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What To Do?
Ingredients:
Protractor
Calculator
Pencil
Compass
Ruler
Lined Paper
Highlighter
Steps:
Mark up your diagrams, highlight, draw dashes, whatever will help.
Know your rules, these rules are the core of geometry
SSS
SAS
ASA
HL
AAA
Know the words of math, these will allow you to shorthand many steps in your proofs, which is something you will want to do.
Know your angles and triangles. While this is something that you may know, it is best to solidify these topics more.
Mark your givens and wants, these will make a clear route for where you need to work.
Bio
Ingredients:
Calculator
Computer
Lined Paper
Steps:
Know how to address independent and dependent variables
Be able to interpret graphs
Be able to form a hypothesis
Be able to write a formal lab report
Be able to graph data from a data table
Know how to use basic equipment
Know how to address parts of cells
Physics
Ingredients:
Physics Reference Table
Calculator
Protractor
Ruler
Steps:
Know how to recognize what question is what
Be able to convert units
Know what formula to use for each question
Know other forms of equations that aren’t on reference table
Be able to interpret graphs and be able to formulate an answer from them
Know the difference between vectors and scalars
Algebra 1, 2 & Pre-Calc
Ingredients:
Calculator
Pencil
Lined paper
Steps:
Know your formulas, these are something that will be used consistently throughout the course
Learn your calculator, this will be the first time using the Texas TI-84. Some of the functions on this calculator will help save you time.
Learn the quick route for making a fraction
Learn how to save values for x
Learn how to make lists and create y= equations
Make “cheat” ways to remember formulas
Know the difference between the different ways to write a line equation
Point Slope Form
Standard Form
Slope-Intercept Format
Know the COS, SIN and TAN graphs the their inverses
AP Statistics
Ingredients:
Calculator
Stats formula sheet
Paper
Pencil
Steps:
Know what each formula is used for on the reference table. If you don’t, the equations are rendered useless.
Know how to perform the statistical tests
Know when to reject your null hypothesis and what rejecting it means
Know how to perform each test on your calculator, as this will save you plenty of time
Make sure you know all of the rules to perform a test
Know how to do proportions and what each of the phrases mean
Know how to analyze graphs and charts
Math
Chemistry
Ingredients:
Chemistry Reference Table
Calculator
Lined Paper
Steps:
Know the periodic table
Be able to identify the structure of a substance
Know how to address graphs and be able to format answers
Know how to convert units
Know formulas and values that are not on reference table
Be able to address what each question is about
Be able to properly use the reference table
Know how to perform basic lab procedures
Titrate
Light bunsen burner
Calculate % of solutions
Science

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