GEMS Correlations with the
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Science
Grade 5
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Science, Grade 5.
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: Animals
in Action, Aquatic Habitats, Bubble Festival, Bubble-ology, Color Analyzers,
Crime Lab Chemistry, Earth, Moon, & Stars, Environmental Detectives,
Fingerprinting, Hot Water and Warm Homes, Investigating Artifacts, Messages From Space, Microscopic Explorations, Moons
of Jupiter, Mystery Festival, Ocean Currents, Only One Ocean, Oobleck,
Paper Towel Testing, Schoolyard Ecology, Stories in Stone, 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: Animals
in Action, Aquatic Habitats, Environmental Detectives, Hot Water and Warm
Homes, Investigating Artifacts, Ocean Currents, Only One Ocean, Paper
Towel Testing, Schoolyard Ecology, Terrarium Habitats
(2) Scientific processes. The student uses scientific methods during
field and laboratory investigations. The student is expected to:
(A) plan and implement descriptive and simple experimental investigations
including asking well-defined questions, formulating testable hypotheses,
and selecting and using equipment and technology;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Animals
in Action, Aquatic Habitats, Bubble-ology, Hot Water and Warm Homes, Mapping
Animal Movements, Oobleck, Paper Towel Testing
(B) collect information by observing and measuring;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Animals
in Action, Aquatic Habitats, Bubble Festival, Bubble-ology, Color Analyzers,
Crime Lab Chemistry, Earth, Moon, & Stars, Environmental Detectives,
Fingerprinting, Hot Water and Warm Homes, Investigating Artifacts, Messages From Space, Microscopic Explorations, Moons
of Jupiter, Mystery Festival, Ocean Currents, Only One Ocean, Oobleck,
Paper Towel Testing, Schoolyard Ecology, Stories in Stone, Terrarium Habitats
(C) analyze and interpret information to construct reasonable explanations
from direct and indirect evidence;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Animals
in Action, Aquatic Habitats, Bubble-ology, Color Analyzers, Crime Lab
Chemistry, Earth, Moon, & Stars, Environmental Detectives, Fingerprinting,
Hot Water and Warm Homes, Investigating Artifacts, Mapping Animal Movements,
Messages From Space, Microscopic Explorations, Moons of Jupiter, Mystery
Festival, Ocean Currents, Only One Ocean, Oobleck, Paper Towel Testing,
Schoolyard Ecology, Stories in Stone, Terrarium Habitats
(D) communicate valid conclusions; and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Animals
in Action, Aquatic Habitats, Bubble-ology, Crime Lab Chemistry, Earth,
Moon, & Stars, Environmental Detectives, Fingerprinting, Hot Water
and Warm Homes, Investigating Artifacts, Messages
From Space, Microscopic Explorations, Moons of Jupiter, Mystery Festival,
Ocean Currents, Only One Ocean, Oobleck, Paper Towel Testing, Schoolyard
Ecology, Stories in Stone, Terrarium Habitats
(E) construct simple graphs, tables, maps, and charts using tools
including computers to organize, examine, and evaluate information.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Animals
in Action, Aquatic Habitats, Bubble-ology, Color Analyzers, Earth, Moon,
& Stars, Environmental Detectives, Fingerprinting, Hot Water and Warm
Homes, Investigating Artifacts, Messages From
Space, Microscopic Explorations, Moons of Jupiter, Mystery Festival, Ocean
Currents, Only One Ocean, Paper Towel Testing, Schoolyard Ecology, Stories
in Stone
(3) Scientific processes. The student uses critical thinking and scientific
problem solving to make informed 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: Animals
in Action, Aquatic Habitats, Bubble-ology, Earth, Moon, & Stars, Environmental
Detectives, Hot Water and Warm Homes, Investigating Artifacts, Messages From Space, Moons of Jupiter, Mystery Festival,
Ocean Currents, Only One Ocean, Oobleck, Paper Towel Testing, Schoolyard
Ecology
(B) draw inferences based on information related to promotional materials
for products and services;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Bubble-ology,
Environmental Detectives, Hot Water and Warm Homes, Only One Ocean, Paper
Towel Testing
(C) represent the natural world using models and identify their limitations;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Animals
in Action, Aquatic Habitats, Earth, Moon, & Stars, Environmental Detectives,
Moons of Jupiter, Ocean Currents, Only One Ocean,
Schoolyard Ecology, Stories in Stone, Terrarium Habitats
(D) evaluate the impact of research on scientific thought, society,
and the environment; and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Bubble-ology,
Earth, Moon, & Stars, Environmental Detectives, Hot Water and Warm
Homes, Investigating Artifacts, Messages From
Space, Moons of Jupiter, Mystery Festival, Ocean Currents, Only One Ocean,
Oobleck, Paper Towel Testing, Schoolyard Ecology
(E) connect Grade 5 science concepts with the history of science and contributions
of scientists.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Bubble-ology,
Earth, Moon, & Stars, Environmental Detectives, Fingerprinting, Investigating
Artifacts, Messages From Space, Moons of Jupiter,
Mystery Festival, Ocean Currents, Only One Ocean, Oobleck
(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, sound recorders, computers, hand lenses, rulers,
thermometers, compasses, balances, hot plates, meter sticks, timing devices,
magnets, collecting nets, and safety goggles; and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Animals
in Action, Aquatic Habitats, Bubble Festival, Bubble-ology, Color Analyzers,
Crime Lab Chemistry, Environmental Detectives, Fingerprinting, Hot Water
and Warm Homes, Investigating Artifacts, Messages
From Space, Microscopic Explorations, Moons of Jupiter, Mystery Festival,
Ocean Currents, Only One Ocean, Oobleck, Paper Towel Testing, Schoolyard
Ecology, Stories in Stone, Terrarium Habitats
(B) demonstrate that repeated investigations may increase the reliability
of results.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Animals
in Action, Aquatic Habitats, Bubble Festival, Bubble-ology, Crime Lab
Chemistry, Environmental Detectives, Hot Water and Warm Homes, Mystery Festival, Ocean Currents, Oobleck, Paper Towel
Testing
(5) Science concepts. The student knows that a system is a collection
