Daily Procedures for 7th Grade Science
1. IN: On board each day…students have about 5 minutes to answer by
collaborating and discussing with their group or individually. This is the
objective for the daily lesson and is designed to engage your child.
2. Activities: Stations using their IPAD.
 Google site – provides curriculum information, agenda, assignments,
videos, PowerPoints, and interactive websites/Google Classroom
 IPAD – apps for curriculum, daily lessons and activities, review and test
 Reading with a Purpose – Stemscope and Discovery Ed on-line textbooks
also have videos and interactive lessons
 Critical/Supporting Vocabulary – use thinking maps, foldables, diagrams,
Cornell Notes, Smartboard activities, drawings, iPad apps
 Inquiry Labs – Descriptive, Comparative and Experimental
 Gizmos – hands on through simulation
 IPAD lessons – check for understanding and review (Kahoot, Socrative,
Quizlet)
All units are taught with the 5 E model guideline.
 Engage
 Explore
 Explain
 Elaborate
 Evaluate
A quiz, test or project will help evaluate the understanding of unit objectives and
essential concepts. Project Based Learning, monitored and appropriate
technology, Skype and Oovoo are ways to connect with other classes and the
community.
Each style of learning is touched upon for the benefit of your child because ALL
children learn in different ways.
3. OUT: On board each day…students have about 5 minutes at the end of each
class to reflect in their INB. This summarizes the objective and emphasizes
relevance to the “real world”.
Thank you for the opportunity to teach your child. Please check my Google
Calendar for a weekly agenda through the Science website. Let us know if we
can be of assistance.
An outdoor field trip to LLELA/LAERF is scheduled on October 5th and 6th. If you
have any questions please e-mail Mr. Fields at FieldsJ@lisd.net We also are
looking for volunteers to chaperone the trip to LLEA. If any of you are interested
please email. We invite you to visit our classrooms and we encourage you to
check our website for lessons and information. It is going to be an outstanding
year. We appreciate your support and look forward to meeting you on
September 15th at Parent Night!
7th Grade Science
Coach Fields
469-713-5966
First Semester
Second Semester
Inquiry through Plant Studies
This unit of study is an integration of the
nature of science and an introduction to plants
with emphasis on safety, measurement and
lab design.
Homeostasis in the Human Body
This unit focuses on the complementary
nature of structure and function to achieve
homeostasis in the human body. Skeletal,
muscular, integumentary, circulatory,
respiratory, excretory, nervous,
reproductive and endocrine systems will be
studied. All students will dissect a chicken
wing and a frog as a comparison to the
human body.
Plants in the Environment
This unit of study will focus on how biotic and
abiotic environmental factors can affect a
plants survival to achieve equilibrium and that
biodiversity is necessary.
Homeostasis in an Ecosystem
The focus of this unit is how homeostasis is
achieved due to the cycling of matter and the
changes that occur through ecological
succession.
Adaptations
This unit of study will focus on adaptations
over time. Students will predict positive and
negative effects of mutations. Populations
will be tracked while identifying internal and
external features to predict survival.
Genetics
The focus of this unit is the passage of
genetic material from parent to offspring in
sexual and asexual reproduction and the role
of dominant and recessive genes.
Homeostasis in Space
The focus of this unit is evaluating the needs
of living organisms and how Earth supports
such needs. Students will evaluate whether
these needs exist elsewhere in our solar
system and predict how to replicate these
conditions to allow for manned space
exploration.
Lamar Longhorns.....
Be sure to follow the weekly agenda by going to the LISD website and find
Lamar Middle School and locate your child’s Science teacher and click on their
website at http://tinyurl.com/fields13. If you have any questions or concerns,
please let us know!