Topic for week of April
9, 2012:
Use of Brace Maps –
Brace maps help to show the part of a whole. How have you utilized a
brace map in your classroom this week? What was your Whole Object?
How many "subparts" were your students able to describe?
How many breakdowns were your students able to break down the Whole
Object – more than 2? Remember to utilize The Frame of Reference to help
understand how your students are coming to their conclusions.
Going a bit further –
Give your students the subparts to see if they can figure out the Whole or Main
Object. Also, you can take a Tree Map to give specific information about
each subpart of the Main Object.
In my Fast Track biology class, we used a brace map to identify the parts of the water cycle. Students identified transpiration, evaporation, condensation, and precipitation as the parts. They were to include a brief description of each phrase to help them remember the definition.
ReplyDeleteIn my chm honors class, we used the brace map to identify the various parts of crystalline solids...depending on the type of crystalline solid, parts consisted of cations and anions, individual atoms, or molecules.
ReplyDeleteWe used a brace map to identify parts of energy. The subparts were mechanical and nonmechanical. Then they broke those down into the specific types of energy that we discussed in class.
ReplyDeleteIn my Physics tech class we used a brace map to describe statice electricity. We started with static electricity, teh moved to the atom, parts of the atom, and the parts of the atom that affected the production of static. This lead to the fact that only the electrons move and the protons stay put.
ReplyDeleteIn my Bio class we used brace maps to review to a test. The class was split into groups and had a part of the unit to brace. We combined all the brace maps into a large unit brace map and presented those brace maps to the class. We were bracing Evolution and divided into Darwin, Evidence, etc.
ReplyDeleteWe just finished an article on new fossil findings. We have a brace map showing the species that diverge from each so that as you move left to right you move from ancestors to descendents.
ReplyDeleteBrace maps are used greatly in Chemistry when defining bits and parts of the gas laws and the units involved. The Value for R varies if atm or kPas are used and it is fairly easily visualized in this manor.
ReplyDeleteHi, EHS Science Department! I have just finished reading your ideas for incorporating the Brace Map into your instruction,and they are fantastic! It's easy to see that you are "off and running" with Thinking Maps! If my science teachers had used these, I'm sure science would have been easier for me!!! Thank you for working so hard to model this "language for learning" for your students!
ReplyDeleteI used a brace map with my AP Biology class to help review the various components of an ecosystem and the relationships found between abiotic and biotic factors.
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