Study+Skills+for+Science

The following are some suggestions to help you study better for science tests and quizzes this year.


 * 1) **// Take good notes //** in class//.//
 * 2) Make the class notes complete: write down everything from the overhead.
 * 3) Skip lines between different ideas and sections of information.
 * 4) Do not waste pages in the notebook: write on both sides of the paper and do not use the pages in the notebook for anything other than science. Do not tear out pages from the science notebook for anything else.
 * 5) Keep the notes neat so they can be read two weeks (or more) later when studying for the test.
 * 6) **// Ask questions //** in class to clarify anything not understood in the class notes.
 * 7) **// Reread the class notes each evening //**, adding examples Mrs. Olszewski gave in class.
 * 8) **// Highlight the vocabulary words //** in your notes as they are covered in class. Use one particular color for all the vocabulary throughout the year.
 * 9) **// Use your study guide/review sheet //** as soon as you receive it. Don’t wait until the night before the test to begin studying from it.
 * 10) **// Do not recopy your notes to answer all the questions on the study guide //** . This is a waste of time. Instead, highlight (in a different color from the vocabulary) the answers to the questions on the study guide that you find in your class notes. Put the number of the answered question in the margin along side its answer.
 * 11) **// Make a vocabulary card //** for each of the new words covered in class.
 * 12) The night that a new vocabulary word has been defined in class, use a 3” X 2” card or piece of paper to write the vocabulary word on one side and its definition on the other side.
 * 13) Every night review these words by trying to recall the word after reading the definition.
 * 14) Put the words that are known into one pile and the words not known into another pile. Keep reading the definitions of the words not known over and over until you know all the words.
 * 15) Organize these vocabulary words into a concept map OR use each word in a new sentence, proving understanding of the word.
 * 16) **// Create a mnemonic //** device to help remember any list of things in the class notes.
 * 17) **// Organize the notes into a //** **//concept map//** OR an outline OR a chart to help remember the information better.
 * 18) **// Do all homework //** to the best of your ability.
 * 19) Never hand in late work.
 * 20) Make sure the activity reports are complete and up-to-date at all times. Mrs. O. can collect the science notebooks at any time without warning.
 * 21) Get all lab sheets, etc. taped into the science notebook properly before they are handed in.
 * 22) **// Go through the study guide thoroughly //** before the review day in class.

If you have any questions, please contact me at my school e-mail address: olszewskib@christkingschool.org

Mrs. Olszewski