Math & Science Resources
Studying math and science courses can be a bit different from your other courses. But don’t worry, we’ve created, hand-picked, and compiled a list of useful videos, worksheets, and assessments to help you along the way.
If you go through these and realize that you’d like more assistance, you can visit the PAL Centre to get 1-to-1 help from our trained upper-year students, or book an appointment with us.
Why Study…?
- What is calculus used for?
- What is biology used for?
- What is chemistry used for?
- What is mathematics used for?
- Why study… worksheet
Getting Ready to Learn
- Get into a growth mindset
- Test your math study skills (Purple Math)
- Why do people have math anxiety?
- Overcoming math anxiety
- Why memorizing everything won’t work
Studying/Learning in Action
- Focused & diffused thinking
- Feynman technique
- Bloom’s taxonomy
- Bloom’s taxonomy handout (Iowa State University)
- Physics problem solving
- Decision steps strategy worksheet
- Decision steps strategy example (Queen’s)
- Concept summary strategy worksheet
- Concept summary strategy example (Queen’s)
- Studying with friends!
- Resources for problem-solving and quantitative courses (Simon Fraser University)
Also, make sure to check out our course-specific handouts.
