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Textbook: StemScopes
Students will receive digital access to textbooks and a physical textbook per parent request to the teacher via email. .
Materials Needed: 1 subject spiral notebook, note cards, folder, headphones, pencils, colored pencils, glue stick(s), lined paper, Chromebook
Overview:
The 7th grade science course is rigorous and requires students to conduct in depth laboratory experiments including mathematical calculations], graphing, and the mastery of qualitative and quantitative research methods. As students conduct each lab and activity, they will be held accountable for showing a higher level of thinking as they make observations, record data, analyze their results, and come to conclusions.
Content:
The main units studied in seventh-grade South Carolina science are:
Chemistry - Atoms, Periodic Table, Modeling Matter, Law of Conservation of Matter, Synthetic Material, Thermal Energy
Energy - Kinetic Energy, Potential Energy, Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration
Ecosystems - Effects of Resource Availability, Organism Interactions in Ecosystems, Relationships in Ecosystems, Relationships in Ecosystems, Flow of Energy, Ecosystem Dynamics, Ecosystem Biodiversity,
Earth and Human Activity - Earth’s Resources, Human Impact, Climate Change
Some units may be broken down into smaller parts to make content easier to understand and demonstrate understanding.