There are lots of sites on which you can learn how to use the different types of G.O.s, some of the best are:
This is the shortest way to understand how to use some basic G.O.s, this post is taken from the site:
A graphic organizer is an instructional tool used to illustrate a
student or class's prior knowledge about a topic or section of text; specific examples include the K-W-L-H Technique and the Anticipation/Reaction Guide.
Other organizers include the:
Spider Map
Used to describe a central idea: a thing (a geographic region), process
(meiosis), concept (altruism), or proposition with support (experimental drugs
should be available to AIDS victims). Key frame questions: What is the central
idea? What are its attributes? What are its functions?
Series of Events Chain
Used to describe the stages of something (the life cycle of a primate); the
steps in a linear procedure (how to neutralize an acid); a sequence of events
(how feudalism led to the formation of nation states); or the goals, actions,
and outcomes of a historical figure or character in a novel (the rise and fall
of Napoleon). Key frame questions: What is the object, procedure, or initiating
event? What are the stages or steps? How do they lead to one another? What
is the final outcome?
Continuum Scale
Used for time lines showing historical events or ages (grade levels in school),
degrees of something (weight), shades of meaning (Likert scales), or ratings
scales (achievement in school). Key frame questions: What is being scaled?
What are the end points?
Compare/Contrast Matrix
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Used to show similarities and differences between two things (people, places,
events, ideas, etc.). Key frame question: What things are being compared?
How are they similar? How are they different?
Problem/Solution Outline
Used to represent a problem, attempted solutions, and results (the national
debt). Key frame questions: What was the problem? Who had the problem? Why
was it a problem? What attempts were made to solve the problem? Did those
attempts succeed?
Network Tree
Used to show causal information (causes of poverty), a hierarchy (types of
insects), or branching procedures (the circulatory system). Key frame
questions: What is the superordinate category? What are the subordinate
categories? How are they related? How many levels are there?
Human Interaction Outline
Used to show the nature of an interaction between persons or groups (Europeans
settlers and American Indians). Key frame questions: Who are the persons or
groups? What were their goals? Did they conflict or cooperate? What was the
outcome for each person or group?
Fishbone Map
Used to show the causal interaction of a complex event (an election, a nuclear
explosion) or complex phenomenon (juvenile delinquency, learning disabilities).
Key frame questions: What are the factors that cause X ? How do they
interrelate? Are the factors that cause X the same as those that cause X to
persist?
Cycle
Used to show how a series of events interact to produce a set of results again
and again (weather phenomena, cycles of achievement and failure, the life
cycle). Key frame questions: What are the critical events in the cycle? How
are they related? In what ways are they self-reinforcing?
