Learning how to memoriseHSC Biology内容及时is the most common challenge that Biology students face.
Depending on how far away the HSC is, this is either a big or a small issue, but in either case, it is still a very important skill to master.
Step 1: Do a needs analysis
Step 2: Write your own notes
Step 3: Take action!
Step 4: Revisit your notes
现在，让我们把思想的帽子放在一点上，并考虑一个重要的初步问题：
Why is it so much harder to memorise HSC Biology content?
I’m glad you asked! Here are a few things which make the core content different from the electives:
Reason 1: There is heaps of it
There are four core modules you’ve got to get through in order to memorise HSC Biology content:
- Heredity (5 topics)
- Genetic Change (3 topics)
- Infectious Disease (4 topics)
- 非传染病和疾病（5个主题）
Taking out the elective topic means that you’ve got 4 equally as meaty topics to get through—so it is completely legitimate to find memorising the core content more difficult!
Reason 2: You need to know it in a lot of detail
Again, due to the meatier nature of the content, and also because everyone is expected to know this content,everyone is expected to know the content.
But you just repeated yourself twice.
让我解释一下：如果每个人都有希望了解相同的内容，那就不矛盾，为了脱离人群，你应该试着知道它尽可能多的细节？
In fact, the questions in the HSC Biology paper are written in a way that allows people to write either in a lot of detail (if they know it), or in a little bit of detail (if they don’t know it).
This is how Band 6 students differentiate themselves from other students.
Compare:
Transcription is a complex process that turns DNA into RNA
和
Gene expression begins with transcription where the information encoded in a part of DNA is copied into mRNA.
因此，您需要在很多细节中记住HSC生物内容，以将自己与状态的其他人区分开来。
理由3：那里有这么多资源 - 我如何知道哪个使用？
这有助于使HSC生物学内容更难地难以记住，因为当您在您的资源较为庞大的资源开始时，它似乎令人令人生畏。
Hopefully by the end of this article, you’ll have a better idea of how to navigate the ocean that is the Resources AvailableOnThe Interweb About Biology.
理由4：很少的时间！
Ah yes. Even if you are reading this at the beginning of Year 11 time flies byvery quicklyand the issue of how to memorise HSC Biology content, particularly in a short amount of time, will become an issue.
For a short detour over to the land of prioritisation, clickhereto have a peek at what you can do to help you prioritise on a more general basis.
Have no fear! Follow these steps and you will hopefully find your Biology-related fears shrinking away as you scroll.
第1步：为自己'需要分析'
需求分析是对您的需求的分析。
It’s the easiest way for you toassess your strengths and weaknessesin relation to the core content of the syllabus.
Okay, but how do I do it?
Simple! Take your copy of the HSC Biology syllabus andrate your understandingof each dot point:
- 1 is a poor understanding AKA ‘I am going to fail so spectacularly at this…’
- 5 is an epic understanding AKA ‘I am absolutely going to slaughter this…’
这是我早些时候准备的一个：
As you can see, this does not have to be very fancy or formal.
如果你like to track your progress, you can write dates beside the numbers so that you can see your improvement over time. Or, if you would prefer, you can use a pencil so that you canupdate your self-ratings全年。
由此，制定落在额定值1-3的点点的单独列表和4-5的点。
This will help you in making your priority list for study before learning how to memorise content for HSC Biology!
Step 2: Write your own notes
我真的需要写自己的笔记，即使互联网上有很多吗？
Yes.
A piece of advice I often give is this: in order to maximise the amount of content that you can remember, it is best tohand-write your own notes.
This is actually backed up byscience.
如果你’re not completely sure about how to go about creating your study notes, head overherefor some more background information.
如果你feel like you’re pretty on top of writing your own notes, I’m going to add a few tips which will make your notes-writing process a bit easier and more effective:
Task 1: Start with the开始of the topic that you are currently learning in class
This means that if you are on point ‘3.4 of Maintaining a Balance’, you should go right back to point 1.1 of this topic and start your notes there.
但为什么？
Doing this will allow you to start filling in the bigger picture around what you are currently learning in class. It will give you all of the background information that you need to make your current classes much more interesting.
This is what I imagine it looks like: by writing the notes from the beginning, you arefilling inthe gaps to catch up to where you are in class.
At the same time, by only going back to the beginning of this particular topic (rather than from the beginning of time…or the beginning of the year), you won’t overwhelm yourself and you will be able to catch up to the current topic more quickly.
一旦你赶上了, start on another topic that you have already covered while continuallyupdatingyour notes as you learn more in class.
