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Exploded
diagram
An
exploded diagram can be used to show and name the parts of a subject,
such as an animal skeleton, the human body, machines, or equipment.
Why
use exploded diagrams in the classroom?
- To
show details that are otherwise hidden or hard to see in a normal
(integrated) diagram. Topics might include how toys are made,
how engines work, parts of a flower, etc.
- To
name those parts (as a pictorial vocabulary list).
- To
prepare a report or descriptive text about a topic that has many
hidden (or partly hidden) details.
- To
follow instructions to assemble equipment (such as a tent, a model
plane, etc.).
- To
follow instructions in order to build or make something from separate
pieces (as in a craft activity, carpentry, dressmaking).
- To
illustrate instructions ("How to make a model windmill")
or explanations ("How insects pollinate a flower")
Other
visual texts to compare with this one:
- Block
diagram
(Shows hidden details in 3D as if the subject has been cut
and a piece of it lifted away)
- Cross
section (Shows hidden details as if the
subject has been cut in half with a knife)
- Cutaway
diagram (Shows hidden details as if part of the surface has
been peeled away)
- Nested
diagram (Shows tiny details by enlarging one part of the subject)
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