Diagrams can be made on the computer or by hand.
A diagram is a chart that simplifies information and displays a relationship. Diagrams are often created in order to help students learn information. Students also create diagrams in order to demonstrate their understanding of the subject material and to study. When creating a diagram, you should have a given topic that you desire to analyze. You can either make the diagram on the computer or by hand. In order to make a diagram, choose the subject, outline the information you want to portray, sketch the diagram, and then write in the information.
Instructions
1. Choose the subject that you desire to create a diagram for. In order to make a diagram, you have to select a general idea of what you desire to analyze. For example, you may decide that you want to diagram the parts of the atom.
2. Outline the information that you want to portray. For example, you can write on a separate piece of paper that you want to display the nucleus, the protons, neutrons and the electron cloud, the region where the electrons are most likely to be found.
3. Sketch the diagram. In order to make a diagram, you have to sketch it before writing in the information. Most diagrams have a picture. For example, when creating a diagram of the atom, you may draw a small circle, which represents the nucleus. You will then draw smaller circles inside this circle, which will represent the protons and neutrons. Then you will draw a large circle around this structure. This will represent the electron cloud.
4. Label the information in the diagram. When making a diagram, you have to clearly label the structures that you have drawn. For example, you can write "Atom" at the top of the paper to indicate that the diagram is of the atom. Then you can label the small circle as the "Nucleus." Label one of the smaller circles "Proton" and another smaller circle as "Neutron." Label the large circle as "Electron Cloud."
5. Color the diagram. You can color the diagram for clarification. For example, since the protons and the neutrons are practically the same size, located in the nucleus, and illustrated the same way, then you should color them differently. You can color the protons blue and the neutrons green.
