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GEMS^® Ocean Sciences Sequence (Grades 3–5)

This sequence develops students’ ocean literacy by teaching standards-based science concepts and building inquiry skills in the compelling context of ocean science. Students learn that the ocean is big, deep, and the defining feature of our planet. The Ocean Sciences Sequence for Grades 3-5 covers the following topics:

Unit 1: What Kind of Place Is the Ocean?
Unit 2: What Is Life Like in the Ocean?
Unit 3: How Are Humans and the Ocean Connected?

Over the 3 units, each lasting 2 to 3 weeks, students learn about the different physical features of the ocean, the diversity of its habitats and the organisms that live in it, and the connections between people and the ocean.

Kit comes with a Teacher's Guide and the materials needed for a class of 32. Refurbishment Set replenishes kit consumables.

Benefits of using this kit:
	Field tested in over 70 classrooms across the nation, these lessons work and keep students engaged!
	Ocean concepts covered are aligned with state and national science education standards.
	Students learn about the ocean through investigations, modeling, writing, and group collaboration.

Goals Standards In the Kit Pilot this Kit Support

Goals of GEMS® Ocean Sciences Sequence for Grades 3–5
To provide complete understanding of 3 fundamental ocean science concepts:
	What Kind of Place Is the Ocean?
	What Is Life Like in the Ocean?
	How Are Humans and the Ocean Interconnected?

National Standards addressed by GEMS® Ocean Sciences Sequence for Grades 3–5:

National Science Education Standards, Grades K–4
	Science as Inquiry: Understandings about scientific inquiry.
	Physical Science: Properties of objects and materials.
	Life Science: The characteristics of organisms, Life cycles of organisms, and Organisms and their environments.
	Earth and Space Science: Changes in the Earth and sky.
	Science and Technology: Understandings about science and technology.
	Science in Personal and Social Perspectives: Types of resources, Changes in environments.
	History and Nature of Science: Science as a human endeavor.

National Science Education Standards, Grades 5–8
	Science as Inquiry: Understandings about scientific inquiry.
	Life Science: Regulation and behavior, Populations and ecosystems, Diversity and adaptations of organisms.
	Science and Technology: Understandings about science and technology.
	History and Nature of Science: Science as a human endeavor, Nature of science.

In the Kit:

Unit Kit comes with a Teacher's Guide containing 3 units, each with 6 to 11 sixty-minute class sessions, CD-ROM (containing multimedia components for use by the teacher and the students, color transparencies and copy masters for duplication or electronic presentation), and the materials needed for a class of 32.

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	You choose a lead teacher(s) to pilot the units.
	Carolina ships the selected unit kit(s) to your school/district.
	At the end of the pilot, you can purchase one of the unit kits for 10% off the catalog price!

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	GEMS® Ocean Sciences Sequence for Grades 3–5 Kit This Kit comes with a Teacher's Guide, CD-ROM, copy masters, color transparencies, an information packet, and the materials needed for a class of 32.

	GEMS® Ocean Sciences Sequence for Grades 3–5 Teacher's Guide Additional Teacher's Guides are available if you need them.

	GEMS® Ocean Sciences Sequence for Grades 3–5 Refurbishment Set This set replenishes the consumable materials in the Kit.