Date: Monday, 6/6/16
Human Bio 2 Study Guide
with Mr. Miller & Mr. Truong
Date: Monday, 6/6/16Mr. Miller and I have decided to use the established Human Biology final which will be a multiple-choice test with about 100 questions. We decided to do this because our classes have a significant amount of seniors, and we need to be able to quickly grade the test and submit them on time by Monday as the seniors are on a different testing schedule than the rest of the school. Unfortunately, this test contains information that we were not able to cover such as the excretory system, and this test does not have any questions regarding the reproductive system. To make things more fair, we will curve the final to adjust for the questions that we did not cover in class. By doing so, the excretory system questions can be considered to be a type of extra credit. The final will be worth 15% of your final grade. You can use the following study guide created by Mr. Miller to help you prepare.
Human Bio 2 Study Guide
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Date: Friday, 5/27/16
The test will include the material covered in the Nervous System Powerpoint & Prezi and in the Addiction & Reward System Prezi. There will be less emphasis on memorization of facts and more emphasis on explaining concepts especially in regard the recent lessons on addiction and the brain's reward system. You be will asked to draw and label a neuron. Please anticipate multiple short answer questions (less than 5 sentences).
Nervous System Powerpoint
Date: Friday, 4/1/16The following items will be the primary content resources for this Friday's test on the Muscloskeletal System. This test will follow a similar format to the Homeostasis, Macromolecules & Tissue Test. Two versions of the test will be made: an on-time version and an absent version. The on-time version will be given this Friday. The absent version will be given to all students who are unable to take the on-time version this Friday. Both will have the same number of questions and section types, but the questions, diagrams, and required sketches will be different. Also, Search and Recovery answers will be posted online for the on-time version. No Search and Recovery answers will be posted online for the absent version. Muscloskeletal System Powerpoint & FIB Notes Skeletal Stations Skeletal System Mind Map Lab: Internal Anatomy of the Bone
due: Tuesday, 3/29/16
wHAT IS MIND MAPPING?
Mind maps are organizational tools that visualize the relationships between chunks of information. Some research has shown that mind maps help boost memory, foster creativity, improve presentations, organize thoughts, and streamline the writing process. For us, we will focus on how to use mind maps to organize the wealth of information from the workbooks, videos, and lectures as a way of studying smarter and not harder. By doing so, I hope to foster a skill that might prove valuable not only in college but also in your future careers. If this is your first time doing this, you may struggle with it at first or you may not see the value in it. Also, you may have tried this before but found little success with it because you aren't a very strong visual/artistic learner. THAT'S OKAY. I want us to try it out and make it a learning process for all of us. Anything worth doing isn't always easy, and I will do my best to provide examples and guide us through the process.
How to get started
*adapted from "How to Use Mind Maps to Unleash Your Brain's Creativity and Potential" by Melanie Pinola
some guided practice
Below is a mind map of information we have learned about the skeletal system. You can use it a starting point to begin your own personal mind maps. When I started to create this mind map, I thought about some major topics that came from the all the information we covered on the skeletal system/bones. Some of the major topics were: FUNCTION of the bones, TYPES of bones, and the JOINTS. I first focused on TYPES because that was the easiest for me to visualize. Bones can be divided in two types or catagories based on SHAPE of the bone and LOCATION on the body. Then I focused on SHAPE by identifying the four catagories of shapes which are LONG, SHORT, IRREGULAR, and FLAT. From there, I gave some examples of each shape catagory. After that, I jumped into LOCATION which can further be divided into AXIAL and APPENDICULAR, and I gave an EXAMPLE and FUNCTION for each.
Compare the text I wrote above to the mind map of the same information below. Which do you think would be more helpful to study: re-reading the text again or using the mind map below? class examplesfinal thoughts
Personally, I find that making mind maps are a great way to organize notes and information as a type of studying. Once that map is made, you can save it for large final exams for review. Some challenges will be that mistakes will be made or that it isn't as organized as you'd like it to be. I am not the greatest at hand-drawn mind maps because I can't pre-plan my thoughts so well, but digital mind maps fix this for me by letting me add/delete/move items as needed. Whether done on paper or through technology, mind maps are best when they work for you and fit your style. If you are struggling with organizing information and breaking things down, that's okay because this means you are really engaging with the material and are putting these content pieces together like a puzzle. Mind maps can take some time at first, but almost everyone was able to make at least 2 main branches within 15 minutes. That's 2 major topics reviewed in 15 minutes which produces a visual review sheet - that's pretty efficient if you ask me. Just like working out your body or practicing an instrument, these mind maps are exercises for your brain and getting better takes time and practice. In the end, as long your mind maps make sense to you, that's more than good enough.
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