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 * Memory Mnemonics**

November 13, 2016

Marissa Mattingly

December 8, 2016 Science 6A Mr. Joshua Paczynski Abstract Whenever there is a test on a long list of words, it can be pretty hard to remember it. This project was all about what will help someone remember that list, and which one seems to help that person the best. Mnemonics are a way to help someone remember something, so in order to test this, the experiment consisted of volunteers who had to remember a list of twenty cities in California. The results showed that mnemonics do indeed help a person remember a list of anything. The next experiment tested which mnemonic device: word, song, rhyme, or connection helped the volunteer remember the list of groceries best. The results for this experiment showed that all mnemonics tested were very effective in helping the person to remember the list. The conclusion that this experiment comes up with is that anyone who uses mnemonics and puts their creativity to the test while using them, will be able to remember a list with this very helpful tool.

__Table of Contents __ Page 1- Abstract Page 2- Table of Contents Page 3- Acknowledgements, Question and Hypothesis, Background Research Page 4- Background Research, Procedure and Materials Page 5- Procedure and Materials, Conclusion Page 6- Results Page 7- Works Cited

__Acknowledgements __

I give credit to Allyson Dela Cruz, Lilly Maher, Bella Delgado, Natalia Delgado, and Mia Cora Saavedra for being the volunteers for my experiments.

__Question and Hypothesis __


 * Question: ** Do mnemonics really help?

Are some types of mnemonics more effective than others?


 * Hypothesis: **I think that mnemonics will help you remember a list of something better than without.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">I think that all mnemonics, whichever one you choose to help you with whatever you might need, are very effective.

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Background Research on All Types of Mnemonics __

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mnemonics are tools that can help you remember a list of something in any way that you want. I use them all the time to help me memorize a long list of things. Mnemonics are great memory techniques because you can use them in any way to help you remember something. There are <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">really no limits to the type of mnemonic you can create as long as it helps you remember what you need. Based on all the research on this topic, I know that there are many different types of mnemonics that you can use to remember a list of things. For example, you have music mnemonic, which is when you create a song with all the words from the list to help you remember it. An example of this would be the Fifty Nifty United States song. There is also rhyme mnemonic, which is when you use all the words in a rhyme to help you remember the list. You may use Expression/ Word mnemonic which is when you create a funny sentence using the beginning letter of each word to come up with it. As an example, you may want to remember the six kingdoms of life on Earth by thinking, “Bob Asked Patrick For Pants Again,” to stand for bacteria, archaea, protists, fungi, plants, and animals. Another one would be connection mnemonic. Connection mnemonic is when you make connections with the list to remember it. The volunteers in my experiment made connections by using names, adjectives, stories, and other random connections to help them memorize the list. Other mnemonics include making models, taking notes, making organizers, and creating an image in your mind or on paper to help <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">you remember what you need to. As you can see, there are many different types of mnemonics that to choose from if you ever need help remembering something.