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GEMS: Introductions, Literature Links & Standards
Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS) activities are designed to capture imagination while illuminating essential science themes, concepts and methods. Developed at the University of California at Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science and tested in thousands of classrooms nationwide, GEMS guides utilize children’s natural curiosity about their environment to teach mathematics as well as reading, social science, art, and, of course, science. Learning objectives are clearly summarized and activities are integrated across disciplines and grade levels. Each guide is complete and can stand alone as a unit of study or as a supplementary lesson. GEMS guides found within this section heading include Once Upon a GEMS Guide; Parent Partners; The Architecture of Reform, The Gems Teacher's Handbook, and Spark Your Childs Success in Math and Science.
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GEMS Units: Preschool through Grades 3-4
Includes the following Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS) guides: Animal Defenses; Ant Homes Under the Ground; Bubble Festival; Build-it Festival; Buzzing a Hive; Eggs Eggs Everywhere; Early Adventures in Algebra; Elephants and their Young; Frog Math, Group Solutions; Group Solutions Too!; Hide a Butterfly; Investigating Artifacts; Involving Dissolving; Ladybugs; Liquid Explorations; Mother Opossum and Her Babies; On Sandy Shores; Penguins and their Young; Science and Math Explorations for Young Children; Secret Formulas; Sifting through Science; Terrarium Habitats; Treasure Boxes and Tree Homes.
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GEMS Units: Grades 3-4 through 7
Includes the following Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS) guides: Animal Habitats; Bubble-ology; Color Analyzers; Crime Lab Chemistry; Earth, Moon and Stars; Electric Circuits; Fingerprinting; Hot Water and Warm Homes from Sunlight; In All Probability; Mapping Animal Movements; Math on the Menu; Messages from Space; Microscopic Explorations; Mystery Festival; Quadice; Of Cabbages and Chemistry; OObleck: What Do Scientists Do?; Plate Tectonics; Paper Towel Testing; Ocean Currents; Only One Ocean; Schoolyard Ecology and Vitamin C Testing.
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GEMS Units: Grades 7 through 10
Includes the following Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS) guides: Acid Rain; Animals in Action; Chemical Reactions; Convection; Discovering Density; Dry Ice Investigations; Earthworms; Environmental Detectives; Experimenting with Model Rockets; Global Warming and the Greenhouse Effect; Height-O-Meters; Learning about Learning; Mapping Fish Habitats; Math Around the World; More than Magnifiers; River Cutters; Stories in Stone and The Real Reason for the Seasons.
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GEMS Scientific Explorer Adventure Kits
These kits were developed to provide teachers and parents with fun activities based on the Lawrence Hall of Science Great Explorations in Math and Science series. Each kit comes complete with easy to follow instructions and materials. Hours of educational fun are packed into each kit.
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