Spider Map Graphic Organizer - Free Templates
What Is a Spider Map?
Looking like a coweb, a spider map graphic organizer is an organizational tool used to display knowledge in a visual framework. It allows students to organize information from readings and make connections in a meaningful structure. Actually, it looks similar to a mind map, settling the central topic in the center and developing subtopics and further ideas in surrounding branches.
Spider Map vs. Mind Map
Seeing the template of a spider map above, you may find that spider maps look similar to mind maps and doubt how they differ. Click to view a comparison between mind maps and spidergrams. The following elements used in spider maps differentiate spider maps from mind maps:
- The primary purpose of spider maps is to organize information without a hierarchical structure, while mind maps are arranged in a hierarchy.
- Monotonous color is other than abundant themes in mind maps.
- Straight lines are other than curved lines, bubbles, or boxes.
- Texts other than images.
- Sentences other than one or two words entries.
Spider Map Graphic Organizer Maker
Spider maps are valuable pedagogic aids for teachers and students, which are not as complicated as mind maps to design. If you find them useful, you can download Edraw graphic organizer software to make spider maps. If you compare digital spider maps with hand-drawn ones, the former is easier to store, edit, and view. The teacher can make spider maps as worksheets to test students' mastery of the content.
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Spider Map Graphic Organizer Examples
Spider Map Graphic Organizer Templates
The following are spider map templates that you can download and use for free. The eddx files are vector-based and all the texts, fonts colors, and symbols are editable. Click on the picture to download the templates for free. You can edit and customize them for your own use with Edraw graphic organizer software.
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