First Semester School District of Clay County Science Curriculum Map Grade 7 *The total of 10 Science Fair should be split between 1 st and 2 nd 9 weeks to best fit individual school/teacher needs Time Optional Title Text Lessons Standards Frame Resources 3 Science Lab Lab Rules, Safety, and Procedures Various Science and the Natural World - What kills do scientists use? SC.7.N.1.1, SC.7.N.1.4, LA.7.4.2.2, MA.6.A.3.6 Thinking Like a Scientist - What attitudes help you think scientifically? - What is scientific reasoning? SC.7.N.1.1, LA.7.2.2.3 SC.7.N.1.1 The Swinging Pendulum Volume Physical Page 201 Measurement A Common Language - Why do scientists use a standard measurement system? - What are some SI units of measure? SC.7.N.1.1 SC.7.N.1.1, LA.7.2.2.3 Determining a Spring Constant 20 What is Science Chapter 1 Mathematics and Science - What math skills do scientists use? - What math tools do scientists use? Graphs in Science - What kinds of data do line graphs display? - Why are line graphs powerful tools? SC.7.N.1.1 SC.7.N.1.1, MA.6.S.6.2, MA.6.A.3.6 SC.7.N.1.1., MA.6.A.3.6 SC.7.N.1.1, LA.7.2.2.3 Movie Reviewer (Mean and Median) Scientific Inquiry - What is Scientific Inquiry? - How do you design and conduct an experiment? - How do we gain scientific knowledge? SC.7.N.1.1, LA.7.4.2.2 SC.7.N.1.1,SC.7.N.1.2, MA.6.A.3.6 SC.7.N.1.3
8 The World of Science Chapter 2 Scientific Explanation - How do scientists form scientific explanations? - What is the basis for scientific explanations? Scientists and Society - How do scientists affect society? How Science Changes - How does scientific knowledge change? - How is a scientific law different from a theory? SC.7.N.1.5 SC.7.N.1.6, MA.6.A.3.6 SC.7.N.1.7, LA.7.2.23 SC.7.N.2.1 SC.7.N.3.1, LA.7.2.2.3 What is a hypothesis? Volume 3 Page 101 9 Waves and Light Chapter 9 Models as Tools in Science - Why do scientists use models? - What is a system? - How are models of systems used? Waves of the Electromagnetic Spectrum - How does the sun s energy arrive on earth? - How do electromagnetic waves compare? - What makes up the electromagnetic spectrum? Reflection and Mirrors - What are the kinds of reflection? - What types of images do mirrors produce? Refraction and Lenses - What happens when light hits an object? - What determines the type of image formed by a lens? - What factors affect the speed of a wave? SC.7.N.3.2 SC.7.N.3.2, LA.7.4.2.2 SC.7.N.3.2 SC.7.P.10.1 SC.7.N.1.3, SC.7.N.1.5, SC.7.P.10.1 SC.7.P.10.1, LA.7.2.2.3 SC.7.P.10.2 SC.7.P.10.2, LA.7.2.2.3 SC.7.N.1.6, SC.7.N.1.7, SC.7.N.2.1, SC.7.P.10.2 SC.7.P.10.2 SC.7.P.10.3 Mirror on the Wall Volume 3 Page 51 Ray Tracing (Lenses) Ray Tracing (Mirrors) Ripple Tank Color Absorption Refractions 7 Energy and Heat Chapter 10 Energy Transformations and Conservation - How does heat affect a system? - What forms of energy are related to SC.7.N.3.2, SC.7.P.11.1 SC.7.P.11.2
