GEMS Correlations with the Georgia State Science Standards
Grade Level Expectations and Benchmarks for Science
for Third Grade
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Strand: Inquiry
1. Topic: Science Inquiry, Process Skills and Problem Solving
Standard: Asks questions, classifies objects and events, communicates
with others, makes inferences and predictions, uses estimation and measurement,
uses evidence to construct explanations, makes sketches and diagrams
to explain ideas, and organizes data into tables and charts to interpret
and formulate simple hypotheses.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Buzzing
a Hive, Bubble Festival, Investigating Artifacts, Terrarium Habitats,
Involving Dissolving, Liquid Explorations, Secret Formulas, On Sandy
Shores, Aquatic Habitats, Mystery Festival, Schoolyard Ecology
2. Topic: Reference Skills
Standard: Uses encyclopedias, science reference magazines, books, and
other media to obtain information related to science concepts.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides:
Buzzing a Hive, Bubble Festival, Investigating Artifacts, Terrarium
Habitats, Involving Dissolving, Liquid Explorations, Secret Formulas,
On Sandy Shores, Aquatic Habitats, Mystery Festival, Schoolyard Ecology
3. Safety
Standard: Identifies and practices accepted safety procedures in manipulating
science materials and equipment.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Buzzing
a Hive, Bubble Festival, Investigating Artifacts, Terrarium Habitats,
Involving Dissolving, Liquid Explorations, Secret Formulas, On Sandy
Shores, Aquatic Habitats, Mystery Festival, Schoolyard Ecology
4. Activities/Tools
Standard: Actively engages in the learning process via hands-on/minds-on
science activities and experiences. Uses appropriate tools to collect
and analyze data and solve problems.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Buzzing
a Hive, Bubble Festival, Investigating Artifacts, Terrarium Habitats,
Involving Dissolving, Liquid Explorations, Secret Formulas, On Sandy
Shores, Aquatic Habitats, Mystery Festival, Schoolyard Ecology
Strand: Physical Science
6. Energy and Its Transformation: Heat
Standard: Identifies heat as a form of energy. Tests effect of heat
on ice or water.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Involving
Dissolving
Strand: Life Science
12. The Living World: Living Things
Standard: Recognizes and describes basic life processes. Identifies
evidence of basic life processes in the immediate environment such as
gathering and digesting food, excreting waste products, reproducing,
breathing and responding to the environment.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Buzzing
a Hive, Terrarium Habitats, On Sandy Shores, Aquatic Habitats, Schoolyard
Ecology
15. The Living World: Animals
Standard: Recognizes and describes a variety of animal and plant
life cycles. Illustrates the life cycles of a chicken, butterfly, frog,
turtle, grasshopper, dog and fish.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Buzzing
a Hive, Terrarium Habitats, On Sandy Shores, Aquatic Habitats
Strand: Earth/Space Science
16. Earth History
Standard: Discusses how fossils are formed. Constructs a fossil.
Identifies where fossils are formed and discusses how fossils are uncovered.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Investigating
Artifacts
20. Earth Materials: Physical Geology
Standard: Compares various soils such as sandy soil and red clay.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Investigating
Artifacts, Terrarium Habitats, On Sandy Shores
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