Mnemonics: Drawing to learn

Basic methodology used in Medical School applied to middle and high school.
Draw the picture, label and describe the parts as you draw. Tell the story.
Do this the first time, carefully think about each part, then cover your drawing and notes and on blank paper, draw and label everything you can remember.
Two things will result. First your drawing won't be complete. Second, you will be surprised to see that you remembered things you didn't expect you would, and that you've forgotten things you thought were the easy parts. No worries. Correct this drawing, then test yourself again. Keep practicing until you get 100%. Great.
The next day, test yourself again before looking at your notes. You'll miss some things or a lot. Don't worry. Make corrections then....test yourself again-blank paper.
Then wait a day or two.... after that wait a week... make a note on your calendar to test yourself again in three weeks a month.... After that you will never forget.
Sounds like a lot of work? It's not, maybe an hour, hour and a half, not more than two hours total for all the practice.
These are just a few. Part of the Common Core liturgy is 'no more drill and kill' none of the 'Four C's' is content. Unless you know something (content) you can't think creatively, critically or whatever the rest of that is...
Know what foveated vision is? Know where your blind spot is?

  

The is the perfect first drawing. I like to start the first week of school. Today we will learn all of this drawing. On Friday we'll have a quiz, most of you will do great!
WHAAA?!!?!
Draw a circle. Now let's follow light as it enters your eye. Light enters the cornea, it's the first lens that begins focusing light.... all the way back to the optic nerve that carries the information to the brain. Part of the requirement is that students say what each part does.

The next lessons are to make Blind Spot Detectors and to learn about foveated vision. 

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