GEMS Correlations with the
MISSISSIPPI SCIENCE FRAMEWORK
for First Grade
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First grade science content strands are Life Science (L),
Earth and Space Science (E), and Physical Science (P). The content strand
associated with each competency is identified after the competency statement.
Science competencies for first grade:
1. Explore the basic patterns of living systems. (L)
Appropriate GEMS Teachers Guides: Ant
Homes Under the Ground, Buzzing a Hive,
Eggs Eggs Everywhere, Elephants
and Their Young, Ladybugs, Mother
Opossum and Her Babies, Penguins and Their
Young
2. Investigate the diversity of living things. (L, P)
Appropriate GEMS Teachers Guides:
Ant Homes Under the Ground, Buzzing a Hive,
Elephants and Their Young, Ladybugs,
Mother Opossum and Her Babies, Penguins
and Their Young, Tree Homes
3. Identify and describe daily changes in the sky.
(E, P)
Appropriate GEMS Teachers Guides: none at this time
4. Examine the structure of the solar system. (E, P)
Appropriate GEMS Teachers Guides: none at this time
5. Discover the diversity of the Earths surface. (E)
Appropriate GEMS Teachers Guides: Investigating
Artifacts, Penguins and Their Young
6. Explore changes that occur in the Earths atmosphere. (E)
Appropriate GEMS Teachers Guides: Tree
Homes
7. Investigate how environmental concerns relate to the quality of
life. (E)
Appropriate GEMS Teachers Guides: Elephants
and Their Young
8. Examine the different types of observable and measurable changes
that matter can undergo. (P)
Appropriate GEMS Teachers Guides: Involving
Dissolving, Liquid Explorations, Secret
Formulas, Sifting Through Science,
Treasure Boxes
9. Explore the concepts of length, weight, temperature, and capacity/volume
using nonstandard and standard (English and metric) units of measurement.
(L, E, P)
Appropriate GEMS Teachers Guides: Build
It! Festival, Frog Math, Investigating
Artifacts, Involving Dissolving, Mother
Opossum and Her Babies, Secret
Formulas
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