Science Class Study Tips
Follow these simple steps and see the difference in your quiz grades!
PERFORM THE FOLLOWING EXPERIMENT: Document your study time, when and how you followed at least 3 of
the following hints. Bring that in with you the day of the quiz, and I'll bet you that you get a
better score than your test and quiz average for the year. I dare you!
HINT 1: Review Often. If you have a quiz this coming Friday, set aside 20 minutes each night to
review. Smaller, more frequent reviews are much more effective than one big review.
HINT 2: Review only the papers that pertain to the information on the quiz. Generally labs and
activities aren't the best for review. Review sheets with vocabulary, webquests, and notes.
HINT 3: Review in private, then quiz in public. Start with a quiet review of the information before
a friend or family member quizzes you. Then, once they do quiz you, have them make a list of the
things you had trouble with or got wrong. The next time you review, only review the things you
didn't know last time.
HINT 4: If you can't say it or can't write it, you don't know it. When a parent or friend quizzes
you, write down your answers. If you can't write out the answer, re-review it.
HINT 5: Write your reviews. Writing slows down your thinking and gives your brain another way to
remember the information (visually, and through touch).
HINT 6: Make a study guide. Once you make it, hopefully a few days before the review, take it around
with you and look at it as much as you can. The more times that you see the information, the better
chance you have of remembering it.
HINT 7: There's a difference between remembering and knowing. Do your best to LEARN the information
as if you want to know it forever. The more connections you can make from the information to your
own life, the better you'll remember it.
HINT 8: Expect what you see on the quiz. Each science quiz always has the same types of questions:
matching, multiple choice, true false, fill in the blank, and short answers. Don't get hung up
worrying what kinds of questions will be asked, just worry about the basic information.
HINT 9: If it was mentioned a lot in class, it will definitely be on the quiz. Things that are only
mentioned once rarely make it on the quiz. If you saw a video about it, took notes on it, did a lab
about it, and wrote a BCR on the topic, there is no doubt that you will need to know that
information for the quiz. If it was mentioned in the book once, but never talked about in class, it
will not be on the quiz.