Tips and Tricks to master Science Pracs 🧪

1. Stay on top of content and be consistent

Staying on top of things is absolutely crucial for science subjects. It’s very easy to get bogged down whilst cramming since it is a memory and practice-intensive subject. The journey of science in school is all about the progression from basics all the way to more in-depth content. And the course is designed for regular weekly study. So cramming really isn't all that effective especially once the going gets tough in the latter half of the year.

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2. Learn how to write explanations

Explanations underpin most of high school science, and learning how to structure them is a major skill. Ideally, you should develop a scaffold for writing answers to different questions. Just go home and write down the key points that you have to mention for each explanation type, regardless of whether you're studying physics, chemistry, biology or any other science based subject. Explanatins are key!

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3. Be neat and organised

Being neat in science is free marks. Honestly. If a marker can read what you are writing, you are ahead of a whole lot of people. The way that you structure responses often has marks associated with it. Make sure you either carry a whiteout or an eraser for diagrams. These will help you with being neat, especially with your diagrams.

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4. Ask questions

Asking questions from teachers is quite important because (especially for school assessments) there is a lot of variation on what individual teachers will accept. Sometimes you get lucky and have a lenient teacher, but sometimes they refuse to change your marks or refuse to give you marks no matter what. And how do you know what a teacher wants without asking?

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