" Different kinds of Instructional Materials"                                                 

DIORAMA 

• A DIORAMA  is a three-dimensional full-size or miniature model, sometimes enclosed in a glass showcase for a museum. Dioramas are often built by hobbyists as part of related hobbies such as military vehicle modeling, miniature figure modeling, or aircraft modeling.

 FLASH CARDS

• A flashcard or flash card is a set of cards bearing information, as words or numbers, on either or both sides, used in classroom drills or in private study. One writes a question on a card and an answer overleaf. Flashcards can bear vocabulary, historical dates, formulas or any subject matter that can be learned via a question and answer format. Flashcards are widely used as a learning drill to aid memorization by way of spaced repetition.

 

GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

 

 

 

 

• A graphic organizer, also known as knowledge map, concept map, story map, cognitive organizer, advance organizer, or concept diagram, is a communication tool that uses visual symbols to express knowledge, concepts, thoughts, or ideas, and the relationships between them. The main purpose of a graphic organizer is to provide a visual aid to facilitate learning and instruction.

 

REALIA

• A realia is an objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living. 
• Realia (education), objects from real life used in classroom instruction.
• Realia (library science), three-dimensional objects from real life that do not easily fit into the orderly categories of printed material.
• Realia (translation), words and expressions for culture-specific material things.

 

ACCORDION BOOK

Accordion book binding is defined by repeatedly folded sheets or attached unfolded sheets, and is used today throughout the world. The binding is especially evident in the West, sometimes used for children books, and for books with many images that unfold into a wall frieze. Several variations on this type of binding have been evolved from book arts that originated in Japan, but the basic concept of accordion binding has been used for at least a thousand years -- probably longer.

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• Accordion Book is defined by repeatedly folded sheets or attached unfolded sheets, and is used today throughout the world, sometimes used for children, and for books with many images that unfold into wall frieze.

COMIC STRIPS

• A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions.

 

FLIP CHARTS

• A flip chart is a stationery item consisting of a pad of large paper sheets. It is typically fixed to the upper edge of a whiteboard, typically supported on a tripod or four-legged easel. Such charts are commonly used for presentations. The flip chart is thought to have been invented by Peter Kent who built one to help him in a presentation. He went on to found the visual communications group.