24 April 2024

2024 update: I'm posting free, full-length IELTS lessons on Youtube! and other language-learning content.

Hey there, dear fellow IGCSE science students! If you're new here, then hi! my name is Emma and I'm one of the co-authors of this blog. I sat my IGCSE's in summer of 2014, then my A Levels in summer of 2016, graduated college in 2020 and have been tutoring ever since.  Besides tutoring IGCSE sciences, I've also been tutoring the IELTS, and recently I have started posting on Youtube some free, full-length IELTS lessons, presenting all the techniques, paths of logic, approaches, mindsets to navigate the test that I have found to be highly effective with my students. 

For those of you who are non-native English speakers currently preparing your college apps, it is highly likely that you are also preparing for your IELTS exams and if so, I'm positive you'll find these videos helpful towards your studies.

If there are any specific skills for IELTS you'd like for me to cover, let me know in the comments here or over on Youtube, and I'll do my best to make them happen.

I'm also a big language enthusiast and have videos sharing my own language learning journey as a language tutor as well if you're interested!

Anyhow, best of luck with your studies! Catch you over on Youtube :)

Emma

4 skills to ace matching headings (part 1 - full lesson) 🌞🏅 | IELTS Reading | skimming, Pokemon chats



4 skills to ace matching headings (part 2 - practice) 🌞🏅 | IELTS Reading 


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26 February 2023

Biology - handwritten notes (Coordinated Sciences 0654)


Finally, the long-awaited Biology notes for
 the IGCSE CIE 2023-2024 syllabus (0654 Coordinated Sciences) is here! They can be downloaded in full or by chapter (by following their respective links). 

Time to get crackin' for this exam season, folks. Happy studying :)






B3. Biological molecules

  (0654) Coordinated Sciences 2023/2024



Subheadings and Key concepts
  1. Carbohydrates
    • simple, complex sugars
    • Iodine test for starch
    • Benedict's test for reducing sugars
  2. Fats/lipids
    • triglycerides
    • ethanol emulsion test for fats + oils
  3. Proteins
    • amino acids --> proteins
    • Biuret test for proteins
  4. Water as a solvent

B2. Cells

(0654) Coordinated Sciences 2023/2024



Subheadings and Key concepts

B2.1. Cell structure
  • characteristics of plant cells + animal cells
  • magnification
  • specialized cells
B2.2 Movement in and out of cells
  • diffusion + factors affecting diffusion
  • osmosis
    • investigating osmosis
    • effects of osmosis on plant and animal cells

16 February 2023

B8. Gas exchange and Respiration

 (0654) Coordinated Sciences 2023/2024


Subheadings and Key concepts

B8.1. Gas exchange

  • gas exchange surfaces
  • inspired vs expired air
  • protecting the respiratory system
  • effects of exercise on breathing
  • tobacco smoking
B8.2. Respiration
  • aerobic respiration
  • anaerobic respiration in
    • muscles
    • yeast

B7.2. Transport in mammals

 (0654) Coordinated Sciences 2023/2024


Subheadings and Key concepts

  • the Circulatory system
  • the heart
  • coronary heart disease (CHD)
  • investigating physical activity on pulse + heart rate
  • blood vessels
  • components of blood