7th Grade Science

Week 2:

Lab Safety Comic Strip: Class time on Monday!  If not finished in class on Monday must be completed for Homework.  Due Wednesday 8/20 - Minor Grade

Metric System Measurement Review - Station Rotations for practice!

Rainbow Lab (practice using graduated cylinder)

Introduction to Matter

What is an atom and the parts that make it up

Friday - Test Open Test (Major)

• Syllabus

• Lab Safety

• Iv & DV 

• Measurement

Week 1:

Syllabus Review , Graphing Practice, Notes on Independent and Dependent Variables, Lab Safety Review and Gallery Walk

Course Content Standards: http://ed.sc.gov/instruction/standards-learning/science/standards/

This class will meet South Carolina Standards for Science with an emphasis on:

Matter and Its Interactions – Students will explore interactions of molecules and structures, analyze properties of substances before and after a chemical reaction and how matter is conserved during reactions, and describe how properties of matter change with thermal energy.

Energy - Students will analyze how mass and distance affect the amount of kinetic and potential energy an object has in addition to exploring how energy is transferred between systems and how that affects the temperature of a sample.

From Molecules to Organisms - Students will analyze the cycling of energy through living systems in plant and animal cells and compare and contrast the processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration and how food is broken down and rearranged into usable energy for the cell.

Ecosystem Dynamics – Students will predict the interactions and flow of energy between organisms within ecosystems and investigate how various factors impact population dynamics.  Students will design solutions that address biodiversity and how to create services to maintain it.

Earth and Human Activity - Students will explore how human activity and consumption of natural resources impact the environment and earth’s systems.