ExploreLearning News

Visit EL at NCTM

We're here in Washington, D.C. at this year's NCTM conference. Come by our booth #1015 in the Washington Convention Center for a demo of Gizmos or to let us know how you are using Gizmos in your classroom. Many of our sales team, professional development staff and curriculum writers are there, eager to talk to you. Mention this posting and receive a free Gizmos water bottle!

Gizmo demo movies - elementary science - done!

It's been a long time coming, but at long last, every elementary science Gizmo has a demo movie!  (That's 40 of them, if you're keeping score at home.)

The "movies" are short (about 2 minutes each) and have a simple "how-to" approach. They show how to use the basic features in the Gizmo. If students are brand-new to a Gizmo, the demo movie would be a nice brief introduction to it.

The movies feature a voice-over, so be sure audio is turned on before watching.  (In a lab setting, you probably either want to project it for the whole class to watch and listen to, or have students use headphones.)

To see a demo movie, click on the "demo" icon at the bottom left corner of the Gizmo, in the purple bar, as shown below.

(Note: Demo movies will only appear in elementary-level Gizmos - the ones with the purple bar on the left side.)

Tip: To find the 40 elementary science Gizmos, either click "Browse Gizmos" and browse through the grade 3-5 science offerings, or just type "elementary science" (without the quotes) in the search field.

Enjoy!  We hope these are useful for both teachers and students.

By the way, the elementary math Gizmo demo movies will now slowly start appearing also!  We hope to have all 40 of them complete by the end of 2009.

Gizmos are finalists for Three AEP awards

We are pleased to announce that we have been named a finalist in three categories for the 2009 Association of Educational Publishers Awards. Gizmos are finalists for K-5 Science Curriculum, 6-8 Science Curriculum, and most notably for the Golden Lamp, AEP's highest award.

The Association of Educational Publishers' (AEP) Awards program recognizes excellence in educational products and education marketing. ExploreLearning has won three previous awards from AEP. This year's winners will be announced on June 12, 2009.

See the complete list of finalists: http://aepweb.org/awards/finalists.htm

 

         

New Science Curriculum Materials - Just What We Need!

We've already gotten some great feedback on our new science curriculum materials, and Kay Mcleod, a teacher at North Buncombe High School, in North Carolina, has written to us to share some of her thoughts on the new lesson materials:

"I have now had a chance to check out some of the lesson materials and they are just what we need!!  Keep it up."

Look out for more of the new materials coming throughout the year.