7th grade Scope and Sequence
Week 1 7/30-8/1
Wed:
Safety Rules
Thu:
Safety Sketch
Fri:
What is Science?
Week 2 8/4-8/8
Mon:
Scientific Inquiry
Tue:
Understanding Technology
Wed/Thu Lab: Tootsie Pop/Exam 1: Introduction Life Science
Fri:
What Is Life?
Week 3 8/11-8/15
Mon:
Classification
Tue:
Discovering Cells
Wed/Thu Looking Inside Cells/Cell Sketch
Fri:
Exam 2: Living Things
Week 4 8/18-8/22
Mon:
Chemical Compounds in Cells
Tue:
The Cell in its Environment
Wed/Thu Photosynthesis/Respiration
Fri:
Cell Division
Week 5 8/25-8/29
Mon:
Lab: Building DNA
Tue:
Exam 3: Cell Processes & Energy
Wed/Thu Mendel's Work/Probability
Fri:
Cell & Inheritance
Week 6 9/1-9/5
Mon
No School Labor Day
Tues
The DNA Connection
Wed/Thu Lab 124: Make the Call/Exam 4: Genetics
Fri
Human Inheritance
Week 7 9/8-9/12
Mon:
Human Genetic Disorders
Tue:
Advances in Genetics
Wed/Thu Lab 156: Family Puzzle/Exam 5: Modern Genetics
7th grade Scope and Sequence
Fri:
Darwin's Theory/Evidence of Evolution
Week 8 9/15-9/19
Mon:
The Fossil Record
Tue:
Lab 180: Nature at Work
Wed/Thu: Exam 6: Changes Over Time/Viruses
Fri:
Bacteria
Week 9 9/22-9/26
Mon:
Fungi
Tue:
Protists
Wed/Thu: Lab: Microscopes/Exam 7: Viruses, Bacteria, Protist and Fungi
Fri:
Plant Kingdom/Plants Without Seeds
Week 10 9/29-10/3
Mon:
Characteristics of Seed Plants
Tue:
Gymnosperms and Angiosperms
Wed/Thu: Plant Response/Lab 282: Closer Look at Flowers
Fri:
Exam 8: Plants
Week 11 10/13-10/17
Mon:
No School PLC
Tue:
What is an Animal/Animal Symmetry
Wed/Thu: Sponges & Cnidarians/Worms
Fri:
Lab 321: Earthworm Responses
Week 12 10/20-10/24
Mon:
Exam 9: Sponges, Cnidarians & Worms
Tue:
Mollusks
Wed/Thu: Arthropods/Insects
Fri:
Lab: Identifying Arthropods & Insects
Week 13 10/27-10/31
Mon:
Insect Ecology/Echinoderms
Tue:
Exam10: Mollusks, Arthropods and Echinoderms
Wed/Thu: Vertebrates/Lab 372: Soaking up Rays
Fri:
Fish
Week 14 11/3-11/7
Mon:
Amphibians
7th grade Scope and Sequence
Tue:
Reptiles/Vertebrates in Rock
Wed/Thu: Lab: Frog Dissection
Fri:
Exam 11: Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles
Week 15 11/10-11/14
Mon:
Birds
Tue:
No School Veteran's Day
Wed/Thu: Bird Flight/Mammals
Fri:
Exam 12: Birds and Mammals
Week 16 11/17-11/21
Mon:
Behavior
Tue:
Patterns/Migrations
Wed/Thu: Exam 12: Birds & Mammals/Living Things & the Environment
Fri:
Study Population
Week 17 11/24-11/26
Mon:
Interactions Among Living Things/Changes in Communities
Tue:
Lab 719: Counting Ducks
Wed:
Exam 21: Populations & Communities
Week 18 12/1-12/5
Mon:
Energy Flow
Tue:
Cycles of Matter
Wed/Thu: Biogeography/Biomes and Aquatic Biomes
Fri:
Lab: US Biomes
Week 19 12/8-12/12
Mon:
Exam 22: Ecosystems & Biomes
Tue:
Environmental Issues
Wed/Thu: Forests & Fisheries/Lab 189: Tree Cookies
Fri:
Biodiversity
Week 20 12/5-12/19
Mon:
Exam 23: Living Resources
Tue:
Finals Review
Wed/Thu: Finals
Fri:
Happy Holidays
7th grade Scope and Sequence
