Anagram System

1) The four parts of a quartet are:

Soprano - Tenor - Alto - Bass S T A B the Sopranos TENded to ALTer BAdly Anagram or memory aid - I simply see BATS singing in a quartet. Imagining BATS singing in a quartet connects the two pieces of information together. This is a Four-On-One memory problem made easy with this simple anagram.

Anagram System

The Anagram System is a tool that develops a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of another word, phrase or list of information to provide a trigger or reminder of the original information.

Geologic Time Scale

The periods are the Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Mississippian, Pennsylvanian, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Tertiary and Quaternary. C-O-S-D-M-P-P-T-J-C-T-Q My watch is in my pants, and I Can Only See Down My Pants Pocket. Tell Jason Cassidy To Quit asking what time it is.

Another application of the anagram tool involves using not just the beginning letters in words but the beginning sounds or even a whole word.

The periods of the Geologic Time Scale are Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Mississippian, Pennsylvanian, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Tertiary and Quaternary. Here is the memory aid. Let me tell you about my driv-Time Scale. I put some overhead CAMs in an ORDinary, SILly car and created a DEVilishly fast vehicle. I sped down to MISSISSIPPI and then over to PENNSYLVANIA. As I drive, my PERM straightened out. I was caught for speeding and was TRIed by JURy. It ted a TERm in jail where I poured QUArTs of milk on my head to get my perm back.

Share the Final Data and Conclusions with Others in the Field

The scientist ShiFteD the gears and COFfed after he ate so quickly.

Analyze and Evaluate Them.

The scientist loves to EAT while driving the fast car.

Anagram rule 3

Use a combination of 1 and 2 above if necessary, or if the information lends itself to it.

Anagram rule 1

Use only the beginning letters of the first words in the information to be learned and make up a memory word, phrase or story. Make sure to list these letters on a work sheet as you develop the anagram. The letters cannot be rearranged if the information must be remembered in order, but, of course, they can be rearranged if the information doesn't need to be remembered in order. Remember to relate the information to something you already know or are familiar with if possible. I always try to use this beginning letter method first. It will be shorter. This procedure may have to be expanded to include the beginning letters in more words than just the first words if the length of the information requires it.

Anagram rule 2

Use the beginning sounds in the words and make up a memory phrase or story. Remember that you can even use whole words if they will work.

Add and Relate the New Findings to Previous Knowledge.

When pedestrians saw the wild driving scientist they RAN For Their ParKed cars.

Very brief anagram

and a detail anagram story.

Remember that your memory aid must not only contain the anagram,

but it must also contain a reference to what the anagram information refers to.

The method of recording depends

upon what you have available to you. If you have a computer at your disposal, organize it by class and be disciplined to make a record of each memory aid developed in each class. All you will have to do is review your memory aids at test time. What I did was make up my memory aids on a daily basis. Then I was diligent to review them on weekends. It only too a few minutes or an hour or so. I didn't think that was too much to do to be successful.

You might find that the beginning sounds sometimes

work better than the beginning letters.

Here is a listing of The Scientific Method:

1) Collect And Record Facts Accurately and Systematically. 2) Analyze and Evaluate Them. 3) Share the Final Data and Conclusions with Others in the Field. 4) Add and Relate the New Findings to Previous Knowledge. 5) Provide Subsequent Researchers with a Better Start. The anagram I bought a CASe of Scientific Methods at A & P would work if just the beginning letters would suffice.

Collect And Record Facts Accurately and Systematically.

A scientist drives a CAR too FASt.

Anagrams

A word or phrase made from the letters of another word or phrase

7) The countries of Central America are:

Belize - Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - Costa Rica - Panama B G EL H N CR P Anagram or memory aid - CENtral America is just a BiG HoP from America. Once again, the capitalized letters only stand for the beginning letters of each country. I didn't feel it was necessary to use the second letters in El Salvador or Costa Rica. Since it wasn't necessary to learn the countries in order, I could arrange the letters in any order that seemed to work.

13) The provinces of Canada are:

British Columbia - Alberta - Saskatchewan - Manitoba -Ontario - Quebec - New Brunswick - Nova Scotia - Newfoundland - Prince Edward Island BC A S M O Q NB NS N PEI Anagram or memory aid - The QueeNNN needs a MAP for a BuS trip through Canada. I really misspelled the word "queen" this time, didn't I? I don't care. When I record and review this memory aid, I will remember how I spelled it.

9) The elements in protoplasm are:

Carbon - Hydrogen - Oxygen - Phosphorous - Potassium - Iodine - Nitrogen - Sulphur - Calcium - Iron - Magnesium C H O P P I N S C I M Anagram or memory aid - A professional karate instructor began to CHOP and SPIN and MInCe and had a spasm. A pro having a spasm reminds me of protoplasm. It isn't the exact sound, but so what! It will work just fine for me, and that is what is important.

