Mr. Yap's Science Academy

To memorize facts and get good grades, try using a mnemonic method. This is a technique that helps you associate information with something else that is easier to remember.

For example, if you need to remember the order of the planets in our solar system, you could use the mnemonic method "My Very Efficient Mother Just Served Us Nine Pies." This sentence links each planet with a word that starts with the same letter.

Another tip is to create associations between the information you need to remember and things that are already stored in your memory. So if you're trying to memorize the capital of Uganda, think about a time when you were in Uganda and what its capital city looks like. By making these connections, you'll be more likely to recall the information when you need it.

memorizing sometimes is about imagination

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Teaching is a work of heart

The Heartwarming Story Of A Teacher Who Never Gave Up On Her Shy And Quiet Student It's definitely true when people say that teaching is a work of heart.

Harvard psychologist to parents: Do these 7 things if you want to raise kids with flexible, resilient brains

Harvard psychologist to parents: Do these 7 things if you want to raise kids with flexible, resilient brains A child's brain isn't a miniature adult brain. It's a brain born under construction that wires itself to the world—and parents must to create an environment that's rich with wiring instructions.

A growing wildfire (becoming more common due to climate change) in Yosemite National Park is threatening a grove of 500+ magnificent giant sequoia trees, one of which (named Grizzy Giant) is 3,000 years old !

Just in the past two years, lightning-sparked wildfires have destroyed up to 20% of the estimated 75,000 large sequoias

These cactus bees (Diadasia rinconis) are considered solitary insects: they live without the hierarchy and social structure of other bee species. No queen, no worker bees

Here they are seen swarming together in what is known as a mating ball, in which many amorous male bees cluster around one female

Photo by photojournalist Karine Aigner

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Lyme and Other Tick-borne Diseases Are on the Rise. But Why?

The complex interplay of tick ecology, land use and climate may be enabling the spread of the pathogens the arachnids carry

A sea angel (Clione limacina) splits its head in half and throws out 6 huge tentacles to trap a sea butterfly. The lightning-quick process was captured in this stunning photo

It turns out bioluminescence mushroom is much more common than we thought

Pterosaurs May Have Had Brightly Colored Feathers, Exquisite Fossil Reveals

An amazingly well-preserved fossil suggests the common ancestor of dinosaurs and pterosaurs also had some type of feather or feather precursor

It’s getting harder and harder to retain good, experienced teachers

It will be a great loss to our education system

Tok Mat: Early retirement applications among teachers alarming SEREMBAN: A claim by the National Union of the Teaching Profession that some 10,000 teachers had been applying to retire early annually in recent years is worrying, says Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan.