How to ACE Year 12 Biology + Mindmapping (99.95 ATAR Tips)

[@helenknowles3784]

Wow - As an HSC biology teacher for many years now, this was so amazing to watch as it validates pretty much everything that I try to get through to my students. Thankyou so much for making this most crucially logical point that understanding WHY things happen is much more useful and efficient that just memorising WHAT happens, and that knowing how to THINK is more worthwhile than knowing how to regurgitate a pre-planned response. I finally feel like a good teacher!

[@ArcherNewton]

Thank you Helen! And yes 100%, it's all about learning how to learn and then you can apply that to anything :)

[@annastaciaAU]

I am a few days away from starting year 12 biology.. and this has just boosted my confidence. so thankyou

[@ArcherNewton]

Hope it's going well! :)

[@gungeternal4119]

The return of the king

[@ArcherNewton]

hahaha cheers :)

[@lillibryant239]

This is super helpful! I've had so many exciting realizations from actually asking questions :)

[@ArcherNewton]

that's awesome :)

[@hayhaypanda8424]

Your videos have amazing quality like that of Ali Abdaal. I'm starting exam revision, and this video has helped me so much. Keep up the amazing videos, Archer.

[@ArcherNewton]

thank you so much!!

[@dedopest3305]

5:39 Importance of concepts and how do they relate. A concept "A" is made of smaller concepts also. And we ask the same questions.(Break a concept into three chunks maximum? Glycolysis happens in the cytosol. We ask, why is the cytosol important and how does it relate to degrading glucose, or to other cell components such as the mitochondria, or what chemical substance is it made off etc... Use of mindmaps: 1) main concept in the middle, and we branche out to concepts that we think are important and that relate to the main concept 2)Bold lines for main relationships 3)Lack of words and unique visuals (that most of the time will only make sense to whom created them) Kolb's cycle: (For every study session) 1-Experience(Study session, questions, mind-map making, test practicing) 2-Reflection(How effective was this? What went wrong and what was beneficial? What can i do next time?) 3-Abstraction(The new modifications that we will exploit next time) 4-Experimentation(Study session with new knowledge)

[@koya1303]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I have trials coming up soon and so this is really helpful for my prep

[@ArcherNewton]

thank you!! good luck :)

[@eevethasan1972]

I didn't know you did biology 😁🤩 that is amazing! Please continue you are the besttttt

[@ArcherNewton]

thank you so much!!!

[@parkeranderson7378]

I wouldn’t be surprised if Archer’s channel was run by plants in a few days...

[@ArcherNewton]

maybe a few weeks ...

[@x1cuevx]

Yay been excited for this one!

[@ArcherNewton]

that’s great!

[@abdullah-hi6cf]

Been waiting for this video for ages!! thank you

[@ArcherNewton]

awesome to hear!

[@abdullah-hi6cf]

@@ArcherNewton Could you please send me an invite to your discord server? The link you have in the description is expired I think

[@ArcherNewton]

@abdullah you should be able to find the link in my bio on insta :)

[@lukegregg5944]

What leaves me concerned is about mind-maps, when you stick to the "one word (or one-word associations)", and as the map ages, it becomes impossible to remember exactly what you were thinking. I am familiar with process mapping but what I do not know is the context in which mind mapping is useful: in the sense that, what comes after it? One it's done, how is it used for subsequent steps? Thanks for your time!

[@guy1234u]

Did you ever figure out the answer?

[@shardulinamdar2729]

Awesome video Archer!

[@ArcherNewton]

Thanks Shardul! 😊

[@bollyhood4475]

nice video, it would be cool to see one of these videos on the English subjects

[@ArcherNewton]

thank you! check out my video on english tips :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGfTp4mMrJdpsKc

[@savannahlee6899]

Found this helpful, thank u

[@ArcherNewton]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mamoako1521]

11:12 Mind map (13:58 How to create chunks)

[@vladimirwilliams2517]

What about creating a basic mindmap for a lesson like viruses or prokaryotes and only writing down the first layer of things which is the general sketch and relationship between concepts like for example "Viruses are not cellular structures and are simpler than cells", then next to that mark a little star symbol and make a flashcard that says" viruses don't have membranes or nuclei, they consist of a single type of nucleic acid surrounded by capsomers that form the capsid shell and sometimes more complex viruses may have an additional shell made up of proteins lipids and carbohydrates" so when you look at the mindmap you're supposed to think about the fact that viruses are simpler than cells plus the details about virus structure and if you don't you can always look back at your flashcard.

[@thai3571]

I love this guy

[@ArcherNewton]

ahaha thanks 😊

[@Lautaro_Guindulain]

Looking forward to learn about mind maps

[@ArcherNewton]

working on it :)

[@caitlinwyman22]

Yay my pot plant returns! 🤩

[@ArcherNewton]

yep 😍

[@sage6886]

Thank you! This was an incredibly helpful video, what mindmapping digital app do you use? I'm currently using Notes on the iPad, but it has very limited space, so it makes it difficult to do an actual mindmap.

[@ArcherNewton]

Your welcome Sage! glad you liked it! I use concepts for mindmapping. 🙂

[@tysken0251]

What do you do after you have Done your mind-Map. How often do you revise it?

[@mariakarenquijano687]

If you I don’t draw so well like in your mind map is it an option from getting a picture from Google and just doing mind maps around others pics? I study well when I see pictures and I try to visualize it

[@Jules.Youtube]

I wonder, how do you go between your mindmaps and your Notion cards (where you have all of the structure of the course into toggle lists) ? Do you put the same information twice, or is it separate ?