Task 2: Scan your handwritten notes
有很多伟大的应用,很快就会回来的l make scanning and compiling your handwritten notes really easy, such asEvernote..
这是一个好主意有一些原因：
- You’ll have an electronic copy
- 您可以将它们存储在您的Evernote帐户中，which exists ephemerally and can be loaded on any electronic device
- It’ll bemuch easier to have access to your notes on your phoneto memorise HSC Biology content on the bus/in the car or to check a fact than carrying a sheaf of papers
Trust me.Scan them.
Task 3: Include diagrams and pictures where you can
This doesn’t need to be as difficult as it could be and itdoes not matterif you have not one artistic bone in your body.
Here’s a tip: you can easilyfind a diagramthat you like andcopy it.
This is my ok-ish drawing, copied fromhere:
如果你r drawing turns out terribly, don’t worry about it!
这是因为在尝试绘图过程中，you are already revising the concepts.And this is the goal!
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In fact,the more terrible your drawing, the easier it is to memorise HSC Biology content.
所以，我做了什么实际上是学习重绘该图？
- 5'（五个主要）端称为，因为那边有磷酸盐
- The 3’ (three prime) end has a deoxyribose sugar
- 主要凹槽是转弯之间的空间
- The minor groove is the space between the strands
It’s easy to miss details of a diagram.Redrawing helps you conceptualise things better.
Task 4: Prioritise your ratings 1-3 points
这似乎是显而易见的，但我想反对它无论如何。确保您在这些点指向上花费最多时间ensure that you understand them.
Of course, don’t forget to work on your 4-5 points too! Even if it’s just jotting down a few words to remind yourself, this will prevent them from edging towards the 1-3 category!
Step 3: Take action depending on your preferred study style
Aural learners
Record yourself reading out your notes
You can do this on your phone, using the inbuilt Voice Recorder app, or else you can look here for other recommended apps foriPhoneorAndroid.
You’ve probably guessed it – you can listen to yourself while you’re on the bus/train/out walking/in the car! You’ll probably feel a bit strange listening to yourself at first, but you’ll get used to it!
对于耳朵学习者来说，它非常有助于听到信息，而且还要通过它来谈论并将其作为倾听音乐的替代方案！
Read your notes out loud
这是第一个提示的一种前身，如果你不是那么热衷于语音录音想法，那么真的很有帮助。
This effectively does the same thing, but would require you to carry your notes (either in paper form or scanned onto your phone) with you wherever you go.
Teach someone the content
This is the next step from the previous two tips: rather than just repeating what you’ve already got written down,try to put yourself into the teacher’s shoes and teach it back.
But who do I teach?
任何人！当我做了我的HSC年度时，我在烹饪晚餐时教会了母亲一切。
如果你问你的父母/兄弟姐妹/朋友/狗，你必然会找到一个愿意的学生，或者至少有人可以用巧克力或其他东西贿赂！
这很有用，因为你必须真正考虑这个概念以及如何最好地打破另一个人理解，它增加了另一层of understanding.
Visual learners
Watch YouTube videos
I’m serious. These are excellent for visual learners to see what it is that they are learning, even if the videos are in animation form in order to memorise HSC Biology content.
以下是我一直推荐的一些优秀的人：
绘制图片和图表
These can be really artistic and beautiful ones that you create on your own, or they can be not-so-great copies like the one that I did before.
They can even be as simple as flow chart.
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口头学习者
口头学习者对听觉学习者的学习偏好非常相似，所以我建议你也试试神秘学习者的提示！
Practice writing out your notes
口头学习者like words, and so it often helps to re-write your notes many many times, each time making them slightly shorter.
为了使它们更短，更加汇总，在教学大纲中使用关键词，并使自己的首字母缩略词记住更大的概念。
For example, I will never forget A-T C-G because someone once told me to think about it as ‘Attack The/Cow Girl’. Not only is that super amusing, it’s useful because A will always pair with T and C will always pair with G.
物理学习者
物理学习者learn best by正在做.
Now, since you can’t always act out protein synthesis or DNA replication you can do the following things to try and get as close to that as possible!
Draw your own diagrams and flow charts
Although you can’t really act these out, by drawing them out you are indirectly ‘acting them out’, helping you memorise HSC Biology content.
This can be really great if you pair it with explaining what you’re drawing out loud.
Take your notes for a walk
这可能听起来很奇怪，但是在散步或健身房时尝试与您带走您的笔记！
You can read from them or at least mull over a concept while you’re walking or working out, and you can even try to test how much you can remember while doing automatic activities (like walking and running).
