South Florida News from ExploreLearning : Lesson Materials

Quick FCAT - Nature of Science Prep! (Quick Virtual Science Fair)

Hi Everyone!

I know you are pushing hard before FCATs - I know that Gizmos have already helped your students prepare, and you are putting finishing touches on your preps.  I know many of you have seen this if you've trained with me, but just in case you forgot about it, here is a very quick and powerful tool to cover experimental design.  It can be done whole class, small groups, or individual.  You use screenshots to help fill in the design, and there is less writeup so that the focus is on designing the experiment (with one variable). Here's the file ( Download Mini_sci_fair ) and it has a rubric/standards too!

Let me know if you need anything!

FCAT & Gizmos

Here are some inspirational slides to help you find conceptually powerful and engaging lessons to remediate benchmarks in preparation for the FCAT...

These are the FL DOE sample test items correlated to specific Gizmos!

Here is an Action Plan that you may want to use at PLC meetings to help your staff: Download FCAT-EOC-Gizmo_Action_Plan

 

High School Gizmo Correlation Resources

Here are documents that will help you prepare your students for their EOC's and other exams using Gizmos. The documents have links to specific Gizmos embedded in the text. Enjoy!

• Download FL_Algebra_I_standards_correlated_Gizmos
• Download FL_Geometry_standards_correlated_Gizmos
• Download BiologyFL11Sp_EOC_Gizmos Embedded_FINAL

Gizmos are available anytime! everywhere!

Here's a letter that you can send to parents with lots of helpful information - including the fact that since Gizmos are internet-based, they are available anywhere, anytime you are connected!  Although they are primarily for classroom use, they're also great for homework, assignments while away from school, etc. The assignments are always there for the student to print out or answer electronically, right from the lesson info page on every Gizmo!

 

Here's the parent letter (pdf & word format)

Download Gizmos_parent_letter

Download Intro_to_gizmos_for_parents

Welcome to Gizmo News!

Hi Everyone! Welcome!

I am your Project Manager, and you can contact me for trainings, help, and ideas. I used Gizmos for many years during my 8 years teaching 7^th/8^th grade in South Florida. I look forward to creating a Gizmo community in which we can share best practices so that everyone gets help or inspiration...I will use this site to update you on training announcements, cool science or math ideas, how-to videos, and files that you may need. Check back often!

My contact information is:

Desiree Sujoy

desiree.sujoy@explorelearning.com