Gizmologist
This user is a middle and high school science teacher in Virginia.
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Contributed Lesson Materials (4):
Spin the Big Wheel Constructing Explanations Prompt
This worksheet asks students to review three different days results of data ... (more) and then infer the design of the prize wheel. Students then support the claim with evidence and reasoning.
Spin the Big Wheel! (Probability)Best For: Math 6, Math 7, Math 8, Pre-Algebra, Pre-Algebra, Statistics
Movie Reviewer Formative Assessment
This worksheet asks students to take snapshots of the mean, median and mode ... (more) of the reviews of a movie and then write explanations of how each measure was determined. Students then decide which measure they would choose to represent the data and justify their choice.
Movie Reviewer (Mean and Median)Best For: 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade Math
Mouse Genetics (2 Traits) Constructing Explanations Prompt
This worksheet allows students to evaluate the phenotypes of a litter of mi ... (more)ce and state a claim answering the question, "What are the genotypes of the parents of this litter?" Students then support the claim with evidence and reasoning and then engage in scientific argumentation with a peer.
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)Best For: AP Biology, Biology, Middle School Life Science
Growing Plants Constructing Explanations Prompt
This worksheet allows students to evaluate several graphs of plant data and ... (more) match them to the correct experimental setup. They then describe the evidence that supports their claims.
Growing PlantsBest For: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade Science
Shared Gizmo Lists (1):
Life Science Troublesome Topics
This is a scaffolded list of Gizmos used to show Energy Flow across Ecosystems.
Designed For: Middle School Life Science