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1 Teacher: Kilday Date: Sept June 2015 This Course The 7 th GRADE SCIENCE Course Organizer Is about learning skills to observe, answer questions, and solve problems like a scientist and to learn what science teaches us about how forces act on matter and about Earth s matter. Course Questions: BIG IDEAS 1. What factors affect force and how? (EALR 4: PS1) 2. How do different types of force affect motion? (EALR 4: PS1) 3. How does measurement describe speed? (EALR 4: PS1) 4. How are Earth s materials classified? (EALR 4: ES2) 5. What are the main Earth systems and how are they related? (EALR 4: ES2) 6. How does Earth change over time? (EALR 4: ES3) 7. What affects weather and how does it relate to climate? (EALR 4: ES2) 8. How is systems thinking used to simplify and analyze complex situations? (EALR 1: SYS) 9. How do I design, carry out, analye, and communicate scientific investigations? (EARL 2: INQ) 10. How do I use technology and/or create a model to explain a scientific concept or solve a scientific problem? (EALR 3: APP) Semester One: Physical Science Semester Two: Earth Science Course Standards EALR 1: Systems Inputs, Outputs, Boundaries, and Flows EALR 2: Inquiry Questioning and Investigating EALR 3: Application Science, Technology, and Problem Solving EALR 4: Physical Science--Balanced and Unbalanced Forces EALR 4: Earth and Space--Cycles in Earth s Systems EALR 4: Earth and Space--Evidence of Change 11/04/14H/My Docs/Course Organizer/Blank-Course Organizer/jnrg Adapted from Keith Lenz Course Organizer Template 10/01

2 Teacher: Busch, Hendren, Reynolds Date: This Course The Course Organizer 7 TH GRADE SCIENCE Student: Course Dates: Course Standards Standards Is about learning skills to observe, answer questions, and solve problems like a scientist and to learn what science teaches us about nature. Course Questions: BIG IDEAS 1. How are physical and chemical changes different? (1.3.3) 2. During physical and chemical changes, how is matter conserved? (1.3.3) 3. What factors affect force and how? (1.3.1, 1.3.2) 4. How do different types of force affect motion? (1.3.1, 1.3.2) 5. How does measurement describe speed? (1.1.2) 6. How are Earth s materials classified? (1.1.5) 7. What are the main Earth systems and how are they related? (1.2.4, 1.3.4) 8. How does Earth change over time? (1.3.4, 1.3.5, 1.3.9) 9. What affects weather and how does it relate to climate? (1.3.6) 10. How do I observe and answer questions about nature like a scientist? (2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.1.5, 2.2.1, 2.2.3, 2.2.4) 11. How and why do scientific theories change over time? (2.2.2, 2.2.5) 12. How do I solve problems like a scientist? (3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3) 13. How does science affect society? (3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3) EALR 4 Physical Science-Balanced and Unbalanced Forces EALR 4 Earth and Space-Cycles in Earth s Systems EALR 4 Earth and Space-Evidence of Change Formative Assessments (part of the learning process) Daily work Homework Observations Summative Assessments Lab Analysis Tests Projects End of Lesson Quizzes Tests must be retaken within two weeks of the original test date. Make-up work must be done in the prescribed time set by board policy. 11/04/14H/My Docs/Course Organizer/Blank-Course Organizer/jnrg Adapted from Keith Lenz Course Organizer Template 10/01

3 Earthquakes Sketch and label the layers of the Earth showing thicknesses and consistency. Draw a picture of how convection currents in the upper mantle drives crustal movement. Describe what happens when plate boundaries meet. How the movement of Earth s crust affects life on Earth. Earthquake Seismogram Seismograph Wave Magnitude Intensity Lithosphere Asthenosphere Plot fewer earthquakes and volcanoes Reading passages shorter Earthquake Myth Shake It Up 1. Why do earthquakes occur in certain areas? 2. How does the movement of the plates affect the surface of the earth? 3. What are the types of plate movements? 4. How does convection currents inside the Earth differ from convection currents on the Earth? EALR 4 Cycles in Earth s Systems

4 Balanced and Unbalanced Forces Determine whether forces on an object are balanced or unbalanced and justify with observational evidence. Given two different masses that receive the same unbalanced force, predict which will move more quickly. How balanced and unbalanced forces cause motion. Force Balanced force Unbalanced force Motion Energy Newton s 3 Laws of Motion Build a mousetrap car and demonstrate force and speed Use a calculator for math problems. Shorter reading passages Graphic organizers 1. What is a force? 2. How are balanced and unbalanced forces different and similar? 3. How do Newton s 3 Laws of Motion affect human life? 4. What is motion? EALR 4 Physical Science Balanced and Unbalanced Forces

5 Volcanoes Explain how a given landform (e.g., mountain) has been shaped by processes that build up structures (e.g., uplift) and by processes that break down and carry away material *Identify samples of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock from their properties and describe how their properties provide evidence of how they were How volcanism changes the appearance of the Earth Igneous Metamorphic Sedimentary Volcano Rock Cycle Lava Magma 1. What are the processes that form the different types of rocks in the rock cycle? 2. What are the processes that affect the formation of landforms? 3. What are steps of the rock cycle? Different reading questions Shorter reading passages Graphic Organizers Build a model of the inner workings of a volcano EALR 4 Earth s Cycles

6 Storms and Catastrophic Events Connect the uneven heating of the Earth s surface to wind, ocean currents and weather. Describe the water cycle and where it can be observed. Describe the properties of and composition of the atmosphere. Explain how fresh and salt water differ. the Earth and the factors that continue to change it. Catastrophic event Vortex Hurricane Tornado Atmosphere Radiation Air mass Weather front Convection Current Leveled reading questions Differentiated writing Lab forms Weather Map Project Earth Scientist poster Catastrophic Event Brochure 1. How do scientists study the earth? 2. How do thunderstorms, hurricanes and tornadoes differ? 3. Why do earth s surfaces heat and cool at different rates? How does this difference affect life on Earth. 4. Explain the water cycle in words and pictures. 5. How do ocean currents affect the weather? EALR 4 Cycles in Earth s Systems