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Kevin Beals is a curriculum specialist/professional developer
and teacher for the Great Explorations in
Math and Science (GEMS) Program. He has authored or co-authored
the following GEMS curriculum guides: Mystery Festival, Learning
About Learning, River Cutters, Messages From
Space, Dry Ice Investigations, Environmental
Detectives, Ocean Currents, Life Through Time, Living
With a Star, Electrical Circuits, and Medical
Mystery Festival. He conceptualized and co-designed the
ChemMystery exhibit, co-designed three science kits for Scientific
Explorer Toy Company, and co-authored three curriculum guides
for SETI at NASA. Beals also co-designed 20 LHS school programs,
including Ocean Creature Features Festival; Mystery Festival;
Environmental Detectives Festival; Medical Mystery Festival;
Flames, Flares and Explosions; Crime Camp; Crime-Fighting Superheroes
Camp; Fantastic Gas Class; The Science of Toys; and Bones
in My Body. Since 1981 he has taught students from preschool
to middle school in classroom, museum, and educational camp
settings. He has led teacher workshops locally, nationally,
and internationally since 1990. He designed and currently co-teaches
a UC Berkeley course, Communicating Science, which he
is also documenting for publication. Beals has also written
and recorded two albums of science education songs with the
band The Bungee Jumpin' Cows. He graduated in 1982 with
a B.A. from UC Santa Cruz in Environmental Studies/Natural
History with a preliminary multiple-subject teaching credential.
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