Week 20 1/13-1/17
Mon:
Exam Chapter 23 Living Resources
Tue:
Body Order
Wed/Thu: Skeletal System/Muscular System
Fri:
The Skin
Week 21 1/20-1/24
Mon:
No School MLK Jr. Day
Tue:
Lab: Chicken Wings (487)
Wed/Thu: Exam Chapter 14 Bones & Muscles/Food & Energy
Fri:
Digestion Begins
Week 22 1/27-1/31
Mon:
Final Digestion/Lab: 522 Digestion
Tue:
Exam Chapter 15 Food & Digestion
Wed/Thu: Body Transport/Blood and Lymph
Fri:
Cardiovascular Health
Week 23 2/3-2/7
Mon:
Exam Chapter 16 Circulation
Tue:
Respiratory System
Wed/Thu: Smoking/Excretory System
Fri:
Exam Chapter 17 Respiration & Excretion
Week 24 2/10-2/14
Mon:
Infectious Disease/Body's Defense
Tue:
Prevent Disease
Wed/Thu: Exam Chapter 18 Fighting Disease/Nervous System
Fri:
Divisions of the Nervous System
Week 25 2/17-2/21
Mon:
No School President's Day
Tue:
The Senses
Wed/Thu: Alcohol & Drugs/Lab: Bovine Eyeball Dissection
Fri:
Exam Chapter 19 The Nervous System
Week 26 2/24-2/28
Mon:
Endocrine System
Tue:
Human Life Cycle
7th grade Scope and Sequence
Wed/Thu: Lab: Frog Dissection
Fri:
Exam Chapter 20 The Endocrine System
Week 27 3/3-3/7
Mon:
Earth Science/Earth's Surface
Tue:
Earth Models
Wed/Thu: Topographic and Computer Maps/Lab: Topographic Mapping
Fri:
Exam Chapter 2 Earth's Surface
Week 28 3/17-3/21
Mon:
Mineral Properties
Tue:
Mineral Formation
Wed/Thu: Using Minerals/Lab: Mineral Identification
Fri:
Exam Chapter 3 Minerals
Week 29 3/24-3/28
Mon:
Classify Rock/Igneous Rock
Tue:
Sedimentary Rock/Coral Rock
Wed/Thu: Metamorphic Rock/Rock Cycle/Lab: Rock Identification
Fri:
Exam Chapter 4 Classifying Rocks
Week 30 3/31-4/4
Mon:
Earth's Interior/Convection Currents
Tue:
Drifting Continents/Sea Floor Spreading
Wed/Thu: Plate Tectonics/Lab: Plates
Fri:
Exam Chapter 5 Plate Tectonics
Week 31 4/7-4/11
Mon/Tue: Forces in Crust
Wed/Thu: Earthquakes & Seismic Waves
Fri:
Monitoring Earthquakes/Earthquake Safety
Week 32 4/14-4/18
Mon:
Lab: Locating Earthquake's Epicenter
Tue:
Exam: Chapter 6 Earthquakes
Wed/Thu: Volcanoes & Plate Tectonics/Properties of Magma
Fri:
No School GF
Week 33 4/21-4/25
Mon:
Eruptions
7th grade Scope and Sequence
Tue:
Volcanic Landforms
Wed/Thu: Lab: Build a Volcano/Exam: Chapter 7 Volcanoes
Fri:
Weathering
Week 34 4/28-5/2
Mon:
Soil Formation
Tue:
Soil Conservation
Wed/Thu: Lab: Sand Hills/Exam: Chapter 8 Weathering
Fri:
Earth's Changing Surface
Week 35 5/5-5/9
Mon:
Water Erosion/Glaciers
Tue:
Waves/Wind
Wed/Thu: Exam: Chapter 9 Erosion & Deposition/Fossils
Fri:
Relative & Radioactive Dating
Week 36 5/12-5/16
Mon:
Geologic Time/Early Earth
Tue:
Earth's Eras
Wed/Thu: Lab: Geologic Time Line/Exam: Chapter 10 A Trip Through Geologic TIme
Fri:
Fossil Fuel
Week 37 5/19-5/23
Mon:
Renewable Energy
Tue:
Nuclear Fuel
Wed:
Fuel Conservation
Thu:
Fri:
Exam: Chapter 11 Energy Resources
Finals Reveiw
Week 38 5/26-5/29
Mon:
No School Memorial Day
Tue:
Finals
Wed:
Finals
Thu:
Last Day of School