GEMS Correlations with the
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Science
Grade 4
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Science, Grade 4.
Knowledge and skills.
(1) Scientific processes. The student conducts field and laboratory
investigations following home and school safety procedures and environmentally
appropriate and ethical practices. The student is expected to:
(A) demonstrate safe practices during field and laboratory investigations;
and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Bubble Festival, Crime Lab Chemistry, Fingerprinting, Hot Water
and Warm Homes, Investigating Artifacts, Microscopic Explorations, Moons
of Jupiter, Mystery Festival, On Sandy Shores, Oobleck, Schoolyard Ecology,
Stories in Stone, Terrarium Habitats
(B) make wise choices in the use and conservation of resources and
the disposal or recycling of materials.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Hot Water and Warm Homes, Investigating Artifacts, On Sandy
Shores, Schoolyard Ecology, Terrarium Habitats
(2) Scientific processes. The student uses scientific inquiry methods
during field and laboratory investigations. The student is expected to:
(A) plan and implement descriptive investigations including asking
well-defined questions, formulating testable hypotheses, and selecting
and using equipment and technology;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Hot Water and Warm Homes, Oobleck
(B) collect information by observing and measuring;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Bubble Festival, Crime Lab Chemistry, Fingerprinting, Hot Water
and Warm Homes, Investigating Artifacts, Microscopic Explorations, Moons
of Jupiter, Mystery Festival, On Sandy Shores, Oobleck, Schoolyard Ecology,
Stories in Stone, Terrarium Habitats
(C) analyze and interpret information to construct reasonable explanations
from direct and indirect evidence;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Crime Lab Chemistry, Fingerprinting, Hot Water and Warm Homes,
Investigating Artifacts, Microscopic Explorations, Moons of Jupiter, Mystery
Festival, On Sandy Shores, Oobleck, Schoolyard Ecology, Stories in Stone,
Terrarium Habitats
(D) communicate valid conclusions; and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Crime Lab Chemistry, Fingerprinting, Hot Water and Warm Homes,
Investigating Artifacts, Microscopic Explorations, Moons of Jupiter, Mystery
Festival, On Sandy Shores, Oobleck, Schoolyard Ecology, Stories in Stone,
Terrarium Habitats
(E) construct simple graphs, tables, maps, and charts to organize,
examine, and evaluate information.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Crime Lab Chemistry, Fingerprinting, Hot Water and Warm Homes,
Investigating Artifacts, Microscopic Explorations, Moons of Jupiter, Mystery
Festival, On Sandy Shores, Schoolyard Ecology, Stories in Stone
(3) Scientific processes. The student uses critical thinking
and scientific problem solving to make informed decisions. The student
is expected to:
(A) analyze, review, and critique scientific explanations, including
hypotheses and theories, as to their strengths and weaknesses using scientific
evidence and information;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Hot Water and Warm Homes, Investigating Artifacts, Moons of
Jupiter, Mystery Festival, Oobleck, Schoolyard Ecology
(B) draw inferences based on information related to promotional materials
for products and services;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Hot
Water and Warm Homes
(C) represent the natural world using models and identify their limitations;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Moons of Jupiter, On Sandy Shores, Schoolyard Ecology, Stories
in Stone, Terrarium Habitats
(D) evaluate the impact of research on scientific thought, society,
and the environment; and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Hot
Water and Warm Homes, Investigating Artifacts, Moons of Jupiter, Mystery
Festival, On Sandy Shores, Oobleck, Schoolyard Ecology
(E) connect Grade 4 science concepts with the history of science and
contributions of scientists.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Fingerprinting,
Investigating Artifacts, Moons of Jupiter, Mystery Festival, Oobleck
(4) Scientific processes. The student knows how to use a variety
of tools and methods to conduct science inquiry. The student is expected
to:
(A) collect and analyze information using tools including calculators,
safety goggles, microscopes, cameras, sound recorders, computers, hand
lenses, rulers, thermometers, meter sticks, timing devices, balances,
and compasses; and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Bubble Festival, Crime Lab Chemistry, Fingerprinting, Hot Water
and Warm Homes, Investigating Artifacts, Microscopic Explorations, Moons
of Jupiter, Mystery Festival, On Sandy Shores, Oobleck, Schoolyard Ecology,
Stories in Stone, Terrarium Habitats
(B) demonstrate that repeated investigations may increase the reliability
of results.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Bubble Festival, Crime Lab Chemistry, Hot Water and Warm Homes,
Mystery Festival, Oobleck
(5) Science concepts. The student knows that complex systems may not
work if some parts are removed. The student is expected to:
(A) identify and describe the roles of some organisms in living systems
such as plants in a schoolyard, and parts in nonliving systems such as
a light bulb in a circuit; and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, On Sandy Shores, Schoolyard Ecology, Terrarium Habitats
(B) predict and draw conclusions about what happens when part of a
system is removed.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Schoolyard Ecology, Terrarium Habitats
(6) Science concepts. The student knows that change can create recognizable
patterns. The student is expected to:
(A) identify patterns of change such as in weather, metamorphosis,
and objects in the sky;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Bubble Festival, Investigating Artifacts, Moons of Jupiter,
On Sandy Shores, Schoolyard Ecology, Terrarium Habitats
(B) illustrate that certain characteristics of an object can remain
constant even when the object is rotated like a spinning top, translated
like a skater moving in a straight line, or reflected on a smooth surface;
and
(C) use reflections to verify that a natural object has symmetry.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Terrarium
Habitats
(7) Science concepts. The student knows that matter has physical properties.
The student is expected to:
(A) observe and record changes in the states of matter caused by the
addition or reduction of heat; and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Hot
Water and Warm Homes
(B) conduct tests, compare data, and draw conclusions about physical
properties of matter including states of matter, conduction, density,
and buoyancy.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: On
Sandy Shores, Oobleck
(8) Science concepts. The student knows that adaptations may increase
the survival of members of a species. The student is expected to:
(A) identify characteristics that allow members within a species to
survive and reproduce;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, On Sandy Shores, Schoolyard Ecology, Terrarium Habitats
(B) compare adaptive characteristics of various species; and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, On Sandy Shores, Schoolyard Ecology, Terrarium Habitats
(C) identify the kinds of species that lived in the past and compare
them to existing
species.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: None
at this time.
(9) Science concepts. The student knows that many likenesses between
offspring and parents are inherited or learned. The student is expected
to:
(A) distinguish between inherited traits and learned characteristics;
and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: None
at this time.
(B) identify and provide examples of inherited traits and learned characteristics.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: None
at this time.
(10) Science concepts. The student knows that certain past events affect
present and future events. The student is expected to:
(A) identify and observe effects of events that require time for changes
to be noticeable including growth, erosion, dissolving, weathering, and
flow; and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: On
Sandy Shores, Stories in Stone
(B) draw conclusions about "what happened before" using
fossils or charts and tables.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Investigating
Artifacts, Stories in Stone
(11) Science concepts. The student knows that the natural world includes
earth materials and objects in the sky. The student is expected to:
(A) test properties of soils including texture, capacity to retain
water, and ability to support life;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Terrarium
Habitats
(B) summarize the effects of the oceans on land; and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: On
Sandy Shores
(C) identify the Sun as the major source of energy for the Earth and
understand its role in the growth of plants, in the creation of winds,
and in the water cycle.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: None
at this time.
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