GEMS Correlations with the Florida Sunshine State Standards
Grade Level Expectations and Benchmarks for Science
Grades 3-5
Strand A: The Nature of Matter
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Standard 1: The student understands that all matter has
observable, measurable properties.
Benchmark SC.A.1.2.1: The student determines that the properties of
materials (e.g., density and volume) can be compared and measured (e.g.,
using rulers, balances, and thermometers).
Third Grade
1. determines the physical properties of matter using metric measurements
that incorporate tools such as rulers, thermometers, balances.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Bubble
Festival
Fourth Grade
1. uses a variety of measurements to compare and contrast
the physical properties of matter.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides:
Bubble Festival, Crime Lab Chemistry, Hot Water and Warm Homes From
Sunlight, Moons of Jupiter, Of Cabbages and Chemistry, Oobleck
Fifth Grade
1. uses metric tools to determine the density and volume of materials.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Bubble
Festival, Bubble-ology, Environmental Detectives, Hot Water and Warm
Homes From Sunlight, Ocean Currents, Paper Towel Testing
Benchmark SC.A.1.2.2: The student knows that common materials (e.g.,
water) can be changed from one state to another by heating and cooling.
Third Grade
1. understands that physical changes in the states of matter can be
produced by heating and cooling.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Involving
Dissolving, On Sandy Shores, Secret Formulas
Benchmark SC.A.1.2.4: The student knows that different materials
are made by physically combining substances and that different objects
can be made by combining different materials.
Fifth Grade
1. knows that different materials can be physically combined to produce
different substances.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Bubble-ology,
Microscopic Explorations, Of Cabbages and Chemistry, Oobleck
2. knows the differences and similarities between mixtures and solutions.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Crime
Lab Chemistry, Mystery Festival, Ocean Currents
Benchmark SC.A.1.2.5: The student knows that materials made by
chemically combining two or more substances may have properties that
differ from the original materials.
Fifth Grade
1. knows that materials made by chemically combining two or more substances
have properties that differ from the original materials.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Bubble-ology,
Of Cabbages and Chemistry
2. knows the difference between physical and chemical changes.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Ocean
Currents, Stories in Stone
Benchmark SC.A.2.2.1: The student knows that materials may be
made of parts too small to be seen without magnification.
Third Grade
1. uses a tool to observe and study minute details of objects (for example,
hand lens).
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Involving
Dissolving, Mystery Festival, On Sandy Shores
Fourth Grade
1. uses a variety of tools (hand lens, microscope) to observe and study
minute details of objects.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Crime
Lab Chemistry, Fingerprinting, Microscopic Explorations, Mystery Festival,
On Sandy Shores, Stories in Stone
Fifth Grade
1. knows that materials may be made of parts too small to be seen without
magnification.
Appropriate GEMS Teacher Guides: Crime
Lab Chemistry, Microscopic Explorations, Mystery Festival, Only One
Ocean, Stories in Stone
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