Content Standards
7.S.3: Biology
7.S.3.1: Understand the Theory of Biological Evolution
7.S.3.1.1: Describe how natural selection explains species change over time.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Evolution: Natural and Artificial Selection
Rainfall and Bird Beaks - Metric
7.S.3.2: Understand the Relationship between Matter and Energy in Living Systems
7.S.3.2.1: Describe how energy stored in food is primarily derived from the sun through photosynthesis.
Cell Energy Cycle
Photosynthesis Lab
7.S.3.2.2: Describe how the availability of resources (matter and energy) limits the distribution and abundance of organisms.
Food Chain
Prairie Ecosystem
Rabbit Population by Season
7.S.3.2.3: Illustrate how atoms and molecules cycle among the living and nonliving components of the biosphere.
7.S.3.2.4: Identify how energy flows through ecosystems in one direction, from photosynthetic organisms to herbivores, carnivore, and decomposers.
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
7.S.3.3: Understand the Cell is the Basis of Form and Function for All Living Things
7.S.3.3.1: Explain the relationships among specialized cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and organisms.
Circulatory System
Digestive System
7.S.3.3.2: Identify the parts of specialized plant and animal cells.
Cell Structure
RNA and Protein Synthesis
7.S.3.3.3: Identify the functions of cell structures.
Cell Structure
Paramecium Homeostasis
RNA and Protein Synthesis
7.S.3.3.5: Describe how dominant and recessive traits are inherited.
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
Correlation last revised: 9/22/2020