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Kilometer, hectometer, decameter, meter, decimeter, centimeter, millimeter. You want to remember these in order to do well on your mathematics test. How? We know just the trick. Make a memory trigger. One that our students made for this list of terms was "Kids Have Dirty Minds. Don't Count Me!" It works!!

Here's another example "EGBDF" These are the notes on the staff of sheet music. If you remember "Every Good Boy Does Fine" you'll be able to remember the lines.

How do you create a memory trigger?

1. Write the list of words you need to remember. Be sure to put them in the order you need to remember them. Underline the first letter of each word.

2. Write the first letter.

3. Make a sentence with the letters.
   

Practice:

1. Make a memory trigger for the layers of the atmosphere: Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Ionosphere, Exosphere.
   
   Write the Letters
   
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   Write your memory trigger sentence
   
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2. Make a memory trigger for biomes of the world: Rainforest, Tundra, Coniferous forests, Deserts, Grasslands.
   
   Write the Letters
   
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   Write your memory trigger sentence
   
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