I faced many difficulties understanding the topic of chemical equations, and applying it in the questions in the worksheets. This was not because I could not memorize the symbols of the elements that were in the syllabus, but was because I could not understand the the basics of the topic, which is on how to write out a compound. I forgot the need to balance the number of protons and electrons so that the compound would have no charge. However, after doing some online research, and watching some tutorials, introduced by the teacher, I finally understood. And from there, I managed to balance equations more easily. From this, I've learnt that independent learning is very useful and important in learning. Because, we have to learn even outside classroom, by ourselves, as we cannot always depend on the teacher. I would like to share this useful video link in this blog post.
The other topic which did not interest me as much as the previous one, was on human reproductive system and ecology, the biology part. At first, I thought that this topic would be only based on pure memorization, thus the lesson itself would be boring and uninteresting. However, after going through this term, I was wrong. The trick that I've learnt while tackling biology topics is to understand the topic by looking at visual representations and understand the topic fully so that we can memorize the information more easily. For example, on the topic of human reproductive system, I did not get how the menstruation system works, but after online research, I found a graph which illustrates it very well. And here it is:
