BookWidgets Features for STEM Lessons
These BookWidgets features help you adapt STEM activities to your lesson objectives and student levels.
The calculator allows teachers to strategically provide either a basic or scientific calculator for any activity. This gives students access to the exact mathematical tool required for their work.
The copy-paste restriction ensures that students can only copy and paste content within the widget itself. This helps prevent students from copying content from other websites and encourages them to create their own responses.
The equation editor & LaTeX support remove technical barriers by providing a clear, visual way to write formulas and scientific notation.
The equations question eliminates the frustration of typing symbols by providing an intuitive pop-up with essential mathematical and scientific notation. Students can focus on solving the problem rather than struggling with input.
Add hints to provide helpful rich-text or audio guidance that students can access if they need extra help with a specific question. This provides scaffolded support for independent learning by offering immediate assistance exactly when a student is unable to move forward.
Live monitoring empowers teachers to track student progress and recent interactions in real time as they engage with digital classroom activities. This feature is available for most widget types, providing immediate visibility into student performance to support timely, personalized intervention.
Multimedia integration transforms static assignments into dynamic experiences by adding images, audio, and video directly within questions or as side resources. This provides the necessary visual and auditory context to make every assignment more intuitive and relatable for students.
Embed interactive STEM simulations using the PhET integration. Make abstract concepts easier to visualize and understand. Students can manipulate variables in real time to explore relationships and discover patterns, bridging the gap between theory and visual representation.
By enabling random question selection, BookWidgets will select a given amount of questions from a larger question pool. This ensures that each student will receive a unique combination of questions.
Rich text instructions transform standard directions into clear, visually organized guides. By customizing fonts, colors, and layouts, teachers can highlight key information and ensure that students stay focused on the most important parts of the lesson. Students can call back the instructions at any time during their assignment.
The scratchpad allows students to draft notes, solve problems, or visualize ideas directly within an activity. Teachers have the flexibility to enable this feature for the entire widget or only for specific questions that need extra workspace.
Text highlighting allows students to mark essential information in questions and rich-text resources to improve focus and comprehension. Teachers can enable it to support active learning and focus during activities.
Text-to-speech support allows students to have text read aloud using their browser’s built-in text-to-speech. It helps teachers better support diverse learning needs while creating a more inclusive digital classroom experience.
Time limits keep students on track by displaying a live countdown timer during an activity. This ensures a consistent pace for the entire class and helps students develop essential time management skills during assessments.
