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Does tool require Sign-in? You can try out SpicyNodes online but must sign up with a free account in order to save the image you create
==Description of Tool: Spicynodes is a tool that allows you to create virtual concept maps that can include as many nodes as you would want. To minimize confusion on the screen it shows immediately connected nodes revealing new nodes as you click your way around the concept map. Nodes can include images, external links, general information and more. You can also set your concept map to scroll through your nodes as a video and even set music to it! Spicynodes also has a lesson planning feature.==

==How does tool apply to your curricular area? You could use spicynodes to help teach virtually every aspect of the middle school science curriculum. Using a concept map to teach units such as oceanography and weather can help seeming jumbled nonlinear subject matter seem more organized. It also makes concept mapping more fun for our middle school students both to create things like food webs and its more entertaining to look at then a whiteboard drawing.==