Teach Health Science With Gizmos
The human body is a wonderful thing, but not exactly easy to take apart and study in grades 3-12. Whether it’s a unit on health or a human biology class, with Gizmos, students can learn about bodily functions, the senses, diseases, and more through engaging and entertaining online biology lab simulations!
DNA Analysis Gizmo
With our DNA Analysis lab simulation, students learn how DNA is compared to identify individuals, identify the sections of DNA that tend to differ, and use PCR to amplify these segments. They can then use gel electrophoresis to create DNA profiles. Based on what they’ve learned, they can create their own DNA profiling test and use this test to analyze crime scene evidence.
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Muscles and Bones Gizmo
With our Muscles and Bones lab simulations, students can see how muscles, bones, and connective tissue work together to allow movement. They can observe how muscle contraction arises from the interactions of thin and thick filaments in muscle cells, and, using what they’ve learned, construct an arm that can lift a weight or throw a ball.
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Disease Spread Gizmo
With our Disease Spread lab simulations, students will observe the spread of disease through a group of people. The methods of transmission can be chosen and include person-to-person, airborne, and food-borne as well as any combination thereof. The probability of each form of transmission and number of people in the group can also be adjusted.
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Senses Gizmo
With our Senses lab simulation, students explore how different sense organs detect stimuli—changes inside or outside the body that cause a response—from the environment and send messages about that stimulus to the brain.
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Eyes and Vision Gizmos
With our three-part Eyes and Vision lab simulation series, we explore the big questions: Why does an apple appear to be red, a banana yellow, and a leaf green?
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Human Homeostasis Gizmo
With our Human Homeostasis lab simulations, students will adjust the levels of clothing, perspiration, and exercise to maintain a stable internal temperature as the external temperature changes. Water and blood sugar levels need to be replenished regularly, and fatigue occurs with heavy exercise. Severe hypothermia, heat stroke, or dehydration can result if internal stability is not maintained.
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Circulatory System Gizmo
With our Circulatory System lab simulations, students will trace the path of blood through a beating heart and the network of blood vessels that supplies blood to the body. Take blood samples from different blood vessels to observe blood cells and measure the levels of oxygen, carbon dioxide, sugar, and urea.
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Digestive System Gizmo
With our Digestive System lab simulations, students are able to see what would happen if some of the digestive organs were eliminated, or if the sequence of them was changed. Can the digestive system be improved? Find out by designing your own digestive system with this Gizmo.
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Drug Dosage Gizmo
With our Drug Dosage lab simulations, students can give a patient one or more pills and monitor the levels of medication in the body through time. Based on the reaction of the patient, determine the ideal levels of medication. Create a dosage schedule so these levels are maintained through time. Four types of pills, each with a different release pattern and target organ, are available for use.
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Science Gets Real with STEM Cases
STEM Cases are interactive explorations in which students practice problem-solving and critical thinking as they solve a real world problem as a STEM professional.
STEM Case: Protein Synthesis
Working as a pediatrician, students must diagnose and treat their little patient, Lucy. First by determining what immunodeficiency disease she has, and then developing a course of treatment. Along the way, students learn about genes and protein synthesis.
STEM Case: Homeostasis
In the role of a physician assistant, students help a young man, who has Type II diabetes and high blood pressure. Students must make a diagnosis and then apply the principles of filtration and homeostasis to help the patient.
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