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ame: Charles Oh Date: 5/28/21 
Activity A: 
Lifting with 
pulleys 
Get the Gizmo ready: 
● Click Reset . 
● Under Pulley type , select 1 fixed . 
● Under Object to lift , select Armchair . 
Question: How do pulleys help us to lift up objects? 
1. Hypothesis: Based on what you have seen, what is the relationship between the number of pulleys and the 
effort needed to lift a heavy object? (Fill in the sentence below.) 
2. Collect data: Record how many people it takes to lift the armchair wit...
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Student Exploration: Mouse Genetics (One Trait) 
Vocabulary: allele, DNA, dominant allele, gene, genotype, heredity, heterozygous, 
homozygous, hybrid, inheritance, phenotype, Punnett square, recessive allele, trait 
Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using 
the Gizmo.) 
1. The image shows a single litter of kittens. How are they 
similar to one another? 
They are the same breed 
They are different colors. 
2. How do they differ from one another? 
3. What do you think their ...
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Student Exploration: Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium 
Vocabulary: allele, genotype, Hardy-Weinberg equation, Hardy-Weinberg principle, 
heterozygous, homozygous, Punnett square 
Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 
Suppose the feather color of a bird is controlled by two alleles, D and d. The D allele results in 
dark feathers, while the d allele results in lighter feathers. 
1. Suppose two Dd birds mate. What percentages of DD, Dd, and dd 
offspring would you predict? Use th...
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Name: Ashrita Suram Date: 11 - 01 - 2020 
The air molecules inside heat up and they expand, as the air expands 
they become less dense than the surrounding outside air. This 
causes the balloon to fill up and to begin to float in the air. The more 
heat you add the lighter the balloon becomes. 
The air will cool, it becomes more dense, takes up less space, and 
the balloon will begin to sink in the air. 
1. Click Pause ( ) when the sailboat starts 
moving towards the shore. This represents 
the ...
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Name: Date: 22 Jan 20 
Student Exploration: Ionic Bonds 
Vocabulary: chemical family, electron affinity, ion, ionic bond, metal, nonmetal, octet rule, shell, 
valence electron, ♫heavy metal ♫ 
Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 
1. Nate and Clara are drawing pictures with markers. There are 8 markers in a set. Nate has 9 
markers and Clara has 7. What can Nate and Clara do so that each of them has a full set? 
Nate gives one to Clara2. Maggie is sitting at a table w...
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Name: ______________________________________ Date: ________________________ 
Student Exploration: Archimedes’ Principle 
Vocabulary: Archimedes’ principle, buoyant force, density, displace, mass, volume, weight 
Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo*+ 
1. Why does a small pebble sink in water? _Because its density is higher than that of the 
water____ 
_________________________________________________________________________ 
1. A motorboat is a lot heavier than a pebble...
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Polarity and Intermolecular Forces	Answer Key 
 
 
Vocabulary: dipole, dipole-dipole force, dipole-induced dipole force, electronegativity, intermolecular force, ionic bond, London dispersion force, molecule, nonpolar, nonpolar covalent bond, partial charges, polar, polar covalent bond, valence electron 
 
 
Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 
[Note: The purpose of these questions is to activate prior knowledge and get students thinking. Students are not expected to kno...
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Student Exploration: Solubility and Temperature 
Vocabulary: concentration, dissolve, homogeneous mixture, solubility, solubility curve, solute, solution, solvent 
Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 
	What happens when you stir a spoonful of sugar into hot water? 
The sugar dissolves in the water to form a solution. 
	Does sugar dissolve more easily in hot water or cold water? 
The sugar dissolves more easily in hot water than in cold water. 
 
