Mrs. yang is teaching a unit to her science students. she wants them to remember the order of the planets in the solar system. she creates a catchy phrase in which the first letter of each word in the phrase is also the first letter, in order, of each of the planets. what memory tool is mrs. yang using? acronyms creative sentences narrative chains power pegs

my - Mercury

very - Venus

excited - Earth

mother -Mars

just - Jupiter

served - Saturn

us - Uranus

nachos - Neptune

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i decided to stay late in the laboratory to continue my experiment with the lightbulb. at midnight, thomas edison opened the door and saw all the stuff he was working on. the lightbulb, film and the transmitter. as he walks in an idea hits him on how the lightbulb would work. he would have to change a few wires around to get it to light up. when he did change the wires around it worked so he decided to write a telegraph to his friend to tell him about his success.   as he was packing up he grabbed the telegraph and walked to his home. he told his wife about the success and the next morning mailed the telegraph.