Quarter 1 Grade (Ecosystem)
Topic 0: Introduction
Topic 7: Ecosystems (Ecosystem grading)
Quarter 2 Grade (Matter and Chemistry)
Topic 1: Introduction to Matter (Matter grading)
Topic 2: Solids, Liquids, and Gases (Matter grading)
Topic 2.5: Atoms and the Periodic Table (Chemistry grading)
Quarter 3 Grade (Chemistry and Ecosystem)
Topic 3: Chemical Reactions (Chemistry grading)
Topic 4: Cell Processes (Ecosystem grading)
Quarter 4 Grade (Earth Systems and Human Impact)
Topic 8: Plate Tectonics (Earth Systems grading)
Topic 6: Natural Resources (Human Impact grading)
Science Content:
7.PS.1A: The fact that matter is composed of atoms and molecules can be used to explain the properties of substances, diversity of materials, states of matter and phase changes.
7.PS.1B: Reacting substances rearrange to form different molecules, but the number of atoms in conserved. Some reactions release energy and others absorb energy.
7.LS.2B: The atoms that make up the organisms in an ecosystem are cycled repeatedly between the living and nonliving parts of the ecosystem. Food webs model how matter and energy are transferred among producers, consumers, and decomposers as the three groups interact within an ecosystem.
7.ESS.2: Energy flows and matter cycles within and among Earth's system, including the sun and Earth's interior as primary energy sources. Plate tectonics and its hazards result from these processes.
7.ESS.3A: Humans depend on Earth's land, ocean, atmosphere, and biosphere for different resources, may of which are limited or not renewable. Resources are distributed unevenly around the planet as a result of past geologic processes.
Science and Engineering Practices:
7.SEP.1 : Asking questions and defining problems builds on prior experiences and progresses to specifying relationships between variables and clarifying arguments and models.
7.SEP.3: Planning and carrying out investigations to answer questions or test solutions to problems builds on prior experiences and progresses to include investigations that use multiple variables and provide evidence to support explanations or solutions.
7.SEP.5: Mathematical and computational thinking builds on prior experience and progresses to identifying patterns in large data sets and using mathematical concepts to support explanations and arguments.
7.SEP.6: Constructing explanations and designing solutions builds on prior experiences and progresses to include constructing explanations and designing solutions supported by multiple sources of evidence consistent with scientific ideas, principles, and theories.
7.SEP.7: Engaging in argument from evidence builds on prior experiences and progresses to constructing a convincing argument that supports or refutes claims for either explanations or solutions about the natural and designed world (s)
7.SEP.8: Communicating scientific and / or technical information (e.g. about a proposed object, tool, process, system) in writing and / or through oral presentations.