7th Grade Life Science
Pacing Calendar
Units of Instruction
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
August 2015
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Science and Engineering
Practices (2 Weeks)
In this unit students will
focus on foundations in
science which include Habits
of Mind co-requisites and
basic skills. Skills include
lab safety, scientific
processes, measuring,
graphing, organizing data,
and other required math
skills.
Unit 1a: Organization of
Life: Stucture and Function
of Cells (4 Weeks)
In this unit students will
investigate organisms’
organization from basic to
complex.
1
2
3
4
5
FIRST DAY
9
10
11
6
7
8
13
14
15
20
21
22
Science and
Engineering Practices
12
Science and Engineering Practices
16
17
18
19
Science and Engineering Practices
23
24
25
26
Extend/Review/
Assess/Reteach
27
Unit 1a: Organization of Life: Structure and Function of Cells
30
31
Unit 1
28
29
7th Grade Life Science
September 2015
Pacing Calendar
Units of Instruction
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Unit 1a: Organization:
Cellular Structure and
Function (4 Weeks)
In this unit students will
investigate organisms’
organization from basic to
complex.
1
Thursday
2
Friday
3
Saturday
4
5
11
12
18
19
25
26
Unit 1a: Organization of Life: Structure and
Function of Cells
6
7
LABOR DAY
Unit 1b: Orgnaization:
Tissues, Organs and Organ
System (4 Weeks)
In this unit students will
investigate organisms’
organization from basic to
complex. Students will
investigate processes
associated with systems that
function in the acquisition and
utilization of energy e.g.
digestion and respiration, and
excretion.
Wednesday
13
14
8
9
Unit 1a: Organization of Life: Structure and
Function of Cells
15
16
Unit 1a: Organization of Life: Structure and
Function of Cells
20
21
10
22
17
Extend/Review/
Assess/Reteach
23
Unit 1b: Organization: Tissues, Organs and Organ Systems
27
28
29
Unit 1b: Organization: Tissues,
Organs and Organ Systems
30
7th Grade Life Science
Pacing Calendar
Units of Instruction
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Unit 1b: Orgnaization:
Tissues, Organs and Organ
System (4 Weeks)
In this unit students will
investigate organisms’
organization from basic to
complex. Students will
investigate processes associated
with systems that function in the
acquisition and utilization of
energy e.g. digestion and
respiration, and excretion.
Unit 1c: Organization:
Classification (3 Weeks)
In this unit students will examine
system processes through a
comparative study of the six
kingdoms of life and the Modern
Classification System.
October
2015
Friday
Saturday
1
4
5
6
7
11
12
Fall Break
18
13
14
15
Unit 1b: Organization: Tissues,
Organs and Organ Systems
19
20
3
9
10
16
17
Unit 1b: Organization:
Tissues, Organs and
Organ Systems
Homeostatis
8
Teacher
Professional
Learning
Unit 1b: Organization: Tissues,
Organs and Organ Systems
2
21
Fall Break
Extend/Review/
Assess/Reteach
22
23
24
29
30
31
Unit 1c: Organization: Classification
25
26
27
28
Unit 1c: Organization: Classification
7th Grade Life Science
Pacing Calendar
Units of Instruction
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
November
2015
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Unit 1c: Organization:
Classification (3 Weeks)
In this unit students will
examine system processes
through a comparative study
of the six kingdoms of life
and the Modern
Classification System.
Unit 2: Biological Traits
and Heredity: Genetics
(5 Weeks)
In this unit students will
examine biological traits and
heredity. Students will
explore the roles that genes
and chromosomes have in
how traits are passed through
generations by sexual or
asexual reproduction in
organisms and how selective
breeding can be used to
produce desired traits in
plants and animals.
1
2
3
4
5
9
10
11
7
13
14
20
21
27
28
Extend/Review/
Assess/Reteach
Unit 1c: Organization: Classification
8
6
12
Unit 2: Biological Traits and Heredity: Genetics
15
16
17
18
19
Unit 2: Biological Traits and Heredity: Genetics
22
23
24
25
26
Thanksgiving Break (November 23 - 27)
29
30
Unit 2
7th Grade Life Science
Pacing Calendar
Units of Instruction
Sunday
Monday
Unit 2: Biological Traits
and Heredity: Genetics
(5 Weeks)
In this unit students will
examine biological traits and
heredity. Students will
explore the roles that genes
and chromosomes have in
how traits are passed through
generations by sexual or
asexual reproduction in
organisms and how selective
breeding can be used to
produce desired traits in
plants and animals.
