Section 3 Gamsat Notes
● Watch Jesse Osbourne’s videos for refresher course and take notes as needed. No
other science sources are needed, other than to clarify over misunderstadings/lack of
understanding.
● Take note of formulae that you largely need to know.
○ Start playing around with them and what the formulae mean. E.g. what is
density? Mass per volume…so imagine that if we either increase mass or
reduce volume, we are increasing the density. This sounds simple, but just
get into the habit of interacting with these formulae in your head.
● Become familiar with log rules and general mental maths.
● Practice Jesse’s questions on Notion
○ As you will see, these questions place importance over being able to
substitute in formulae into each other. E.g. F=ma, while W=Fs… thus,
W=(ma)(s). Also, become comfortable with doing this with their units only.
○ Time yourself to 2min per question. When time is up, guess what questions
you have note finished. Then, take the time needed to do these questions and
any previous rushed questions. Once done, note your timed mark and
untimed mark and log what questions you have gone through
○ GO THROUGH QUESTIONS THOROUGHLY
■ See where you went wrong
■ Note if you have a common weakness throughout questions (e.g.
stoichiometry needs to be brushed up or general log calculations are
lacking) and work on this.
■ Even if correct, see how you could have got to the question quicker
● Practice (a little bit) of Des O’Neill questions but don’t overly worry if you are not
doing great with these as they are not like the ACER questions.
● Go through ACER booklet questions and do 20-30 questions at a time. Limit your
time slightly to 1.5-1.7min per question
Graphs
○ Before jumping to questions, examine the graph and the relationship on
show. To do this, interact with the graph by asking yourself:
■ What does this graph represent and what is the context?
● Watch Jesse Osbourne’s videos for refresher course and take notes as needed. No
other science sources are needed, other than to clarify over misunderstadings/lack of
understanding.
● Take note of formulae that you largely need to know.
○ Start playing around with them and what the formulae mean. E.g. what is
density? Mass per volume…so imagine that if we either increase mass or
reduce volume, we are increasing the density. This sounds simple, but just
get into the habit of interacting with these formulae in your head.
● Become familiar with log rules and general mental maths.
● Practice Jesse’s questions on Notion
○ As you will see, these questions place importance over being able to
substitute in formulae into each other. E.g. F=ma, while W=Fs… thus,
W=(ma)(s). Also, become comfortable with doing this with their units only.
○ Time yourself to 2min per question. When time is up, guess what questions
you have note finished. Then, take the time needed to do these questions and
any previous rushed questions. Once done, note your timed mark and
untimed mark and log what questions you have gone through
○ GO THROUGH QUESTIONS THOROUGHLY
■ See where you went wrong
■ Note if you have a common weakness throughout questions (e.g.
stoichiometry needs to be brushed up or general log calculations are
lacking) and work on this.
■ Even if correct, see how you could have got to the question quicker
● Practice (a little bit) of Des O’Neill questions but don’t overly worry if you are not
doing great with these as they are not like the ACER questions.
● Go through ACER booklet questions and do 20-30 questions at a time. Limit your
time slightly to 1.5-1.7min per question
Graphs
○ Before jumping to questions, examine the graph and the relationship on
show. To do this, interact with the graph by asking yourself:
■ What does this graph represent and what is the context?
