Y4T5 Mindmaps

May 092022
 

Activity 1 – Video: What is a mindmap?

Activity 2 – Explore Coggle tools

  • Explore the tools on Coggle by making a mind map called The World
    1. Go to Google Drive
    2. New – more – Coggle
    3. Name the central idea: The World
    4. Add main branches for the continents
    5. Add two countires as next branches for each continent (apart from Antarctica)
    6. Add some more branches – maybe cities or famous things about each country

Video instructions for activity 2

Activity 3 – Mind map from a text

  • Create a mindmap about…

Antarctica

Acrivity 4 – talk it through

The tes of a good min map is if you can use it to tell someone else about the subject or even better use it to remember the facts without having to look at it.

  1. Read your mind map several times
  2. Tell someone about Antarctica including all of the facts using your minmpa as a prompt.
  3. Turn your mind map over and see if you can remember the facts.
  4. Try again in a few days time – can you still remember the facts?

Activity 5 – beautify your mindmap

  1. Tidy up your mind map by dragging branches
  2. Try to make it
    1. compact – no big gaps
    2. fit the screen in a rectangle
  3. Add symbols
  4. Add pictures
    1. In Google
      1. Search for a simple picture – should be very simple, use the word “icon” or “clipart” in your search
      2. Save image as…
    2. In Coggle
      1. When typing, click the picture icon and find your picture on your computer
      2. Change the code at the end to 50×50 so your picture is small
  5. Look at a WAGOLL

Activity 6 – Success criteria

  • Information in correct branches – read your mind map to check it makes sense
  • Branches growing in one direction – not toopy
  • Branching/splitting – not one long line
  • Compact – fits the screen
  • Simple pictures – not photos

Activity 7 – Saving to j2e

  • Click download – image
  • Right hand click – copyvimage
  • Go to a new j2e5 page
  • Make it landscape and 50%
  • Paste – Ctrl-v
  • Make your mindmap as big as possible on your page , crop any spare
  • Save as “Antartica mind map”

Other topics:

The planets

Why are rivers important?

Follow on activities

  1. Add more information, pictures and symbols to you mind map
  2. Create a new mind mpa about another topic
  3. How many of these Coggle tools did you use?
    1. Resize text by dragging
    2. Add and delete branches
    3. Add a picture
    4. Add symbols
    5. RH-click to get branch options

15 Creative Mind Map Examples for Students

Y4 LF How can I use j2Data – Branch to classify items scientifically?

Jun 062021
 

101 things to do with j2e – #10 Create a branching database in JIT

Teacher demo

We will use Branch, part of JIT to make branching keys.

  • Log into j2e
  • Go to “my files” then “shared files”.  Open River Animals
  • Click “sort” then make up Yes/No questions to sort the animals.
  • Adding more animals
    • When it tells you that your diagram is complete:
      • Play it to test it out
      • Add a new animal
        • Think of a new animal – you could use this website to help find new animals: A spotter’s guide to waterway wildlife 
        • Play the game and answer the questions
        • At the end say “no” then “yes” (you want to add it to the list)
        • Search using the world button and drag a picture into the box (use .png in your search to get a picture without a backgound)

  • Woodland Animals
  • Make sure you are in “advanced” mode
    • Click “sort” then make up Yes/No questions to sort the animals.
    • You could use this information sheet or fact sheets to help you or more detailed information from the Woodland Trust
    • Adding more animals
      • When it tells you that your diagram is complete:
        • Play it to test it out
        • Add a new animal
          • Think of a new animal and play the game and answer the questions
          • At the end say “no” then “yes” (you want to add it to the list)
          • Search using the world button and drag a picture into the box
  • Birds of Prey 
    • Use the RSPB website to find a fact about each bird and enter it into the description box.
    • Now make up Yes/No questions to classify the birds in a branching key.
    • Follow the instructions in the Woodland Animals above, to add more birds.
  • What else apart from animals could you classify using Branch?

Greek Gods

Use the fact cards on your desk to

  • find out about the Greek Gods
  • use yes/no questions to split them into groups

Make a branching key in j2branch to sort the 12 Greek gods.

