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.
GEMS activities engage students in direct experience and experimentation to introduce essential, standards-based principles and concepts. Clear step-by-step instructions enable all teachers to be successful presenting the activities. GEMS units offer effective, practical, economical, and schedule-friendly ways to provide high-quality science and math learning to all students.
Professional Development
Celebrating more than 20 years of curriculum development, and with more than 2 million books in print, GEMS is a hugely successful resource for inquiry-based science and mathematics instruction. Over 75 GEMS guides offer a wide spectrum of stimulating learning opportunities from preschool through eighth grade. GEMS units include the newly revised Oobleck: What Do Scientists Do?, a compelling introduction to inquiry science, and Mystery Festival, an engaging and content-rich exploration of forensic science. GEMS can be used to enhance existing curriculum, or related units can be effectively combined.
Most recently GEMS has introduced an exciting new series, GEMS Curriculum Sequences, in-depth units addressing core subject areas with rigorous adherence to teaching of standards. Initial titles include:
- GEMS Space Science Sequence for Grades 3–5,
- GEMS Space Science Sequence for Grades 6–8,
- and, beginning development, GEMS Ocean Sciences Sequence for Grades 3–5.
Professional development opportunities are available at LHS or at GEMS Sites and Centers. These professional development sessions can be customized to focus on the needs of a particular audience, for example for early childhood instruction, for content-specific goals such as physical science, and/or for a particular state’s standards.
Curriculum
Celebrating more than 20 years of curriculum development, and with more than 2 million books in print, GEMS is a hugely successful resource for inquiry-based science and mathematics. Over 70 GEMS guides offer a wide spectrum of stimulating learning opportunities from preschool through eighth grade.GEMS units include the newly revised Oobleck: What Do Scientists Do?, a compelling introduction to inquiry science, and Mystery Festival, an engaging and content-rich exploration of forensic science. GEMS can be used to enhance existing curriculum or can be flexibly combined to create longer curriculum sequences. Professional development opportunities are available at LHS or at GEMS network sites.
This program was developed for grades preK-8.
