GEMS Correlations with the
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Science
Grade 3
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Science, Grade 3.
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, Buzzing a Hive, Investigating Artifacts,
Involving Dissolving, Liquid Explorations, Mystery Festival, On Sandy
Shores, Schoolyard Ecology, Secret Formulas, 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, Investigating Artifacts, On Sandy Shores, Schoolyard Ecology,
Secret Formulas, 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, Schoolyard Ecology
(B) collect information by observing and measuring;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Bubble Festival, Buzzing a Hive, Investigating Artifacts,
Involving Dissolving, Liquid Explorations, Mystery Festival, On Sandy
Shores, Schoolyard Ecology, Secret Formulas, Terrarium Habitats
(C) analyze and interpret information to construct reasonable explanations
from direct and indirect evidence;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Investigating Artifacts, Involving Dissolving, Liquid Explorations,
Mystery Festival, On Sandy Shores, Schoolyard Ecology, Secret Formulas,
Terrarium Habitats
(D) communicate valid conclusions; and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Bubble Festival, Investigating Artifacts, Involving Dissolving,
Liquid Explorations, Mystery Festival, On Sandy Shores, Schoolyard Ecology,
Secret Formulas, Terrarium Habitats
(E) construct simple graphs, tables, maps, and charts to organize,
examine and evaluate information.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Investigating Artifacts, Liquid Explorations, Mystery Festival,
On Sandy Shores, Schoolyard Ecology, Secret Formulas
(3) Scientific processes. The student knows that information, critical
thinking, and scientific problem solving are used in making 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, Investigating Artifacts, Mystery Festival, Schoolyard Ecology
(B) draw inferences based on information related to promotional
materials for products and services;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Secret
Formulas
(C) represent the natural world using models and identify their
limitations;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Buzzing a Hive, On Sandy Shores, Schoolyard Ecology, Terrarium
Habitats
(D) evaluate the impact of research on scientific thought, society,
and the environment; and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Investigating
Artifacts, Mystery Festival, On Sandy Shores, Schoolyard Ecology
(E) connect Grade 3 science concepts with the history of science
and contributions of scientists.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Investigating
Artifacts, Mystery Festival
(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,
microscopes, cameras, safety goggles, sound recorders, clocks, computers,
thermometers, hand lenses, meter sticks, rulers, balances, magnets,
and compasses; and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Bubble Festival, Buzzing a Hive, Investigating Artifacts,
Involving Dissolving, Liquid Explorations, Mystery Festival, On Sandy
Shores, Schoolyard Ecology, Secret Formulas, Terrarium Habitats
(B) demonstrate that repeated investigations may increase the reliability
of results.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Bubble Festival, Liquid Explorations, Mystery Festival, Secret
Formulas
(5) Science concepts. The student knows that systems exist in the
world. The student is expected to:
(A) observe and identify simple systems such as a sprouted seed and
a wooden toy car; and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, On Sandy Shores, Terrarium Habitats
(B) observe a simple system and describe the role of various parts
such as a yo-yo and string.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, On Sandy Shores, Terrarium Habitats
(6) Science concepts. The student knows that forces cause change.
The student is expected to:
(A) measure and record changes in the position and direction of
the motion of an object to which a force such as a push or pull has
been applied; and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: None
at this time.
(B) identify that the surface of the Earth can be changed by forces
such as earthquakes and glaciers.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: On
Sandy Shores
(7) Science concepts. The student knows that matter has physical
properties. The student is expected to:
(A) gather information including temperature, magnetism, hardness,
and mass using appropriate tools to identify physical properties of
matter; and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Liquid
Explorations, Sifting Through Science
(B) identify matter as liquids, solids, and gases.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Involving
Dissolving, Liquid Explorations, Secret Formulas, Sifting Through Science
(8) Science concepts. The student knows that living organisms need
food, water, light, air, a way to dispose of waste, and an environment
in which to live. The student is expected to:
(A) observe and describe the habitats of organisms within an ecosystem;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Buzzing a Hive, On Sandy Shores, Schoolyard Ecology, Terrarium
Habitats
(B) observe and identify organisms with similar needs that compete
with one another for resources such as oxygen, water, food, or space;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Buzzing a Hive, On Sandy Shores, Schoolyard Ecology, Terrarium
Habitats
(C) describe environmental changes in which some organisms would
thrive, become ill, or perish; and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Buzzing a Hive, On Sandy Shores, Schoolyard Ecology, Terrarium
Habitats
(D) describe how living organisms modify their physical environment
to meet their needs such as beavers building a dam or humans building
a home.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Buzzing
a Hive, On Sandy Shores, Schoolyard Ecology
(9) Science concepts. The student knows that species have different
adaptations that help them survive and reproduce in their environment.
The student is expected to:
(A) observe and identify characteristics among species that allow
each to survive and reproduce; and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Buzzing a Hive, On Sandy Shores, Schoolyard Ecology, Terrarium
Habitats
(B) analyze how adaptive characteristics help individuals within
a species to survive and reproduce.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Buzzing a Hive, On Sandy Shores, Schoolyard Ecology, Terrarium
Habitats
(10) Science concepts. The student knows that many likenesses between
offspring and parents are inherited from the parents. The student is
expected to:
(A) identify some inherited traits of plants; and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: None
at this time.
(B) identify some inherited traits of animals.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: None
at this time.
(11) Science concepts. The student knows that the natural world includes
earth materials and objects in the sky. The student is expected to:
(A) identify and describe the importance of earth materials including
rocks, soil, water, and gases of the atmosphere in the local area and
classify them as renewable, nonrenewable, or inexhaustible resources;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Terrarium
Habitats
(B) identify and record properties of soils such as color and texture,
capacity to retain water, and ability to support the growth of plants;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Schoolyard
Ecology, Terrarium Habitats
(C) identify the planets in our solar system and their position
in relation to the Sun; and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: None
at this time.
(D) describe the characteristics of the Sun.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides:
None at this time.
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