Thinking Maps Ideas 2012
Kit
The Natural
World II
Thinking Map
Circle Map for each planet
Bubble Map for each planet
Double bubble Map comparing/contrasting
Earth and another planet
Circle map for the sun
Bubble map for the Sun
Living Systems
1 and 2
Brace map with parts of plants
Flow Map with life cycle of plants
Circle map describing living things
Double Bubble Map comparing/contrasting
plants and animals
Bridge Map with relating factor “gets its
food by…” using specific plants and animals
Bridge map with relating factor “needs this
to survive”
Brace map with parts of ecosystem
Tree map with kinds of ecosystems and
characteristics
Brace Map with relating factor “is a living
thing found in a…”
Brace Map with relating factor “is a
nonliving thing found in a…”
Multi-Flow Map showing what happens
when organisms compete for resources
Circle Map with a living thing in the middle
and its habitat needs in the outer circle
Flow Map showing food chain (remember
arrow shows flow of energy and points to
the organism that RECEIVES the energy)
Bridge Map showing predator/prey
relationships
Bridge Map showing organism/habitat need
relationship
Multi-Flow Map showing the cause and
effect relationships of changes organisms
make when faced by changes in habitats
Brace Map for parts of organisms that help
them survive
Bridge Map showing adaptations and
purpose (relating factor: is needed for
survival because…, or needs ____ to survive
Tree Map with inherited traits and learned
Thinking Maps Ideas 2012
Kit
The Natural
World II
traits as categories and list your traits that
are inherited and learned from your parents
Circle Map with inherited traits of a
particular animal
Circle Map with inherited traits of a
particular plant
Thinking Map
Flow map of energy of ocean
Multi-Flow with cause/effect of ocean
energy and land
Circle map defining weathering, erosion,
deposition
Double Bubble comparing/contrasting
weathering and erosion, weathering and
deposition, deposition and erosion
Brace map with parts of soil
Brace map with layers of soil
Double Bubble different soils
Bridge map “plants hold soil in place” like
“____ hold ____”
Bridge map “fossils give us clues about the
environment” like ____ gives us clues about
___
Living Systems I
and II
Double Bubble comparing/contrasting traits
and learned behaviors
Bridge Map with relating factor “learns to”
Bridge Map with relating factor “inherits
traits of”
Flow Map with stages of metamorphosis
Double Bubble comparing/contrasting each
stage
Circle Map listing animals that grow
Circle Map listing plants that grow
Bridge map with relating factor “grows
from”
Tree Map listing survival needs of animals
Tree Map listing survival needs of plants
Tree Map listing animal and its adaptations
for survival
Double Bubble comparing/contrasting
different animals adaptations for survival
Bridge Map with relating factor of “is a
Thinking Maps Ideas 2012
Kit
The Natural
World II
Earth Science)
survival adaptation of”
Thinking Map
Tree Map of the water cycle listing solids,
liquids, and gases in the cycle
Bridge Map with relating factor “is
important to us because” with examples
from the water cycle
Multi-Flow with cause/effect relationships
of forces on landforms
Tree Map with forces as major categories
and what results from those forces
Double Bubble to compare/contrast erosion,
weathering
Double Bubble to compare/contrast types of
rocks to sedimentary rocks
Flow Map to show different processes to
make sedimentary rocks
Circle Map with characteristics of
sedimentary rocks
Circle Map for renewable resources
Circle Map for nonrenewable resources
Circle Map for inexhaustible resources
Double Bubble to compare/contrast
renewable and nonrenewable,
nonrenewable and inexhaustible, etc.
Tree Map with types of resources and
examples of each
Tree Map with types of energy and
examples of uses of each
Tree Map with types of natural resources
and uses of each
Bridge Map with relating factor “is needed
for” or “without ____ we _____”
Flow Map with formation of fossil fuels
Flow Map with formation of minerals
Double Bubble comparing/contrasting
minerals and rocks
Living Systems I
and II
Flow map of the life cycle of a particular
plant or animal
Bridge Map with relating factor of “move
by”
Bridge Map with of sensory organ and use
Thinking Maps Ideas 2012
(include name of organism with organ)
Double Bubble to compare/contrast
instructive behaviors and learned behaviors
Tree Map of types of tropism
Circle Map defining adaptation, niche,
habitat, ecosystem, producers, consumers,
herbivores, carnivores, omnivores
Tree Map with examples of any of the above
terms
Double Bubble comparing/contrasting any
of the above related terms
Circle Map with organism in the middle and
description of its roles in the niche in the
outer circle
Brace Map with communities, populations,
species, parts in a particular ecosystem
Make a Tree Map of the traits you have that
come from your mother, your father
Tree Map with 2 ways organisms change and
example of how humans change