Cluster of BPA Dental Sealants Controversy

After many days of perusing through the digital realms of the Internet, research databases, and social media sites, I have finally garnered enough information to begin the process of analyzing the BPA dental sealant controversy, a controversy that seems to be focused more on the "BPA" rather than the "dental sealant." To organize all of the data that I have obtained, I placed them into a cluster graph, which one may see here:

For reference, the colors are as defined and follows:

WHITE is the controversy itself;
GREEN indicates the groups involved in the controversy;
YELLOW notes the main speakers/writers for the groups;
PURPLE identifies the way the person publicly brought his argument;
BLUE marks an indicative statement that the person included in his argument; and
RED indicates the core belief of the person based on observing his argument.

The graph always flows in the order of the given color list. If you are lost, use the lines to guide you to the next colored bubble, because it can be difficult to read when everything is all "clustered" together!

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Reflection: I studied Michael Gee's and Gabi Dodson's clusters, and for the most part, both were good. For Gabi, there was only the matter of trying to figure out how each piece of information fits with another, but even then, she still was able to make a cluster using Coggle. Kudos for that! For Michael, he kept his cluster relatively organized considering how much data he was stuffing in there and how small the space is to put all of that information in there (I should know--I used Google Drawing for my own cluster). Both did a very good job.

     I am not one to organize my facts this way. Perhaps it was through sheer, relentless conditioning in my AP English Language class in high school, but I always found it easier to absorb the information, organize it in my head, and write it all out. However, the more I worked on my bibliography, the more I realized that there was too much information to handle! By creating this cluster, it simplified all of the information into circles with connecting lines, making it exponentially easier for me to organize my thoughts and facts. This invention is and will definitely be an extremely useful tool for the upcoming quick reference guide and for future essays and projects as well.