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GEMS Fall 2017 WORKSHOPS
Math on the Menu/ Friday, September 15, 2017 ● (Grades 3-5)
In this engaging series of cooperative activities, students plunge in to help the fictional Rosada family as it opens, equips, and expands a Mexican restaurant...with all the attendant real-life mathematical challenges. Students eagerly apply different problem-solving strategies as they plan and enlarge the tostadas menu, determine different combinations of ingredients, analyze costs, set prices, and address interior logistics when the restaurant expands to a second location. / EHS 129
1:00-4:00 pm
Cost: FREE
Guide Cost: FREE
Growing up Wild
/ Friday, September 29, 2017 ● (Grades )
Growing Up Wild builds on children’s sense of wonder about worms, spiders, bears, and deer and invites them to explore wildlife and the world around them. Through music, art, food, and science, students are provided with an early foundation for developing positive impressions about nature and lifelong social and academic skills. / EHS 129
1:00-4:00 pm
Cost: FREE
Guide Cost: FREE
Science &
Literacy / Friday, October 20, 2017 ● (Grades K-6)
How can you use text to supplement firsthand science investigations? Find out how to incorporate trade books, reading, and writing – and literacy skills in general into your science instruction. Explore the ties between the English/Language Arts and Science Common Core Standards by doing a variety of investigations. NEW LESSONS / EHS 129
1:00-4:00 pm
Cost: FREE
Guide Cost: FREE
Treasure Boxes / Friday, November 3, 2017 ● (Grades K-3)
From postage stamps to bottle caps, a child's precious collections are natural starting points for guided exploration and mathematics activities, and can galvanize discussion of environmental concepts. In this engaging, innovative series of mathematics activities, children create personal collections of recycled, "found," and inexpensive objects and investigate their properties, calling many important science and math skills into play. / EHS 129
1:00-4:00 pm
Cost: FREE
Guide Cost: FREE
Moons of Jupiter
/ Friday, November 17, 2017 ● (Grades 4-8)
Observing and recording moon orbits over time, students reenact Galileo’s historic telescopic study of Jupiter’s moons and learn why his observations contributed to the birth of modern astronomy. Students experiment with craters, create scale models, and take a tour of the Jupiter system. / EHS 129
1:00-4:00 pm
Cost: FREE
Guide Cost: FREE