1. How to organize your thoughts into visual relationships
Concept Mapping
How to organize your
thoughts into visual
relationships

2. All follow a similar concept  Relationships!
Graphic Organizers
Concept/Knowledge Maps
Story Maps
Cognitive Organizers
Advanced Organizers
Concept Diagrams

3. Types of Organizers Compare/Contrast Hierarchical Problem/Solution
Cause/Effect
Sequence

4. Hierarchical Shows how many ideas/concepts are related to one individual source
tccl.rit.albany.edu

5. Compare and Contrast wa.westfordk12.us
Shows how two different concepts are similar and different. The information is easy to find  all in one place
Another type of compare and contrast is called a Venn Diagram… does anyone know what that looks like?

6. Cause and Effect Shows how many different events (causes) can lead up to a single event (effect)

7. Sequence Shows how many events or actions happen in a sequence
Sequence Shows how many events or actions happen in a sequence. It can also be a circle.
whitmeradoption.blogspot.com

8. IHMC Cmap Tools Free Concept Map Software: http://ftp.ihmc.us/
Download and make your own concept maps to organize your ideas