simple mindmapping

1. SSB Summer Camp 2018
Government School Study Program
Mind mapping
Unleashing your mind!

2. Hi,
I’m Teacher K.
I’ve been teaching
in Singapore for
16 years
I teach Geography

3. 4 Golden Learning Rules
1. Listen to instructions
2. Write down the words in the
blanks!
3. Protect the materials
4. Ask your buddies
5. Try your best

4. Why Mindmaps?
•Help organise your
thoughts
•Logical learning
•Simple success

5. Let’s take a look at a sample

6. 7 Steps to making a mind map
1. Centre of Landscape page
2. Use images / pictures / interesting
fonts
3. Colours!
4. Branches connect
5. Curved branches please
6. One key word per line
7. Use lots of images

7. Centre of landscape
• Main idea starts here.
• Landscape, not portrait
– Space to spread
– Grow your map
Landscape
Portrait

8. BIG Idea

10. Curved
Branches
Colours
One key idea per branch
(Siblings)

11. Mind Maps
• We all have mind maps in our
heads
• This is how we naturally think /
organise information
• Let’s try this exercise

12. Think of Fruits in your mind!
• Let’s do a word splash!
–Raise you hands and tell me words
you that come in your head when
you see the word ‘Fruit’

13. Categories / Branches
(Fruit)
1.Colour
2.Taste
3.Skin Texture
4.Size of Seed

14. Before we start
• Main Idea ‘Fruits’ must be in the middle
of the paper.
• Each of the 4 branches should be the
biggest
• Each branch will have 2 layers of
branches
–Colour
• Red / Yellow / Green / Orange / Green / etc
– Example of fruit in that colour
– Apple / banana / Pear / Orange / Watermelon / etc

15. Let’s look at this sample
before we start

16. OK! Now your turn to try!
• Take the next 15 minutes to try on the A3
paper!

17. Time for a Bio Break!
• After I’ve checked
your work, you may
go for a toilet break.
• Come back in 10
minutes!

18. Welcome back!
• Let’s continue building mind maps!
Hi I’m Tony and I
need you help!

19. Let’s look at this set of information
• Tony wants to organise his family into a
mindmap.
• He has 2 parents (Amy and John)
• He has 4 siblings (Betty, Angie, Carly and Josh)
• He has 4 grandparents
– Amy’s parents (Susie and Albert)
– John’s parents (Anna and John)

22. Mind Map Rules
1. Each branch should
have a different colour
scheme
2. Branches nearest to
the Main Idea should
be the biggest and
thickest

23. Categorising
Putting into clear categories
• Siblings
• Parents
• Grandparents
• Spouse?

24. Equipment to use
• For the branches, use crayons
• For the words / pictures, use
the pens/markers
• Take care of the equipment
please.

25. Complete the mind map of Tony’s family in your workbook .
5
minutes

26. What if you are now planning a mind
map for Amy (Tony’s mum)
• You know the following additional
information
• Amy has 3 siblings (Carol, Angela and
Bob)
• Add this additional information to
what you know about Tony’s family
and let’s create a mind map for Amy!

27. • Amy has 3 siblings (Carol, Angela and
Bob)
• Her husband (John)
• Her children (Betty, Angie, Carly, Josh
& Tony)
• Her parents (Susie and Albert)

30. Some other mind map possibilities
•Use pictures
•Use signs
•Use colours
•Stay landscape

31. The 4 Core Zones in
The Singapore Zoo
• Frozen Tundra
• Australasia
• Wild Africa
• Great Rift Valley of Ethiopia

32. Frozen Tundra
1.Polar Bear
2.Raccoon Dog
3.Wolverine

33. Australasia
1.Tree Kangaroo
2.Grey Kangaroo
3.Wallaby

34. Wild Africa
1. White Rhino
2. Cheetah
3. African Painted Dog
4. Zebra
5. Giraffe
6. African Lion
7. Meerkat

35. Great Rift Valley of Ethiopia
1.Hamadryas Baboons
2.Nubian Ibex
3.Banded Mongoose

38. Let’s do a quick review
• Mind maps are good for summarising
• It shows categories
• It is logical and shows links
• It will help you see big picture
• It need not be all words
• Use Colours, Branches
• Landscape orientation, more space!

39. Let’s try this assignment
• In each of the final pages,
prepare a mind map for the
following topics
1.SSB Summer Camp 2018
2.My Family