Revision Techniques A one hour fast paced session

Revision Techniques A one hour fast paced session guaranteed to lead to better exam results!

TRAIN your BRAIN to RETAIN Are you feeling confident that you know how to revise for your GCSE exams? By the end of this session you will be able to use 5 revision techniques and REFLECT on which 3 will work the best for YOU! You will also be able to answer high mark evaluation questions with confidence!

Technique 1: Cards Use bold, colour & underlining on your revision cards. Put a question on the front and answer on the back. You can also use a revision card app! Front: Q. How are carbohydrates stored in plants? Back: A. Starch

Technique 2: Mind Maps Watch the video below and read the BBC bitesize information in your handout on volcanoes. Using these resources create a mind map on volcanoes.

Technique 2: Mind Maps Did you include the following in your Mind Map? Colour

Technique 3: Mnemonics Order of colours in the rainbow, or visual spectrum: (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet) Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain. Order of taxonomy in biology: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species Try to make a mnemonic to remember the order of taxonomy in biology – you have 1 minute!

Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species Kids - Prefer - Cheese - Over - Fried - Green - Spinach

Technique 4: Method of Loci You are about to see 7 words Try to remember them in order You have 30 seconds No cheating!

Here you go… Hamstrings Deltoids Latissimus dorsi Gasrocnemius Triceps Pectorials Intercostals

Memory test Can anyone get all 7 in order? Do you think this is a practical way to remember information? Method of Loci A method of memorising information by creating a ‘memory palace’ and placing each item to be remembered at a point in your ‘memory palace’. The information can then be retrieved in order by following a route around the ‘memory palace’.

Creating a ‘memory palace’

Your ‘memory palace’ Now think of a familiar route, e. g. around your living room: Write down 7 objects from your chosen location number them 1 -7 in order of their placing in the room.

Here you go… Magnetic Internal Chemical Kinetic Electrostatic Elastic potential Gravitational potential

Memory palace example 1. Bin Magnetic 2. Chair Internal 3. Wardrobe Chemical 4. Desk Kinetic 5. Bedside table Electrostatic 6. Bed Elastic potential 7. Shelf Gravitational potential

Reflect: Things to remember about the method of loci • If you don’t practise your memory palace you will forget it • Don’t use the same object twice in your memory palace • Use stand out visual connections with your objects and information you are trying to remember

Technique 5: Story board Turn the story below to pictures to help you remember it! Blueberries don’t simply improve memory – they can actually reverse memory loss. A study published in the Journal of Neuroscience that after eating their daily dose of berries, the rodents learned faster, had a better short-term memory. Broccoli is a source of two crucial nutrients that help improve brain function. Vitamin K helps to strengthen cognitive abilities – people who eat plenty of broccoli perform better on memory tests. Broccoli also includes a sizeable serving of folic acid, which can help ward off Alzheimer’s disease. Studies suggest that a lack of folic acid could lead to depression, so eating plenty of broccoli could also keep you happy. Who says that healthy food can’t be delicious? Eating a daily portion of dark chocolate has been found to improve blood flow to the brain. So don’t feel guilty about that chocolate bar – your brain will thank you! Source: The Telegraph, 3 Mar 2015

Do you remember the main points from the pictures below?

Learning muscle: RELATIONSHIPS Now explain the research to your peer, does note taking work for you? Teaching others leads to excellent memory retention!

Time for another learning muscle… REFLECTION • Revision cards • Story boards • Mind Maps • Mnemonics • Revision cards • Loci To form a habit you need to use the techniques 21 days in a row!

Answer: Banana Split

Answer: Balanced Meal

R G Roses I N Answer: Ring around the Roses

Answer: Caught in the Act

Answer: Big Brother

Answer: Up to no Good

Brain Cool Down Mr & Mrs Smith have 7 daughters. If each daughter has a brother how many children do Mr & Mrs Smith have?

Brain Cool Down Mr & Mrs Smith have 7 daughters. If each daughter has a brother how many children do Mr & Mrs Smith have? Answer: 8 children

Brain Cool Down Two people are in a barn. 10 cats follow them in, how many feet are now in the barn?

Brain Cool Down Two people are in a barn. 10 cats follow them in, how many feet are now in the barn? Answer: 4 feet, cats have paws not feet