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1. Positively MAD Inspiring Empowered Learning

3. Mind Mapping • Page is landscape • Central image no border/bubble • Sub-topics, triangular shaped branches • Detail, lines flow like fingers from an arm • All lines are connected • One word/picture per branch • Words/pictures sit on top of the line (not • at the end or with a gap) • Use colour through out (when you • change sub topic change colour)

4. Mind Mapping • If taking from text select key words. Students often find it easier to highlight 3 per sentence then break it down to 1 to use as key word or picture (See Marco Polo example) • No artistic talent needed – stick men and symbols work i.e. the gold bar and travel companions on Marco Polo example • They are a good tool for essay planning, organising ideas in order and using it to keep writing on track and adding in new ideas that come up on the way

5. Mind Mapping • They work not only as a memory tool but as an aid to planning by having all the ideas in order on a mind map it is easy to refer to mid session and easily access the place in the lesson/session. • They can be built up as revision tool on a lesson by lesson basis providing a constant review of work already covered • Link them in with places in the room for added memory triggers

6. Albert Einstein Einstein was born in Germany in 1879. As a child, Albert hated school and his teachers thought he was rather “stupid”. In fact he was asked to leave school because his teachers found him disruptive. He was a very curious child and wanted to know how everything worked. When he was five years old, his father gave him a compass, which he loved and took apart to understand how it worked. When he was 12 he was given a geometry book, which he read from cover to cover, and so began his love of maths. Einstein had several jobs. His first, ironically, was as a teacher. At first he failed the exam, but persisted and got the job. He then went to work in a patent office where he would look at new inventions. When his scientific papers became well-known, he was actively sought after by many universities. He worked in German universities for 17 years, until the Nazi reign, when he fled Germany because he was a Jew. He went to work at Princeton University in the USA for the rest of his life. He made some amazing discoveries in his work, that changed much about the world. His first scientific paper was his Quantum Theory. He discovered that light travelled not only in waves, as previously thought. This discovery later led to the inventions, by others of the cinema and television. His second major discovery was his theory of Relativity. Daydreaming one afternoon, he imagined travelling on a beam of light, and dreamt that the universe is curved. This daydream led to his famous theory, E=MC2, and has led to many inventions for creating more powerful energy. Although Einstein worked hard his whole life, he also had many things he enjoyed, and contributed them to his great brain. He loved music and played both the violin and piano to a very high standard. He went walking every day to relax and daydream and keep fit. Einstein married twice, and with his first wife had two sons. He died in 1955 at the age of 76.

7. Albert Einstein Einstein was born in Germany in 1879. As a child, Albert hatedschool and his teachers thought he was rather “stupid”. In fact he was asked to leave school because his teachers found him disruptive. He was a very curious child and wanted to know how everything worked. When he was five years old, his father gave him a compass, which he loved and took apart to understand how it worked. When he was 12 he was given a geometry book, which he read from cover to cover, and so began his love of maths. Einstein had several jobs. His first, ironically, was as a teacher. At first he failed the exam, but persisted and got the job. He then went to work in a patent office where he would look at new inventions. When his scientific papers became well-known, he was actively sought after by many universities. He worked in German universities for 17 years, until the Nazi reign, when he fled Germany because he was a Jew. He went to work at Princeton University in the USA for the rest of his life. He made some amazing discoveries in his work, that changed much about the world. His first scientific paper was his Quantum Theory. He discovered that light travelled not only in waves, as previously thought. This discovery later led to the inventions, by others of the cinema and television. His second major discovery was his theory of Relativity. Daydreaming one afternoon, he imagined travelling on a beam of light, and dreamt that the universe is curved. This daydream led to his famous theory, E=MC2, and has led to many inventions for creating more powerful energy. Although Einstein worked hard his whole life, he also had many things he enjoyed, and contributed them to his great brain. He loved music and played both the violin and piano to a very high standard. He went walking every day to relax and daydream and keep fit. Einstein marriedtwice, and with his first wife had two sons. He died in 1955 at the age of 76.

13. 1. What You Want To Remember? 3. Choose Learning Tool 4.Test Yourself 2. Core Questions

14. Story Technique Atmospheric Layers? TROPOSPHERE STRATOSPHERE MESOSPHERE THERMOSPHERE EXOSPHERE Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Name the atmospheric layers from the earth? 5

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