This is actually backed up byscience: exercise releases a chemical calledbrain derived neurotrophic factor, which makes it easier for your brain to learn new things. I know. Mind blowing, right?
Logical learners
Understand why things happen
For the logical learner, it is very difficult to memorise HSC Biology content if you can’t understand exactly why they occur.
This means that the best tactic is to keep searching and researching until it clicks for you.It doesn’t matter if you have to keep asking questions.
如果你don’t have an Art of Smart coach at hand,Wolfram Alphais kind of an okay substitute…
However, it can’t walk you through and explain to you in simple English why it works, then give you the challenge you need to practice it!
绘制流程图或写入逐步说明
These will help you to write out the processes and steps of reasoning which are necessary to understand the concepts. This is alsovery handy for answering HSC Questions…
This is also why learning the beginning of the course is helpful.You might understand the steps in transcription, but you alsohave to知道它是基因表达的第一步，并且了解基因表达，您可能想知道基因和表型。
Good thing the syllabus is structured so you know things in a logical order. Although, your class might not follow it in order.
Filling in the gaps is critical to understanding the big picture as a logical learner.
Social learners
Study in groups!
Find yourself a good study group, or形式one!
A popular way to study nowadays is Skyping each other. You don’t even have to讲话. Sometimes you can study better when you know someone else is studying too, but still be in the silence and solitude of your own home.
或者，您可能更愿意在图书馆见面，一起学习并为您可以出去的休息时间设定时间，并在一起享用午餐 - 让它成为一天！
Take it in turns to teach each other
如果你assign a dot pointto each person for each study session, and that person is responsible for teaching that content back to the rest of the group, the rest of the group can问问题and this will help you toeach push yourselves a bit in order to memorise HSC Biology content.
It’s also handy to put as much effort into preparing to teach your dot point as possible: make short slide shows or draw diagrams which would help make it easier for your friends!
每个人进入的努力越多，每次都会越多。
Solitary learners
虽然这是一个自行学习的风格，但仍然需要考虑您更喜欢的其他风格，因为这将通知您在学习时可以使用哪种策略。
写自己一个待办事项列表
偷看here对于待办事项列表的一些提示。关键是keep yourself accountableby setting clear goals which will help you memorise HSC Biology content.
例如,而不是说‘今天我将湾r two dot points’, try something much more specific: ‘In this hour I will write my notes for this dot point and draw 1 diagram’.
为自己制作时间计划
There is a really cool technique, called thePomodoro Technique, which is based on studying really hard for 25 minutes at a time and then taking a short break.
This is really great if you know that you struggle to stay on task for extended periods of time, and if you set clear goals with your awesome to-do list, you will be able to use those 25 minutes非常有效地。
如果你更喜欢我,可以为朗的研究ger periods of time, try 50 minutes with 10 minute breaks.
Even if you think that you could give me a run for my money and study for hours at a time, it’simportant to take regular breaks给你的大脑时间关闭。
During your breaks,do something completely unrelated to your study.I usually reunite with my phone and check Instagram or watch some music videos.
这种策略也很好，因为我知道我会在休息时间内查找我的通知！
Step 4: Continually revisit your notes
Remember that it is perfectly okay to测试一些不同的策略before settling on one that works best for you.
It is even more okay to havemore than one tactic在手，并使用它们的组合。
其他学习风格可以补充您的学习风格：例如，如果您是视觉学习者，您将从中受益于某些听觉的学习。通过解释您所吸引的内容，您可以输入为什么或概念如何工作。
You can alsoplan aheadfor the future.如果您有日记或日历，您可以选择约会in the near futureto memorise HSC Biology content notes again to make sure you don’t forget.
Do it now – what kind of learner are you?
现在和HSC之间，continually revisityour notes and try tosummarise them furtherto make sure that you are improving in your memoryandthat you are coveringall of the content在教学大纲中。
Remember that if you are ever struggling or feeling overwhelmed, reach out to your teacher/parents/friends for some support and some down time to gather your thoughts before you start back at the work.
希望您提出了一些关于如何记住HSC生物学内容的提示。You can do it.
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Gia-Yen Luonghas been an Art of Smart coach for 3 years, coaching a range of subjects including HSC English, Legal Studies, Biology, Chemistry and General Maths. She is in her final year of a mega double degree in Law/Science (Neuroscience). She graduated high school with an ATAR of 99.9 and spends most of her time trying to convince people that it’s wholly possible to get such a mark while still having a normal life during Year 12. She enjoys reading, podcasts and truly believes that she was born to be a blogger. In effect, she is a true nerd.
