Shared Gizmo List: Gizmos that align to California's State Math Practice Test

A collection of Gizmos that connect to California's Math State Practice Test, November 2018.
3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade Math

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Grade 3

Critter Count (Modeling Multiplication) Use groups of critters on leaves to model multiplication as repeated addition. Change the expression to change the number of groups or the number of critters per group. Display the critters either on leaves or as a rectangular array.
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Fido's Flower Bed (Perimeter and Area) Construct models of gardens on a grid using squares of sod. Fence the gardens to find and compare perimeters. Work with pre-built gardens made of 36 squares each to compare perimeters of shapes with equal areas.
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Modeling Fractions (Area Models) Model and compare fractions using area models. Set the denominators with the arrow buttons, and then set the numerators with the arrow buttons or by clicking in the models. Compare fractions visually, on a number line, or numerically using the least common denominator.
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Grade 4

Equivalent Fractions (Fraction Tiles) Explore fractions using the Fractionator, the machine that makes fraction tiles. Compare fractions and find equivalent fractions by arranging the tiles on two horizontal rows. Explore simplifying fractions. Add fractions and express sums as improper fractions or mixed numbers.
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Fraction, Decimal, Percent (Area and Grid Models) Model and compare fractions, decimals, and percents using area models. Each area model can have 10 or 100 sections and can be set to display a fraction, decimal, or percent. Click inside the area models to shade them. Compare the numbers visually or on a number line.
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Quilting Bee (Symmetry) Participate in an old-fashioned quilting bee and create a colorful, symmetrical quilt. Quilts can be created with a vertical, horizontal, or diagonal line of symmetry. Quilts can be folded to look for reflections, or rotated to test for rotational symmetry.
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Grade 5

Points in the Coordinate Plane Identify the coordinates of a point in the coordinate plane. Drag the point in the plane and investigate how the coordinates change in response.
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Prisms and Cylinders Vary the height and base-edge or radius length of a prism or cylinder and examine how its three-dimensional representation changes. Determine the area of the base and the volume of the solid. Compare the volume of an oblique prism or cylinder to the volume of a right prism or cylinder.
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City Tour (Coordinates) Go sightseeing in fictional cities all over the world. Learn about coordinates on a graph by navigating around these cities on a grid-like city map. Some landmarks are shown on the map. For others, you are only given the coordinates. Can you find all of them?
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Exploring Linear Inequalities in One Variable Solve inequalities in one variable. Examine the inequality on a number line and determine which points are solutions to the inequality.
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Grade 6

Integers, Opposites, and Absolute Values Compare and order integers using draggable points on a number line. Also explore opposites and absolute values on the number line.
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Using Algebraic Equations Translate equations into English sentences and translate English sentences into equations. Read the equation or sentence and select word tiles or symbol tiles to form the corresponding sentence or equation.
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Grade 7

Polling: City Poll residents in a large city to determine their response to a yes-or-no question. Estimate the actual percentage of yes votes in the whole city. Examine the results of many polls to help assess how reliable the results from a single poll are. See how the normal curve approximates a binomial distribution for large enough polls.
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Equivalent Algebraic Expressions II Continue your meteoric rise in the undersea culinary world in this follow-up to Equivalent Algebraic Expressions I. Make equivalent expressions by using the distributive property forwards and backwards, sort expressions by equivalence, and personally assist Chef Grumpy himself with a project that will bring him (and maybe you) fame and fortune.
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Similar Figures Vary the scale factor and rotation of an image and compare it to the preimage. Determine how the angle measures and side lengths of the two figures are related.
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Grade 8

Rotations, Reflections, and Translations Rotate, reflect, and translate a figure in the plane. Compare the translated figure to the original figure.
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Exponents and Power Rules Choose the correct steps to simplify expressions with exponents using the rules of exponents and powers. Use feedback to diagnose incorrect steps.
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Multiplying Exponential Expressions Choose the correct steps to multiply exponential expressions. Use the feedback to diagnose incorrect steps.
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Slope-Intercept Form of a Line Compare the slope-intercept form of a linear equation to its graph. Vary the coefficients and explore how the graph changes in response.
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Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs Create a graph of a runner's position versus time and watch the runner run a 40-yard dash based on the graph you made. Notice the connection between the slope of the line and the velocity of the runner. Add a second runner (a second graph) and connect real-world meaning to the intersection of two graphs. Also experiment with a graph of velocity versus time for the runners, and also distance traveled versus time.
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High School

Linear Inequalities in Two Variables Find the solution set to a linear inequality in two variables using the graph of the linear inequality. Vary the terms of the inequality and vary the inequality symbol. Examine how the boundary line and shaded region change in response.
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Modeling the Factorization of ax2+bx+c Factor a polynomial with a leading coefficient greater than 1 using an area model. Use step-by-step feedback to diagnose any mistakes.
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Solving Linear Systems (Slope-Intercept Form) Solve systems of linear equations, given in slope-intercept form, both graphically and algebraically. Use a draggable green point to examine what it means for an (x, y) point to be a solution of one equation, or of a system of two equations.
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