Yo Scientists Well I was wondering , I’m really not a fan of Science at school, do you have any good way of recalling

Question: Yo Scientists Well I was wondering , I'm really not a fan of Science at school, do you have any good way of recalling information/ revising when you were in exams? Helena
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Asked by helena1996 to Steve, Julian, Jemma, Eoin, Charlie on 19 Mar 2011.
- Jemma Ransom answered on 18 Mar 2011:
  
  I wasn’t a fan of science at school either, I found the lessons a bit ull, and the content difficult to understand – but thank goodness I got there in the end!
  
  I learn best by using pictures, so if I’m trying to learn an equation I will put it into a triangle and remember the shape. I also like lots of colours, so I write down information in different cloured pens. But I guess the real trick is repition. The more you look at something, the more you’ll remember it. Another important thing to think about is do you understand the stuff you are trying to remember? It is far harder to remember that you don’t really get.
  
  Having said all that, learning and remembering are all very personal skills to you – it’s important that you figure what works best for your style of learning, and stick to that!
  
  Hope that answers your question
- Julian Rayner answered on 18 Mar 2011:
  
  Hi helena1996. A question that we have all asked at some stage during school!
  
  Don’t have an easy answer for you, and different things work for different people. For me, writing things down helps me remember them, so I would summarise all the information from each class in note form, then make summaries of my summaries, and so on, until the whole thing was compressed down enough that I could memorise it. Going over past year exams helped too.
  
  Listening the radio at full volume the whole time was essential too! 🙂
- Eoin Lettice answered on 18 Mar 2011:
  
  Hi Helena,
  Lots of people aren’t into science at school lbut then go on to really enjoy it after they leave. There are lots of science programmes on TV which make the whole thing much more interesting and I think the best thing to do if you’re trying to remember any difficult concept in science is to make it into a story.
  Once you understand the main parts of the story, the details will come to you with time and practice!
  Lots of people use acronyms or series of letters to remember things, but I get too confused with all those letters jumbled around in my head!
  Eoin
- Stephen Moss answered on 19 Mar 2011:
  
  Hi Helena
  
  When it comes to exams I think some people are just lucky and have an amazing memory. My son is like that, he gets pages of Latin vocab to learn and he just has to look at the list for 5 minutes (sometimes while playing his PS3) and he can recall the whole lot. I think for most science subjects the key to recalling information and revising, is understanding the concepts. For example, if you understand the reasons why a chemical equation has to balance, then you’ll probably be able to figure out one you’ve never seen before.
  
  But it’s a bit of a cheek me telling you this when I was fairly hopeless at exams myself. I failed by A levels first time round and had to resits. Then I was thrown out of University half way through my degree, because I didn’t even turn up for the exams.
- Charlie Ryan answered on 19 Mar 2011:
  
  Hi helena nice question.
  I think the best way to revise and absorb information is probably to have an interest in the subject! For exams like GCSE’s though this can be difficult – for example i never had a strong interest in french but had to study it!
  My advice would be do the best you can, and really focus on the subjects you enjoy, and want to have a career in. Sorry but there isn’t any magic solution to holding info in your head!