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Greg Freeman: Brainstorming Web

For Students 9th - 10th
Greg Freeman gives an example and explanation of the graphic diagram called "brainstorming web." Includes suggestions for effective use, working strategies, and useful links.
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Professional Doc
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The Graphic Organizer: Index of Graphic Organizers

For Students 9th - 10th
The table on this page organizes links to a variety of graphic organizers. Each organizer is pictured and explained. Question prompts, ideas for use, and investigative links also included on pages for individual organizers. If you are...
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Bringing History Home: Children Long Ago

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This Kindergarten unit introduces students to the concept of change over time by examining the historic counterparts of objects in children's daily lives, e.g., toys, food, cars, music, telephones, and toothbrushes. This develops an...
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University of Leeds: Literature Searching Explained: Develop a Search Strategy

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to create a search strategy when doing research. This resource explains how to choose search terms and keywords, about using truncated and wildcard searches, how to use Boolean logic, and how to search for citations. Includes...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Vinland, From Accounts Contained in Old Northern Maps, Eleventh Century

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Massachusetts Bay and Cape Cod showing the area of early Norse exploration in America. "In 986 A.D. a Norseman named Herjulfson, who was voyaging from Iceland to Greenland, was driven by a gale far out of his reckoning to the W....
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Graphic Organizers Bring About Good Science Read/writing

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This lesson uses graphic organizers to engage students in reading comprehension strategies for informational text in science. Venn Diagram, Hierarchy, Time Line, Cluster Diagram, and Flow Chart reproducible pages are included with the...
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University at Buffalo

Suny at Buffalo: Study Habits and Test Anxiety

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you study hard, but still fear tests? Here are some tips about how to create a good study environment, and how to recognize, address and overcome test anxiety. Although this site was created with college students in mind, students of...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers:pieces of Mind: True or False?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Test your visual recall memory by studying and reproducing from memory drawings of furnished rooms. Explore five mnemonic devices to find the memory aid that works best for you.
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Learning Resources: Graphic Organizers

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive site detailing the various types of graphic organizers. Provides information about graphic organizers in the classroom, the advantages of graphic organizers, and exploring the possibilities, including several links to...
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Website
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Inspiration Software

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Bubbl.us: Brainstorming Made Simple

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Bubbl.us is a free online application that allows users to brainstorm online then save them, email them and share with friends.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Texas Revolution

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart gives an overview of the Texas Revolution. Using a mind map and a time line, students are visually drawn in to the events leading up to Texas gaining independence from Mexico. Links to...
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FNO Press

From Now On: Graphical Organizers as Thinking Technology

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
From Now On explains the purpose and advantages of graphic organizers such as converting complex information into meaningful displays, helping students plan their research, and sometimes acting as mind maps. There are several examples...
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Techniques for Creative Thinking

For Teachers 9th - 10th
If you are stuck on ways to teach creativity in your classroom, you will find many various techniques on this site. Everything from mind mapping to fuzzy thinking is listed here. Each technique has a link to its description.
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Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa

Red Escolar: Coloreando Matematicas

For Students 3rd - 5th
In Spanish. Cartographers know that four colors are enough to illuminate their maps thus making their maps clear and easy to understand. Try to color the maps by following the two rules: 1) use the least number of colors and 2) keep in...
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Brain dance.com: Three Step Creative Writing Process

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This process seems very involved, but there are good ideas for getting started on your creative writing if you're stuck at the brainstorming stage.
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Curated OER

Etc: Plan of San Ambrogio, 1000 1200

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a plan of the church of San Ambrogio, Italy. This is an example of Italian Lombard Romanesque architecture. This church represents the "earliest [example] of the solution of the great problem which was exercising the minds of the...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Plan of San Michele, Pavia, 1000 1200

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a plan of the San Michele, Pavia, Italy. This is an example of Italian Lombard Romanesque architecture. This church represents the "earliest [example] of the solution of the great problem which was exercising the minds of the...
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Website
Other

What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This online companion to a television production in the U.K. contains information about the achievements of the Industrial Revolution. Click the Changing Landscape link to view an interactive map showing how the landscape of Great...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Election of 1912

For Students 5th - 8th
William Howard Taft was a disappointment to the progressive-minded Theodore Roosevelt. Read about how he tried to be the Republican Party candidate in 1912, and when that failed, he started a third party, the platform of which was filled...
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Handout
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University of Northern Iowa: Study Skills

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Spacefem.com: What Kind of Engineer Should You Be?

For Students 9th - 10th
Engineering is one of the coolest jobs in the world, but there are so many disciplines it can be a little daunting to choose one for yourself! I wasn't happy with the existing quizzes, they were mostly way too direct (do you like bridges...

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