GEMS Teacher Guides provide comprehensive coverage of the
California State Standards for Science for Grades K–8.
The standards themselves are available
on-line by searching at the California Department of Education web site. GEMS has not included the standards here for
the sake of brevity.
The pages accessible below specify how GEMS Teacher Guides
correlate to the standards for the grades indicated. As each
page states, many guides span a broader age range; in order
to be concise the pages only cite the standards relevant for
the grade ranges covered by that page. To see how a specific
guide relates to standards in another grade, simply return
here and select the alternative grade range desired.
Grades
PreK–2
Grades 3–5
Grades 6–8
In addition to correlating GEMS units to California's education standards as shown in the links above, the Kern County Office of Education has generated a correlation between GEMS Units and the California adopted curriculum products as shown on the documents linked below:
Overview from the Kern County Office of Education
Kindergarten: Houghton-Mifflin or Macmillan McGraw-Hill
First Grade: Houghton-Mifflin or Macmillan McGraw-Hill
Second Grade: Houghton-Mifflin or Macmillan McGraw-Hill
Third Grade: Houghton-Mifflin or Macmillan McGraw-Hill
Fourth Grade: Houghton-Mifflin or Macmillan McGraw-Hill
Fifth Grade: Houghton-Mifflin or Macmillan McGraw-Hill
Sixth Grade: Houghton-Mifflin or Macmillan McGraw-Hill
Alternatively, view a recommended
scope and sequence of GEMS units addressing the requirements
of the California Science Framework.
Correlations of California math standards and the GEMS Mathematics units Treasure Boxes and Build It Festival are available from the links here.
