ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Mindmap

A mindmap is like a big puzzle or picture that helps you organize and remember lots of information. Imagine a big circle in the middle of a page or board, and then lots of smaller circles or bubbles around it. Each of those smaller circles or bubbles is connected to the big circle in the middle with a line or an arrow.

Now, in each of those small circles, you can write down a word or an idea that is related to the big circle in some way. For example, if the big circle is about animals, then one of the smaller circles might be about dogs, another about birds, and another about fish.

But you can go even further! From each of those smaller circles, you can draw more lines and add more smaller circles, each with their own ideas and words. You can keep going and going until you have a whole bunch of circles and words that all relate to each other and the big circle in some way.

The cool thing is that you can use colors and images to make your mindmap even more fun and memorable. For example, you can draw a picture of a dog in the circle about dogs or use the color blue for the circle about fish.

In the end, a mindmap helps you see how everything is connected and is a great tool to help you remember lots of information, especially when you need to study for a test or remember lots of ideas for a project.