LS: Life Science

1.1: Structure, Function, and Information Processing

LS.S.7.1: Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells, either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.

Cell Types

LS.S.7.2: Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.

Cell Energy Cycle
Cell Structure
Cell Types

LS.S.7.3: Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells with emphasis on the circulatory, excretory, digestive, respiratory, muscular, and nervous systems.

Cell Types
Circulatory System
Digestive System
Frog Dissection
Muscles and Bones
Senses

LS.S.7.4: Gather and synthesize information that sensory receptors respond to stimuli by sending messages to the brain for immediate behavior or storage as memories.

Eyes and Vision 2 - Focusing Light
Eyes and Vision 3 - Sensing Light
Senses
Animal Group Behavior

PS: Physical Science

2.1: Energy

PS.S.7.5: Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object.

Air Track
Roller Coaster Physics
Sled Wars
Trebuchet

PS.S.7.6: Develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.

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

PS.S.7.7: Apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer.

Feel the Heat

PS.S.7.8: Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, the type of matter, 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
Heat Transfer by Conduction

PS.S.7.9: Construct, use, and present arguments 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

2.2: Forces and Interactions

PS.S.7.10: Apply Newton’s Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects.

Crumple Zones

PS.S.7.11: Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.

Fan Cart Physics
Force and Fan Carts
Free-Fall Laboratory

PS.S.7.12: Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces.

Charge Launcher
Magnetic Induction

PS.S.7.13: Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.

Gravity Pitch
Weight and Mass

PS.S.7.14: Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.

Charge Launcher
Magnetism

ESS: Earth and Space Science

3.1: Earth’s Systems

ESS.S.7.15: Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.

Plate Tectonics
Rock Cycle
Weathering

ESS.S.7.16: Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.

Water Cycle

ESS.S.7.17: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.

Carbon Cycle

3.2: History of Earth

ESS.S.7.19: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.

Erosion Rates
Plate Tectonics
River Erosion
Rock Cycle
Weathering

ESS.S.7.20: Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions.

Building Pangaea
Plate Tectonics

ETAS: Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

4.1: Engineering Design

ETAS.S.7.22: Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, considering limitations to solutions including scientific principles and potential relevant possible impacts on people and the environment.

Crumple Zones
Earthquake-Proof Homes
Feel the Heat
Flood and Storm-Proof Homes

ETAS.S.7.23: Analyze data from tests to determine which characteristics of design can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria for success.

Crumple Zones
Digestive System
Earthquake-Proof Homes
Flood and Storm-Proof Homes