Inspiration®a visual learning tool that

inspires students to

develop ideas and organize thinking.

Applications

Learning (making one)

Teaching (showing one)

Evaluation (asking to make one)

1- Brainstorming2- Planning3- Organizing4- Outlining 5- Prewriting6- Diagramming7- Concept Mapping8- Webbing

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Its intuitive interface keeps your focus

on your ideas,

not the drawing process.

Concept maps

Represent meaningful relationships between concepts in the form of propositions

Teaching tool

MoleculesWater MotionStatesHeatSolidGasLiquid

molecules

motionwater

heatstates

solid gas liquid

have Is made of

determines Can changeIncreased by

Can beCan beCan be

molecules

motionwater

heatstates

solid gas liquid

have Is made of

determines Can changeIncreased by

Can beCan beCan be

Concept learning

Knowledge Learning

Similarities & Differences

Examples and Nonexamples

Interactive Inspiration

Teaching Science

example examples

North American DesertsVery hot

and dry

Less than 10" rain a

year

"Cold Desert"

"Hot Desert"

plant life not subtropical

Great Basin Desert

Subtropical plant life

Mojave SonoranChihuahuan

Young deserts

10,000 years old

FORMS OF

WATER

gas

liquid

solid

ice

snow

frost

steam

water vapor

mistrain

streamfog

cloud dew

is a

which canbe reduced

by

which retar ds thesuch aswhich is a func tion of

betweenbetweenbetween

such as

andreferred

to as

moving in

such as such as

moving in

and

moving through

which reaches

when

=

which is a func tion of

that that

such as such as

which is a func tion of

and

which is a func tion of the

such as

FRICTION

f orcelubricants

solid objects

normal f orcemotionmotor oils

dragsolids

waterair

f luids

airplanes

weight

slide roll

grav ity =9.8m/s2

parachutist

terminalv elocity

boats

air hockey tires

angle ofinclination B

materials in

contact

coefficients ofstatic and

kinetic f riction

glass,

rubber,

Friction

History & Social Studies

"discovered"

and

over time createdover time created

which allowed

led toled to then

added to

led to

added to

Primitive Man

Animal Husbandry

Agriculture

SurplusFormation of Villages

TradeWarfare Growth of Population and Development of

Cities

Interconnections in the Development of

Humanity

was

sailed for

discovered

wanted to find

sailed to

sailed to

explored

first sailed

invadeddefeated

discovered

namedfor

claimed for

explored discovered

claimedfor

explored

Explorers of America

(first 30 years)

Christopher Columbus

John Cabot

Amerigo Vespucci

Ojeda

Pedro Alvarez Cabral

Francisco Fernandes

Juan Ponce de Leon

Hernando Cortes

Magellan

Italian

Spanish Monarchy

West Indies

"America"

1492

NewfoundlandCape

Hatteras

1492

1497

English

Guam

Straits of Magellan

1520

Mexico

(Pascua) Florida

Aztecs

1519

Easter Sunday

France

1512

Labrador

1500

Brazil

1454-1512

Portugal

America named for him

1499

Venezuelan coast

1500

Evaluation

restored French leadership through

aided cause of nationalism by

providedemployment by

investmentsincreased by

helped relationswith other nations

by

world commercegained through

extension of empire by

failed to

Napoleon III1852-1870

Foreign Policy

Helped Sardinia against Austria

Economic Ideas

Lowering tariffs on imports

French company digging Suez

Canal

Crimean War 1853-56

Credit Mobilier

Remodeling Paris

Colonial Policy

Joining with British forcing Chinese ports to open (Treaty

of Peking)

Overthrow Mexican

government and turn it into a

French satellite

From Margo MacAlear's high

school class, Indianapolis, IN

restored French leadership through

aided cause of nationalism by

providedemployment by

investmentsincreased by

helped relationswith other nations

by

world commercegained through

extension of empire by

failed to

Napoleon III1852-1870

Foreign Policy

Helped Sardinia against Austria

Economic Ideas

Lowering tariffs on imports

French company digging Suez

Canal

Crimean War 1853-56

Credit Mobilier

Remodeling Paris

Colonial Policy

Joining with British forcing Chinese ports to open (Treaty

of Peking)

Overthrow Mexican

government and turn it into a

French satellite

From Margo MacAlear's high

school class, Indianapolis, IN

Reading

Did she read the book?

Template

Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl

Conflict

Boggis, Bunce and Bean want to kill the foxes

for stealing.

The foxes are trapped in a hole and are starving.

Setting

The farms of Boggis, Bunce

and Bean

A hole under a tree

Themes

Fox who stays calm can beat

angry men.

Family that works together

will win.

A little stealing is OK if it will save

your family.

Characterization

Mr. FoxBoggis,

Bunce and Bean

Wily

Smart

Good to his family

Nasty, dirty men

Angry

Mean

Example

Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl

Conflict

Boggis, Bunce and Bean want to kill the foxes

for stealing.

The foxes are trapped in a hole and are starving.

Setting

The farms of Boggis, Bunce

and Bean

A hole under a tree

Themes

Fox who stays calm can beat

angry men.

Family that works together

will win.

A little stealing is OK if it will save

your family.

Characterization

Mr. FoxBoggis,

Bunce and Bean

Wily

Smart

Good to his family

Nasty, dirty men

Angry

Mean

Example

The Secret Garden

Setting Characters

Problem or Conflict

Events

Resolution

Misselthwaite Manor

Gardens

Martha

Mary

Colin

Dikon

Mary is lonely and not nice.

Parents die, Mary moves to

England.

Meets Martha and Dikon and finds garden to grow things in.

Meets Colin, boy worse than her,

makes him behave.

Garden gives Mary something to love

and care for.

Dikon and Martha become Mary's

friends.

They teach Colin how awful to be self-centered.Multi

Brainstorming

Survivalskil ls

Unconsciously so

Unaware of just how much

Key Characteristic

In his unique way

Survival skil ls

HOLDEN CAULFIELD

Humorous

Poetic

Intelligent

Alienated

Caring Spiritual

Sensitive

Unhappy

Does he represent every

teenager's struggle for

independence?

Character Web: Catcher in the Rye

Troubled

Worried

Confused

Sarcastic

Brainstorm

Field Trip Discussion

Our trip to the city

gardens

We saw...

bugs!

squirrels

flowers

birds

We took pictures

It rained

We rode...

a tiny train

a bus

Inspiration contains over 1250 colorful, high resolution symbols,

including several hundred photographic quality images

and animated symbols.

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