This new handbook is designed to assist teachers and administrators who are responsible for planning school and district science programs chart a course through the maze of new national and state standards, benchmarks, and frameworks. Part I of The Architecture of Reform is intended for readers who want to become familiar with the key documents in science education reform so that they can decide which documents they want to spend more time on and then move ahead in the planning process. 
Part II relates the vision and goals of these key reform documents to the GEMS series. The world of science and mathematics education, like the subject matter from which it springs, is in a constant state of ferment and change. As national standards and related guidelines and frameworks are discussed, debated, and, most importantly, implemented, more will be learned. Within this context of change, this handbook represents our attempt to synthesize the major building blocks of the leading reform documents and to summarize how well GEMS activities fit into that larger picture.

Architecture Of Reform: GEMS (Great Explorations in Math & Science) and National Standards

Education & Teaching

Barber, Jacqueline

Bergman, Lincoln

Sneider, Cary I.

Schools & Teaching

Lawrence Hall of Science/GEMS

The Magic of Electricity (Gems Assembly Presenter's Guides)

Children's Books

Gems

The activities in Magnifiers encourage students to discover the properties of lenses and develop the science skills of observing, comparing, measuring and graphing. The concepts addressed are lenses, images, focal length, magnifiers, cameras, telescopes, projectors and field of view.

More Than Magnifiers

Science, Nature & How It Works

Univ. of California

An immensely popular classic is reborn. The strangely behaving substance called Oobleck provides students a compelling experience in real-world scientific inquiry. Teachers benefit from improved assessments and clearer, more-accurate standards alignment. Students are totally engaged in activities that include observation, hands-on investigation, a scientific convention and spacecraft design, as they examine this alien substance and learn just what it is that scientists do.

Oobleck: What Do Scientists Do (Great Explorations in Math & Science (Gems) Series)

Earth, Moon, and Stars (Teachers Guide)

Oobleck

Parenting & Relationships

Book by Sneider, Cary I., Barber, Jacqueline

Paper Towel Testing

This new handbook is designed to assist teachers and administrators who are responsible for planning school and district science programs chart a course through the maze of new national and state standards, benchmarks, and frameworks. Part I of The Architecture of Reform is intended for readers who want to become familiar with the key documents in science education reform so that they can decide which documents they want to spend more time on and then move ahead in the planning process.   Part II relates the vision and goals of these key reform documents to the GEMS series. The world of science and mathematics education, like the subject matter from which it springs, is in a constant state of ferment and change. As national standards and related guidelines and frameworks are discussed, debated, and, most importantly, implemented, more will be learned. Within this context of change, this handbook represents our attempt to synthesize the major building blocks of the leading reform documents and to summarize how well GEMS activities fit into that larger picture.

Architecture of Reform

Sneider, Cary

How to engineer change in your middle school science classroom With the implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards, your students won’t just be scientists—they’ll be engineers. But

The Go-To Guide for Engineering Curricula, Grades 6-8: Choosing and Using the Best Instructional Materials for Your Students

Science & Math

Science for Kids

Corwin

Jake and the Quake

Review\n"STEM Lesson Essentials moves beyond the rhetoric and provides knowledge, tools, models, and examples that make STEM a reality of teaching and learning in classrooms." —Rodger Bybee, Executive Director (Retired), Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, on author's previous work\n"It's 1989, and in San Francisco, everyone's attention is focused on the World Series, where the Oakland A's and San Francisco Giants are meeting for the first time. However, another event of epic proportion is about to rock everyone's world, literally. Jake Milkovsky, a 13-year-old white boy, loves baseball, but the very unusual rock he recently discovered is taking up more of his interest. On his quest to identify it, he makes friends with an older girl, learns a lot about geology, and faces terror when a giant earthquake strikes the Bay Area..." —Kirkus Reviews\nWhen Jake finds an unusual rock in the cliffs under the Golden Gate bridge, he embarks on an adventure of discovery that will bring him new friends, new knowledge, and even the confidence to face a devastating earthquake.

Literature & Fiction

Tumblehome, Inc.

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Sneider, Cary I.. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Sneider, Cary I.