Topic for week of March
12, 2012:
Use of Bubble Maps –
Bubble Maps allow students to describe (using adjectives only) a topic that is
placed in the middle circle. What topic did you place in the middle
circle and what words or phrases did your students use to describe that topic?
Was their frame of reference accurate or did you have to guide their
frame of reference? Did your students have a higher or lower knowledge of
the topic than you expected?
Going a bit further –
After the students have provided many adjectives to describe your topic, have
the class come to a consensus of the two best adjectives.
We used a bubble map in my class shortly after the PLC that covered them. We put the Populist Party in the middle and then filled the outside bubbles with specific descriptors of the party. We did not just use adjectives because that would only give students a very superficial understanding of the topic, rather, we used anything that would work as a descriptor (composition of the party, political issues they supported, successes, politicians, etc.) The worksheet served as the students go-to resource for info on the Populist Party, and seemed to be useful for most of them.
ReplyDeleteI used a bubble map in my government classes to discuss students opinions on the US government. I put Government in the middle and asked the students to list the adjectives that came to mind when they reflected on their perspective of the US government. Some of their answers that we put in the bubbles were big, wasteful, crooked, democratic, republican, and constitutional . We then moved onto the 3 branches of government. Students struggle with understanding what each branch is responsible for. I also used a bubble map for the 3 branches of government not using adjectives but the actual branches themselves. I think this helps students visualize and remember information better.
ReplyDeleteI used a bubble map in my Honors World Geography class to discuss the differences of various areas of Africa. We put the African Region in the inner bubble and then filled the outside bubbles with descriptor words. This helped students remember key differences of each region of Africa.
ReplyDeleteBubble map in Gov to describe characteristics of voters. Also one to describe influences on voters. Very useful. They had plenty of descriptors for each.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see how you use the Double Bubble.
ReplyDeleteI used a Bubble Map to look at portions of the counterculture of the 1960s.
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