Geography
Mnemonic device
HOMES
To remember the names of the Great Lakes: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior
nr 30 - submitted by Anonymous (10-12-2005)
Mnemonic device
Students, Pretty Pretty Please, Remember Your Jackets
The first letters of the words remind us of the major rivers of the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay. (Susquehanna, Patapsco (which forms Baltimore Harbor), Patuxent, Potomac, Rappahannock, Yoik and James.Then we point out major rivers on the Eastern Shore - Elk, Chester, Choptank, Nanticoke, Wicomico and Pocomoke - and ask the students to create a mnemonic for themselves to remember these.
nr 56 - submitted by Amy von Gohren (10-26-2005)
Mnemonic device
Never eat Shredded Wheat
North East South West: the cardinal directions in clockwise order
nr 74 - submitted by Anonymous (11-09-2005)
Mnemonic device
Continents story
North America married South America and they went to Europe for their honeymoon. Soon after, they had quadruplets, who all had A names: Africa, Australia, Asia (who was the biggest, even though he had the shortest name) and Antartica, the coldest child.
nr 75 - submitted by Anonymous (11-09-2005)
Mnemonic device
"Sally Made Henry Eat Oreos" or SMHEO
To geographically place the Great Lakes: Lake Superior is the Great Lake farthest west, to the right (east) of Lake Superior is Lake Michigan, then Lake Huron, then Lake Erie and Lake Ontario is the Great Lake farthest to the east.
nr 92 - submitted by L. Benner (11-24-2005)