Transcript Prep for Concept Mapping

Preparing for Concept Mapping
By: James Gorman
Based on “Learning How to Learn” Table 2.3 by Joseph Novak
Lesson Objective
• To become familiar with identifying key concepts/
ideas in a text and the relationships between
them.
• Understand what a concept map is and how to
construct one.
Differences in words
• Describe how these two lists differ:
List 1
Cat
Dog
Chair
Tree
Cloud
Book
List 2
Raining
Playing
Washing
Thinking
Thunder
Birthday Party
Differences in words
• Describe how these two lists differ:
List 1 = Objects
Cat
Dog
Chair
Tree
Cloud
Book
List 2 = Events
Raining
Playing
Washing
Thinking
Thunder
Birthday Party
What’s your view?
• On a piece of paper, write a one-paragraph
description of an object such as a dog.
Take 3 minutes for this activity
What’s your view? (part 2)
• On a piece of paper, write a one-paragraph
description of an event such as a birthday party.
Take 3 minutes for this activity
Concepts as Mental Images
• Each person had a slightly different version of
what a dog and birthday party was.
• Although the word used was the same, each
person had a different mental image.
• Concepts are words for these mental images
Words of a different color
• Are the following word concepts? If not what
are they?
Are
Where
The
Is
Then
With
Words of a different color
• Are the following word concepts? If not what
are they?
Are
Where
The
Is
Then
With
= Linking words
Propositions
• A statement can be made by joining two
concepts using a linking word.
The dog is running.
The cat is clean.
Making Sense
• In your notebook, construct three simple
sentences.
• Circle all the concepts while differentiating
between objects and events with an “O” or “E.”
• Underline the linking words.
Paragraph exercise
• Read the paragraph distributed by the teacher
and identify the key concepts and linking words
as you have done previously.
Sample Paragraph
Science permeates our lives and informs our actions.
Physics, for example, teaches us how mirrors work, how
glasses can aid one's vision and how heat is treated by
various household materials (plates and utensils).
Chemistry discusses the principles of matter, like atoms,
molecules and compounds. These atoms, molecules and
compounds make up the water we drink, the food we eat,
the air we breathe, the medicines we take when we are
sick. Biology, the study of life, teaches us how all living
things are categorized, where we all came from. Science
strives to answer countless questions.
Propositional Phrases
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Science permeates our lives
Science informs our actions
Science covers Physics
Physics teaches about mirrors
Physics teaches about glasses
Glasses aid vision
Physics teaches about heat
Heat affects materials
Science covers Chemistry
Chemistry discusses matter
Matter e.g. atoms
Matter e.g. molecules
Matter e.g. compounds
Atoms, molecules, and compounds make up water
Atoms, molecules, and compounds make up air
Atoms, molecules, and compounds make up food
Atoms, molecules, and compounds make up medicine
Science consists of Biology
Biology is the study of life
Science answers questions
Sketching the topic out
• Create a concept map using the propositional
statements identified from the text.
• Concepts go in circles and related to each other with
lines (arrows).
Sample Concept Map