GCSE Science Resources

[BackInTime]

Any suggestions for resources that would help my DS with GCSE science? He seems to particularly struggle with chemistry and physics.

TIA

BBC bitesize
Which exam board?

Tassomai?

Seneca?

CGP revision books - but make sure you get the correct ones for his board/courses.

Our school pays for Tassomai

YouTube videos: FreeScienceLessons
Pros: free, good for basic understanding, good for AQA candidates, includes practicals.
Cons: passive learning, no question practice.

Personalised multiple choice quizzes: Tassomai (pay for monthly subscription).
Pros: active learning, questions tailored for each exam board, easy to do a bit each day.
Cons: expensive, doesn't practise exam technique, 6+ months to complete the course.

Revision guides: CGP
Pros: inexpensive, available for the most popular exam boards, some students like the informal tone, include some practice questions.
Cons: not much detail, layout is too busy for some learners.

Textbooks: depends on exam board.
Pros: tailored for specification, detailed content, include core practicals, most include plenty of practice questions.
Cons: quite expensive, possibly too much detail if short on time.

DS1 used the only revision guides (not CGP) that were available for his exam board, and then Tassomai for the last 6 weeks.

DS2 used the textbooks only and no other resources. I bought him the relevant CGP guides and workbooks for his exam board but he didn't like them and refused to use them.

Seneca learning, best choice, save my exams, footprints science are all good for past paper/online tests.

YouTube free science lessons, my gcse science and Khan academy.

My ultimate favourite for Chemistry is Chemsheets (now Scisheets).

Some of these you will have to pay a subscription for.

Good luck!

Thanks all for your suggestions and for the pros and cons of each option it has been really helpful. We have textbooks and CGP guides but he seems to struggle with the amount of information to be retained. I am leaning towards Tassomai but can anyone tell me if this is purely quizzes or does it to a topic overview and then quiz?

Tassomai is just multiple choice questions. It assumes that they've already covered and understood the material. It is good for practising recall.

The nice thing about tassomai is that it recovers the stuff you get wrong. It's very useful as it's quick and can be done every day without too much of a fight!
DS1 used it only for physics, DS2 is using it for all the sciences. (DS1 went from a B in mocks to an A* 3 years ago)

Mygcsescience.com is good. Find out if your DS school offer a subscription as they can get it much cheaper that way (80% off in our case).

Below is what was in the letter that was sent out from school.
"As well as video tutorials, the platform provides multiple-choice quizzes, exam-style questions and mark schemes on every topic. It covers both Foundation and Higher tier material and provides advice on Maths Skills and Required Practicals. A ‘traffic-light’ progress tracker provides structure and organisation to help your child navigate the substantial amount of content on the course. My GCSE Science works well on laptops, tablets and smartphones."

Oh! Fuse school too!

try a new one I've seen www.makindolearning.com

Another site https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/

@BackInTime Tassomai has videos and links to bbc bitesize for every topic. You do the quizzes and it gives you a tree with different coloured leaves, representing how you're doing in each subject. Click on these and videos are there (often cognitive ones).
It's really good and lots of my students really love it.
Seneca good too (& it's free).

As the OP was asking back in 2019, I assume her DC is now at uni!!

@Seeline 😂😂 teach me to reply when half asleep.