particles? - How is energy conserved during a transformation? SC.7.N.3.1, SC.7.P.11.2, SC.7.P.11.3,LA.7.2.2.3 The Mitten Problem: Volume 1 Page 103 Temperature, Thermal Energy, and Heat - What determines the temperature of an object? - How is thermal energy different from temperature? The Transfer of Heat - How is heat transferred? SC.7.P.11.4, MA.6.S.6.2 SC.7.P.11.4, MA.6.A.3.6 SC.7.P.11.4, LA.7.2.2.3 Objects and Temperature Volume 1 Page 109 Warming Water Volume 4 Page 53 Temperature and Particle Motion Energy Conversion in a System 12 Earth Structures and Materials Chapter 3 Earth s Interior - How do geologists learn about earth s interior? - What are the features of earth s crust, mantle, and core? Convection and the Mantle - How is heat transferred? - How does convection occur in earth s mantle? Classifying Rocks - How do geologists classify rocks? Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks - How do geologists classify igneous rocks? - What are metamorphic rocks? Sedimentary Rocks - How do sedimentary rocks form? - What are the three major types of sedimentary rocks? - How are sedimentary rocks used? SC.7.N.1.3, SC.7.E.6.1 SC.7.N.3.2, SC.7.E.6.1, LA.7.2.2.3, MA.6.A.3.6 SC.7.E.6.1 SC.7.E.6.1, LA.7.2.2.3 SC.7.E.6.2, LA.7.2.2.3 SC.7.E.6.2, LA.7.2.2.3 SC.7.E.6.2 SC.7.E.6.2 SC.7.E.6.2, LA.7.2.2.3 SC.7.E.6.2 Is it a rock? Volume 2 Page 157 Rock Classification Rock Cycle
The Rock Cycle - What is the rock cycle? SC.7.N.3.2, SC.7.E.6.2, LA.7.2.2.3
Second Semester Time Frame 5 Title Text Lessons Standards Earth s History Chapter 4 Fossils - What are fossils? - What are the kinds of fossils? - What do fossils show? The Relative Age of Rocks - How old are rock layers? - How can rock layers change? Radioactive Dating - What is radioactive decay? - What is radioactive dating? - How do scientists determine earth s age?, LA.7.2.23 SC.7.N.1.6, SC.7.E.6.3, SC.7.N.3.1, SC.7.N.2.1, SC.7.E.6.3 SC.7.E.6.3, SC.7.N.2.1, SC.7.E.6.3, Optional Resources Half-Life Geological Time - What is the geologic time scale? SC.7.N.3.2,, LA.7.2.2.3 - How has earth changed over geologic time? Drifting Continents - What was Wegener s Hypothesis about the continents? SC.7.N.1.3, SC.7.N.1.7, 10 Plate Tectonics Chapter 5 Sea-Floor Spreading - What are mid-ocean ridges? - What is sea-floor spreading? - What happens at deep-ocean trenches? The Theory of Plate Tectonics - What is the theory of plate tectonics?, SC.7.N.2.1,,,, LA.7.2.2.3, LA.7.2.2.3 Building Pangaea 8 Volcanoes Chapter 6 Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics - Where are volcanoes found on earth s surface?, LA.7.4.2.2
Volcanic Eruptions - What happens when a volcano erupts? - What are the stages of volcanic activity? SC.7.N.1.6, SC.7.N.1.6, Plate Tectonics Volcanic Landforms - What landforms do lava and ash create? - What landforms does magma create?, LA.7.2.2.3 5 Earth Quakes Chapter 7 Forces in Earth s Crust - How does stress change earth s crust? - How do faults form? - How does the plate movement create new landforms? Earthquakes and Seismic Waves - What are seismic waves? - How are earthquakes measured? - How is an epicenter located?, LA.7.4.2.2, LA.7.2.2.3, MA.6.A.3.6 Earthquake- Determination of Epicenter Earthquake- Recording Station Monitoring Earthquakes - How do seismographs work? - What patterns do seismographic data reveal? Conserving Land and Soil - How do people use land? - Why is soil management important? - What are the effects of deforestation and urbanization?, SC.7.N.1.5, LA.7.4.2.2, LA.7.2.2.3 20 Land, Air and Water Resources Chapter 8 Air Pollution and Solutions - What causes outdoor and indoor air pollution? - What causes damage to the ozone layer? - How can air pollution be reduced? Water Pollution Pond Ecosystem Surface Water and Groundwater - What is a river system? - How do ponds and lakes form and change? - How does water move underground?, LA.7.4.2.2, MA.6.4.3.6
