GEMS Correlations with the
MISSISSIPPI SCIENCE FRAMEWORK
for Eighth Grade
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Eighth 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 eighth grade:
1. Analyze and relate structure and function in living systems. (L)
Appropriate GEMS Teacher’s Guides: Learning
About Learning
2. Analyze genetic continuity of organisms. (L)
Appropriate GEMS Teacher’s Guides: none at this time
3. Determine the economic factors that influence the regulation and
behavior of organisms. (L, E)
Appropriate GEMS Teacher’s Guides: Acid
Rain, Environmental Detectives, Global
Warming, Hot Water and Warm Homes from Sunlight,
Learning About Learning, Ocean
Currents, Only One Ocean, River
Cutters
4. Examine the physical factors of populations as they relate to the
formation of ecosystems. (L, E)
Appropriate GEMS Teacher’s Guides: Acid
Rain, Environmental Detectives, Global
Warming and the Greenhouse Effect, Hot Water
and Warm Homes from Sunlight, Ocean
Currents, Only One Ocean
5. Investigate atmospheric movements that affect the Earth’s system.
(E, P)
Appropriate GEMS Teacher’s Guides: Ocean
Currents
6. Investigate the Earth’s geological past. (E, L)
Appropriate GEMS Teacher’s Guides: Stories
in Stone
7. Describe the appearance and nature of our galaxy and the universe.
(E)
Appropriate GEMS Teacher’s Guides: Earth,
Moon, and Stars, Messages from Space,
Moons of Jupiter
8. Analyze the properties of matter. (P)
Appropriate GEMS Teacher’s Guides: Acid
Rain, Chemical Reactions, Discovering
Density, Dry Ice Investigations, Environmental
Detectives, Global Warming and the Greenhouse
Effect, Of Cabbages and Chemistry
9. Explore the application of simple and complex machines. (P)
Appropriate GEMS Teacher’s Guides: none at this time
10. Investigate the transfer of energy. (P)
Appropriate GEMS Teacher’s Guides: Hot
Water and Warm Homes from Sunlight
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