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.Name: Date: 
Student Exploration: DNA Profiling 
Vocabulary: DNA polymerase, DNA profiling, gel electrophoresis, gene, mutation, non-coding 
region, polymerase chain reaction, primer, short tandem repeat 
Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 
In 1985, Darryl Hunt was convicted of murder. While Hunt was in jail, a new method for 
analyzing DNA evidence was invented. The DNA evidence on the victim did not match Hunt’s 
DNA but did match that of another prisoner. After 19...
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SCIENCE 4024Half-life GIZMO COMPLETE 
SCIENCE 4024Half-life GIZMO COMPLETE 
Name: Meher Ghai Date: 3/23 
Student Exploration: Half-life 
Vocabulary: daughter atom, decay, Geiger counter, half-life, isotope, neutron, radiation, 
radioactive, radiometric dating 
Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 
1. Have you ever made microwave popcorn? If so, what do you hear while the popcorn is in 
the microwave? The sound of the kernels popping. 
2. If you turn the microwave on for t...
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Name: Alyssa Hernandez Date: 
Student Exploration: Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs 
[NOTE TO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS: This lesson was designed as a follow-up 
to the Distance-Time Graphs Gizmo™. We recommend you complete that activity 
before this one.] 
Vocabulary: displacement, distance traveled, slope, speed, velocity 
Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the 
Gizmo.) Dora runs one lap around the track, finishing where she 
started. Clarkruns a 100-meter dash along the stra...
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Student Exploration: Meiosis 
Directions: Follow the instructions to go through the simulation. Respond to the questions and 
prompts in the orange boxes. 
Vocabulary: anaphase, chromosome, crossover, cytokinesis, diploid, DNA, dominant, gamete, genotype, 
germ cell, haploid, homologous chromosomes, interphase, meiosis, metaphase, mitosis, ovum, phenotype, 
prophase, recessive, sister chromatid, sperm cell, telophase, zygote 
Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 
1. Durin...
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Name: Jose Rivera Rodriguez Date: 02/24/20 – 02/25/20 
Activity: Moles, Avogadro, and Molar Mass 
Prior Knowledge Questions 
1. In the image, note a dozen eggs, a dozen donuts and a dozen 
roses. How many of each item do you have? 12 eggs, 12 
donuts, and 12 roses. 
2. Would a dozen of each object have the same mass? No 
3. Suppose you have a dozen silver atoms, a dozen oxygen atoms, and a dozen lithium atoms. 
Even though you have the same number of each, will they all have the same mass? Exp...
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Student Exploration RNA and Protein Synthesis Quiz 2023 with complete solutiom;(Gizmo) 
 
Suppose you want to design and build a house.How would you communicate your design plans with the constuction crew that would work on the house? 
I would have a blueprint with instructions. 
Cells build large,complicated molecules,such as proteins.What do you think cells use as their "design plans" for proteins? 
They use DNA. 
Look at the SIMILATION pane.Is the displayed segment a part of the DNA or RNA ...
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GIZMO: Building DNA Quiz with complete solution 
 
Look at the DNA molecule shown to the right. What does it look like? 
a twisted ladder 
Based on this picture, how do you think a DNA molecule makes a copy of itself? 
it splits and untwists 
What are the two DNA components shown in the Gizmo? 
nucleoside and phosphate 
How many different nitrogenous bases do you see? 
4 (Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine, and Thymine) 
What makes up the sides of the DNA molecule? 
phosphates and sugar 
What makes up t...
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GIZMO: Building DNA Quiz with complete solution 
 
Look at the DNA molecule shown to the right. What does it look like? 
a twisted ladder 
Based on this picture, how do you think a DNA molecule makes a copy of itself? 
it splits and untwists 
What are the two DNA components shown in the Gizmo? 
nucleoside and phosphate 
How many different nitrogenous bases do you see? 
4 (Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine, and Thymine) 
What makes up the sides of the DNA molecule? 
phosphates and sugar 
What makes up t...
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Gizmo Key Terms: Building DNA 
 
double helix 
the shape of a DNA molecule (twisted ladder) 
DNA 
- incredible molecule that forms the basis of life on Earth 
- DNA molecules contain instructions for building every living organism on Earth (from tiniest bacterium to a massive blue whale) 
- has the ability to replicate (make copies of) itself, allowing things to grow and reproduce 
How do you think a DNA molecule makes a copy of itself? 
by breaking the weak hydrogen bonds that link the paired b...
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pH Analysis Gizmo Assessment Questions and Answers 2023 Complete 
 
Place these unknown pH test papers in order from most acidic to most alkaline. 
D. Paper D, paper C, paper A, paper B 
A new mild dish detergent is being tested before putting it on the market. If the new detergent were tested with 0-14 pH test paper, the test strip would most likely turn what color? 
C. 8.2 
Chemicals in the air can combine with rain to produce acid rain, which is harmful to the environment. Which of these is m...
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Carbon Cycle Gizmo Assessment Quiz with complete solution 
 
What process does the purple arrow indicate? 
B. Photosynthesis 
In a volcanic eruption, carbon dioxide dissolved in magma is released into the atmosphere during the explosion. What transition is described here? 
C. Geosphere to atmosphere. 
Which of the following images shows a transition from the biosphere to the geosphere? 
D. Image D 
Which of the following processes add methane (CH4) to the atmosphere? 
D. All of the above. 
Suppo...
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Genetic Engineering Gizmo Assessment Quiz with complete solution 
 
1. The corn plants in the image below have been grown with Lepidoptera sp. larvae, insects that feed on the corn's cob and leaves. Select the statement that is correct, based on the image. 
B. A resistance gene was inserted into the plant on the right that makes the corn resistant to Lepidoptera sp. larvae. 
2. In the image below, the corn plant on the left has been grown with Lepidoptera sp. larvae, insects that feed on the co...
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