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A Visit to Hogwarts
Students collaborate in groups to read excerpts or entire selections from two Harry Potter books, use educational software to create concept maps detailing similarities and differences between first two Harry Potter books, and analyze...
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Ecology of the Savanna-Forest Boundaries in Central Brazil
Students explore photosynthesis. In this photosynthesis instructional activity, students label parts of photosynthesis and take notes. Students conduct experiments on leaves, make observations and record their findings.
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Lesson Plan for a 5th Grade Science Class
Sixth graders use the SQ3R reading strategy to learn about the behavior of light. In this behavior of light activity, 6th graders read a selection about the behavior of light and use the strategy to complete the reading. Students make a...
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Using Graphic Organizers for Sensemaking
Students create concept maps in order to assess the information that they have gathered during research. They study the concept map to determine if the research is complete.
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Study Skills Assignment
Young scholars utilize six different types of study skills as they review material for a final exam. They are graded on the exam and on the study process for the exam.
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Review of Populations
Learners review the concept of populations. In this Biology lesson plan, students will work with a partner to talk through what they remember from the unit on populations. The class will then begin to work through a concept map as a way...
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Dia de Los Muertos
Students construct concept maps after reading an article. In this Dia de Los Muertos instructional activity, students read about the celebration in Spanish and create concept maps explaining what they learned. Students share with their...
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Creating Ideas and Organizing Thinking
Students examine the concept of developing ideas and organizing their thinking. They create concept maps and graphic organizers using Inspiration software, and develop a concept map for their own subject area.
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Sorting the Loyalist Documents
Middle schoolers organize the Canadian Loyalist primary source documents and add more information to their primary source document concept maps.
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The History of the Pencil
Students research and write about the pencil. They organize the research using concept maps and write an essay using the writing process.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Note Taking: Concept Maps and Flow Charts
This slideshow lesson focuses on note taking using concept maps and flow charts; it provides background information, 6 types of concept maps or flow charts with best uses, uses in the classroom, uses while reading or researching, and how...
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Fdlrs: Thinking Maps: Examples From Brevard Public Schools
See examples of the use of the eight graphic organizers from Thinking Maps. These maps help students organize their learning and identify ways to reflect different kinds of text. The several examples from each grade K-6 show how to use...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Concept Maps
A concept map help students visualize various connections between words or phrases and a main idea. There are several types of concept maps; some are hierarchical, while others connect information without categorizing ideas.
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Inspiration Software
This is the official website of Inspiration Software, Inc. The company offers visual learning software for students. The site offers a great deal of information on visual learning and provides lesson plans that use visual learning as a...
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University of Northern Iowa: Study Skills
Collection of web sites that provide tips to help you study more effectively, manage your time, take better notes, and handle the stresses of school life.
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Gliffy
Users of Gliffy can create visual representations of concepts, idea maps, networks, room layouts, flow charts, and more. In fact, the competing fee-based software product Inspiration offers many suggestions, ideas and templates on how...