The table below indicates which GEMS Teacher's Guides are recommended at each grade level for addressing the California Science Framework. Those units marked ** have been identified as being particularly appropriate for the standards at that grade level. Grade Unit K Tree Homes Sifting Through Science ** Animal Defenses Ant Homes Under the Ground 1 Penguins and Their Young ** Secret Formulas Elephants and Their Young 2 On Sandy Shores ** Buzzing a Hive Frog Math Bubble Festival 3 Earth, Moon, and Stars ** Schoolyard Ecology Involving Dissolving Liquid Explorations 4 Terrarium Habitats ** Stories in Stone Only One Ocean Electric Circuits ** 5 Oobleck ** Chemical Reactions ** Crime Lab Chemistry Messages From Space 6 Plate Tectonics** Aquatic Habitats ** River Cutters Convection Bubble-ology 7 Life Through Time ** Color Analyzers ** Environmental Detectives More than Magnifiers 8 Dry Ice Investigations** Moons of Jupiter Messages from Space ** Acid Rain Discovering Density

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