Subject
A school subject. Each subject has a learning map of its own.
Example: Mathematics, physics, music.
In the picture: A subject has several strands. Its strands and building blocks come from a source.
Learning maps
A learning map shows what there is to learn in a subject and what builds on what. And it shows which app already practises something – and where an app is still missing.
These maps exist so far
- Draft Biology Open the map
- Draft Chemistry Open the map
- Draft German Open the map
- Draft English Open the map
- Draft Geography Open the map
- Draft Ethics Open the map
- Draft Protestant religious education Open the map
- Draft French Open the map
- Draft History Open the map
- Draft Computer science Open the map
- Draft Catholic religious education Open the map
- Draft Art Open the map
- Draft Latin Open the map
- Draft Mathematics Open the map
- Draft Music Open the map
- Draft Physics Open the map
- Draft Politics and economics Open the map
- Draft Spanish Open the map
- Draft Physical education Open the map
More subjects will follow.
Each map says how far it has been checked:
- Draft: only an idea to show the principle. No teacher has checked it yet.
- Checked: one teacher of the subject has looked through it.
- Reviewed: several teachers of the subject have looked through it.
The map and the apps
- The map splits a subject into building blocks. Each has a short name and a sentence: “I can …”.
- Each app says which building blocks its pages practise.
- On the map, such a building block is blue. Dashed means: an app is still missing here.
To be honest
The map is a method of our own
There is no ready-made template that shows how the knowledge of a subject belongs together. So we came up with a method of our own.
- Curricula set the order in which things are taught. Each German state has its own. They show only in part how the knowledge belongs together logically.
- The KMK educational standards describe what children should be able to do. But they do not exist for every subject.
So we sort the knowledge by how it belongs together logically: what builds on what? Within that, each state gets its own order. Choose a curriculum on a map to see its grades.
Something is missing or in the wrong place? Let us know (GitHub issue, needs a GitHub account)
How the map is built
Click a box in the picture to get the term explained.
Read each arrow as a sentence:
- A subject has several strands.
- A strand has several building blocks.
- A building block builds on other building blocks.
- A curriculum places a building block in grades (placement).
- A subject comes from a source.
- An app stays in one strand.
- An app has several pages.
- A page practises building blocks.
All terms as a list
Strand
A part of the subject that runs over several school years. What is in it builds on itself.
Example: Algebra, geometry, probability.
In the picture: A strand has several building blocks. An app stays in one strand.
Building block
One thing a child can learn, with a short name and a sentence “I can …”. Each building block belongs to exactly one strand.
Example: “I can calculate the percentage value.”
In the picture: A building block builds on other building blocks. A curriculum places it in grades. Pages of apps practise it.
builds on
Building block B needs building block A first. This also holds across strands. Together they make the learning path. There is no fixed order within a strand.
Example: Exponential growth (strand Functions) builds on percentages (strand Arithmetic).
In the picture: The arrow leads from one building block to another.
Step
How far down a building block stands in the chain of “builds on”. Step 1 has no prerequisite. Otherwise a building block stands one step below its deepest prerequisite. The step follows from the arrows alone; it says nothing about grades.
Example: Percentage builds on fractions (step 2) and on the rule of three (step 3). So it stands in step 4.
In the picture: The step is not written for a building block, it is computed from “builds on”. It has no box of its own in the picture.
Grade band
Roughly in which two school years a building block is taught: grade 5/6, 7/8 or 9/10. Every building block has one. The map shows it when no curriculum is chosen or a curriculum does not place the building block.
Example: Tree diagram: grade band 7/8.
In the picture: The grade band is part of the building block. It has no box of its own in the picture.
Curriculum and placement
A curriculum holds for one German state and one type of school. The placement says in which grade this curriculum teaches a building block. That can be several grades. We capture the curricula one by one.
Example: Tree diagram: curriculum Hesse, grammar school: grades 7 and 10.
In the picture: A curriculum places building blocks in grades.
Source
Where the strands and building blocks of a subject come from. The source says how binding the map is.
Example: KMK educational standards in mathematics (2022). For subjects without standards, a subject association or one state's curriculum.
In the picture: A subject comes from a source.
App
A learning app on lernapps.net. It stays in one strand and grows along the learning path with new versions.
Example: An app “Probability 5–10”.
In the picture: An app stays in one strand and has several pages.
Page
A page of an app. It practises one or more building blocks. That is how the map knows which building blocks are practised and where the gaps are.
Example: The page “Percentage value” of an app on percentages.
In the picture: A page belongs to an app and practises one or more building blocks.
Three rules
- Each building block belongs to exactly one strand.
- Each app stays in one strand and grows with new versions along the arrows “builds on”.
- When a building block is taught is set by the curriculum. Without a curriculum, the grade band holds.
For AI assistants, each map is also available as data: biologie.json, chemie.json, deutsch.json, englisch.json, erdkunde.json, ethik.json, evangelische-religion.json, franzoesisch.json, geschichte.json, informatik.json, katholische-religion.json, kunst.json, latein.json, mathematik.json, musik.json, physik.json, politik-wirtschaft.json, spanisch.json, sport.json