Study Skills Hack created by 301 Academic Skills Centre

A sun diagram can be used as a brain dump to get out all the information you have about a topic in one place.

The basic principles are that any idea related to the topic is written down. The ideas can be varying levels of importance and no organisation happens in a sun diagram. 

To create a sun diagram: write your topic title in the middle. Draw out eight lines from the centre and fill them in with ideas. Once filled draw out some more and fill each blank line with an idea.

You can then use a mind map to organise the information on a sun diagram.