Brace map
A bicycle
Frame
Wheels
Tyre
Spokes
Rim
Drivetrain
Pedals
Chain
Gears
Brakes
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What a brace map is
“A graphic organizer, also known as a knowledge map, concept map, story map, cognitive organizer, advance organizer, or concept diagram, is a pedagogical tool that uses visual symbols to express knowledge and concepts through relationships between them.”
Types of Thinking Maps
When to use a brace map
Sorting
Break a whole thing into its parts, then those parts into smaller parts.
Science
Show the parts of something, like a flower, a cell or a machine.
Explaining
Show how something is put together, like a bicycle: frame, wheels, brakes.
How to make a brace map
- 1The wholeA bicycle
- 2Big partsA bicycleFrameWheelsDrivetrainBrakes
- 3Small partsA bicycleFrameWheelsTyreSpokesRimDrivetrainPedalsChainGearsBrakes
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