an excellent book which more or less covers your course called The Making of The English Working Class by E.P. Thompson, which, if you still do history next year, you would probably gain a lot from reading. (you can probably pirate it off bookzz.org to save £16)

Balliol College provide a reading list

• https://www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/undergraduate-admissions/engineering-reading-list
  
  As do Cambridge University
  
  
• https://www.admissions.eng.cam.ac.uk/information/reading
  
  I definitely recommend (As do Balliol) Engineering Mathematics (or if you're comfortable with the material there is an advanced version) . It dips your toe into all of the mathematics you should study in your first year, it's a heavy book, but it will definitely give you an advantage when you start.

Also, for Maths I have starting using the AS/Year one Pure Maths book by Pearson, but I'm not liking it so far, I understand it up to where I am, however it's just taking me a bit longer than I'd like to get through each section. I'm considering this, does anyone have any experience with this book? It seems the most appropriate for self study.

And I'm considering this Physics book as it's the updated version of the seemingly best one that I could find, however there are no reviews yet.

If anyone is familiar with either book you'd be helping me out a lot if you could give me any feedback on them.

https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Science-Illuminated-Nell-Dale/dp/0763776467/

• I would recommend you to program a little in some language, so you have easier time understanding the concepts and algorithms.
  
  I bought it for CIE and it covered whole A-level in 600 pages (not sure if it covers AQA). I got used one (4th edition) from thriftbooks for like 5 dollars.
  
  EDIT old PDF: https://inspirit.net.in/books/academic/Computer%20Science%20Illuminated.pdf

The physics AQA one is okay - if your teacher sets the end of chapter questions like mine you'll have to get it or a PDF of it.

I have this book and I quite like it. It's really detailed, which is good but you do have to pay attention to what you actually need to know. The analogies and examples in there are quite good.

However, it's rather heavy so it's definitely not a daily driver for reading in lessons, I prefer to make notes & revise from it at home.

Thanks!

I will look into finding a viable argument. The only concern is the activity log. You said you made it up? What is it anyway.

Also, sources. Do you have to find internet sources or sources by conducting interviews outside of school and those shenanigans?

Lastly, regarding the actual thing, I can write a dissertation pretty easily. I want to do something economics related. Perhaps about this?

I use this one which is pretty good as it has everything you need to know (plus ideologies) as well as it having an online version.

Well, this is the official student book if you're looking for something more advanced - I would have thought this would be supplied to students not the CGP student book which is more basic.

Alternatively, if you are struggling with calculations, have a look on chemguide.

If you use these resources along with your CGP book you'll find the specimen papers a lot easier as the official textbook goes into more detail and has harder questions :)

Our physics teacher specifically instructed the invigilators for mocks to not allow them, although he is hardly the best source for information.

I think the data bank regulation actually means data you can input and store yourself, meaning you could have revision notes stored on there, rather than just constants.

The amazon listing states that the calculator is "Approved for Key stages 3, 4 and 5, recommended for Advanced GCSE, A/AS level and Highers. Allowed in every UK exam where a calculator can be used."

Seems fairly clear cut to me but the whole situation is a mess. For example, if asked to solve a quadratic equation, do you still have to do it manually and use the calculator to check? Or can you just straight up write down the solutions it gives you? Simultaneous equations? Matrix multiplication?

A mug - get something "cool or witty" thing written on it. for example:

a

b

c

d

(or you could get a custom one with an inside joke or smth)

Ah, Cambridge IGCSE is different. They still use A*-G in some subjects.<br />
Make sure you're doing Cambridge IGCSE as opposed to edexcel IGCSE though of course, and that you are <br />
definitely on the old A*-G syllabus.<br />

However, you said you are doing the 3 separate sciences now. This means you will want the coursebooks for biology, chemistry and physics. Those say they're for the 2016 syllabus despite the Cambridge website having a different PDF document for the 2020-2021 syllabus, however due to the fact that I can't find any later versions of the textbooks and the 2020-2021 syllabus doesn't have the giant warning that it's been revised, I think this should be fine.

EDIT: edited because putting two *s in the same paragraph makes a lot of it go italics, so I solved this with code format.

Physics is a weird subject, it isn't about memorising. It's about understanding each concept and how you can apply it in real world contexts. Going through the book works for me, reading every concept thoroughly, making sure I understand each part of the topic. AQA have also now decided with their new spec to really fuck you over and combine just about every topic in the syllabus into one question so try and make links between different topics as you go. Such as energy stored in a capacitor and the maximum distance a block can be raised using this capacitor, stuff like that helps with multiple choice. Additionally, I use 99 problems, a physics question book which has 99 questions for every topic, 1782 questions in total. (https://www.amazon.co.uk/99-Problems-Advanced-Level-Physics/dp/152090553X)

If it makes you feel any better, even though I did decently in the mock, i'm still shitting it for the real thing, they can throw just about anything at us.


Some online resources:

Isaac physics: https://isaacphysics.org/

Alevel physics online: https://www.alevelphysicsonline.com/aqa


Hope this helped, and good luck!

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