The simulation which I completed on the Explore Learning website was teaching about the Triple Beam Balance. This gizmo was very interesting, and I think it was fun to use, easy to understand and would help students with measurements and understanding them. In this gizmo, the students can click on different objects on the side to place on the Triple Beam Balance. Next, the students click on the different scale options and move the weights to what they think the correct mass is, and the pointer on the scale will be in the middle, when the weight is equaled to the object on the scale. The learning objects being observed are teaching students how to determine the correct mass of objects and relate the masses to each other. I think this gizmo activity is very accessible for students to use, very interactive, fun, and easy to understand. The directions were clear and anyone could understand how to use the program. It would be a very useful activity for students to use, either as an assessment or to introduce them to the measuring unit in science. The students would have fun using the program, and be able to feel how to use a triple beam balance, especially if the school could not afford a triple beam balance for each student to use in the classroom.
Using these interactive boards I learned how to create a flip chart, how to drag photos, layer objects and use websites with the interactive boards. I learned how to edit photos, use the keyboard, handwrite on the board and many other things. I also learned how to orient the board before using it. I also learned how to use the website and use the already made lessons, where they have every subject area for all grade levels, and as a teacher, you can edit them to fit your classroom needs.
