Welcome

The Central Michigan GEMS Education Center is dedicated to the improvement of math, science, technology, and environmental education teaching and learning K-16, and to the associated generation and communication of knowledge about science, math, technology, and environmental education teaching and learning.

The Center accomplishes its mission through the active collaboration among science educators, math educators, scientists, and school-based colleagues.

Great Explorations in Math and Science is an exemplary curriculum. Our network of statewide math and science teacher leaders are a key resource for education throughout the state of Michigan.

 

Check out our tentative Fall 2011 Workshop Schedule:

Build It! Festival
 
 
This GEMS festival session includes a wide assortment of classroom learning-station activities that emphasize construction, geometric challenges, and spatial visualization.
Firday, September 23
EHS 129
1:00-4:00
Schoolyard Ecology
 
 
Children work in teams outdoors to sample, record, and analyze information about living organisms, then return to the classroom to share their findings and explore science concepts.
Firday, October 14
EHS 129
1:00-4:00
Treasure Boxes
 
 
In this engaging, innovative series of mathematical activities, children create personal collections of recycled, "found", and inexpensive objects and investigate their properties.
Firday, October 21
EHS 129
1:00-4:00
River Cutters
 
 
Students create river models and begin to undestand rivers as dynamic, eve-changing systems. They investigate the concepts of erosion polluion, toxic waste, and human manipulation of rivers.
Firday, October 28
EHS 129
1:00-4:00
Investigating Artifacts
 
 
This unit presents activities related to anhropology, archaeology, and diverse Native American and world cultures. Students classigy material objects found on a walk, make masks, and create stories.
Firday, November 11
EHS 129
1:00-4:00

 

VIEW PICTURES FROM PREVIOUS GEMS WORKSHOPS! Click Here

Take a look at our Spring 2011 Workshop Calander

Now order GEMS guides from our website and receive 20% off! click here

Click here to check out the previous workshops and conferences the GEMS Center has held since Spring 2006.

Glance at what other teachers are saying about GEMS! (CLICK HERE)

See which GEMS guides teachers in the Middle School and Elementary cohorts have ued in their classrooms and their feedback! (CLICK HERE - middle school) or (CLICK HERE - elementary)

Review which GEMS guides Elementary and Middle School cohort teachers have used for Professional Development Presentations! (CLICK HERE)

CLICK HERE to check out how each of the GEMS guides correlate with the Michigan Science and Math Curriculum!

Click HERE to see pictures of Kepler: A Search for Habitable Planets Space Science Workshop for Teachers

Read feedback from our Summer 2009 Workshop: Advancing Teacher Leaders in Space Science Click here!

Look at pictures from our November 18-20, 2008 Professional Development Conference.

Click Here to take the GEMS ATLSS June 2009 Particpant Survey

CMU GEMS Education Center, EHS 134B 989-774-1710

Email: gems@cmich.edu