The Leaving Cert Survival Guide

Biology & Structuring The Right Answer For The Right Paper

The Leaving Cert Survival Guide

Show Notes

FM104 have teamed up with The Institute of Education in Dublin and some of Ireland's best health and wellness professionals to give you a crash course in all the useful information you need to make the leaving cert exams that bit easier.

Each Monday and Wednesday, Tara and Crossy have been speaking some of Ireland’s best teachers who have been giving us some of their vital tips and tricks that will help you with your exams this June. If this is your first time listening in, make sure to check out all of our previous episodes where we have covered English, Maths, History, Irish Geography and much more.

On today’s episode they tackled the Biology exam, which has become the most popular Leaving Cert subject outside of the core 3, with over 26,000 students sitting the exam last June. They were delighted to speak to Mona Murray from The institute about this years paper, and she gave us so much incredible insight into how to structure your answer to suit the biology marking scheme as well as what questions you can’t go without studying before this years paper .

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