This correlation lists the recommended Gizmos for this state's curriculum standards. Click any Gizmo title below for more information.
3.2: : Physical Science
3.2.3: : Energy
3.2.3.1: : Energy appears in different forms, including sound and light.
3.2.3.1.3: : Describe how light travels in a straight line until it is absorbed, redirected, reflected or allowed to pass through an object.
Color Absorption
Mix the primary colors of light by using red, green, and blue lights. Use pieces of colored glass to filter the light and create a wide variety of colors. Determine how light is absorbed and transmitted by each color of glass.
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Shine a powerful flashlight on a variety of materials, and measure how quickly each material heats up. See how the light angle, light color, type of material, and material color affect heating. A glass cover can be added to simulate a greenhouse.
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Use a powerful flashlight to pop a kernel of popcorn. A lens focuses light on the kernel. The temperature of the filament and the distance between the flashlight and lens can be changed. Several obstacles can be placed between the flashlight and the popcorn.
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Move spots of yellow, cyan, and magenta pigment on a white surface. As the colors overlap, other colors can be seen due to color subtraction. The color of most things you see--such as cars, leaves, paintings, houses, and clothes--are due to color subtraction. The intensity of the cyan, magenta, and yellow can be adjusted, and the RGB value at any location can be measured.
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3.3.3.1: : The sun and moon have locations and movements that can be observed and described.
3.3.3.1.2: : Recognize the pattern of apparent changes in the moon's shape and position.
Phases of the Moon
Understand the phases of the Moon by observing the positions of the Moon, Earth and Sun. A view of the Moon from Earth is shown on the right as the Moon orbits Earth. Learn the names of Moon phases and in what order they occur. Click Play to watch the Moon go around, or click Pause and drag the Moon yourself.
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3.3.3.2: : Objects in the solar system as seen from Earth have various sizes and distinctive patterns of motion.
3.3.3.2.2: : Recognize that the Earth is one of several planets that orbit the sun, and that the moon orbits the Earth.
Eclipse
Observe solar and lunar eclipses as the Moon orbits Earth. The full and partial shadows of the Moon and Earth can be displayed, and the Moon can also be dragged around Earth. See what the Moon and Sun look like from Earth during partial and total eclipses.
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Understand the phases of the Moon by observing the positions of the Moon, Earth and Sun. A view of the Moon from Earth is shown on the right as the Moon orbits Earth. Learn the names of Moon phases and in what order they occur. Click Play to watch the Moon go around, or click Pause and drag the Moon yourself.
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3.4.1.1: : Living things are diverse with many different characteristics that enable them to grow, reproduce and survive.
3.4.1.1.1: : Compare how the different structures of plants and animals serve various functions of growth, survival and reproduction.
Flower Pollination
Observe the steps of pollination and fertilization in flowering plants. Help with many parts of the process by dragging pollen grains to the stigma, dragging sperm to the ovules, and removing petals as the fruit begins to grow. Quiz yourself when you are done by dragging vocabulary words to the correct plant structure.
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3.4.1.1.2: : Identify common groups of plants and animals using observable physical characteristics, structures and behaviors.
Flower Pollination
Observe the steps of pollination and fertilization in flowering plants. Help with many parts of the process by dragging pollen grains to the stigma, dragging sperm to the ovules, and removing petals as the fruit begins to grow. Quiz yourself when you are done by dragging vocabulary words to the correct plant structure.
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3.4.3.2: : Offspring are generally similar to their parents, but may have variations that can be advantageous or disadvantageous in a particular environment.
3.4.3.2.1: : Give examples of likenesses between adults and offspring in plants and animals that can be inherited or acquired.
Inheritance
Create aliens with different traits and breed them to produce offspring. Determine which traits are passed down from parents to offspring and which traits are acquired. Offspring can be stored for future experiments or released.
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Students assume the role of a scientist trying to solve a real world problem. They use scientific practices to collect and analyze data, and form and test a hypothesis as they solve the problems.
