GEMS Correlations with the Florida Sunshine State Standards
Grade Level Expectations and Benchmarks for Science
Grades K2
Strand C: Force and Motion
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Standard 1: The student understands that types of motion may be described,
measured, and predicted.
Benchmark SC.C.1.1.1: The student understands that different things
move at different speeds.
Kindergarten
1. understands that different things move at different speeds (bicycle/motorcycle,
car/plane, tortoise/hare)
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Penguins
and Their Young
Benchmark SC.C.1.1.2: The student knows that there is a relationship
between force and motion.
Kindergarten
1. knows the names of objects that roll, slide, or fly.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Eggs
Eggs Everywhere
Standard 2: The student understands that the types of force that act
on an object and the effect of that force can be described, measured,
and predicted.
Benchmark SC.C.2.1.1: The student knows that one way to change
how something is moving is to give it a push or a pull.
First Grade
1. understands various ways gravity affects the motion of objects (for
example, an object on a ramp, an object that is dropped).
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Eggs
Eggs Everywhere
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