When your teacher says a test is coming up, avoid cramming the night before. Plan to study for about 60 minutes each day to brush up for the test. Re-read the book chapters you'll be tested on and look over your relevant in-class notes to see what mistakes to avoid. If you have time, you could even test yourself with flash cards or form an impromptu study group with your friends. If you find that you've forgotten some of the math lessons or are still struggling with a tricky concept, ask for help! The teacher will appreciate your earnestness and won't mind answering your questions. Study groups are a great way to prepare for a test and a useful method for improving your math abilities in general. They let you and your peers ask each other questions about topics that confuse you and review material that's going to appear on an upcoming test or exam. Try studying with flash cards, or working difficult problems together. Keep focused during group study time! If it turns into a social hour, your math skills won't get any stronger. If people start joking around or lose focus, say something like, "Hey guys, I'm glad we're having a good time, but let's keep focused on the math we came here to study." Many people are anxious or nervous during math tests. Feeling this way can diminish your performance, unfortunately, and can lower your math grade. So, take a deep breath before you go into the classroom to stay calm. If you feel yourself tensing up during the test, stand up, stretch your legs, and take a 23 minute break to calm down. Also make sure you get a good night's sleep and eat a full, healthy meal before going in for a math test.

Summary: Plan to study for 34 days in advance of an upcoming text or exam. Study in a group of peers to help each other improve at math. Stay calm and focused during tests to do well on them.

Let the neck strap rest around your neck like a necklace. Make sure the hook is hanging over your chest at the front of the strap. Wait to make adjustments to its length until you have the saxophone attached to it. Occasionally you'll need to rub a little bit of cork grease onto the cork part of your saxophone's neck. Apply a very small amount all the way around the tip of the cork whenever the mouthpiece stops sliding onto the neck easily. You can get tubes of cork grease at music stores or online. Use a gentle, back-and-forth twisting motion to get the mouthpiece onto the neck of the sax. Twist it on until it's about halfway down the length of the cork. The flat side with the reed on it should face down toward the inside of the neck. If you're having trouble getting it on, and you've already applied cork grease, don't force the parts together. Take it to a repair shop to have it looked at by a professional. Picking up your sax by the upper body can cause damage to the mechanisms that make the instrument work properly. Wrap your fingers around the outside of the bell, where there are no keys, and grip this area as you lift it. Below the octave key, about halfway down the saxophone, there's a small metal loop. Connect the neck strap to this loop by opening the hook and fastening it over the loop. Using the same back-and-forth twisting motion, press the neck down into the body until it's all the way on. The tip of the mouthpiece should line up perfectly with the rest of the horn and create one straight line from the reed to the bell. If you can't slide the neck right into the body, try loosening the wing nut at the top of the body by turning it counterclockwise. Do not force the neck on. Consult a repair shop if you're having difficulty getting the pieces together. Be careful to not damage the octave key built onto the neck when you're assembling. Hold the assembled saxophone in front of you and loosen your grip on it so that the neck strap bears most of the weight of the instrument. If the mouthpiece is suddenly lower than you mouth, adjust the neck strap up. If it's higher than your mouth, adjust the neck strap down. The strap should hold the saxophone exactly where it will be while you're playing it.

Summary: Put the neck strap around your neck. Apply cork grease to the saxophone neck as needed. Twist the fully assembled mouthpiece onto the neck. Pick up your saxophone by the bell. Hook the neck strap onto the small loop on the back of the body. Slide the neck into the body. Adjust the neck strap as needed.

A genotype is the heritable, genetic code of an individual. An individual's genotype comes from the alleles on the two chromosomes inherited from their parent. An allele is the specific form of a gene. For example, a gene codes for hair color but one allele could code for blonde hair, while another codes for brown hair. Every individual has two chromosomes with two alleles that make their genotype so it is represented with two letters. Capital letters indicate dominant alleles while lowercase letters represent recessive alleles. It doesn't matter what letter you choose to represent your gene of interest, so choose something that makes sense to you. Usually, the first letter of the dominant allele is used. For example, B represents the dominant gene for brown hair and b represents the recessive gene for blonde hair. As its name suggests a Punnett square is just a divided square. Draw your square and divide it into four smaller squares by drawing two lines (one horizontal and one vertical) through the center of the square. Leave enough room in each box for two letters. Also, leave room at the top and left side of the square. For example, let's say the mother has brown hair and a genotype of Bb, then you would put a B over the top left-hand square and a b over the top right-hand square. It doesn't matter where you put each parent's genotype. Only one letter goes above each column. For example, if the father also has brown hair, but his genotype is BB, you would put one B to the left of the upper left-hand square, and another B to the left of the lower left-hand square.

Summary: Understand genes and genotypes. Draw a 2 x 2 grid. Label the top of the square with one parent genotype. Label the left side of the square with the other parent genotype.

Make sure no plastic or foil is covering the cork. It should be just the cork and the bottle. To remove the cover, simply slide it off by pulling it upwards. If it doesn't slide off, pull on the tab if it has one, which will remove the top portion of it. Alternately, cut it off with a knife by gently tracing a knife around the edge of it. It can be any kind of flat shoe (not high heels or flip flops), as long as its opening is large enough to accommodate a bottle of wine. The bottle should go in bottom first so that the cork is facing you. To keep the bottle in the shoe, you will hold the bottle with one hand and the shoe with your other hand.
Summary: Remove the wine bottle's protective cover. Place the bottle of wine in the opening of your shoe.