Mind maps are a great tool for helping students organize their thinking. Students can use Wixie's mind mapping tools to combine text, visuals and connections to show ideas relate to one another.
Students can use Wixie's mind mapping tools to organize and better comprehend large amounts of information and complex ideas and improve writing.
"Mind mapping has made it so much easier for me and my students to show our thinking. I can assign a template like the cycle as a formative assesment to quickly identify misconceptions. My students start their own mind maps to plan out ideas for writing."
Alison, 2nd-grade Teacher
Spokane, WA
Students use mind maps to describe the traits of a character, plant, animal, habitat, or weather system.
Use a mind map to help students break down complex processes and organize procedural writing.
Students demonstrate understanding of sequence of events by placing them in order on a timeline.
Students can create mind maps to organize ideas for writing, supporting opinions with reasons and examples.
Mind mapping can help students move from brainstorming ideas to organize their thinking to plan out designs and solutions.
Students can choose a scientific cycle and illustrate it to build and demonstrate their understanding.
Students can use mind maps to brainstorm ideas and then organize them to show connections, helping them plan and execute a story, project, or solution.