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Great Ways to Study!

Learning should be fun.

By using creative methods to study you make it fun and easier! Use all resources available to you.

For help studying Chemistry:

Periodic Table from ChemiCool
How to Study Chemistry from howtostudy.org
ChemReview provides free tutorials for solving calculations in general chemistry
Chem Tutor lots of useful information for basic college chemistry
Organic Chemistry Flashcards from Ohio State University
Organic Chemistry Help from Frostburg State University including tutorials, reaction mechanisms, and practice tests
General Chemistry from University of Akron
General, Organic, and Biochemistry from University of Akron
Classic Organic Reactions

For help studying Biology:

How to Study Biology from howtostudy.org
Biology Problem Sets & Tutorials from The Biology Project at the University of Arizona. Subjects include Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Human Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Chemicals and Human Health, and Developmental Biology. Some are also available in Spanish.
Human Anatomy Online is an interactive site loaded with graphics and animations of human anatomy. Some of the graphics are slow to load.
Kimball's Biology Pages by Professor Kimball of Harvard and Tufts Universities covers a wide range of subjects in Biology
Multimedia Tutorials in a variety of Biology topics from the University of Alberta
Concepts in Plant Biology from Arizona State University
Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania

For help studying Physics:

How to Study Physics from howtostudy.org.
Solving Problems in Physics and Study Tips for Introductory Physics Students from Oberlin College
Notes for a non-Calculus Physics course from the University of Winnipeg
Physics 2000 from University of Colorado has some interesting interactive physics demonstrations (try microwaving marshmallows)
Physics Tutorials from the University of Guelph
Fear of Physics contains interesting visual physics explanations and practice homework and exam problems

Need creative ways to study? Try these.

Use practice tests	Acronyms	Study with friends	Use a similar textbook
Read notes out loud	Draw pictures	Put notes in Power Point	Use colored pencils
Talk to your professor	Highlight key words	Rewrite notes	Google for lecture notes
Record lecture (always get your professor's permission first!) and download to MP3	Use online tutorial	Make up a quiz	Make flashcards

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CONNECTING WHAT MATTERS

"College Freshmen Ought to Know: that tutors are intended to serve all students. Good students who think tutors are intended to help only weak students often earn a D, which stands for DUMB FOR THAT THOUGHT. Many top students seek tutoring as a way to improve their understanding and often turn a C mid-term grade into an A or B final grade Realize you need a tutor as soon as possibile. All of us have difficulty sometimes. Turn difficulty into opportunity. Get help."

Disbro, William. 100 Things Every College Freshman Ought to Know, The Cambridge Stratford Study Skills Institute: Williamsville, NY, 2007.

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