GEMS Correlations with the Georgia State Science Standards
Grade Level Expectations and Benchmarks for Science
for Fifth Grade
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Strand: Inquiry
1. Science Inquiry, Process Skills and Problem Solving
Standard: Asks questions, makes and keeps records of observations,
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, organizes
data into tables and charts for interpretation, reads and interprets
various types of graphs, formulates simple hypotheses, identifies and
controls a limited number of variables, and designs a simple experiment.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Bubble
Festival, Investigating Artifacts, Terrarium Habitats, Mystery Festival,
Schoolyard Ecology, Crime Lab Chemistry, Fingerprinting, Hot Water and
Warm Homes, Microscopic Explorations, Moons of Jupiter, Of Cabbages
and Chemistry, Oobleck, Stories in Stone, Vitamin C Testing, Animals
in Action, Bubble-ology, Color Analyzers, Earth, Moon, & Stars,
Environmental Detectives, Mapping Animal Movements, Messages From Space,
Paper Towel Testing, Ocean Currents, Only One Ocean
2. Reference Skills
Standard: Uses encyclopedias, science reference magazines, books
and other media to obtain information related to science concepts.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Bubble
Festival, Investigating Artifacts, Terrarium Habitats, Mystery Festival,
Schoolyard Ecology, Crime Lab Chemistry, Fingerprinting, Hot Water and
Warm Homes, Microscopic Explorations, Moons of Jupiter, Of Cabbages
and Chemistry, Oobleck, Stories in Stone, Vitamin C Testing, Animals
in Action, Bubble-ology, Color Analyzers, Earth, Moon, & Stars,
Environmental Detectives, Mapping Animal Movements, Messages From Space,
Paper Towel Testing, Ocean Currents, Only One Ocean
3. Safety
Standard: Identifies and practices accepted safety procedures
in manipulating science materials and equipment.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Bubble
Festival, Investigating Artifacts, Terrarium Habitats, Mystery Festival,
Schoolyard Ecology, Crime Lab Chemistry, Hot Water and Warm Homes, Microscopic
Explorations, Moons of Jupiter, Of Cabbages and Chemistry, Oobleck,
Stories in Stone, Vitamin C Testing, Animals in Action, Bubble-ology,
Color Analyzers, Earth, Moon, & Stars, Environmental Detectives,
Mapping Animal Movements, Messages From Space, Paper Towel Testing,
Ocean Currents, Only One Ocean
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: Bubble
Festival, Investigating Artifacts, Terrarium Habitats, Mystery Festival,
Schoolyard Ecology, Crime Lab Chemistry, Fingerprinting, Hot Water and
Warm Homes, Microscopic Explorations, Moons of Jupiter, Of Cabbages
and Chemistry, Oobleck, Stories in Stone, Vitamin C Testing, Animals
in Action, Bubble-ology, Color Analyzers, Earth, Moon, & Stars,
Environmental Detectives, Mapping Animal Movements, Messages From Space,
Paper Towel Testing, Ocean Currents, Only One Ocean
Strand: Physical Science
6. Structure of Matter
Standard: Investigates characteristics of length, mass, volume, density,
alkalinity/acidity and temperature. Uses balance scales, thermometers,
rulers, litmus paper and containers to compare characteristics of various
objects.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Bubble
Festival, Mystery Festival, Hot Water and Warm Homes, Moons of Jupiter,
Of Cabbages and Chemistry, Oobleck, Stories in Stone, Vitamin C Testing,
Bubble-ology, Environmental Detectives, Paper Towel Testing, Ocean Currents
8. Structure of Matter
Standard: Differentiates between and describes physical and chemical
changes in matter. Identifies and demonstrates examples of physical
and chemical changes.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Crime
Lab Chemistry, Stories in Stone, Vitamin C Testing, Environmental Detectives,
Ocean Currents
15. Motion/Force/ Machines
Standard: Investigates the force of gravity. Describes gravity
as a force that changes depending on the distance between two objects
and difference in their masses.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Moons
of Jupiter
16. Motion/Force/ Machines
Standard: Predicts, observes and records data on the rate of fall
of objects. Compares the rate of fall of objects varying in mass and
discusses how air resistance affects the rate of fall.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Moons
of Jupiter
Strand: Life Science
17. The Living World: Animals
Standard: Compares different kinds of animals and their protective