of cycles, structures, and processes that interact. The student is expected
to:
(A) describe some cycles, structures, and processes that are found
in a simple system; and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Earth, Moon, & Stars, Environmental Detectives, Messages
From Space, Moons of Jupiter, Ocean Currents, Only One Ocean, Schoolyard
Ecology, Stories in Stone, Terrarium Habitats
(B) describe some interactions that occur in a simple system.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Environmental Detectives, Moons of Jupiter, Ocean Currents,
Only One Ocean, Schoolyard Ecology, Stories in Stone, Terrarium Habitats
(6) Science concepts. The student knows that some change occurs in
cycles. The student is expected to:
(A) identify events and describe changes that occur on a regular basis
such as in daily, weekly, lunar, and seasonal cycles;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Earth, Moon, & Stars, Environmental Detectives, Investigating
Artifacts, Messages From Space, Moons of Jupiter, Ocean Currents, Schoolyard
Ecology, Stories in Stone, Terrarium Habitats
(B) identify the significance of the water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles;
and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Ocean
Currents
(C) describe and compare life cycles of plants and animals.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Only One Ocean, Terrarium Habitats
(7) Science concepts. The student knows that matter has physical properties.
The student is expected to:
(A) classify matter based on its physical properties including magnetism,
physical state, and the ability to conduct or insulate heat, electricity,
and sound;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Microscopic
Explorations, Electric Circuits
(B) demonstrate that some mixtures maintain the physical properties
of their ingredients;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Crime
Lab Chemistry
(C) identify changes that can occur in the physical properties of
the ingredients of solutions such as dissolving sugar in water; and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Crime
Lab Chemistry, Mystery Festival
(D) observe and measure characteristic properties of substances that
remain constant such as boiling points and melting points.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: None
at this time.
(8) Science concepts. The student knows that energy occurs in many
forms. The student is expected to:
(A) differentiate among forms of energy including light, heat, electrical,
and solar energy;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Color
Analyzers, Hot Water and Warm Homes
(B) identify and demonstrate everyday examples of how light is reflected,
such as from tinted windows, and refracted, such as in cameras, telescopes,
and eyeglasses;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Bubble
Festival, Bubble-ology, Color Analyzers, Hot Water and Warm Homes, Microscopic
Explorations
(C) demonstrate that electricity can flow in a circuit and can produce
heat, light, sound, and magnetic effects; and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: None
at this time.
(D) verify that vibrating an object can produce sound.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: None
at this time.
(9) Science concepts. The student knows that adaptations may increase
the survival of members of a species. The student is expected to:
(A) compare the adaptive characteristics of species that improve their
ability to survive and reproduce in an ecosystem;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Environmental Detectives, Mapping Animal Movements, Only One
Ocean, Schoolyard Ecology, Terrarium Habitats
(B) analyze and describe adaptive characteristics that result in an
organism's unique niche in an ecosystem; and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Environmental Detectives, Mapping Animal Movements, Only One
Ocean, Schoolyard Ecology, Terrarium Habitats
(C) predict some adaptive characteristics required for survival and
reproduction by an organism in an ecosystem.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Aquatic
Habitats, Environmental Detectives, Only One Ocean, Schoolyard Ecology,
Terrarium Habitats
(10) Science concepts. The student knows that likenesses between offspring
and parents can be inherited or learned. The student is expected to:
(A) identify traits that are inherited from parent to offspring in
plants and animals; and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: None
at this time.
(B) give examples of learned characteristics that result from the influence
of the environment.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Only
One Ocean
(11) Science concepts. The student knows that certain past events
affect present and future events. The student is expected to:
(A) identify and observe actions that require time for changes to
be measurable, including growth, erosion, dissolving, weathering, and
flow;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Environmental
Detectives, Ocean Currents, Stories in Stone
(B) draw conclusions about "what happened before" using
data such as from tree-growth rings and sedimentary rock sequences; and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Investigating
Artifacts, Stories in Stone
(C) identify past events that led to the formation of the Earth's
renewable, non-renewable, and inexhaustible resources.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Ocean
Currents, Only One Ocean
(12) Science concepts. The student knows that the natural world includes
earth materials and objects in the sky. The student is expected to:
(A) interpret how land forms are the result of a combination of constructive
and destructive forces such as deposition of sediment and weathering;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Stories
in Stone
(B) describe processes responsible for the formation of coal, oil,
gas, and minerals;
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Stories
in Stone
(C) identify the physical characteristics of the Earth and compare
them to the physical characteristics of the moon; and
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Messages
From Space
(D) identify gravity as the force that keeps planets in orbit around
the Sun and the moon in orbit around the Earth.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher's Guides: Earth,
Moon, & Stars; Messages From Space |
