Flow Chart (FC)

Description

Flow Charts are used to show how one event lead to another or to illustrate a chain of events graphically or visually. Students often have difficulty ranking or ordering information from least important to most important i.e prioritizing, or putting it in sequential order.

Procedure

1. Identify the key stages in the process or concept that is being studied.

2. Organise these steps into a logical sequence.

3. Count up how many boxes will be needed i.e. the number of stages, and consider how to lay them out on a page.

4. Create your boxes allowing sufficient space between them to draw linking arrows. Boxes can be drawn as different shapes, size, colours to reflect the information’s importance and relevance.

5. Write a brief summary or use a symbol or illustration and caption of each stage in the right box. Add the linking arrows.

5. Give the completed flow chart an appropriate title so that it is clear exactly what it is illustrating.

Link to Outcomes

Students describe and reason with patterns, structures and relationships in order to understand, interpret, justify and make predictions.

Dynamic Strategies

Conduct/Organisation

Flow Chart (FC)