Zoology Articles

Homework? Really? REALLY?

By Matthew S. | 10/15/2012 3:11 PM CST |

The moans and groans are audible! "Why do I have to do homework??"

Let me tell you why I assign additional work outside of a tutoring session ... It is my job to be sure that you are able to apply and integrate the materials we cover in addition to being able to absorb facts and information. Sometimes what I call 'homework' is nothing more than finding an article about the topic we are covering at the time and being ready to discuss it with me using the terms and concepts we have been going over. Sometimes it may be a question I want you to be thinking about over the next few days or week,...

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General Zoology Lab Tests

By Glen Z. | 10/10/2012 9:28 PM CST |

Biology,
Zoology

Hello Everybody,

I have been tutoring a student in a General Biology course over the last few days and I've been thinking about how our Biology Lab tests are set up. I think that very few people would argue that no test is perfect and making a test that can actually measure how much you've learned is incredibly hard; but there are a few things that I think need to change. First and foremost is that memorizing the names of individual species seems like a waste of time. I know there are a lot of professors that would disagree, but we have to remember; in "General Biology," we are teaching to...

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Your exam is tomorrow and you are expecting a miracle

By J S. | 3/24/2012 7:44 PM CST |

Chemistry,
Physics,
Biology,
Botany,
Zoology,
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Whatever subject you are studying, a good approach is to come home at the end of the day and review your notes. Anything you don't understand, formulate into a written question so you can check on it yourself or ask your teacher or tutor for help understanding.

Waiting till the night before an exam will likely make you nervous. It will be hard to have enough time to prepare. Study a little each day, then, cramming can be helpful. Be sure, however, that you eat and rest well. Especially the night before a test, go to bed early. Eat a good breakfast before an exam, too.

Review a bit every...

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Amazing Creatures

By Andrew B. | 10/21/2011 9:50 AM CST |

Zoology

Have you ever really thought what kind of visual tools you need to see an animal? God created some organisms to be super tiny. Some of these organisms we call animals because they are unicellular. Many unicellular organisms, including those in the animal kingdom, survive by utilizing nutrition from their environment around them. These animals may be small, but you do not want to get into a fight with them. Many of them cause great detriment to the human. These animals are so amazing that they can wipe out whole organisms.

The great thing about studying zoology is that you get to study large...

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How to make a fly or a person or a fish

By Susanne D. | 4/15/2010 5:04 PM CST |

Biology,
Zoology

Back in the last century when the molecular revolution took off, a lot of researchers decided to use banana fruit flies to study the genetics and “how-to” of development. Most people were obviously more interested in how that process is brought about in humans, but scientists had to start somewhere. Flies are easier for both ethical and practical reasons — flies are cheap to rear, have short life cycles (3 weeks or so), the eggs don’t scream because they have no nervous system (yet), and the adults are assiduous egg layers. One can get lots of eggs in a half hour timespan.

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