2012-2013 Curriculum Map
Science 7-Tolland Middle School
August/September
22 Days
Unit: Earth Matters
18 Days
 Inertia
 Gravity
Benchmark Test Window
Part 1 Feb 11-15th
Post to MM by 2/22/13
Chapter 2 (Sect. 2, 3 4,
5 & 6)
 Brief overview of sun
 Inner planets
 Outer planets
No School Feb 18-19
Tolland Middle School
November
21 Days
Inside Earth & Earth’s Changing
Surface Texts
 Lab Safety/Rules
 Constructive/destructive forces
 Layers of the earth
 Conduction/convection in Earth
 Pangaea/Continental drift
 Sea floor spreading
 Earthquakes/Faults
 Plate tectonics
 Landforms/Constructive/Destructive
Forces
 Volcanoes
February
October
 Mapping
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18 Days
earthquakes/volcanoe
s
Ring of Fire
Types of rocks,
minerals
Rock cycle
Landforms/topo maps
Chemical/mechanical
Weathering
 Erosion & Deposition
Constructive/Destructive forces
 Force of moving water
 Glaciers
 Waves
 Wind
 Fossils & CT
 CT rock ages
 Geologic Time
Benchmark Test Window Nov 1416th
Post to MM by 28 Nov 12
December
 Journey back in time
project continued
Begin by Dec 10th
Unit: Astronomy
Astronomy Text
Chapter 1 (Sect. 1)
 Seasons
No School Dec 24Jan 1, 2013
20 Days
 Comets, asteroids meteors
 Conditions for life
Chapter 3 (Sect. 5)
 Big bang theory
Benchmark Test Window
Part 2 Mar 11-15th
Post to MM by 3/22/13
Unit: Cells, Heredity &
Evolution
Cells Heredity &
Evolution Text
Chapter 1 (Sect. 2, 3 &4)
 Discovering cells
 Using a microscope
 Cell parts & functions
April
17 Days
 Organic molecules
 Importance of water
 Diffusion & osmosis
Benchmark Test Window
Part 1 April 8-12th
Post to MM by 4/26/13
Chapter 2 (Sect. 2 & 3)
 Respiration
Embedded Lab: Feel the
Beat
No School Apr 16-20
 Salmon Release Field Trip
21 Days
 Rotation
 Revolution
Chapter 1 (Sect.
2 & 4)
 Moon phases
 Eclipses
 Tides
 Earth’s moon
Chapter 2 (Sect.
1)
 Solar system
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 Journey back in time project
March
January
14 Days
May
22 Days
Embedded Lab: Feel the
Beat (cont)
Assessment Window May 610th
Post to MM by 5/17/13
 Replication of DNA
Chapter 3 (Sect. 1, 2, 3 & 4)
 Gregor Mendel
 Punnett squares
 Probability
 Inheritance
 DNA
 Biobus lab activities
Chapter 4 (Sect. 1)
 Human inheritance
Chapter 5 (Sect. 1 & 2)
 Darwin’s Theory
 Natural selection
June
10 Days
 Evidence of evolution
Benchmark Test
Window Part 2 June
3-7th
Post to MM by
6/14/13
 Genetic Engineering
Debate
Original Last Day
6/14/13
August 30, 2012