Teacher(s): Mrs. Rowland
Time:
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Course Organizer
This Course: 7th GRADE SCIENCE
is
about
applying the concepts of scientific inquiry to learn about the
nature of forces and motion, energy and waves, Earth as a
changing system, and the functions and behaviors of living things.
Course Questions:
1. How do scientists investigate the natural world?
2. How do objects react to forces, both at a distance and through direct
contact?
3. How is energy conserved in a transformation?
4. What are the properties of waves?
5. What are some of Earth’s energy resources and what are some
environmental consequences of obtaining, transforming, and
distributing those resources?
6. Describe how earth processes have shaped the topography of the earth
and have made it possible to measure geological time.
7. Explain the cellular structure of living organisms, both single-celled and
multicellular.
Student:
Course Dates: 2012-2013 SCHOOL YEAR
Course Standards:
Standard 1 Physical Science
Energy: 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3
Waves: 7.1.4
Forces & Motion: 7.1.5, 7.1.6, 7.1.7
Standard 2 Earth Systems
Earth’s Structure: 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.4,
7.2.5, 7.2.6, 7.2.7, 7.2.8
Geologic Time: 7.2.3, 7.2.8
Standard 3 Life Science
Cellular Structure & Functions: 7.3.1,
7.3.2, 7.3.3, 7.3.4, 7.3.5, 7.3.6, 7.3.7
Standard 4 Science, Engineering, & Tech
Energy & Power: 7.1.3, 7.4.1, 7.4.2, 7.4.3,
7.4.4
See complete list of standards with
complete wording on next page!
Key Vocabulary
Hypothesis
Claims
Variables
Observation
Cell
Structure
Energy
Model
Matter
Volume
Density
Evidence
Analysis
Function
System
Mass
Course Map
This Course:
Student:
7th GRADE SCIENCE
includes
Community
Principles
Cooperation
Responsibility
Respect
Curiosity
Use of Scientific
Language
Learning Routines
• Assignment Planner to be filled out daily
• 2-Minute Drill to be completed when posted (in
notebook)
• Proper Lab Notebook Format for all labs
• Grade Keeper to be filled out every time a graded
paper is handed back
Projects Quizzes
Labs
Tests
Summaries
Notebook
Textbook Activites
Semester Exam
Critical Concepts
SEMESTER I
Scientific Thinking
Ch. 1
ASSESSMENTS
SEMESTER II
Inquiry
Measurement
Communication
Observations
Evidence for Claims
Data
Accuracy
Precision
Bias
Research
Analysis using Graphs/Tables/Charts
Scientific Language
Cells & Body
Systems (Frog
Dissections)
Ch. 15
Learned in these
Using Math &
Metric System
Ch. 2
Units
Geologic Time
Ch. 14
Forces & Motion
Ch. 3
Energy & Energy
Transfer
Ch. 4
Energy Resources
Ch. 5
Waves, Sound,
Light
Ch. 6 & 7
Earth’s Structure
& Rocks
Ch. 8 & 9
Soil, Erosion,
Deposition
Ch. 12 & 13
Plate Tectonics,
Earthquakes,
Volcanoes
Ch. 10 & 11