Curriculum Standards
7.S.1A: The practices of science and engineering support the development of science concepts, develop the habits of mind that are necessary for scientific thinking, and allow students to engage in science in ways that are similar to those used by scientists and engineers.
7.S.1A.1: Ask questions to
7.S.1A.1.1: generate hypotheses for scientific investigations,
7.S.1A.1.3: extend the results of investigations or challenge claims.
Hearing: Frequency and Volume
Pendulum Clock
Sight vs. Sound Reactions
7.S.1A.2: Develop, use, and refine models to
7.S.1A.2.3: communicate ideas to others.
7.S.1A.3: Plan and conduct controlled scientific investigation to answer questions, test hypotheses, and develop explanations:
7.S.1A.3.1: formulate scientific questions and testable hypotheses,
Effect of Environment on New Life Form
Effect of Temperature on Gender
Hearing: Frequency and Volume
Pendulum Clock
Real-Time Histogram
Seed Germination
Sight vs. Sound Reactions
Time Estimation
7.S.1A.3.2: identify materials, procedures, and variables,
Effect of Environment on New Life Form
Hearing: Frequency and Volume
Pendulum Clock
Real-Time Histogram
Sight vs. Sound Reactions
Time Estimation
7.S.1A.3.3: select and use appropriate tools or instruments to collect qualitative and quantitative data, and
7.S.1A.3.4: record and represent data in an appropriate form. Use appropriate safety procedures.
Hearing: Frequency and Volume
Pendulum Clock
Real-Time Histogram
7.S.1A.4: Analyze and interpret data from informational texts, observations, measurements, or investigations using a range of methods (such as tabulation, graphing, or statistical analysis) to
7.S.1A.4.1: reveal patterns and construct meaning or
Effect of Temperature on Gender
Seed Germination
7.S.1A.4.2: support hypotheses, explanations, claims, or designs.
Disease Spread
Effect of Temperature on Gender
Seed Germination
7.S.1A.5: Use mathematical and computational thinking to
7.S.1A.5.3: express relationships between variables for models and investigations, or
Hearing: Frequency and Volume
Pendulum Clock
7.S.1A.6: Construct explanations of phenomena using
7.S.1A.6.2: conclusions from scientific investigations,
Effect of Environment on New Life Form
Hearing: Frequency and Volume
Pendulum Clock
7.S.1A.6.4: data communicated in graphs, tables, or diagrams.
Graphing Skills
Pendulum Clock
7.S.1A.8: Obtain and evaluate scientific information to
7.S.1A.8.4: evaluate hypotheses, explanations, claims, or designs or
Effect of Temperature on Gender
Seed Germination
7.S.1A.8.A: Communicate using the conventions and expectations of scientific writing or oral presentations by
7.S.1A.8.A.2: reporting the results of student experimental investigations.
7.S.1B: Technology is any modification to the natural world created to fulfill the wants and needs of humans. The engineering design process involves a series of iterative steps used to solve a problem and often leads to the development of a new or improved technology.
7.S.1B.1: Construct devices or design solutions using scientific knowledge to solve specific problems or needs:
7.S.1B.1.1: ask questions to identify problems or needs,
7.P.2A: All substances are composed of one or more elements. Elements are pure substances which contain only one kind of atom. The periodic table organizes these elements based on similar properties. Compounds are substances composed of two or more elements. Chemical formulas can be used to describe compounds.
7.P.2A.1: Develop and use simple atomic models to illustrate the components of elements (including the relative position and charge of protons, neutrons, and electrons).
7.P.2A.2: Obtain and use information about elements (including chemical symbol, atomic number, atomic mass, and group or family) to describe the organization of the periodic table.
7.P.2B: Substances (such as metals or acids) are identified according to their physical or chemical properties. Changes to substances can either be physical or chemical. Many substances react chemically with other substances to form new substances with different properties. According to the law of conservation of matter, total mass does not change in a chemical reaction.
7.P.2B.1: Analyze and interpret data to describe substances using physical properties (including state, boiling/melting point, density, conductivity, color, hardness, and magnetic properties) and chemical properties (the ability to burn or rust).
7.P.2B.2: Use mathematical and computational thinking to describe the relationship between the mass, volume, and density of a given substance.
