1. How to successfully prepare for tests and exams
Study Skills
How to successfully prepare for tests and exams

2. How does your memory work?
Effective Studying
Agenda

3. How does your memory work?

4. Demonstration 1 Answers
Spoken to the left
A or U
Pleasantness
Hundred
Cool
Corn
Rate
Jump
Urge
Place
Country
Diamond
Entirely
About
Welcome
Into
Window
Airplane
Hold
Match
Fruit
Thread
Melt
Race
Fleet
Only
Winter
Training
Single
Disease
Else
Yourself
Camp
Demonstration 1 Answers

5. Demonstration 2 Answers

6. Demonstration 3 Questions
Can you name:
10 countries in the EU.
the first 4 elements of the periodic table.
the 7 books in the Harry Potter series.
5 current presidents (any country).
Demonstration 3 Questions

7. Demonstration 3 Answers
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK
2) Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, Berylium
3) … and the Sorcerer’s Stone; and the Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban; Goblet of Fire; Order of the Phoenix; Half Blood Prince; Deathly Hallows
4) (Check these on your own)
Demonstration 3 Answers

8. Tips for Effective Studying and Test-taking
Avoid highlighting information and rereading notes as stand alone study habits.
Use an ACTIVE form of studying that makes you THINK.
Flashcards
Self-testing
Elaborate Interrogation
Self-explanation
Avoid overconfidence in your knowledge. Test yourself to be sure.
Tips for Effective Studying and Test-taking

9. Tips for Effective Studying and Test-taking
Spread out your studying over long periods of time. Avoid ‘cramming’ at the last minute.
Plan your schedule to give yourself enough time to study for each of your classes.
Maintain a regular sleep schedule. Avoid the all night study sessions.
Eat a healthy diet, including breakfast and snacks, to avoid low blood sugar throughout the day.
Tips for Effective Studying and Test-taking

10. What works in science? Active study habits work the best!
Topic Cards / Flashcards
Practice Problems (Math/Graphing)
Explain / Teach it to someone else
Question and Answer
Quiz yourself / Quiz a friend
Try playing with visuals / color
These are suggestions – you have to figure out what works best for your brain.
What works in science?

11. Biology Resources Bioknowledgy http://www.bioknowledgy.info/
BioNinja
InThinking
Moodle (as I find new resources, I will post/announce them on Moodle)
Your Book
The IB Bio Guide
Biology Resources

12. Take Away & Final Thoughts
“Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself.”
- Robert F. Bennett
Take Away & Final Thoughts

13. Take Away & Final Thoughts
“The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.”
John F. Kennedy
Take Away & Final Thoughts