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Program Overview
The Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS) series includes more than 50 teacher's guides and handbooks for preschool through grade 10. About 35 of these are appropriate for middle school. The series also includes several assembly presenter's guides and exhibit guides. New guides and handbooks continue to be developed, and current titles are revised frequently. The series is designed to teach key science and mathematics concepts through activity-based learning. The time needed to complete GEMS units varies from about 2 to 10 class sessions.
Teacher's Guide
Recommended grade level:
5-8+.
In Mapping Animal Movements, students carry out hands-on experiences with animals such as crickets and hamsters, and learn research techniques used by field biologists to study animal behavior. Students practice a sampling system, using the classroom as a habitat. They use this skill to observe, track, map, graph, and identify patterns in the movements of a variety of animals. Students first observe the animals in an empty container; adding food and shelter to the container, they compare the animals' movements before and after their environment changes.
Mapping Animal Movements includes easy-to-follow lesson plans for each of the 4 activities, which require 30 to 45 minutes each; suggestions for the care and handling of animals; and reproducible student data sheets. Each lesson plan includes an overview, background information, a list of materials, and detailed instructions for preparation and for conducting the activity.
Key to Content Standards: 5-8 (see app. C)
UNIFYING CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES: Systems, order, and organization; change, constancy, and measurement.
SCIENCE AS INQUIRY: Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry; understandings about scientific inquiry.
LIFE SCIENCE: Regulation and behavior.
HISTORY AND NATURE OF SCIENCE: Nature of science.
Price:
$10.50 (ISBN 0-912511-60-5).
Publisher/supplier:
LHS GEMS.
Materials:
Available locally, or from commercial suppliers.
