There are many ways to record thinking :

Journals

Illustrations

Flow charts

Poems

Stories

Mind Maps

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Today we are going to look at mind mapping.

A mind map is

1. used to help you sort information into categories and see relationships

2. made by 'brainstorming'

3. like a spider web

4. made by starting in the middle with a main idea

i. then writing other ideas around the main idea and connecting with lines

ii. next, print a few words that describe why or how these ideas are connected

iii. you can provide more description for your new ideas by adding even other ideas around them and connecting the ideas with lines and describing words.

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Tips on Making Mind Maps

Try to use different colours and different styles of printing for the different levels on a mind map.

You can even add drawings and designs to make it look good.

There are MANY MANY ways to make mind maps, see below for another example.