7 Science Contracts for Week 6: Seed Plants
(Unit C, Sections 3.3 & 3.4)
Choice 1: Describe and diagram plants.
Must show:
1. Get outside and find 5 samples of seeds in your area.
2. Collect two of the seeds.
3. One seed we will attempt to grow the other should be cut in
half.
4. Classify the plant by its description.
5. Describe the parts of the seed half and compare the seeds.
6. Compare and contrast the plant the seed comes from.
Seventh Grade Science Contract Week Six Choice One Rubric
1-Developing
2-Accomplished
3-Exemplary
Knowledge Target:
Understand how we use
processes of
classification and
organization to help
understand the diversity
of living things
Reasoning Target:
Analyze a living
organism and identify
the four characteristics
that make this an
organism.
Reasoning Target:
Evaluate trends
(speciation) cross
classes of organisms
Can list the four
characteristics of living
things.
Describes the four
characteristics of plants
organisms in general.
Analyzes the four
characteristics of each
individual plant.
Classifies by Kingdom
or Phylum
Can classify by Order or
Class
Can classify each by
traits that set this
multicellular organism’s
genus or species apart
from others.
Compares plants and
seeds collected.
Compares and contrasts
plants and seeds
collected.
Compares and contrasts
plants and seeds
collected.
Analyzes how these
adaptations benefit the
plant species.
Choice 2: Survey of our plant use.
Must show:
1. Chronicle all of the things that we use that come from plants.
2. How do we use these things?
3. What types of plants and where do these plants come from?
4. What is the effect of our use of these plants?
Seventh Grade Science Contract Week Six Choice Two Rubric
1-Developing
2-Accomplished
3-Exemplary
Knowledge Target:
Understand how we use
processes of
classification and
organization to help
understand the diversity
of living things
Reasoning Target:
Can list the four
characteristics of living
things.
Describes the four
characteristics of plants
organisms in general.
Analyzes the four
characteristics of each
individual plant.
Classifies by Kingdom
Can classify by Order or
Can classify each by
Analyze a living
organism and identify
the four characteristics
that make this an
organism.
Reasoning Target:
Evaluate trends
(speciation) cross
classes of organisms
or Phylum
Class
traits that set this
multicellular organism’s
genus or species apart
from others.
Compares plants.
Compares and contrasts
plants.
Compares and contrasts
plants.
Analyzes how these
adaptations benefit the
plant species.