Summary of course content and activities:

Science 7 includes five units with hands on activities.

1. Interactions and Ecosystems is an introductory study of life. Students are introduced to the concept that all living things share basic commonalities.

2. Plants for Food and Fibre investigates features, and structures of plants and their functions and uses.

3. Heat and Temperature discusses the differences between heat and temperature, and looks at devices that create and measure heat and temperature.

4. Structures and Forces focuses on the study structures and the forces that act on them. Students look at functions and materials used as well as specific designs and their effectiveness.

5. Planet Earth examines processes that create the formations of the Earth's crust. The unit includes studies of rocks and minerals, erosion, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and fossils.