Academic Standards
7.2.4: Express numbers like 100, 1,000, and 1,000,000 as powers of 10.
Unit Conversions 2 - Scientific Notation and Significant Digits
7.2.5: Estimate probabilities of outcomes in familiar situations, on the basis of history or the number of possible outcomes.
7.2.6: Read analog and digital meters on instruments used to make direct measurements of length, volume, weight, elapsed time, rates, or temperatures, and choose appropriate units.
7.3.7: Give examples of some changes in Earth’s surface that are abrupt, such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and some changes that happen very slowly, such as uplift and wearing down of mountains and the action of glaciers.
7.3.9: Explain that sedimentary rock, when buried deep enough, may be reformed by pressure and heat, perhaps melting and recrystallizing into different kinds of rock. Describe that these reformed rock layers may be forced up again to become land surface and even mountains, and subsequently erode.
7.3.11: Explain that the sun loses energy by emitting light. Note that only a tiny fraction of that light reaches Earth. Understand that the sun’s energy arrives as light with a wide range of wavelengths, consisting of visible light, infrared, and ultraviolet radiation.
7.3.17: Investigate that an unbalanced force, acting on an object, changes its speed or path of motion or both, and know that if the force always acts toward the same center as the object moves, the object’s path may curve into an orbit around the center.
7.3.18: Describe that light waves, sound waves, and other waves move at different speeds in different materials.
Longitudinal Waves
Ripple Tank
7.4.1: Explain that similarities among organisms are found in external and internal anatomical features, including specific characteristics at the cellular level, such as the number of chromosomes. Understand that these similarities are used to classify organisms since they may be used to infer the degree of relatedness among organisms.
7.4.4: Explain that cells continually divide to make more cells for growth and repair and that various organs and tissues function to serve the needs of cells for food, air, and waste removal.
Cell Division
Digestive System
7.4.5: Explain that the basic functions of organisms, such as extracting energy from food and getting rid of wastes, are carried out within the cell and understand that the way which cells function is similar in all organisms.
7.4.7: Describe how plants use the energy from light to make sugars from carbon dioxide and water to produce food that can be used immediately or stored for later use.
Cell Energy Cycle
Photosynthesis Lab
7.4.8: Describe how organisms that eat plants break down the plant structures to produce the materials and energy that they need to survive, and in turn, how they are consumed by other organisms.
7.4.9: Understand and explain that as any population of organisms grows, it is held in check by one or more environmental factors. These factors could result in depletion of food or nesting sites and/or increase loss to increased numbers of predators or parasites. Give examples of some consequences of this.
Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Food Chain
Rabbit Population by Season
7.4.12: Explain that viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites may infect the human body and interfere with normal body functions. Recognize that a person can catch a cold many times because there are many varieties of cold viruses that cause similar symptoms.
7.5.1: Demonstrate how a number line can be extended on the other side of zero to represent negative numbers and give examples of instances where this is useful.
7.5.2: Illustrate how lines can be parallel, perpendicular, or oblique.
7.5.3: Demonstrate how the scale chosen for a graph or drawing determines its interpretation.
7.6.2: Understand and explain that Louis Pasteur wanted to find out what caused milk and wine to spoil. Note that he demonstrated that spoilage and fermentation occur when microorganisms enter from the air, multiply rapidly, and produce waste products, with some desirable results, such as carbon dioxide in bread dough, and some undesirable, such as acetic acid in wine. Understand that after showing that spoilage could be avoided by keeping germs out or by destroying them with heat, Pasteur investigated animal diseases and showed that microorganisms were involved in many of them. Also note that other investigators later showed that specific kinds of germs caused specific diseases.
Correlation last revised: 1/20/2017