GEMS 2006
Who: 3rd grade Brownie-girls ages 11-17
(please list names on registration form)
What: GEMS Rover OR Lab Host (4 girls,
1 adult)
Where: Houston Museum of Natural Science
(HMNS)
When: Saturday, February 18; 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
(optional overnight on February 17)
Min./Max.: 70 lab teams; team is four girls
and one adult
Cost:
$5/girl (up to 4 girls/booth host team)
1 adult/team – free
Register: Use Program
Registration Form
Event code: 10-62-01-6243
Deadline: Thursday, December 1
Note: Registered teams will receive an
information sheet to complete details about their topic. Complete
and return the form promptly. If more teams than labs/ rover
positions available apply, the information sheets will reviewed
by a panel of judges to select the teams that will participate.
To learn more about GEMS, visit the GEMS 2006 booth at the
HMNS Earth Science Day/Scout Open House on October 8 OR Dino
Day on November 5.
Contact:
General, Melinda Gaskill, 713-292-0232, or mgaskill@sjgs.org
Registration, Theresa Hunter, 713-292-0318 or
thunter@sjgs.org
How can I participate?
Be an expert for a day, show others what you’ve learned
about a math, science, engineering, or technology concept
or an exciting scientist, mathematician, engineer, or inventor!
- Be a Rover: scientist, mathematician,
engineer, inventor, or have a concept
GEMS Rovers select a person or a concept and:
- Learn about their person/concept
- Design and make costume/props to wear to reflect the
topic
- Develop a monologue to share 5-10 points about the topic
- Perform that monologue at the Friday night set up for
staff
- Be assigned 4, 30 minute sessions on Saturday
During your session, you’ll perform as the person/concept
and:
- Walk the scientist’s trail around the area
- Speak to 15 or more Girl Scouts individually or in small
groups about your topic
Rovers can be individual girls or teams up to four girls.
An adult needs to be on site for each team. If the same troop
has a ‘lab’, that adult can serve for both teams.
Within a team, girls may select the same topic or different
ones. Session assignments will be made with the buddy system
in mind. Details available later.
- Be ‘In the Lab’!
- Explore Girl Scout earned awards, GSUSA and Council’s
Own, that girls could earn by visiting your ‘lab’
- Design free or inexpensive hands on activities based
on the requirements that could be completed at your ‘lab’
- Design props/decorations for your lab (table)
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Make a costume/props to
wear to reflect the topic - Develop a script with roles for each lab staff to fulfill
when visited
- Be assigned a location to staff for the four hours of
the event at the museum on Saturday
- Perform your script at the Friday night set up for the
GEMS staff
Survey girls to see those who may have an interest in hosting
a booth of four girls and one adult. Labs have a minimum of
two girls at all times during the event.
As a large troop or with just a few girls:
- Select a math, science, engineering, or technology topic,
such as requirements for GSUSA
awards, GSSJC
patches or other Girl Scout councils’ patches or awards
or a person or a concept in these areas.
- Explore your topic
- Return to a future troop meeting with ideas for hands
on, inexpensive ways you can share your knowledge
- Describe what an interesting booth/costume/props looks
like to make girls want to stop and learn
- Register to be a Rover or host a lab.
Why should I want to be a rover or lab host?
- Learn more about a topic of interest to you.
- Work with a team to design and make an interesting exhibit.
- Meet loads of girls and other museum guests at the event.
- Get to know other booth hosts at meetings and activities.
- Earn service and/or leadership hours
- Half price overnight ($20/girl) the Friday night before
the event.
Labs include:
- A table measuring 8’ x 5.
- One table and 2 chairs will be provided
- Save energy – no electrical outlets
- Participate
Attend GEMS 2006 on Saturday, February 18
Registration information will be in the January issue of
The Golden Link, on the CIN (Council Information
Network) at www.gssjc.org
, and at www.hmns.org. All
registration will be through the Houston Museum of Natural
Science.
Participants will:
- Participate in troop/family contests (details in January)
- Visit troop ‘labs’
- Meet and learn from the Girl Scout Roving scientists,
mathematicians, engineers and inventors
- Enjoy a free planetarium show (morning visitors only)
- Receive the HMNS Dino Patch with the GEMS bar
- Fulfill various GSUSA, GSSJC and other council’s
award requirements
- Swap
- Hear interesting guest speakers
- Go on a scavenger hunt
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