10 Useful Mnemonics

1. Rainbows - order of colours (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet)

Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain

2. Biology - order of taxonomy in biology (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species) Kids Prefer Cheese Over Fried Green Spinach or King Philip Cuts Open Five Green Snakes or King Prawn Curry Or Fat Greasy Sausages)

3. Music - notes represented by the lines on the treble clef stave (bottom to top: E, G, B, D, F)

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour. And the notes represented by the spaces between the lines (F, A, C, E) Furry Animals Cook Excellently or just the word FACE

4. Astronomy - order of planets in average distance from the Sun (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) My Very Easy Method: Just Set Up Nine Planets or My Very Earnest Mother Just Served Us Nine Pickles

5. Geography - the Great Lakes (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior) HOMES

6. History - what Happened to Henry VIII's Wives: Divorced, Beheaded, Died; Divorced, Beheaded, Survived

7. Science - simple Machines (Pulley, Gear, Jackscrew, Axle and Wheel, Inclined Plane, Lever) Put Grey Jumpers And Waistcoats In Places Loved

8. Science - properties of matter (Mass, Density, Volume, Weight) Monkeys Dance Very Well

9. History – English monarchs (William I 1066-1087, William II 1087-1100, Henry I 1100-1135, 

Stephen 1135-1154, Empress Matilda (Queen Maud) 1141, Henry II 1154-1189, Richard I 1189-1199, John 1199-1216, etc, etc)

William, William, Henry, Stephen

Henry, Richard, John, oi!

Henry, Ed, Ed, Ed, Rich two

Then three more Henrys join our song!

Edward, Edward, Rich the third

Henry, Henry, Ed again,

Mary one, good Queen Bess

Jimmy, Charles and Charles and then

Jim, Will, Mary, Anna Gloria

George, George, George, George

Will, Victoria!

Edward, George, Edward, George six

And Queen Liz two completes the mix

10. Religion – Seven deadly sins (Sloth, Lust, Anger [wrath], Pride, Envy, Greed [avarice], Gluttony) SLAP EGG