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GEMS
GEMS develops and publishes over 70 affordable, stand-alone, supplemental science and math curriculum units and pedagogical handbooks, offers specialized workshops, and maintains an international support network.

GEMS is a leading resource for innovative science and mathematics education. Developed at the Lawrence Hall of Science, the public science education center at the University of California at Berkeley, and tested in thousands of classrooms nationwide, over 70 GEMS Teacher's Guides and Handbooks offer a wide range of supplementary learning experiences for preschool through 8th grade.

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General Science
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Oobleck: What Do Scientists Do?
Newly updated, Oobleck: What Do Scientists Do? provides a compelling introduction to inquiry science as students explore a mysterious extraterrestrial substance, engage in scientific discourse, and design spacecraft.

One of the all-time most popular GEMS guides, Oobleck makes a joyful scientist out of every child. Oobleck is a green, oozy substance (from "outer space," in this fictional account) that both begs and eludes description as it initiates students in the nature of inquiry and definition and sparks vigorous debate about its properties. This new GEMS’s edition is updated and expanded in

Oobleck: What Do Scientists Do?
Price: 
15
Edition: 
First
Author Name: 
Kevin Beals and Lincoln Bergman, original version by Cary I. Sneider
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GEMS
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GEMS
Ages or Grades: 
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8

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Subject Category: 
General Science
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Ice Cream Science
engages kids and parents in making ice cream, and learning some of the related science.
A unique kit that uses your T-shirt as the ice cream machine. It’s a totally new way to churn your favorite flavors into a yummy ice cream treat. Just put all the ingredients in the container, slip it in a T-shirt, start twirling, and voila – perfect ice cream every time! Kids invent their own secret recipes with flavors and colors.
Ice Cream Science
Edition: 
First
Program Link: 
GEMS
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GEMS
Ages or Grades: 
Age 8

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Subject Category: 
General Science
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Soda Pop Science
winner of the Oppenheim Platinum Science/Crafts Best Toy Award and Family Fun Toy of the Year (T.O.Y.) Award.
Invent your own secret soda formulas, create some fizz, experiment with flavors and colors, conduct taste tests, and make wild, fizzy drinks for your friends.
Soda Pop Science
Edition: 
First
Program Link: 
GEMS
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GEMS
Ages or Grades: 
Age 9

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Subject Category: 
Astronomy
Education Resources
Space Science Sequence
GEMS Space Science Sequence for Grades 3–5 features four integrated units titled “How Big and How Far?” “Earth's Shape and Gravity,” “How Does the Earth Move?” and “Moon Phases and Eclipses,” totaling 24 sessions.

      The GEMS® Space Science Sequences have these compelling features:

Space Science Sequence or Grades 3–5
Edition: 
First
Program Link: 
GEMS
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GEMS
Ages or Grades: 
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5

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Subject Category: 
General Science
Education Resources
Mystery Festival
offers an engaging and content-rich exploration of forensic science (for elementary or middle school students) including DNA analysis, chromatography, fingerprinting, and much more.

This exciting and popular GEMS Festival Teacher's Guide features two imaginative and compelling mysteries, one for younger and one for older students. Each mystery allows for layers of detection, from the simplest to the more involved, to allow for several grade levels' participation.

Mystery Festival
Price: 
28
Edition: 
First
Author Name: 
Kevin Beals and Carolyn Willard
Program Link: 
GEMS
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GEMS
Ages or Grades: 
Kindergarten
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8

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