7.MS-ESS: Earth and Space Sciences

7.MS-ESS2: Earth’s Systems

7.MS-ESS2-2: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how Earth’s surface has changed over scales that range from local to global in size.

Erosion Rates
Plate Tectonics
River Erosion
Rock Cycle
Weathering

7.MS-ESS2-4: Develop a model to explain how the energy of the Sun and Earth’s gravity drive the cycling of water, including changes of state, as it moves through multiple pathways in Earth’s hydrosphere.

Water Cycle

7.MS-ESS3: Earth and Human Activity

7.MS-ESS3-2: Obtain and communicate information on how data from past geologic events are analyzed for patterns and used to forecast the location and likelihood of future catastrophic events.

Hurricane Motion - Metric

7.MS-ESS3-4: Construct an argument supported by evidence that human activities and technologies can to mitigate the impact of increases in human population and per capita consumption of natural resources on the environment.

Carbon Cycle
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors

7.MS-LS: Life Science

7.MS-LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

7.MS-LS1-4: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures increase the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants.

Flower Pollination
Honeybee Hive

7.MS-LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

7.MS-LS2-1: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of periods of abundant and scarce resources on the growth of organisms and the size of populations in an ecosystem.

Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Pond Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
Rabbit Population by Season
Rainfall and Bird Beaks - Metric

7.MS-LS2-2: Describe how relationships among and between organisms in an ecosystem can be competitive, predatory, parasitic, and mutually beneficial and that these interactions are found across multiple ecosystems.

Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Pond Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem

7.MS-LS2-3: Develop a model to describe that matter and energy are transferred among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem and that both matter and energy are conserved through these processes.

Carbon Cycle
Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Pond Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem

7.MS-LS2-4: Analyze data to provide evidence that disruptions (natural or human-made) to any physical or biological component of an ecosystem can lead to shifts in all its populations.

Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Pond Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
Rabbit Population by Season
Rainfall and Bird Beaks - Metric

7.MS-LS2-5: Evaluate competing design solutions for protecting an ecosystem. Discuss benefits and limitations of each design.

GMOs and the Environment

7.MS-PS: Physical Science

7.MS-PS2: Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

7.MS-PS2-3: Analyze data to describe the effect of distance and magnitude of electric charge on the strength of electric forces.

Charge Launcher
Magnetic Induction
Pith Ball Lab

7.MS-PS2-5: Use scientific evidence to argue that fields exist between objects with mass, between magnetic objects, and between electrically charged objects that exert force on each other even though the objects are not in contact.

Charge Launcher
Coulomb Force (Static)
Electromagnetic Induction
Magnetic Induction
Magnetism
Pith Ball Lab

7.MS-PS3: Energy

7.MS-PS3-1: Construct and interpret data and graphs to describe the relationships among kinetic energy, mass, and speed of an object.

Air Track
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
Sled Wars
Trebuchet

7.MS-PS3-2: Develop a model to describe the relationship between the relative position of objects interacting at a distance and their relative potential energy in the system.

Energy Conversion in a System
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Potential Energy on Shelves
Roller Coaster Physics
Trebuchet

7.MS-PS3-3: Apply scientific principles of energy and heat transfer to design, construct, and test a device to minimize or maximize thermal energy transfer.

Feel the Heat

7.MS-PS3-4: Conduct an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, how well the type of matter retains or radiates heat, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample.

Calorimetry Lab
Energy Conversion in a System
Feel the Heat
Heat Transfer by Conduction
Phase Changes

7.MS-PS3-5: Present evidence to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.

Air Track
Energy Conversion in a System
Sled Wars

7.MS-ETS: Technology/Engineering

7.MS-ETS1: Engineering Design

7.MS-ETS1-2: Evaluate competing solutions to a given design problem using a decision matrix to determine how well each meets the criteria and constraints of the problem. Use a model of each solution to evaluate how variations in one or more design features, including size, shape, weight, or cost, may affect the function or effectiveness of the solution.

Trebuchet

7.MS-ETS1-4: Generate and analyze data from iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process to optimize the object, tool, or process for its intended purpose.

Crumple Zones
Feel the Heat
Pendulum Clock
Programmable Rover
Trebuchet