Well developed website with good science and math simulations that are great for introduction or enhancement of topics
Submitted 12 years ago
Community Review for Gizmos
My Take
I have extensively used this website for science content, but the math simulators (manipulative) are helpful too. Whats really nice about this website is that you can look for simulations by standard. This website will become more powerful as they increase the amount of offered simulations.
How I Use It
For the science standards that were hard to develop hand on learning activities I turned to Gizmos. I would use the documents and lesson plans that came with the gizmo and I would use the students answers from the activity as a gage on what instruction was needed after the gizmo. I typically followed up a gizmo with a summative assessment (quiz).
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Sarah C.
Teacher
Maryvale Preparatory School
Lutherville Timonium, MD
August 12, 2023
Great way to visualize biology concepts!
My overall opinion is that the Gizmo science simulations offer something that I could not give my students in a traditional lab. The ability to rework a problem or cause drastic changes in an environment without wasting classroom resources is very helpful to students. Occasionally a Gizmo will be rated for middle level students but go far above and beyond the topics we need to cover, but these are few and far between.
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Tania G.
Teacher
Dorman High School
Roebuck, SC
September 22, 2022
Updates Unfavorable
It's a good tool. Just not teacher friendly now.
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April P.
April 23, 2022
Lessons for every math and science topic
I liked that this website allows you to find activities based on common core standards, textbooks, or grade level. However, many of the math lessons, specifically those for algebra, seemed to be just plain graphs with sliders on the side. I did not find them to be highly engaging or easy to use. The science lessons seemed to have more variety and were more visually pleasing.
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