Visuals What is a visual Research Visualbased lessons

Visuals • What is a visual?

Research Visual-based lessons a small overall superiority over the non-visual based instruction No significant difference http: //www. nosignificantdifference. org Cohen, P. A. , Ebling, B. J. , & Kulik, J. A. (1981). A meta-analysis of outcome studies of visual-based instruction. Educational Communication and Technology Journal, 29(1) 29 -36.

Importance of visuals • Researchers estimate that of all the information we know, 6 % comes through touch, taste, smell 11% comes through hearing 83% comes through sight.

Good Visual People Remember More With Visuals Time With Visuals No Visuals 3 Hours Later 85% 70% 10 Days Later 65% 10%

Example • Power. Point 1. 0 was actually derived from a product called “Presenter” that was developed by Forethought Inc. in early 1987. • Microsoft purchased Presenter in August of 1987 for $14 million.

Example • Power. Point 1. 0 was actually derived from a product called “Presenter” that was developed by Forethought Inc. in early 1987. • Microsoft purchased Presenter in August of 1987 for $14 million.

Presenter • Power. Point 1. 0 was actually derived from a product called “Presenter” that was developed by Forethought Inc. in early 1987. • Microsoft purchased Presenter in August of 1987 for $14 million.

Example, What are the northern states of the U. S. WA, ID, MT, ND, MN, WI, NY, VT, NH, ME, MI, ALs Which states are around Tennessee? MO, KY, VA, NC, GA, AL, MS, AR

What are the northern states of U. S. Which states are around Tennessee? Which of the following states are closer to Colorado? Which state is in the east of Nevada?

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Relative Size • the Sun 1, 295, 000 times larger than the Earth • Vearth= π R 3 = 3. 14 *1 • Vsun = 3. 14 * (109*109) • Vsun / Vearth = 1, 295, 000

Solar System http: //micro. magnet. fsu. edu/primer/ja va/scienceopticsu/powersof 10/ind ex. html http: //tinyurl. com/9 y 6 oq

Summer Winter • http: //www. scienceu. com/observatory/articles/seas ons/seasons. html • http: //astro. unl. edu/naap/motion 1/animations/seas ons_ecliptic. swf • http: //astro. unl. edu/naap/lps/animations/lps. swf • http: //www. nasa. gov/mission_pages/LRO/news/20 13 -moon-phases. html

Photosynthesis • http: //earthguide. ucsd. edu/earthguide/diagra ms/photosynthesis. html • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=C 1_uez 5 WX 1 o • http: //www. wiley. com/legacy/college/boyer /0470003790/animations. htm • http: //www. biology. ualberta. ca/facilities/mu ltimedia/uploads/alberta/Photo. html