Tuesday
November 30
Wednesday
1
December
2015
Thursday
2
Friday
Saturday
3
4
5
11
12
Unit 2: Biological Traits and Heredity: Genetics
6
7
8
9
10
Unit 2: Biological Traits and Heredity: Genetics
13
14
15
16
Unit 2: Biological Traits and
Heredity: Genetics
20
21
22
24
Semester Break (December 21 - January 4)
27
28
29
30
19
LAST DAY
Extend/Review/
Assess/Reteach
23
18
17
31
25
26
7th Grade Life Science
Pacing Calendar
Units of Instruction
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
January 2016
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Unit 3: Ecology
(10 Weeks)
In this unit students will
examine energy as it is
transformed from one form to
another and as it flows
through organisms and
ecosystems. Additionally,
identification of organisms in
biomes and aquatic
communities. Feeding and
symbiotic relationships and
human and environmental
conditions are also part of
this unit.
1
2
8
9
14
15
16
21
22
23
28
29
30
Semester Break
3
4
5
Semester
Break
Teacher
Professional
Learning Day
10
11
6
12
7
Unit 3: Ecology
13
Unit 3: Ecology
17
19
18
Unit 3: Ecology
MLK DAY
24
25
20
26
27
Unit 3: Ecology
7th Grade Life Science
February 2016
Pacing Calendar
Units of Instruction
Unit 3: Ecology
(10 Weeks)
In this unit students will
examine energy as it is
transformed from one form to
another and as it flows
through organisms and
ecosystems. Additionally,
identification of organisms in
biomes and aquatic
communities. Feeding and
symbiotic relationships and
human and environmental
conditions are also part of
this unit.
Sunday
Monday
Jan. 31
Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
6
Unit 3: Ecology
7
8
9
10
11
Unit 3: Ecology
14
15
16
22
13
Winter Break
17
Winter Break
21
12
18
19
20
26
27
Unit 3: Ecology
23
24
Unit 3: Ecology
25
7th Grade Life Science
Pacing Calendar
Units of Instruction
Unit 3: Ecology
(10 Weeks)
In this unit students will examine
energy as it is transformed from
one form to another and as it
flows through organisms and
ecosystems. Additionally,
identification of organisms in
biomes and aquatic communities.
Feeding and symbiotic
relationships and human and
environmental conditions are
also part of this unit.
Unit 4: Evolution
(3 Weeks)
In this unit students will examine
the evolution of living organisms
through inherited characteristics
and natural selection. Students
will investigate the survival of
organisms and their successive
generations as related to their
inherited characteristics and
adaptation and use of the fossil
records.
Sunday
Monday
Feb. 28
Tuesday
Feb. 29
Wednesday
1
March 2016
Thursday
2
Friday
Saturday
3
4
5
10
11
12
18
19
Unit 3: Ecology
6
7
8
9
Extend/Review/
Assess/Reteach
Unit 3: Ecology
13
14
15
16
17
Teacher
Professional
Learning Day
Unit 4: Evolution
20
21
22
23
24
Unit 4: Evolution
27
28
29
Unit 4: Evolution
30
31
25
26
7th Grade Life Science
Pacing Calendar
Units of Instruction
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
April 2016
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Unit 4: Evolution
(3 Weeks)
In this unit students will
examine the evolution of
living organisms through
inherited characteristics and
natural selection. Students
will investigate the survival of
organisms and their
successive generations as
related to their inherited
characteristics and adaptation
and use of the fossil records.
2
7
8
9
14
15
16
22
23
29
30
Extend/Review/
Assess/Reteach
3
4
5
6
Spring Break (April 4 - 8)
10
11
12
13
Cumulative Review (All Domains)
Extend/Review/Assess/Reteach
Culminating Unit
Students will evaluate a
topic of choice using PBL,
ADI, or DefinedStem as a
template for the end
product.
1
17
18
19
20
21
Cumulative Review (All Domains)
Extend/Review/Assess/Reteach
24
25
26
27
28
Culminating Unit: ADI, PBLs, and DefinedSTEM
7th Grade Life Science
Pacing Calendar
Units of Instruction
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
May 2016
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Culminating Unit
Students will evaluate a
topic of choice using PBL,
ADI, or DefinedStem as a
template for the end
product.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
13
14
Culminating Unit: ADI, PBLs, and DefinedSTEM
8
9
10
11
12
Culminating Unit: ADI, PBLs, and DefinedSTEM
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Culminating Unit: ADI, PBLs, and DefinedSTEM
22
23
24
LAST DAY
Culminating Unit
29
30
25
31
26
27
28