Mnemonics

[pqr]

I loved the BARF Mnemonic for the Frankish Empire

 

Burgundians

Allemani

Romans

Franks

 

 

Aside from the more common ones:

 

1665 More people dead than alive

1666 London burned like a pile of sticks

1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue....etc, etc

 

what other ones do people use?

[Maria from IN]

We use so many of them because they're just fun!

 

For the Mohs scale of hardness:

 

Tall Gypsies Can Fight And Order Queens To Carry Diamonds

 

Talc, Gypsum, Calcite, Flourite, Apatite, Orthoclase, Quartz, Topaz, Corundum, Diamond

 

Biological Taxonomy Groupings:

 

Kids Prefer Cheese Over Fried Green Spinach

 

Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

 

Electronic Component Color Code:

 

Bad Beer Rots Our Young Guts But Vodka Goes Well

 

Black, Brown, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet, Gray, White

 

The Order of Sharps:

 

Fat Cats Go Down Alleys Eating Birds

 

and the Order of Flats:

 

But Even A Dumb Goat Can Fly

 

:001_smile:

[Peek a Boo]

i liked the taxonomy mnemonic i picked up on the old board:

King Phylum's Class Ordered the Family Gene Special

 

it's a bit closer to what it actually stands for ;)

 

We still use the one for the planets -adjusted a bit ;)

 

My Very Elegant Mother Just Sat Upon Nothing :lol:

 

and for music:

treble/ lines= Every Good Boy Does Fine

treble/spaces: "FACE for space"

 

bass/lines= Gosh, Bass Does Feel Awkward [clarinetist here.......]

bass/space- All Cars Eat Gas [no cows here ;) ]

 

here's a neat site that offers more---

http://www.fun-with-words.com/mnem_example.html

[SquirrellyMama]

I was teaching my dd ROY G BIV the other day for colors of the rainbow. She looked at me like I was crazy.

 

Kelly

[charlotteb]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who makes these up for my kids! Here are some of our newest additions:

 

Compass Directions (north, east, south, west)

Ned Eats Salty Watermelon

 

Steps of Division (Divide, Multiply, Subtract, Bring Down)

Danielle Makes Sweet Bread

 

Gosh, I can't think of anymore, but I know they're out there! They do all seem to be about food though, huh LOL!

[TeacherZee]

Robert Of York Gained Battle In Vain

 

For the colours of the rainbow

[Guest Virginia Dawn]

One we have been using lately:

 

I ate and ate and got sick on the floor.

 

(8x8=64)

 

This was taught to me by a 3rd grade ps school teacher.