# Need help creating a Memory palace for school **URL:** \ **Category:** General Memory Chat\ **Created:** [September 3, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/need-help-creating-a-memory-palace-for-school/29811 "2014-09-03T23:48:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![raykidwell](https://forum.artofmemory.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@raykidwell](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/raykidwell)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/need-help-creating-a-memory-palace-for-school/29811/3 "2014-09-04T03:23:14Z")
My recommendations: Continue studying using traditional techniques, especially for topics that require understanding, reasoning, etc. Utilize Mnemonic techniques to ASSIST in your studies, not to REPLACE them Mnemonic techniques are best for factual information For example: Dates Numbers Names Sequences In chemistry, use Mnemonics to memorize the periodic table, but utilize traditional methods to understand chemical reactions In history, Mnemonics will rock In calculus, less so First start relatively small Here is a link on starting one for the periodic table > [@Periodic table for all, by all.](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/periodic-table-for-all-by-all/29719): > > The periodic table is a great source of information, considering everything that exists is made from an element, but we often forget about it after school. Seen some posts about it in the forum, but thought a pool of every ones ideas in one place would be good. Each persons’ interpretation of memorising it may help others. I just finished reading ‘The periodic table, A field guide to the elements’ so over the weekend started to memorize them all, thought about remembering them as people in a l… Hope that helps! Ray --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/need-help-creating-a-memory-palace-for-school/29811)._