The internet is packed with sites that can help you succeed in your A Levels. However, combing through them can be too time consuming for busy students, especially as exams approach. Here’s our core resource list, where you’re sure to find some useful suggestions:
Study Guides and Resources:
- BBC Bitesize: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize A well-established and trusted resource from the BBC, offering revision guides, videos, and quizzes across a broad spectrum of A Level subjects, tailored to the UK curriculum.
- Seneca Learning: https://senecalearning.com/ Offers free, interactive courses for a wide range of A Level subjects, designed to help students memorise content effectively through adaptive learning techniques. Includes notes, videos, and automatically generated practice questions.
- Revision World: (https://revisionworld.com/) Offers free A Level revision resources, study planners, and past papers for many subjects.
- SnapRevise: (https://snaprevise.co.uk/) While they have premium content, they also offer free downloads of comprehensive revision notes, seminar recordings, and articles.
- A Level Notes: (https://a-levelnotes.co.uk/) Provides concise and easy-to-understand A Level revision notes in Biology, Chemistry, Maths, and Physics.
- Cognito: (https://cognitoedu.org/) Excellent for Maths and Science, offering video lessons, notes, practice questions, quizzes, and flashcards.Â
- Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/ Offers a vast library of free video tutorials and practice exercises covering a wide range of subjects, with a particular strength in Maths, Sciences, and Computer Science. While not strictly UK-curriculum aligned, its depth of content is highly valuable for A Level topics.
- Vocabulary.com: https://www.vocabulary.com/ A comprehensive online dictionary and vocabulary builder that helps students learn new words through interactive games and quizzes. Useful for improving general literacy, essay writing, and understanding complex texts across all subjects.
Flashcards:
- Anki: https://apps.ankiweb.net/ A powerful, open-source flashcard program that uses spaced repetition to help students efficiently memorise facts and concepts. Students can create their own decks or download shared ones.
- Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/ A widely used platform for creating and using flashcards, quizzes, and study games. It allows students to study user-generated content or create their own, supporting various learning styles.
- Get Revising: https://getrevising.co.uk/make/quizzes A community-driven platform where students can create and share revision notes, flashcards, quizzes, and mind maps. It also features a study planner and a forum for peer support.
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