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Concept Maps
Designed by
Debra Curran Gifted Resource Teacher
August 2011
Adapted from research by David Ausbel and Joseph Novak
What are Concept Maps?
• A brainstorming strategy
which organizes ideas in a clear diagram.
• Concept Maps aid learning by explicitly integrating new and old knowledge.
Why use Concept Maps? To highlight those areas of a topic which
students totally understand, and reveal those areas where they may need help
To generate, organize, visualize,
structure, and classify ideas to help solve problems
To brainstorm and plan ideas in a clear
diagram
When to Use Concept Maps?
To assess for understanding
English Example Create a Story Elements
concept map using the following vocabulary words:
Story elements, conflict,
internal conflicts, external conflicts, theme, resolution, setting, character traits,
exposition
History Example Create a Foundations of
Geography concept map using the following vocabulary words:
Directional indicator,
Equator, latitude, longitude
Mercator Projection, Polar Projection, Prime Meridian, Relative location, Robinson Projection, mental maps
physical map, political map, thematic map
Science Example Create a concept map
explaining the concept of cells and living organisms. Use the following vocabulary words:
Cell, Cell membrane, Cell wall, Cytoplasm
Vacuole, Cell Theory, Chloroplasts,
Mitochondria, Endoplasmic reticulum,
Ribosome, Lissome, Golgi body, Nucleus,
Cell cycle, Robert Hooke, Van Leeuwenhoek
Plant cell, Animal cell, Microscope, Schleiden
Schwann, Virchow, Robert Brown
Today you will create a Concept Map that you can use in your classroom
1. Choose a topic or concept. (Scope/Sequence Available)
2. Create a list of words that are related to that topic or concept (about 25 words).
3. Write each word from the list onto a card. 4. On the large poster paper organize the
words from the main concept/idea to individual parts.
5. Glue the words onto the chart paper. 6. With markers draw arrows to identify the
connections between each word. 7. Add a verb phrase to connect the words.
MATERIALS NEEDED: chart paper, paper strips, glue, scissors, markers
Write the following words on a card: Sales clerks
Mall
Sales managers
Shoppers
Cash registers
Food
Clothes
Shoes
Drinks
Mall security
1. On the large poster paper organize the following words
from the main concept/idea to individual parts. 2. Glue the words onto the chart paper. If time allows: 1. With markers draw arrows to identify the connections between each
word. 2. Add a verb phrase to connect the words.