DYNAMIC LEARNING MAPS
DYNAMIC LEARNING MAPS?
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS
FOR
SCIENCE
Last Revised February 7, 2019. 2015. Copyright University of Kansas Center for Research. All rights reserved.
Essential Elements for Science
The Dynamic Learning Maps? (DLM?) Essential Elements for Science are copyrighted by the University of Kansas Center for Research. The Essential Elements may be reprinted or used, with appropriate citation, in part or entirety by anyone in DLM Science Consortium states. However, no text in the document may be modified. Comments, explanations, or other additional materials may be interspersed as long as they clearly indicate that they are not part of the Essential Elements and are not the opinions of the DLM Consortium or the University of Kansas Center for Research. An appropriate citation follows.
Dynamic Learning Maps Science Consortium (June 2015). Dynamic Learning Maps Essential Elements for Science. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas.
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Table of Contents
Background on the Dynamic Learning Maps? Essential Elements for Science........................... 4 Format of the Dynamic Learning Maps Essential Elements for Science .................................... 7 Essential Elements for Elementary ............................................................................................. 8 Essential Elements for Middle School....................................................................................... 17 Essential Elements for High School........................................................................................... 31 Essential Elements for High School Biology .............................................................................. 46
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Background on the Dynamic Learning Maps? Essential Elements for Science
The Dynamic Learning Maps? (DLM?) Essential Elements for Science (EEs) are specific
statements of knowledge and skills linked to the grade band expectations and represent the most
frequently assessed alternate standards in DLM Science states identified in the 2012 Framework for
Science Education. As such, this set of Essential Elements addresses a small number of science
standards, representing a breadth, but not depth, of coverage across the entire standards framework. The
purpose of the DLM Essential Elements is to build a bridge from the content in the general education
science framework to academic expectations for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities.
This version of the Essential Elements will provide content for science assessments for at least the next
two years. The DLM Science Consortium intends to develop a learning map based on research about
how students learn science content and engage in scientific and engineering practices in the next phase
of the project. Revisions will be made when the science map is complete, at which time we anticipate the
EEs will be aligned to the map with revisions and additions as appropriate. This will occur no sooner than
Spring 2019 and perhaps more likely for Spring 2020. DLM science member states will be given one to two years notice of revised EEs, so educators can adjust their instruction before new assessments are
delivered.
The DLM EEs were developed in a four-stage process from August to December, 2014.
Table 1. Timeline for DLM EEs Development
Draft
Development
1
Essential Elements created by DLM staff and reviewed internally
2
Face-to-face state educator review
Timeline 08/28/14 ? 08/29/14 10/14/14 ? 10/15/14
3
States conduct reviews in-state
10/27/14 ? 11/07/14
4
Final state review of Essential Elements
11/18/14 ? 12/03/14
The development of the first draft began with guidance from the DLM Science states to develop Essential Elements for three grade bands: elementary school (represented by grade 5 standards), middle school, and high school (including Essential Elements appropriate for end-of-course high school biology). A crosswalk of DLM states' science standards identified common cross-grade topics in the domains of physical science, life science (from which the high school biology topics were identified), and earth/space
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science . Most states' science standards included scientific investigation practices, typically integrated
into the core content areas. States selected core content for Essential Element development that is
common across states; shows strong progressions across grades; and is most important for students with
significant cognitive disabilities to be prepared for college, career, or community life. The DLM science
standards framework approved for EEs development identified the number of standards to address by
grade and domain.
Table 2. Count of state standards to address in EEs development.
Physical Science
Life Science
Earth/Space Science
Elementary School
4
2
3
Middle School
4
4
6
High School
4
5
6
High School Biology
N/A
10
N/A
Another important consideration for Essential Element development concerned the number of
linkage levels to include in the EEs. The DLM Essential Elements for English language arts and
mathematics contain five linkage levels. It was recommended that the EEs use three levels, which would
allow for development of the science map to support additional linkage levels that are based on research
and evidence.
Table 3. Linkage level comparison.
Linkage Levels for ELA and Mathematics
Initial Distal Precursor Proximal Precursor Target (grade level EE) Successor
Linkage Levels for Science
Initial
Precursor
Target
The first draft of the EEs was compiled by DLM staff and then reviewed internally by an expert
panel of science and special education consultants, which resulted in a second draft. The second draft
was presented to representatives from each state education agency and the educators and content
specialists they selected. Sixteen experts in science, as well as seventeen individuals with expertise in
instruction for students with significant cognitive disabilities from across five states, reviewed the draft
documents. This review resulted in significant changes that:
? clarified the science concepts that are the essential targets for measurement,
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? revised verbs to convey clear statement of what the student should do related to Scientific and Engineering Practices,
? focused on universal access issues, ? revised the Essential Elements to be more measurable, ? aligned the linkage levels with the target Essential Elements and across the grade bands and
refined Initial and Precursor levels, and ? provided examples within the Essential Element statements. A third draft was then reviewed internally by each state, considering these guiding questions:
1. Do the Essential Elements fit within the topics and core ideas that are the framework for the DLM system?
2. Do the Essential Elements in each topic support student learning over time? 3. Are the Essential Elements and linkage level learning targets clearly defined? 4. Do the linkage levels represent the learning target content at appropriately
reduced levels of breadth and depth? A final discussion and consensus vote by participating states in December, 2014, resulted in these EEs.
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Format of the Dynamic Learning Maps Essential Elements for Science
The EEs are presented by grade level and domain in a format that contains the following information for each Essential Element.
Grade Band (e.g., Elementary, Middle School, High School)
Format
Explanation
Domain: (e.g., Physical, Life, or Earth/Space) Core Idea: Topic: State Standard for General Education:
Science Framework: This information shows how the Essential Element links to general education grade-level science standards, using linking codes from A Framework for K-12 Science Education (2012).
Essential Element:
Target Level Description:
Precursor Level Description:
Essential Element: These are the three levels of the EEs.
Initial Level Description:
Connections to Science Practices
Connections to Crosscutting Concepts
Connections to DLM ELA Essential Elements
Connections to DLM Mathematics Essential Elements
Connections: Essential Elements are connected to specific science practices and concepts. In addition, some science Essential Elements have important connections to DLM Essential Elements in ELA and math, which are listed here when available.
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Essential Elements for Elementary
Elementary
Domain: Physical
Core Idea: PS1: Matter and Its Interactions
Topic: PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter
State Standard for General Education: 5-PS1-2: Measure & graph quantities to provide evidence that, regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved.
Essential Element: EE.5-PS1-2 Target Level: Measure and compare weights of substances before and after heating, cooling, or mixing substances to show that weight of matter is conserved.
Precursor Level: Compare the weight of an object before and after it changes from a liquid to a solid and from a solid to a liquid.
Initial Level: Recognize the change in state from liquid to solid or from solid to liquid of the same material.
Connections to Science Practices Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking
Connections to Crosscutting Concepts Scale, Proportion, and Quantity
Connections to ELA Essential Elements EE.W.5.7: Conduct short research projects using 2 or more sources. EE.W.5.8: Gather and sort relevant information on a topic from print or digital sources into given categories.
Connections to Mathematics Essential Elements EE.5.NBT.1: Compare numbers up to 99 using base 10 models. EE.5.NF.B.7: Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to multiply and divide fractions. EE.5.MD.A.1.b: Use standard units to measure weight and length.
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