adaptations. Identifies examples of animals with protective adaptations
in color, physical structure and body markings and shadings, such as
zebras, giraffes, Viceroy butterflies and deer.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Terrarium
Habitats, Schoolyard Ecology, Animals in Action, Mapping Animal Movements,
Only One Ocean
18. The Living World: Animals
Standard: Compares similarities and differences in animals. Groups
animals using pictures or actual specimens by observable characteristics
such as body covering, number of legs, wings, ears, color and size.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Terrarium
Habitats, Schoolyard Ecology, Microscopic Explorations, Animals in Action,
Environmental Detectives, Only One Ocean
19. The Living World: Animals
Standard: Identifies and describes the five major kingdoms (Plants,
Animals, Fungi, Protists and Monerans). Names and describes basic characteristics
and examples of each kingdom.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Animals
in Action, Environmental Detectives, Only One Ocean
24. The Living World: Human Body
Standard: Determines effects of technology on food and nutrition.
Discusses how refrigeration, packaging, processing, advertisements and
transportation technologies have influenced typical student diets.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Vitamin
C Testing
Strand: Earth/Space Science
25. Earth Processes: Physical Geology
Standard: Discusses temperature change, chemical action and living
things as important factors in the splitting and breaking down of rocks.
Observes rock crevices where ice may form and act as a wedge to split
rock. Observes action of vinegar on different types of rocks and observes
plant roots in rock crevices.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: On Sandy
Shores, Stories in Stone
26. Earth Processes: Physical Geology
Standard: Recognizes changes that occur on the Earth's surface as a
result of erosion and deposition. Describes examples of erosion and
describe examples of deposition.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Stories
in Stone, Environmental Detectives, River Cutters
27. Earth Processes: Physical Geology
Standard: Explores and discuses change in the Earth's surface
due to plate tectonics. Uses maps to illustrate ring of fire, mid-Atlantic
Ridge, major fault zones, etc. Describes features created by faults.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Stories
in Stone
28. Earth Processes: Physical Geology
Standard: Recognizes that changes that occur on the Earth's surface
(earthquakes, volcanoes and erosion) are a result of forces acting upon
it. Describes examples of changes in the environment that are the result
of wind and water forces. Describes how the movement of molten rock
affects features such as faults and volcanoes.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Stories
in Stone, River Cutters, Ocean Currents
29. Earth Processes: Physical Geology
Standard: Recognizes that technology helps control land and water
forces. Locates examples showing how technology such as dams and contour
plowing helps to control land and water forces.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: River
Cutters
30. Earth Processes: Oceanography
Standard: Recognizes and describes the topography of the ocean floor.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Stories
in Stone, Ocean Currents, Only One Ocean
31. Earth Processes: Oceanography
Standard: Recognizes ocean water is in constant motion due to
currents, waves and tides.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Ocean
Currents, Only One Ocean
32. Earth Processes: Oceanography
Standard: Recognizes that ocean water varies in the content of
dissolved materials, its physical properties and the living things it
supports.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Ocean
Currents, Only One Ocean
33. Earth Processes: Oceanography
Standard: Recognizes and describes the ocean's many valuable resources,
some of which may be threatened by pollution, excessive harvest and
harmful mining techniques.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Ocean
Currents, Only One Ocean, On Sandy Shores
34. Earth Processes: Oceanography
Standard: Identifies and describes the varied technologies used
to study and explore the oceans.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Ocean
Currents
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