GEMS Correlations with the
MISSISSIPPI SCIENCE FRAMEWORK
for Seventh Grade
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Seventh 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 seventh grade:
1. Compare and contrast structure and function in living systems. (L)
Appropriate GEMS Teachers Guides: Learning
About Learning, More Than Magnifiers, Life through Time
2. Explore the processes of the reproduction and heredity of organisms.
(L)
Appropriate GEMS Teachers
Guides: none at this time
3. Determine how organisms co-exist in their environment. (L)
Appropriate GEMS Teachers Guides: Only
One Ocean
4. Explore how environmental factors of population influence the
formation of an ecosystem. (L, E)
Appropriate GEMS Teachers Guides: Acid
Rain, Environmental Detectives, Global
Warming and the Greenhouse Effect, Hot Water
and Warm Homes from Sunlight
5. Examine survival strategies of organisms over many generations. (L)
Appropriate GEMS Teachers Guides: Life through Time
6. Explore the composition and changes of the Earth system. (E, P)
Appropriate GEMS Teachers Guides: Plate
Tectonics, River Cutters, Stories
in Stone
7. Explain the causes of lunar phases, eclipses, and Earths seasons.
(E)
Appropriate GEMS Teachers Guides: Earth,
Moon, and Stars, Messages from Space,
Moons of Jupiter, More
Than Magnifiers, The Real Reasons for
Seasons
8. Investigate chemical and physical properties of matter. (P)
Appropriate GEMS Teachers Guides: Acid
Rain, Bubble-ology, Chemical
Reactions, Crime Lab Chemistry, Discovering
Density, Dry Ice Investigations, Environmental
Detectives, Global Warming and the Greenhouse
Effect, Ocean
Currents, Of Cabbages and Chemistry, Oobleck,
Stories in Stone
9. Investigate motions and forces. (P)
Appropriate GEMS Teachers Guides: Earth,
Moon, and Stars, Experimenting with Model
Rockets, Moons of Jupiter
10. Investigate the sources of energy. (P, E)
Appropriate GEMS Teachers Guides: Convection:
A Current Event, Dry Ice Investigations,
Global Warming and the Greenhouse Effect,
Hot Water and Warm Homes from Sunlight, Ocean
Currents
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