Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part CXLI - Bulletin 127-LEAP Alternate Assessment, Level 1 (LPAA 1) Extended Standards
Chapter 7 - Science
Subchapter B - Standards/ Benchmarks/Extended Standards
Section CXLI-735 - Eleventh Grade

Grade 11

Science

Benchmarks

Extended Standards

Complexity Levels

A. The Abilities Necessary to Do Scientific Inquiry

SI-H-A2: designing and conducting scientific investigations

ES-A2: Identify an appropriate process to complete a scientific investigation

3. Identify more than one procedure necessary to complete a given scientific investigation

2. Match a procedure with an appropriate scientific investigation

1. Recognize a scientific procedure

SI-H-A3: using technology and mathematics to improve investigations and communications

ES-A3: Interpret situations using data

3. Make an appropriate selection based on data

2. Compare situations using data

1. Match data to a specific situation

SI-H-A7: utilizing science safety procedures during scientific investigations

ES-A7: Perform simple multi-step scientific processes safely

3. Identify that performing processes in their proper order affects safety

2. Select safe ways to complete steps in a simple scientific investigation

1. Recognize safety procedures

B. Understanding Scientific Inquiry

SI-H-B3: communicating that scientists rely on technology to enhance the gathering and manipulation of data

ES-B3: Identify how scientists use technology to improve information gathering

3. Identify how technology can improve information gathering

2. Sort technology by the kind of information that it can improve

1. Match a scientist to the kind of technology he/she uses (e.g., doctor-stethoscope)

Grade 11

Science

Benchmarks

Extended Standards

Complexity Levels

C. The Structure and Properties of Matter

PS-H-C1: distinguishing among elements, compounds, and/or mixtures

ES-C1: Identify that there are substances that can be put together and can't be returned to their original parts (compounds), while there are other substances that can be put together and returned to their original parts (mixtures)

3. Identify the difference between mixtures and compounds

2. Sort substances as mixtures or compounds

1. Recognize that some common substances are composed of different substances

PS-H-C4: separating mixtures based upon the physical properties of their components

ES-C4: Separate mixtures by using common physical properties of matter (i.e., magnetism, density, color, shape, size)

3. Identify how objects in a given mixture having similar properties of color, shape, and size can be easily separated by using their magnetic properties or relative densities (sink or float in water)

2. Sort objects in a mixture based on color, shape, or size

1. Recognize that an object can have different physical properties compared to a group of similar objects

E. Forces and Motion

PS-H-E1: recognizing the characteristics and relative strengths of the forces of nature (gravitational, electrical, magnetic, nuclear)

ES-E1: Identify the impact of different forces in everyday situations (i.e., gravity, magnetic, friction)

3. Match how the motion of an object on a level surface changes as the surface texture varies due to the use of different common surface materials

2. Match how the motion of an object on a smooth incline changes as the angle of incline increases, decreases, or changes direction

1. Recognize two different ways that a magnet may move when another magnet is moved towards it

G. Interactions of Energy and Matter

PS-H-G4: explaining the possible hazards of exposure to various forms and amounts of energy

ES-G4: Identify the presence of hazards from the exposure to or use of energy (i.e., light, heat, electrical)

3. Identify the presence of hazardous situations involving different uses of energy

2. Sort hazardous and non-hazardous exposures to heat, light, or electricity

1. Recognize that in certain circumstances light, heat, and electricity can be hazardous

Grade 11

Science

Benchmarks

Extended Standards

Complexity Levels

C. Biological Evolution

LS-H-C6: comparing and contrasting life cycles of organisms

ES-C6: Compare the life cycles of common organisms (i.e., frogs, humans, other mammals)

3. Compare the life cycles of a frog and a given mammal

2. Compare the life cycles of a human and a given mammal

1. Recognize the life cycles of different common organisms

D. Interdependence of Organisms

LS-H-D2: describing trophic levels and energy flows

ES-D2: Identify a basic food chain

3. Assemble a basic food chain

2. Recognize basic food chains

1. Recognize what different common animals eat

F. Systems and the Behavior of Organisms

LS-H-F1: identifying the structure and functions of organ systems.

ES-F1: Identify basic structures and functions of the human circulatory system (e.g., heart, blood vessels, blood)

3. Identify structural relationships between the parts of the circulatory system and the functions of each part

2. Identify where parts of the circulatory system are located in the human body

1. Recognize parts of the human circulatory system

G. Personal and Community Health

LS-H-G1: relating fitness and health to longevity

ES-G1: Identify how fitness activities improve health

3. Identify how fitness activities improve one's health

2. Match a fitness activity to a health improvement

1. Recognize fitness activities

LS-H-G3: explaining the role of the immune system in fighting disease

ES-G3: Identify that healthy human body systems assist the body in fighting diseases

3. Compare different healthy and unhealthy activities/diets to a person's susceptibility to becoming ill

2. Sort healthy and unhealthy activities and diets

1. Recognize that certain actions help the body, while others harm the body

LS-H-G4: exploring current research on the major diseases with regard to cause, symptoms, treatment, prevention, and cure

ES-G4: Identify physical conditions that may signal illness

3. Identify early warning symptoms of common illnesses that signal the need to get help

2. Match symptoms to common illnesses

1. Recognize that the body changes during an illness