• Question: how can you make science revision more interesting?

    Asked by chloejonasx to Betul, Bridget, Ceri-Wyn, Laurel, Maria on 20 Jun 2010 in Categories: . This question was also asked by lozzyhill97.
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      Bridget Waller answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      I think science is always more interesting if you can find real life examples to help understand the principles, so look around and think about what you see! Animals, plants, people, your environment..it is all science! 🙂

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      Laurel Fogarty answered on 20 Jun 2010:

      I think that the more you know about what you are studying the more interesting it is. If you have time maybe you could read a little about interesting questions in biology or chemistry or physics, fitting what you are doing into the kind of things that you could work on in the future makes things much more interesting. Magazines like New Scientist and BBC Focus are great for this and you can get them at almost any newsagents.

      I guess the problem with that is finding the time to read while you are studying for exams! Other than that I think representing as many things as you can in diagrams helps you learn and remember a bit better. Might also make it all a little more fun. I think the more studying you can do with colouring pencils the better 🙂

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      Ceri-Wyn Thomas answered on 20 Jun 2010:

      There are lots of things you can do to make revision both more effective AND interesting.

      1) Revise ACTIVELY- this means; don’t just read through your notes and think you’ve revised. You won’t remember much this way. Instead make revision notes as you read. Draw flowcharts or diagrams to help you remember key points (the brain is far more able to remember images than long strings of words). Test yourself, make up silly songs to help you remember things etc.
      2) Colour code your notes for certain words or formulae (you’ll remember them better)
      3) Take breaks!! If you find your concentration waning get up and go for a quick walk or jog.
      4) Test yourself with past paper questions.

      When I was revising I would make a master copy of revision notes then draw a big flow chart on a plain sheet of A4- linking everything I’d learned together using word association.. i also used to talk to myself and imagine I was trying to teach my revision notes to someone else. (People probably thought I was weird!) Then finally, I used to write down everything I’d learned about a certain subject from memory on an index card and that’s what I’d look at briefly the night before my exam.

      Does this help?

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