Life Science Gizmo Idea = ExploreLearning Hat

SUBMIT YOUR IDEAS FOR NEW EXPLORELEARNING GIZMOS(TM) AND WIN AN EXPLORELEARNING HAT!

We are looking for new ideas for ExploreLearning Gizmos(TM) for use in life science (middle school) and biology (high school) classes. Some of our best ideas have come from you, our customers and ExploreLearning friends.

Some of the Gizmo topics we have recently published are Human Karyotyping and DNA Fingerprint Analysis. We have several new life science Gizmos currently under development including: Interdependence of Plants and Animals, Drug Resistance, Paramecium Osmosis, and Drug Dosage.

Some of the broad topics/areas where we think a great Gizmo idea may be lurking include: human biology (digestion, circulation, skeletal structure, etc.), classification of organisms, microbiology, environment, etc. Anything related to life within and around us.

To be eligible for a hat, your submission should include the following information:

1) A title for the Gizmo
2) A brief abstract/purpose for the Gizmo
3) A short description of exactly what the Gizmo will do (typically three or four sentences)
4) Your school and role at that institution
5) Your mailing address (to receive your hat!)

Here's an example of how a recent idea (that is being Gizmo-ized) was described:

Title: Interdependence of Plants and Animals

Purpose: Students will design and conduct an experiment that demonstrates the role of plants and animals in the carbon-oxygen cycle.

Description: The Gizmo will allow students to drag up to a maximum of four elodea and/or snails in to test tubes that can be placed in light or dark rooms. The tubes will contain water with Brom thymol blue. As time passes, the students will be able to observe color changes in the water (due to increased CO2) during a 24 hour period. Small bubbles may also appear near the elodea when placed in a light room (due to oxygen production). Students will then be able to learn through observation that snails consume oxygen, and plants create oxygen.

You are eligible to receive one hat for each idea that is Gizmo-ized.  Let's hear from you by emailing "ideas@explorelearning.com" with the subject line "Life Sci Gizmo idea!"

Thanks from your friends at ExploreLearning