If you wanted to help your students learn something by using a mnemonic device, which one of the following sentences would you use?
A)"Area equals length times width" is the formula for calculating the area of a rectangle.
B)"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" is the Golden Rule.
C)"My very energetic mother just slugged Uncle Norton" tells us the eight planets in the solar system.
D)"Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and Adams" are the first six presidents of the United States.

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"My very energetic mother just slugged Uncle Norton" is a well-known mnemonic device for remembering the names of the eight planets in the solar system (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune). The first letter of each word in the sentence corresponds to the first letter of each planet name. This is a helpful way for students to remember the order of the planets.

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