Science Curriculum Map

Seventh Grade

Draft

 

ESSENTIAL QUESTION (optional)

CONTENT

SKILLS

ASSESSMENT

RESOURCE

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What are the processes involved in the rock cycle?

What are the earth’s components and how do they interact?

How are convection currents (density) the cause of earthquakes, volcanoes, weather and ocean currents?

G.L.E. 1.1.5

1.2.4

1.3.4

1.3.5

1.3.6

Core Concepts:

Components and Patterns of Earth Systems

Processes and Interactions in Earth Systems

Earth Science

 

 

Kit: Catastrophic Events-STC

PH Books: Earth’s Waters

Inside Earth

Earth’s Changing Surface


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What are forces and how do they act on things?

How do you describe the speed of an object relative to another object?

How do balanced and unbalanced forces affect position and motion of objects?

 

G.L.E. 1.1.2

1.3.1

1.3.2

Core Concepts: Forces to Explain Motion

Forces and Motion

 

Kit: Energy, Machines and Motion-STC

PH Books: Forces, Motion and Energy (chapters 1-5)

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 How do energy and substances flow through and ecosystem?

 

G.L.E. 1.3.10

Core Concept: Interdependence of Life

Ecosystems

 

Kit: STC Environmental Kit

PH Books- Environmental Science (chapter 1 and 2)

 

Other 7th gr. G.L.E.s-1.3.9- to 8th Micro to Macro

                                    1.3.3- to 8th Motion/Energy

                                    1.3.8- to 8th Micro to Macro