Gizmos a Hit in Oklahoma

Janet Kingsolver, a middle school science teacher at the Classen School of Advanced Studies in Oklahoma dropped us a note the other day to tell us how things are going with her classes and Gizmos:

I was able to finally get started with my class and the gizmos today.  They loved it.  My biggest problem is keeping them from exploring the other gizmos I've put into their class.  We did a density lab today and several of the students commented on how real it made the term "density" for them.  I challenged them to find relationships within the lab and to do the math necessary to find the relationships.  They were very excited about it.  I'll try the questions and other things next time we work [with a Gizmo].

What a great start to the 2005 school year. Thanks for sharing the news, Janet.

In my own observations of students interacting with Gizmos, it's so pleasing to see how the students "get into it" so to speak. I mean since the Gizmos are our product, we expect that students and teachers will like them (we build them that way after all), but seeing it in action is really a great experience.