books by Great Explorations     books:     Great Explorations      Frog Math: Predict, Ponder, Play (Great Explorations in Math & Science) Jaine Kopp Great Explorations, 1998 Not a "dud" lesson in the book! The time invested in set-up and collecting materials for lessons from this text is well spent. The lessons are clearly presented, appropriate, and engaging, with many extension ideas included. The lessons were effective in primary and are adaptable for intermediate. ...             Bubble-ology Jacqueline Barber Great Explorations, 2001 One of the most popular GEMS guides, students, grades 5-9, combine fun and intense enjoyment with an exploration of important concepts in chemistry and physics through imaginative experiments with soap bubbles. Investigations include: devising bubble-blowing instruments; employing the Bernoulli principle to keep bubbles aloft; creating bubbles ...             Aquatic Habitats Katharine Barrett, Carolyn Willard Great Explorations, 1998 Aquatic Habitats: Exploring Desktop Ponds This book is an excellent resource. Everything is laid out in so that it doesn't take a lot of time to do a lesson plan. The activities are excellent for grades 3 and 4. The practice with observing, recording, and making predictions alone makes this book valuable. ...             Terrarium Habitats Kimi Hosoume, Jacqueline Barber Great Explorations, 2000 These activities, for grades Kindergarten through six, bring the natural world inside, deepening student understanding of and connection to all living things. The activities begin with an exploration of soil. Teams of students design and construct terrariums for the classroom. Sowbugs, earthworms, and crickets are placed in the terrarium ...             Mystery Festival Kevin Beals, Carolyn Willard Great Explorations, 1999 Get them involved Students really got involved in science investigation as they tried to solve one of the mysteries in this book. During a summer camp for children ages 9-12, we used the mystery written for the older students. They loved the hands-on involvement and stayed engrossed ...             In All Probability: Investigations in Probability and Statistics (Great Explorations in Math & Science) Celia Cuomo Great Explorations, 1993             Group Solutions, Too: More Cooperative Logic Activities for Grades K-4 (Teacher's Guide) Jan M. Goodman, Jaine Kopp Great Explorations, 2007 This GEMS guide features cooperative logic activities that are designed for groups of four students. Each student receives a clue about a problem and needs to share tha information with all the other group members in order to reach the correct solution. The entire group is responsible for finding the solution, and it can only be figured out when ...             Investigating Artifacts Katharine Barrett, Lincoln Bergman, ... Great Explorations, 2000             Crime Lab Chemistry: Grades 4-8 Jacqueline Barber Great Explorations, 2001 CSI in my classroom This has been a wonderful ready made book of lessons terrific for this time of the year when attention spans are waning. It addresses gas chromatography through using 9 different ink pens and having kids put coffee filters into water and letting the water bleed the ...             Dry Ice Investigations (grade 6-8) Jacqueline Barber, Kevin Beals, ... Great Explorations, 1999 A dynamic experience for your students This book is part of the GEMS workbooks. I have used several of these books in my classroom and they have never failed to provide quality knowledge or learning experiences for my students. This book provided top quality background information with several lessons. ...             Ladybugs Jean C. Echols Great Explorations, 1999             Tree Homes: Preschool-1 (Great Explorations in Math & Science) Jean C. Echols Great Explorations, 1998 Integrated Thematic Learning This book is a great teacher resource book for learning about animals that live in trees. I use it with my Pre-K kids during our forest animals unit. The lessons include a raccoon puppet and an owl art project, but this guide is more than just a craft instruction book. ...             Spark Your Child's Success in Math and Science: Practical Advice for Parents Jacqueline Barber, Nicole Parizeau, ... Great Explorations, 2002 OK as a reference Already being actively engaged in my child's schooling and "broader education," I did not find the chapter content in this book very enlightening. I did, however, make note of many of the additional resources this book cites, as well as get many ideas from the pull-out ...             Earth, Moon, and Stars (Teachers Guide) Cary I. Sneider Great Explorations, 1986             Moons of Jupiter (With Slides) (Great Explorations in Math and Science Gems Series) Debra Sutter Great Explorations, 1993 Explore the heavens just like Galileo did. The Moons of Jupiter is a great book, slide set and activity for any teacher who works with grades 4-8 and wants to teach science as a process and not just a list of boring facts.          products you might be interested in search for books bubble-ology, explorations, investigating, investigations, preschool-1, probability      toavi.com    web we recommend Get them involved randomly chosen music: Borodin: String Quartet No. 1 in A Major; String Quartet No. 2 in D Major