The parts of the intestinal tract in order are the

Duodenum - Jejunum - Ileum - Appendix - Colon - Sigmoid Colon - Rectum D - J - I - A - C - S - R The Dow Jones Industrial Average Closing Stock Report. The Dow Jones Intestinal Average Closing Stock Report. Did John's Intestines Actually Close Shut Radically? Duo Jet In An Apple Can Signal Rain

The different types of movement of muscles are

Flexion, Extension, Hyperextension, Dorsiflexion, Plantar Flexion, Abduction, Adduction, Rotation, Circumduction, Supination, Pronation, Inversion and Eversion. The beginning letters are listed below, but you can rearrange them if you want to, because they don't have to be learned in order. F-E-H-D-P-F-A-A-R-C-S-P-I-E

5 Great Lakes

I was to imagine HOMES floating on the Great Lakes every time I thought of them to be able to ember their names. H-Huron O-Ontario M-Michigan E-Erie S-Superior

8) The states bordering the Great Lakes are:

Indiana - Michigan - New York - Ohio - Wisconsin - Illinois - Minnesota - Pennsylvania I M NY O W I M P Anagram or memory aid - One of the states bordering on the Great Lakes said, "I'M NO WIMP." This anagram is absolutely perfect and very unusual. Each of the three words used in the memory aid is capitalized, because each letter in all the words is used to name these states. This very, very rarely happens.

5) The phases of cell division in order are:

Interphase - Prophase - Metaphase - Anaphase Telephase I P M A T Anagram or memory aid - A hIPpy stole my welcome MAT, and the police put him into a divided jail cell. The words divided cell easily remind me of cell division and, of course, the bold and capitalized letters tell me the five phases of division. I have introduced another principle here that I need to discuss. You have already probably noticed that I didn't capitalize the first letter in the word hIPpy. It doesn't matter. It will still work. No rule says I have to use the beginning letter of a word as has been done up to this point.

10) The four countries in the British Isles are:

Ireland - England - Scotland - Wales I E S W Anagram or memory aid - The British Isles are full of WISE men.

4) The cabinet posts for the United States are:

Justice - Transportation - Commerce - Health and Human Services - Education - Energy - Housing and Urban Development - Agriculture - Interior - Labor - Secretary of State. I have capitalized letters other than just the very beginning letter in some cases where appropriate. Use them only if you think you need them. Since this information is not called upon to be learned in order, write down all of the beginning letters on a scratch pad and begin to put them together in any order you want that will develop words that will work. Your only limit is your imagination, that should be limitless. J-T-C-H&H S-E-H&U D-A-I-L-S of S Anagram or memory aid - If I CATcH HIS JEweL, he might let me put it in my cabinet.

12) The eight characteristics of life are:

Locomotion - Irritability - Respiration - Reproduction - Assimilation - Mutation - Excretion - Growth L I R R A M E G Anagram or memory aid - MI LEG is a very RARe characteristic of life. Once again, I misspelled the word "MY" by spelling it "MI."

3) The planets in order from the sun are:

Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars - Jupiter - Saturn - Uranus - Neptune - Pluto M V E M J S U N P MoVe EM JSUN P Anagram or memory aid - Please don't MoVE My JetS to an UNPleasant planet. The only potential problem with this memory aid is that there are two letter "M's". You might think to yourself and later record it for review, "Mercury comes first, because he is the fastest."

NASA

National Aeronautics Space Administration

NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association

6) The eight parts of speech are:

Noun - Adjective - Verb - Adverb - Pronoun - Preposition - Conjunction - Interjection N A V A P P C I Anagram or memory aid - A NAVI CAPtain taught me the Parts of speech. I broke another rule here by misspelling "NAVY" and spelling it "NAVI." So what! I can do anything I want if it will help me learn. This is another idea for you to remember. Don't limit yourself with rules. Make them up as you go.

Provide Subsequent Researchers with a Better Start.

Other PaSseRByS also ran for cover as the dangerously driving scientist raced on.

11) The types of open wounds are:

Puncture - Incision - Abrasion - Avulsion - Laceration P I A A L Anagram or memory aid - I have an open wound in my double AA LIP.

2) The colors of the spectrum in order are:

Red - Orange - Yellow - Green - Blue - Indigo - Violet R O Y G B I V ROY GaB I V Anagram or memory aid - My brother ROY wore Geeky looking Blue jeans In Victory race at the Spectrum. The Spectrum is an arena in Philadelphia, and it return me of the colors in the spectrum. I also would see him running in multi-colored lanes. This works well for me because I do have a brother named Roy.

Anagram rule 4

Remember to connect a sound-alike word or some other memory aid to the anagram, so you know what the anagram information represents.

You could also use sound-alike words in your anagram..

Remember to use a good dictionary when developing anagram memory aids. There may be many words that would work well that you might not think of.