Gizmos for Arizona - Science: 7th Grade (Grade Level Articulations adopted 2004)

This correlation lists the recommended Gizmos for this state's curriculum standards. Click any Gizmo title below for more information.

4: : Life Science

4.3: : Analyze the relationships among various organisms and their environment.

4.3.PO 1: : Compare food chains in a specified ecosystem and their corresponding food web.

4.3.PO 3: : Analyze the interactions of living organisms with their ecosystems:

4.3.PO 3.a: : limiting factors

4.3.PO 3.b: : carrying capacity

4.3.PO 5: : Predict how environmental factors (e.g., floods, droughts, temperature changes) affect survival rates in living organisms.

4.3.PO 6: : Create a model of the interactions of living organisms within an ecosystem.

6: : Earth and Space Science

6.1: : Describe the composition and interactions between the structure of the Earth and its atmosphere.

6.1.PO 1: : Classify rocks and minerals by the following observable properties:

6.1.PO 1.b: : color

6.1.PO 1.d: : hardness

6.1.PO 3: : Explain the following processes involved in the formation of the Earth's structure:

6.1.PO 3.c: : plate tectonics

6.1.PO 3.d: : volcanism

6.2: : Understand the processes acting on the Earth and their interaction with the earth systems.

6.2.PO 1: : Explain the rock cycle.

6.2.PO 2: : Distinguish the components and characteristics of the rock cycle for the following types of rocks:

6.2.PO 2.a: : igneous

6.2.PO 2.b: : metamorphic

6.2.PO 2.c: : sedimentary

6.2.PO 5: : Relate plate boundary movements to their resulting landforms, including:

6.2.PO 5.a: : mountains

6.2.PO 5.b: : faults

6.2.PO 5.d: : trenches

6.2.PO 5.e: : volcanoes

6.2.PO 6: : Describe how earthquakes are measured.

6.3: : Understand the relationships of the Earth and other objects in the solar system.

6.3.PO 1: : Explain the phases of the Moon in terms of the relative positions of the Earth, Sun, and Moon.

6.3.PO 2: : Construct a model for the relative positions of the Earth, Sun, and Moon as they relate to corresponding eclipses.

6.3.PO 3: : Explain the interrelationship between the Earth’s tides and the Moon.

6.3.PO 4: : Explain the seasons in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres in terms of the tilt of the Earth’s axis relative to the Earth’s revolution around the Sun.

6.3.PO 6: : Explain the relationship among common objects in the solar system, galaxy, and the universe.

Correlation last revised: 9/16/2020

Arizona - Science: 7th Grade

Grade Level Articulations | Adopted: 2004

4: : Life Science

6: : Earth and Space Science