Biology 3/4 was one of my favourite subjects. I think the most important thing is to be highly organised. This is what I did:
1) I had a Biology folder for school and a Biology folder for home. In my biology folder at school, I'd put my handouts in, my notes (which I wrote in an exercise book, but you could tear the pages out) and anything else I recieved in class, as well as completed assignments or research I'd done myself, plus I'd date all my notes and work. Then after each topic's conclusion, or every 3-6 weeks, I'd get the folder I'd kept at home take out all of my notes and then group the notes, assignments, research and handouts according to topic and place them in a folder underneath a divider with the title of the topic (and if I could be bothered, in order of dates). As I did this, I was revising everything I'd learnt. I had around 10 or 11 different dividers with huge amounts of information. Then at the end of each topic, I'd write a small conclusion for each topic, and occasionally mind maps and a selection of dot points. It was very easy to study for exams and SACs. (Hopefully that makes sense!)
2) While I was studying (and lots of people do this), I highlighted key bits of information, and use god-knows-how-many post it notes. This also assisted me in finding the most important information to study etc.
3) Page refrences for my text book. When we were told to read something in class on a certain topic in our VCE Biology text book, I'd note down which page it was on in my excerise book, and write a summary or a quick sentence or dot points on what was within the pages so I could refer to the information and find it easily. For example;
~Pgs 45-47
-structure of DNA
-blah blah blah blah
-Blah blah blah
etc...
This all doesn't take as long as you may think!
Also, really listen in class, enjoy and take a keen intrest in your learning and discuss things, and take really good notes, because it all pays off! (But make sure you allow equal study time in all of your subjects)
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