Seventh Grade Key Understandings

ELA: Students will create advertisements using persuasive writing techniques to promote awareness for social justice issues affecting their community.

Social Studies: Students will create a timeline highlighting past and present issues and solutions regarding the social justice issue of their choice.

Science: Students will use the engineering design process to develop and analyze data and show change over time.

Students will learn how producers, consumers, and decomposers have their needs met and how they impact the environment. They will understand how and why producers and consumers interact. Furthermore, they will understand the importance of a working ecosystem. 

Students will create a beautiful new park in their community that will feature plenty of space and includes a working ecosystem where producers, consumers, and decomposers will work together as a food chain.