12 Survival Tips ( for chemistry!!! )

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Chemistry can be fun. You can be a chemistry star (and pass the regents). Keep up with the work, ask for help, and don't get behind!! Plan out your work. If you get behind, get help fast! Waiting, thinking that you won't need the information and skills, is like . . .

Tip #1: Getting off to a great start. Learn the definitions and understand how to use the periodic table. (You will use this all year). Keep up with assignments. Turn in labs on time. Study your notes (yes, take notes in class) and don't get behind.

Tip #2: Don't lose your periodic table.

Tip #3: Ask your teacher questions if you don't understand or need help. If you get wrong answers on homework, find out why and correct your mistakes.

Tip #4: Early in the fall master naming compounds and writing formulas. Several helpful links are Nomenclature, Formulas of Binary Compounds, and The Meaning of a Chemical Equation.

Tip #5: Use the Regents Exam Prep Center Chemistry outline with linked topics often. Also frequently review your notes and check often to make sure you are keeping up with what you need to know to pass the regents exam.

Tip #6: Use memory helpers like flash cards, frequent review, rhymes, silly songs, and funny graphics. See also How to Study for more helps.

Tip #7: Before a test: Start studying several days before the test rather than cram the night before. See Tip #11, Types of Tests and Tips for more pointers. After a test, learn how to answer the questions you missed.

Tip #8: Chemistry calculations use addition, subtraction, multiplication and division rather than complicated math. But knowing what process to use takes practice. Units matter in chemistry. A numerical answer also has a unit label (moles, atoms, etc.)

Tip #9: Use a review book. Ask your teacher to suggest a review book that follows the regents syllabus. The topics are short and to the point: read them over as you learn the topics and when you review for a test. Do the practice questions each time your teacher finishes a unit.


Tip #10: Practice doing Regents questions all year. Each time you finish a unit, do the questions that relate to the topics covered. Exam questions can be found in the Multiple Choice Question Archive, the Practice Exams, and review books such as Barron's Regents Exams and Answers (Chemistry). Barron's explains why the wrong answers are wrong. This is a very good feature because you learn up to 4x as much Chemistry when you understand all the choices. In addition, test questions on future Regents exams may be developed around these other choices.

Tip #11: Consider working with a study group or friend who is serious about doing well.

Tip #12: Keep seeing yourself successful in chemistry. If you keep working at it, little by little, you can be a chemistry star. You might even enjoy it. Chemistry doesn't have to be hard. It can be fun!

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