Grade 7
Unit 1 : Geology
Unit Overview: This unit studies the surface of planet Earth, as well as the natural phenomena that causes the surface to change over time. Students will be able to make different types of models representing the lithosphere that will best help them describe changes in the surface of the planet. In addition, they will analyze data from earthquakes and volcanoes, and charts that represent the long history of Earth, drawing conclusions about how these forces of nature provoke short-term, long-term, and permanent changes to the surface of the planet.
Unit 2: Energy and Matter
Students will describe matter by its physical properties and will explain its behavior by using its chemical properties. Knowledge of physical and chemical changes will enable students to understand how matter and energy interact in many dynamic ways. As students understand these interactions between matter and energy, they should also be able to investigate and explain how pollutants enter and remain in the environment, and its consequences for living and nonliving things. Students should be able to propose ideas and ways to preserve a healthy living environment with a minimum amount of pollutants.
Unit 3: Dynamic Equilibrium: The Human Animal
Through this unit, students will understand the cell, the function of organs, and how these work together as a system. Students must be able to explain and conclude that, despite changes, the connection of organ systems, and the maintenance of a proper metabolism, will provide a dynamic equilibrium for life.
Unit 4: Dynamic Equilibrium: Other Organisms
Unit Overview: This unit continues building understanding of the structure and function of other organisms, by exploring body systems of plants and other animals, including single-celled organisms and invertebrates. Students will compare and contrast how these organisms regulate and maintain homeostasis, drawing conclusions about their physical needs and how they maintain a dynamic equilibrium.
Unit 1 : Geology
Unit Overview: This unit studies the surface of planet Earth, as well as the natural phenomena that causes the surface to change over time. Students will be able to make different types of models representing the lithosphere that will best help them describe changes in the surface of the planet. In addition, they will analyze data from earthquakes and volcanoes, and charts that represent the long history of Earth, drawing conclusions about how these forces of nature provoke short-term, long-term, and permanent changes to the surface of the planet.
Unit 2: Energy and Matter
Students will describe matter by its physical properties and will explain its behavior by using its chemical properties. Knowledge of physical and chemical changes will enable students to understand how matter and energy interact in many dynamic ways. As students understand these interactions between matter and energy, they should also be able to investigate and explain how pollutants enter and remain in the environment, and its consequences for living and nonliving things. Students should be able to propose ideas and ways to preserve a healthy living environment with a minimum amount of pollutants.
Unit 3: Dynamic Equilibrium: The Human Animal
Through this unit, students will understand the cell, the function of organs, and how these work together as a system. Students must be able to explain and conclude that, despite changes, the connection of organ systems, and the maintenance of a proper metabolism, will provide a dynamic equilibrium for life.
Unit 4: Dynamic Equilibrium: Other Organisms
Unit Overview: This unit continues building understanding of the structure and function of other organisms, by exploring body systems of plants and other animals, including single-celled organisms and invertebrates. Students will compare and contrast how these organisms regulate and maintain homeostasis, drawing conclusions about their physical needs and how they maintain a dynamic equilibrium.
