Flash Cards & Bonus Points for Survey of Biology

Why Flash Cards?

Flash cards are one of the easiest ways to learn the core information for this course. Your instructor has written over 1,400 questions and answers covering all the major topics in the course. These questions serve as a basis for a large number of test questions.Why Flash Cards?

Where Can They Be Purchased?
Flash cards are sold at the Bookstore and at the Postal Center. The Postal center is located at 6333 Pacific Ave. on the SW corner of Douglas and Pacific behind Burger King. The laboratory manual and lecture outlines are also available at the Postal Center.

How To Get the Most Out of Flashcards?
Flash cards are useless if they stay in the box. Coordinate the usage of cards with the lecture schedule. Check the lecture topic coming up next and remove those cards from the box and carry them with you in your pocket or purse. Throughout the day when you have a spare minute begin learning the information on the cards for that lecture topic. Repetition is one of the easiest ways to learn the core information on a topic.

Each card shows the subject in the upper left-hand corner. This is the lecture topic to which to card refers.

 

Flip the card over and the answer to the questions are shown.

 

 

Reminder:

Remove the cards for the current lecture from the box and carry them with you. When you have a few spare moments learn the information on the cards. This is the easiest way to master the core material for the course.

**Many of these questions serve as the basis of test questions on examinations.

Bonus Points

As time permits I will pick flash cards from which to ask questions during lecture and lab. The first person who correctly answers the question will receive a slip of paper worth on point in the class. You can earn up to 3 pt/time. These are true bonus points, since they will be added right to the top of your grade. If you are on the borderline between grades these points could easily move you to the higher grade.

These bonus points will be offered throughout the semester as an incentive to keep current with the basic core material. Don't forget many of these questions will look familiar on examinations.