  • Is a brancing key a good way to learn about the Greek Gods?  Why?  Why not?
  • What would be a better way?

Y4 What is a mind map and how can I make one? (1)

Apr 262019
 

Watch the video about mind maps:

Explore Coggle tools

  • Explore the tools on Coggle (j2launch – Google Drive,  New – more – Coggle)

Mind map from text – Egypt

Transferring to j2e5

  • Click download – image
  • Right hand click – copy
  • Go to a new j2e5 page
  • Make it landscape and 50%
  • Paste – Ctrl-v
  • Make your mindmap as big as possible, crop any spare space

Mind map from text – Rivers

Coggle tools

  • Resize text by dragging
  • Add and delete branches
  • Add a picture
  • Add symbols
  • RH-click to get branch options

Adding a picture

  1. In Google
    1. Search for a simple picture – should be simple,use the word “icon” or “clipart” in your search
    2. Save image as…
  2. In Coggle
    1. When typing, click the picture icon and find your picture (in Downloads or Google Drive)

Success steps

  • explore new software with curiosity and positivity;
  • understand branch structure/rules of mindmaps;
  • classify ideas;
  • drag branches to create compact mind map

Next post – Mindmaps (2)

How to Mind Map

The Student’s Guide to Mind Mapping

 

 

Y4 LF Saving mind map (4)

May 212018
 

Checklist

  • Tree-like
  • Rectangular shape – size of screen, no gaps
  • No overlapping branches/labels
  • Text size – no tiny text
  • Add your name as an unconnected idea – RH click in a space

Saving and uploading to j2e

  1. In Coggle – click download 
  2. Download pdf AND download image (RH click – save image)
  3. In j2launch – upload 
  4. Choose files…
  5. Upload both pdf and png files to j2e
  6. Make a new j2e5 page
    1. landscape
    2. mind map as big as possible
    3. save as “river mind map”

Finished…?

Have a go at this blog post

Y4 LF: Mindmaps (3)

May 022018
 

Previous post – Mindmaps (2)

Open and add

  1. Go to Google Drive
  2. Open your mind map from last week
  3. Add ideas to your mind map

Share your Coggle

  1. Share your Coggle by entering my email address

More techniques

  1. Create an unconnected idea.
  2. Create links – dashed lines – between ideas
  3. Insert symbols – label most important/interesting facts with !
    1. Create a key idea to show what the symbols mean
  4. Questions and comments
    1. Add a ?  symbol to an idea – then add a comment to that idea – a question about rivers
  5. Add hyperlinks to websites about Rivers

Preparing to print

  1. Fitting to print area
    1. Fit your Coggle on your screen – with not much spare space
    2. It will then be the right shape to print on A4 landscape
  2. Exporting
    1. Save the Coggle as a picture
    2. Email the picture to me
    3. Copy the picture into a j2e5 page

 

Checklist

  1. TEXT  Biggest in middle, then getting smaller
  2. PICTURES  Simple, cartoon/clip art pictures for some branches
  3. STRUCTURE – Title –> Chapters –> Sections –> Info –> Details
  4. SHARE with me
  5. SYMBOLS – for most important info and ?s
  6. FIT to rectangle – fill gaps

 

More information on Rivers

  1. You could get some ideas for main branches and information here:

Y4 LF: Mind maps (2)

Apr 242018
 

Previous post – Mindmaps (1)

  • Go to Google Drive
  • Open your mind map from last week
  • Add ideas to your mind map
  • Can you…
    • Make the text bigger for main branches? (Drag the corner)
    • Add a picture?
      • On a new tab, find a picture
      • Click tools – clipart (we need really simple pictures)
      • Save image
      • In Coggle, click on the picture button and find your picture in Downloads or My Drive
  • ** In Coggle
    • Use the ? menu to learn how to do tasks quicker (shortcuts)
    • Click on markdown  on ? menu to find out how to format text
  • You could get some ideas for main branches and information here:

Success steps

  • recall ideas from topic;
  • classify ideas;
  • understand branch structure/rules of mindmaps;
  • explore new software with curiosity and positivity;
  • load blog.

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