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Title: Elementary Science Core Curriculum


1
Elementary Science Core Curriculum
  • Involvement of Science Education Community in
    Core Development
  • Development Process
  • Overview of Timeline
  • Significant Changes in Core
  • Public Hearings Process

2
Committee Organization
State Science Education Coordination Committee
Core Steering Committee
Core Advisory Committee
Core Writing Committee
3
State Science Education Coordination Committee 66
State School Board
Public Hearings
Science Core Steering Committee 26
Focus Group Meetings 30 to 40 per grade-level
Core Advisory Committee 18
Core Writing Committees 4-6 writers per grade
level
Teacher Hearings 12 meetings 307 teachers
Content Expert Review
4
Science Core Development Process
  • December 1999
  • Steering Committee formation
  • Science Education research
  • Spring 2000
  • Teacher focus group meetings
  • Intended Learning Outcomes development
  • Advisory Committee meetings
  • Summer of 2000
  • Core writing
  • School Year 2000-01
  • Pilot of Core
  • Hearings with teachers statewide
  • Rewrite from pilot and hearings input December
    and March
  • Summer 2001
  • Steering Committee content review and ILO verb
    alignment - summer 2001
  • School Year 2001-02
  • 2001 CRT development begins
  • TRB, Sci-ber Text and Professional Development
    re-alignment
  • Request for State Board approval

5
Attributes of the New Core
  • Aligned to AAAS Benchmarks for Science Literacy
  • Content described in Science Benchmarks
  • Skills described in Intended Learning Outcomes
    (ILOs)
  • Standards, Objectives, Indicators provide detail
    for instruction
  • Science Language Students Should Use included
  • Skills articulate up grade levels in ILOs
  • Content spirals across grade-levels

6
Understanding the Science Core
Science Benchmarks
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
I. Standards 1. Objectives a. Indicators
7
Core Science Skills Intended Learning Outcomes
  • Process Skills Development

Classify Formulate Hypothesis Graph Generalize
from Data Measure Calculate Construct
Models Collect and Record Data Design and Perform
Experiments
Observe Sort Predict Use Models
Observe
K
12
6
3
8
Science Content Articulation of Core
Earth Systems Science
6th Grade
3rd Grade
Cross Grade Strands in Content
9
Significant Changes From 1994 Science Core
  • Science Benchmarks included to describe the
    content
  • Topics removed
  • Indicators provide greater instructional detail
  • Intended Learning Outcomes are described by
    grade-bands
  • K, 1, 2 Science Core becomes part of Integrated
    Core Curriculum
  • Some content changes to align to National
    Standards
  • Science Language Students Should Use provided
    in Core

10
Content Changes From 1994 Science Core
  • 3rd Grade
  • Electrical Safety -removed (part of Health Core)
  • Motion of Objects in Sky -added
  • 4th Grade
  • Adjusted approach to Utah Environments
  • Greater details of Common Utah Plants and Animals
  • 5th Grade
  • Removed Natural Resources (part of Social Studies
    Core and interwoven for science in other grades)
  • Heredity -added
  • 6th Grade
  • Expanded the investigation of Earth, Moon, and
    Sun
  • Greater depth with regard to Causes of Seasons

11
Request for Public Hearings
  • Five Open House Meetings to gather input from
    public
  • St. George
  • Richfield
  • Provo
  • Salt Lake
  • Farmington
  • On-line access to draft Core and comments
    instrument
  • Comments will be addressed and responded to by
    Email and phone
  • Provide one month comment period
  • Comments will be summarized, addressed and
    provided to State Board
  • Request for Board Approval of Science Core to
    follow in March
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