Welcome to the GEMS 2005 Web Site!

Lawrence University hosted GEMS Day 2005 for Fox Valley area 7th and 8th grade girls on February 5th, 2005. They were great group of inquisitive students! The girls explored math and science through various hands-on activities throughout the day. The girls also got a taste of college life by eating lunch in a dining hall and visiting a dorm room.

GEMS Day 2005 included the following activity sessions facilitated by Lawrence faculty and students:

Chemistry of Color	Mary Blackwell/Karen Nordell	Chemistry
Fur, Fat, or Feathers: Which Works Best in the Artic?	Dana Raugi/Beth DeStasio	Biology
Gems on Display	Donnie Sendelbach	Computer Technology
How Do We Know the World Is Round?	Eugenie Hunsicker	Math
Seeing in the Dark	Jodie Sedlock	Biology
Seeing into Space	Christy Dunn	Physics
Welcome to Mars	Marcia Bjornerud	Geology

Thanks to the many faculty and students who helped coordinate GEMS 2005, especially Christy Dunn, Eugenie Hunsicker, and Karen Nordell. GEMS 2005 was generously supported by funding from Lawrence University and the Women's Fund of the Community Foundation.

In addition to the navigation bar on the left, at the bottom of each session's page you can click a link for more photos. For more general photos from the event itself, including lunch and the scavenger hunt, click here.

The girls helped create this web site. The picture to the right is of a group that is working together and having fun!

Last updated March 9, 2005

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