7th Grade Scope and Sequence
1st Six Weeks
Scientific Thinking
 Science and the
Natural World
 Scientific Inquiry
 Models in Science
 Safety in the
Laboratory
 Scientists and Society
Introduction to Cells
 Characteristics of Life
 Discovering Cells
 Looking Inside Cells
 Chemical Compounds
in Cells
2nd Six Weeks
Cell Processes and Energy
 Cells and Homeostasis
 Photosynthesis
 Cellular Respiration
Genetics and Heredity
 What is Heredity?
 Probability and
Heredity
 Chromosomes and
Inheritance
4th Six Weeks
Managing Materials in the
Body
 The Digestive System
 The Circulatory
System
 The Respiratory
System
 The Excretory System
Controlling Body Processes
 The Nervous System
 The Endocrine System
 Reproductive Systems
5th Six Weeks
Ecosystems and Biomes
 Energy Flow in
Ecosystems
 Cycles of Matter
 Biomes
 Biodiversity
 Changing Ecosystems
Organisms and the
Environment
 Change Over Time
 Adaptations and
Variations
 What is Behavior?
 Patterns of Behavior
3rd Six Weeks
Plants
 What is a Plant?
 Plant Structures
 Plant Responses and
Growth
Introduction to Human Body
 Body Organization
 Systems Interactions
 Homeostasis
 The Skeletal System
 The Muscular System
 The Integumentary
System
6th Six Weeks
Fresh Water
 Water on Earth
 Surface Water
 Water Underground
 Water Pollution and
Solutions
Weathering, Erosion, and
Deposition
 Weathering and Mass
Movement
 Water Erosion
 Wave and Glacial
Erosion
 Wind Erosion
 Weathering, Erosion,
and Deposition in
Texas
 Ecosystems and
Catastrophic Events
Space Exploration
 Our Solar System
 Working and Living in
Space
 Space Technology