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| Top ten ways to succeed in biology: 10. Re-read or re-copy your notes and ask questions about them. 9. Read the section in the textbook that discusses our current topic. 8. Do all the homework that you're assigned! 7. Stay for 6th period to get help or ask questions. 6. Follow the "textbook link" to find out what the textbook publishers have put together for you. 5. Click on the review links and practice what you've learned. 4. Read and practice your biology vocab every day. 3. Use the links to the left to take the online practice tests 2. Show up for class everyday - and be prepared! 1. ASK QUESTIONS and take good notes in class (read "how to take good notes")! |
How to take good notes for your biology class:
1. Have blank paper (loose or in a notebook) and pens or
pencils with you everyday. Make sure pencils are sharpened
and pens are not hard to read (fluorescent pink is cute, but
hard to read).
2. Whenever your teacher mentions taking notes, get out a
blank piece of paper (or blank page in your notebook), pen
or pencil, and have your textbook close at hand.
3. Focus on what the teacher is saying. Do not doodle or
write notes to your friend. (Doodling is OK if that's the only
way you can sit still. Some people are like that.)
4. Write down everything your teacher writes down. If the
teacher bothers to write it down and wants you to SEE and
HEAR the words, they are important!
5. Teachers frequently only write main points and speak
about the connections between the points. When you have a
free moment, write about how the main points are connected
to each other.
6. Most importantly: Process your notes each night. Go
home after you've been away from your biology class for a
few hours and read your notes. Do your notes make sense
to you, as written? Fill in the things your notes seem to be
missing, if you can remember. If not, look in your book to fill
in the gaps. If that doesn't work, ask your teacher the next
day to help you understand what a section of your notes
mean.
7. Put your notes someplace safe. They will be useful for
reviewing for tests, quizzes and final exams!
1. Have blank paper (loose or in a notebook) and pens or
pencils with you everyday. Make sure pencils are sharpened
and pens are not hard to read (fluorescent pink is cute, but
hard to read).
2. Whenever your teacher mentions taking notes, get out a
blank piece of paper (or blank page in your notebook), pen
or pencil, and have your textbook close at hand.
3. Focus on what the teacher is saying. Do not doodle or
write notes to your friend. (Doodling is OK if that's the only
way you can sit still. Some people are like that.)
4. Write down everything your teacher writes down. If the
teacher bothers to write it down and wants you to SEE and
HEAR the words, they are important!
5. Teachers frequently only write main points and speak
about the connections between the points. When you have a
free moment, write about how the main points are connected
to each other.
6. Most importantly: Process your notes each night. Go
home after you've been away from your biology class for a
few hours and read your notes. Do your notes make sense
to you, as written? Fill in the things your notes seem to be
missing, if you can remember. If not, look in your book to fill
in the gaps. If that doesn't work, ask your teacher the next
day to help you understand what a section of your notes
mean.
7. Put your notes someplace safe. They will be useful for
reviewing for tests, quizzes and final exams!