Density Experiment: Slice and Dice
Density Laboratory
7.P.2B.3: Analyze and interpret data to compare the physical properties, chemical properties (neutralization to form a salt, reaction with metals), and pH of various solutions and classify solutions as acids or bases.
pH Analysis
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator
7.P.2B.5: Develop and use models to explain how chemical reactions are supported by the law of conservation of matter.
7.L.3A: Cells are the most basic unit of any living organism. All organisms are composed of one (unicellular) or many cells (multicellular) and require food and water, a way to dispose of waste, and an environment in which they can live in order to survive. Through the use of technology, scientists have discovered special structures within individual cells that have specific functions that allow the cell to grow, survive, and reproduce. Bacteria are one-celled organisms found almost everywhere and can be both helpful and harmful. They can be simply classified by their size, shape and whether or not they can move.
7.L.3A.1: Obtain and communicate information to support claims that
7.L.3A.1.1: organisms are made of one or more cells,
7.L.3A.2: Analyze and interpret data from observations to describe different types of cells and classify cells as plant, animal, protist, or bacteria.
7.L.3A.3: Develop and use models to explain how the relevant structures within cells (including cytoplasm, cell membrane, cell wall, nucleus, mitochondria, chloroplasts, lysosomes, and vacuoles) function to support the life of plant, animal, and bacterial cells.
Cell Energy Cycle
Cell Structure
7.L.3B: Multicellular organisms (including humans) are complex systems with specialized cells that perform specific functions. Organs and organ systems are composed of cells that function to serve the needs of cells which in turn serve the needs of the organism.
7.L.3B.2: Construct explanations for how systems in the human body (including circulatory, respiratory, digestive, excretory, nervous, and musculoskeletal systems) work together to support the essential life functions of the body.
Circulatory System
Digestive System
Human Homeostasis
7.L.4A: Inheritance is the key process causing similarities between parental organisms and their offspring. Organisms that reproduce sexually transfer genetic information (DNA) to their offspring. This transfer of genetic information through inheritance leads to gr eater similarity among individuals within a population than between populations. Technology allows humans to influence the transfer of genetic information.
7.L.4A.1: Obtain and communicate information about the relationship between genes and chromosomes to construct explanations of their relationship to inherited characteristics.
7.L.4A.2: Construct explanations for how genetic information is transferred from parent to offspring in organisms that reproduce sexually.
Inheritance
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
7.L.4A.3: Develop and use models (Punnett squares) to describe and predict patterns of the inheritance of single genetic traits from parent to offspring (including dominant and recessive traits, incomplete dominance, and codominance).
Chicken Genetics
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
7.L.4A.4: Use mathematical and computational thinking to predict the probability of phenotypes and genotypes based on patterns of inheritance.
Chicken Genetics
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
7.L.4A.5: Construct scientific arguments using evidence to support claims for how changes in genes (mutations) may have beneficial, harmful, or neutral effects on organisms.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Evolution: Natural and Artificial Selection
7.EC.5A: In all ecosystems, organisms and populations of organisms depend on their environmental interactions with other living things (biotic factors) and with physical (abiotic) factors (such as light, temperature, water, or soil quality). Disruptions to any component of an ecosystem can lead to shifts in its diversity and abundance of populations
7.EC.5A.1: Develop and use models to describe the characteristics of the levels of organization within ecosystems (including species, populations, communities, ecosystems, and biomes).
Food Chain
Rabbit Population by Season
7.EC.5A.3: Analyze and interpret data to predict changes in the number of organisms within a population when certain changes occur to the physical environment (such as changes due to natural hazards or limiting factors).
Food Chain
Rabbit Population by Season
7.EC.5B: Organisms in all ecosystems interact with and depend up on each other. Organisms with similar needs compete for limited resources. Food webs and energy pyramids are models that demonstrate how energy is transferred within an ecosystem.
7.EC.5B.1: Develop and use models to explain how organisms interact in a competitive or mutually beneficial relationship for food, shelter, or space (including competition, mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, and predator-prey relationships).
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
7.EC.5B.2: Develop and use models (food webs and energy pyramids) to exemplify how the transfer of energy in an ecosystem supports the concept that energy is conserved.
7.EC.5B.3: Analyze and interpret data to predict how changes in the number of organisms of one species affects the balance of an ecosystem.
Food Chain
Rabbit Population by Season
Correlation last revised: 8/4/2014