“As a long time mathematics educator in Texas, I love giving students and teachers opportunities to experience math and science using Gizmos!”
This user is a middle and high school math teacher in Virginia.
Recommendations (1):
Fraction Artist can be extended to explore perimeter, area, and the relationships of those new figures formed to the original square!
Fraction Artist 1 (Area Models of Fractions)
Recommended for: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade MathContributed Lesson Materials (showing 5 of 9):
Atom Model
This is a model that teachers can use for students to either draw or use st ... (more)ickers to place protons and neutrons into the nucleus and electrons into the appropriate shells. Below the model the shells and subshells are listed for the students to input the electrons.
Electron ConfigurationBest For: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade Science
Linear Inequalities
This is an extension document where students are asked to create a graph co ... (more)ntaining a specific point as a solution and another specific point as a non-solution. Students will find other solution and non-solution points and justify and then shift the inequality to make solutions non-solutions, etc.
Linear Inequalities in Two VariablesBest For: Algebra I, Algebra I, Math 7, Math 8, Pre-Algebra, Pre-Algebra
Linear Inequalities - Graphing the Solution and Identifying Points in the Shaded Region
This document is the Exploration Guide made into a more user friendly docum ... (more)ent for students to use more or less as a warm up. A second extension document simply entitled Linear Inequalities is also being contributed under separate cover.
Linear Inequalities in Two VariablesBest For: Algebra I, Algebra I, Math 7, Math 8, Pre-Algebra, Pre-Algebra
Rock Art
The student documents were adjusted by deleting rotations as this transform ... (more)ation is not part of the Texas TEKS in middle school. The first page of the document is
Rock Art (Transformations)Best For: Geometry, Geometry, Math 6, Math 7, Math 8
Reflections and Translations
This document is an adjustment from the Exploration Guide and a document su ... (more)bmitted by Melissa Babin of Louisiana. The rotations have been deleted as they are not part of the Texas middle school TEKS. Graphs were also added for students to post drawings of their results.
Rotations, Reflections, and TranslationsBest For: Geometry, Geometry, Math 6, Math 7, Math 8
Shared Gizmo Lists (4):
2nd Grade Science List
List of Gizmos that work for 2nd TEKS in Texas in Science.
Designed For: 3rd Grade ScienceMathematics Gizmos for Texas First Grade Classes
With the recent updates of the math TEKS, some of the topics that were taught in later grades are now pre ... (more)sented in 1st grade. This list of Gizmos will assist 1st grade Texas teachers to incorporate online interactive learning experiences in math.
Designed For: 3rd Grade MathMathematics Gizmos for Texas Second Grade Classes
With the Texas standards having been rewritten, there are math standards that were once covered in third ... (more)grade that are now covered in 2nd grade. This is a list of Gizmos which cover those topics which are now taught in 2nd grade.
Designed For: 3rd Grade Math