[@x_sparky_x4691]

what about animal kingdom and botany they are more fact oreanted or towards remembering, Especially animal classification .

[@jattTATE]

yes yes the fkn mindmaps

[@ArcherNewton]

:)

[@Fjfcjcfjfjccjcjjkf]

You are basically using micro connection for bigger things. Right??

[@shaswatasutradhar272]

Underrated

[@ArcherNewton]

Thank you!!

[@Jules.Youtube]

"Research shows us that 1 hour of prestudy saves us 10 hours later on" Would you mind showing us the link to the scientific article ? I love the ICS team, but Justin and you are often appealing to the research, but most of the time the research is not shown (even in the ICS course)

well you had mentioned about mind mapping on the other videos as well. but i couldn't find it

[@ViKiinGViiRuS]

Nice video. What's the best app on iPad to create mind maps with the apple pencil?

[@kawaiilexie3799]

So far ive gotten the hang of learning about the bigger picture of topics, but whenever it comes to the little details i lose interest and feel overwhelmed. Most of the time my bigger picture understanding isn't enough to pass the test. How can I overcome this problem regarding little details in learning topics?

[@BriBear]

Would also like to know.

[@c.u.z.o.n.e4397]

So what do you do with the mind maps (review or recall)

[@Timzy2Drip]

4 months and he hasn't responded lol

[@jattTATE]

what app did you use for the mindmaps, on the ipad i presumr

[@ArcherNewton]

concepts :)

[@jlkings3317]

Archer,can I making relational mind maps be suitable for other subjects than biology?Social studies for instance,economics ?

[@meganc782]

"i'm going to go take a thumbnail" nice thumbnail

[@ArcherNewton]

hahahaa yep

[@MemeDude100]

Hey Archer, is it possible to relate the Cornell Note Taking system to Mind Mapping and Pre-study? Also, can you make a video on the Cornell Note Taking system? Thanks again you make amazing videos!!

[@mrmatrix0000]

About curiosity, the first thing I do is to know its importance without going into details, then think about all the possible relationships and then ask many questions to go into detail, or should I use curiosity before building relationships?

[@mrmatrix0000]

Is it necessary to know the concepts well in order to build relationships, or do we first build relationships without having much idea of the concept and then investigate many aspects?

[@mrmatrix0000]

As a priority relationship and then ask several questions

[@mrmatrix0000]

What about youtube videos, how should they be used effectively?

[@c.u.z.o.n.e4397]

Could we please get a sample of the mindmap

[@kori9779]

Late to the party, but I would say that for revising it's not that great to use mind maps usually. One may say that you could just google things or read textbooks but not everything is easy to find, it depends on the topic.

[@ArcherNewton]

I would check out Bloom's Taxonomy to see the different levels that you can test your knowledge mastery. Mindmaps aren't really a 'revision method', they're a way to encode information at higher orders of knowledge mastery :) Hope this helps!

[@anoushkaiyer4286]

I reckon understand first, and THEN memorise

[@ArcherNewton]

for the majority of things, if you understand then you don't need to memorise :)

[@anoushkaiyer4286]

I agree but for subjects like biology, you do need to memorise the exact key words that examiners want you to use

[@ArcherNewton]

@@anoushkaiyer4286 What if you don't know the exact key words because it's a new question type that hasn't yet been tested?

[@Raphael_.-]

​@@anoushkaiyer4286 words describe things so when you understand the etymology behind a certain word you don't really need to memorise the whole word but just parts of it. E.g. anemia comes from an- (without) and haema (blood), you do need to memorise more but in the long run it's actually less as there are infinite compositions of words you can make. This way when a new composition of a word comes up you can kind of infer what it means instead of just stressing out and completely skipping over the exam question. The initial learning is bigger but it works exponentially, if you get my point

[@anoushkaiyer8064]

​@@Raphael_.- Yes this is a really good point! I completely agree that knowing the morphology of words gives a much more intuitive understanding of a novel biological term. However, as pedantic and trivial as it seems, if you read the examiners' reports for the VCE biology exam, students who forget to describe "amino acids" as "specific" during translation in gene expression, WILL lose a mark. U have to know the exact words that examiners want you to use to get full marks in your answers (at least for year 11/12 biology, not too sure if it works like this in university !! ) :))

[@zeekhajihashemi4720]

What is the name of mind map app used in the video?

[@ArcherNewton]

i use Concepts for mindmapping :)

[@mridulbhattarai7051]

Will this stuff also apply for most of human biology, where the focus is on humans...

[@ArcherNewton]

I use this for medicine so yes

[@milky694]

unfortunately I'm watching this the day before the exam

[@ArcherNewton]

good luck!

[@sanyapalta]

How do you recommend making the most out of reading time (in the exam) ?

[@ArcherNewton]

Hi Sanya, I'd just quickly read through the questions and see if there’s any really hard ones

[@2xqYT___]

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[@ArcherNewton]

:O

[@barnabaslin3733]

Whats the video mentioned at 8:20?

[@ArcherNewton]

here's the link :) How I SAVE 10+ Hours a Week By Prestudying (The New Way I Study) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZiXfGWEpZasmM0

[@jattTATE]

who else tried calling the number

[@ArcherNewton]

ahhaahha