Water Pollution and Solutions - Why is fresh water a limited resource? - What are the major sources of water pollution? - How can water pollution be reduced? C.7.E.6.6, LA.7.2.2.3 Wetland Environments - What are wetlands? - Why are wetlands important? - What impact have humans had on the Everglades?, LA.7.4.2.2 Heat Flow Inside the Earth - How do mantle convection currents affect earth? - Evidence of Evolution - What is evolution? - What evidence supports evolution? SC.7.N.1.5, SC.7.E.6.7 SC.7.L.15.1, LA.7.4.2.2 SC.7.N.1.7, SC.7.L.15.1 5 Change Over Time Chapter 11 Darwin s Theory - What was Darwin s Hypothesis? - What is natural selection? Biodiversity and Extinction - How do new species form? - What factors affect biodiversity? - Why do species go extinct? SC.7.N.3.1, SC.7.L.15.2, LA.7.4.2.2 SC.7.N.3.1, SC.7.L.15.2, LA.7.2.2.3, MA.6.S.6.2 SC.7.L.15.2 SC.7.L.15.2, LA.7.2.2.3 SC.7.L.15.3 Changing Environment Volume Life Page 109 Rainfall and Bird Beaks 15 Genetics and DNA: The Science of Heredity Chapter 12 The Genetic Code - What forms the genetic code? - How does DNA copy itself? What is Heredity? - What did Mendel observe? - How do alleles affect inheritance? SC.7.L.16.1, LA.7.2.2.3 SC.7.L.16.1 SC.7.L.16.1, SC.7.N.2.1 LA.7.2.2.3 SC.7.16.1, SC.7.N.2.1 DNA, Genes, and Chromosomes Volume Life Page 129
Probability and Heredity - How id probability related to inheritance? - What are phenotype and genotype? Chromosomes and Inheritance - How are chromosomes, genes, and inheritance related? - What happens during meiosis? - How do sexual and asexual Reproduction compare? SC.7.L.16.2, MA.6.A.3.6 SC.7.16.2 SC.7.L.16.1, SC.7.N.1.5,SC.7.N.1.6 SC.7.16.3 SC.7.L.16.3, LA.7.2.2.3 Building DNA Mouse Genetics (One Trait) or Mouse Genetics (Two Traits) 5 Human Genetics and Genetic Technology Chapter 13 Human Inheritance - What are some patterns of human inheritance? - What are the functions of the sex chromosomes? Human Genetic Disorders - How are genetic disorders inherited in humans? - How are genetic disorders traced, diagnosed, and treated? Advances in Genetics - How can organisms be produced with desired traits? - What is the impact of Biotechnology? SC.7.L.16.1 SC.7.L.16.2, SC.7.16.3 SC.7.16.2, SC.7.L.16.3 SC.7.L.16.2, LA.7.4.2.2, HE.6.C.1.4 SC.7.L.16.2 SC.7.L.16.4, MA.6.A.3.6 SC.7.L.16.4 Page Keely Eye Color Volume Life Page 135 DNA Fingerprint Analysis Human Karyotyping Using Genetic Information - What are some uses of genetic information? SC.7.N.2.1, SC.7.L.16.4 14 Populations and Communications Chapter 14 Living Things and the Environment - What does an organism get from its environments? - What are the two parts of an organism s habitat? - How is an ecosystem organized? SC.7.L.17.1 SC.7.L.17.2, LA.7.4.2.2 SC.7.L.17.3 Page Keeley Food Chain Energy Volume Life Page 91
Energy Flow in Ecosystems - What are the energy roles in an ecosystem? - How does energy move through an ecosystem? Interactions Among Living Things - How do adaptations help an organism survive? - What are competition and predation? - What are the three types of symbiosis? Populations - How do populations change in size? - What factors limit population growth? SC.7.N.3.2, SC.7.L.17.1, LA.7.4.2.2 SC.7.N.3.2, SC.7.L.17.1 SC.7.L.17.2 SC.7.L.17.2, MA.6.A.3.6 SC.7.17.2, LA.7.2.2.3 SC.7.L.17.3 SC.7.L.17.3, LA.7.2.2.3 No More Plants Volume Life Page 103 Food Chain Forest Ecosystem Rabbit Population by Season