My Take
We have recently renewed our school's Gizmo subscription. The student led nature of the interactives make them useful in a variety of classroom settings. My only complaint is that I find the way accounts are organized to be less than ideal for elementary students. (Students create accounts and then join a teacher class using a class code.) Overall, it is a helpful classroom resource.
How I Use It
I assign Gizmo interactives to reinforce math and science concepts taught in the classroom. Students are able to explore for themselves variables in simulations. I have used the assessments as well to gauge student understanding. This summer we plan to assign a "Summer Gizmo List" of activities to emphasize skills already learned in the completed grade level.
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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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