How to Use Graphic Organizers to Help You Learn Presented by Debra Bell BOOTH 704 Debrabell.com Aimacademy.co
How to Use Graphic Organizers to Help You Learn
Presented by Debra BellBOOTH 704Debrabell.comAimacademy.co
Conceptual Understanding
• The depth and breadth of what I know about an idea.– Hockey– Biology– Theme– Driving a car– Politics– My favorite band
What is a graphic organizer?
• Graphic organizers are two‐dimensional. • Help you organize information visually.• Show you not only important information about individual concepts;
• but also, relationships among the facts, information and terms associated with this concept.
How can a graphic organizer help you recall what you have read or learned?
• You think in pictures.• Drawing a graphic organizers creates a neural pathway.
• These two strategies move information to long term memory.
ERA CONTRIBUTIONS LEADING SCIENTISTS
Ancient – 600 B.C.Ancient Egypt
Treated wounds with moldUsed poppy seeds for pain reliefInvented papyrus
Imhotep
600 B.C. – 500 A.D.Ancient Greece
Predicted planetary eventsTried to explain the origins of lifeDeveloped earliest atomic theory Developed classification systemLinked mathematics and scienceDeveloped Ptolemaic or geocentric theory of the universe
ThalesAnaximanderAnaximenesLeucippusDemocritusAristotleArchimedesPtolemy
500 A.D. – 1000 A.D. (Dark Ages)Ancient RomeEarly Christianity
Emphasized inventionsCatalogued scientific information in encyclopediasAdvanced medical treatment
Monks
1000 A.D. – 1500 A.D. (Middle Ages)Europe
Developed the scientific methodDeveloped formulas for motionDeveloped heliocentric theory of the universe
Robert GrossetesteRoger BaconThomas BradwardineNicholas of Cusa
How can graphic organizers help you plan a project or paper?
• Step 1: Determine the pattern of knowledge