Please blog how you have
utilized Circle Maps this week in class. In what instances were you able
to use them for brainstorming or detail work? What did you put in the
middle of the map (the topic) and how did students respond to the topic?
Did your students utilize their Frame of Reference to explain the
"How do you know what you know" prompt?
Going a bit further -
Another idea of using the Circle Map is to put a question mark in the topic
circle (inner circle) with details in the larger circle and allow students to
guess what the topic of the day is going to be. Then working your way
through the details to teach the lesson, showing how each of the details
relates to the topic.
3rd times a charm...
ReplyDeleteWe used a circle map to review vocabulary prior to a test on heredity. "Transmission of traits" was placed in the inner circle and "heredity" was the frame of reference. Students added a total of 17 terms including sex-ilnked, recessive, dominant, gentotype, etc. About a quarter of my students felt this was helpful and said they would use this to help them review for other tests.
We used a circle map to describe covalent bonding. Covalent bonding was in the center circle. Terms added in connecting circles were madeupof non-metals, double bonds, single bonds, triple bonds, follow the octet rule when bonding occurs ( have electron configurations of noble gases).This helped them see an overall picture of covalent bonding.
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