GEMS and Massachusetts Science Standards
Scope and Sequence of GEMS Guides to the
Massachusetts Science Standards
Guides with * cover the most standards at that grade level
Kindergarten
*Tree Homes
*Buzzing a Hive
Ladybugs
First Grade
*Penguins and Their Young
*Eggs, Eggs Everywhere
Sifting Through Science
Second Grade
*Terrarium Habitats
*Matter
Liquid Explorations
Third Grade
*On Sandy Shores
*Stories in Stone – first half
Fourth Grade
*Aquatic Habitats
Hot Water and Warm Homes From Sunlight
Schoolyard Ecology
Fifth Grade
*Electric Circuits
*Color Analyzers
*Earth, Moon and Stars
*Messages From Space
Schoolyard Ecology
Sixth Grade
*Plate Tectonics
Earth, Moon and Stars
Real Reasons For the Seasons
Convection: A Current Event
Dry Ice Investigations
Seventh Grade
*Chemical Reactions
*Dry Ice Investigations
*Global Warming
Eighth Grade
*Stories in Stone
*Plate Tectonics
River Cutters
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