hes carp visualization lesson

5th Grade Study Skills:VISUALIZATION as a memory aid

Ms. Matthew

Memory Attitude Quiz

• Please fill out the questions on your sheet.

• Describe how you feel about your ability to memorize information.

• Time: 3 minutes.

Look at these pictures for 2 minutes.

Try to remember as many as you can.

Picture Memory Quiz

Picture Memory Quiz

• On your sheet, list as many of the pictures as you can remember.

• The order does not matter.

• Time: 3 minutes.

1) Toilet paper

2) Tomatoes

3) Bread

4) Apples

5) Hamburger buns

6) Box of corn flakes

7) Lettuce

8) Cat food

9) Spaghetti

10) Ice cream

Look at these words for 2 minutes. Try to remember as many as you can.

Word Memory Quiz

Word Memory Quiz

• On your sheet, list as many of the words as you can remember.

• The order does not matter.

• Time: 3 minutes.

Why Visualize?!

Repeating only helps you remember for a very short time.

Your brain wants to make connections. That helps you remember things.

Creating pictures in your mind (visualization) is an effective way to remember!

Strategy #1:

TELL YOURSELF A SILLY STORY!

1) Toilet paper

2) Tomatoes

3) Bread

4) Apples

5) Hamburger buns

6) Box of corn flakes

7) Lettuce

8) Cat food

9) Spaghetti

10) Ice cream

Strategy #2:

WALK AROUND YOUR HOUSE!

Either Walk Around Your House or

Tell Yourself A Silly Story to try to memorize these pictures. 2 mins.

Try it!

Credit:

• www.exploratorium.edu

Memory Attitude Quiz

• Please fill out the questions on your sheet.

• Describe how you feel about your ability to memorize information.

• Time: 3 minutes.

Picture Memory Quiz

Look at these pictures for 2 minutes.

Try to remember as many as you can.

Picture Memory Quiz

• On your sheet, list as many of the pictures as you can remember.

• The order does not matter.

• Time: 3 minutes.

1) Crust

2) Plate

3) Dirt

4) Rock

5) Fossil

6) Mantle

7) Syrup

8) Core

9) Iron

10) Nickel

Look at these words for 2 minutes. Try to remember as many as you can.

Word Memory Quiz

Word Memory Quiz

• On your sheet, list as many of the words as you can remember.

• The order does not matter.

• Time: 3 minutes.

• Wow! You just used visualization to remember facts about the earth.

• Starting from the surface and going in, – The outer layer of the earth is called the CRUST. It is broken

into PLATES made of DIRT and ROCK (where FOSSILS are found).

– Under that is the MANTLE, most of which is melted rock that moves like SYRUP.

– The center of the earth is the CORE. It consists of IRON and NICKEL.

SURPRISE! YOU JUST USED VISUALIZATION TO LEARN NEXT

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