Brainstorm Webs for Creating Treehouses

Create a web to help you brainstorm and keep track of the information and media sources you will use in your treehouse. You can create your brainstorming web on paper or use a computer program that allows you to create brainstorm diagrams.

• To create the web the first step is to draw a circle in the center of the page and write the topic of your treehouse in the circle.
• Next, draw lines out from the center of the circle for text, images, audio, video, references, information on the internet, and groups of organisms (basically, all of the treehouse page categories).
• Leave a space for notes, comments and questions.
• Then brainstorm ideas for each section.
• Later, as you find media, references, internet links etc., keep track of what you have found in the corresponding section of your brainstorming web, or create a second web for treehouse information. Make sure to record copyright information for all of the media files you plan on using and all references for print materials.

Examples

This diagram created by a middle school student at Miles Exploratory Learning Center using Inspiration by Inspiration Software, Inc. Photo, Copyright 2005. Photo of Desert Tortoise Copyright 2004 Erik Murdock

This diagram created by a middle school student at Miles Exploratory Learning Center using Inspiration by Inspiration Software, Inc. Photo, Copyright 2005.