Seventh Grade Unit Overview:
Natural processes and human activities cause energy to flow and matter to cycle through Earth’s systems.
•Unit 1: MATTER AND CHEMICAL REACTIONS: Organisms and Non-living Things are Made of (Matter) Atoms, students will examine how biotic and abiotic matter all stem from the same building blocks (atoms) and how it is the interaction between these atoms that lays the foundation for the world around us.
COURSE GOALS:
To conduct investigations showing how matter interacts at the atomic and molecular scales emphasizing the evidence of chemical reactions and the law of conservation of mass. [MS-PS1-1, MS-PS1-2, MS-PS1-3, MS-PS1-5To implement the design process to investigate the release or absorption of thermal energy during chemical reactions. [MS-PS1-6, MS-ETS1-3, MS-ETS1-4]
•Unit 2: MATTER AND ENERGY IN ECOSYSTEMS: Matter Cycles and Energy Flows in Ecosystems and Rocks, focuses on two major cycles within our Earth’s systems: the rock cycle, and the cycling of matter. Students build an understanding for the Law of conservation of matter.
COURSE GOALS:
To develop and use models that show how matter and energy are cycled within an ecosystem through the processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration. [MS-LS1-6, MS-LS1-7, MS-LS2-3
Unit 3/4: INTERDEPENDENT RELATIONSHIPS IN ECOSYSTEMS and EARTH"S RESOURCES: Natural Processes and Human Activities Shape Earth’s Resources and Ecosystems, investigates the distribution and availability of resources on Earth due to both natural processes as well as human involvement. Students then examine how the availability and distribution of resources affects the ecosystems on Earth.
COURSE GOALS:
To explain how resource availability, changes in an environment, and interactions among organisms affect populations in predictable patterns. [MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-4
To evaluate solutions that consider scientific, economic, and social factors associated with preserving the environment. [MS-LS2-5, MS-ETS1-1, MS-ETS1-2]To explain how an uneven distribution of natural resources and human consumption patterns impact society and Earth’s systems. [MS-ESS3-1, MS-ESS3-4]
Unit 5: DYNAMIC EARTH: Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing World, focuses on interactions between Earth and human activities with emphasis on actions that can help sustain Earth’s systems. To model the cyclical flow of energy and matter involved in the formation of rocks and minerals. [MS-ESS2-1]
To examine geological evidence explaining how the Earth has changed throughout its history using varying time and spatial scales. [MS-ESS1-4, MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-3]
To use existing data of natural hazards to forecast catastrophic events and understand how the development of new technologies can mitigate their effects. [MS-ESS3-2
Natural processes and human activities cause energy to flow and matter to cycle through Earth’s systems.
•Unit 1: MATTER AND CHEMICAL REACTIONS: Organisms and Non-living Things are Made of (Matter) Atoms, students will examine how biotic and abiotic matter all stem from the same building blocks (atoms) and how it is the interaction between these atoms that lays the foundation for the world around us.
COURSE GOALS:
To conduct investigations showing how matter interacts at the atomic and molecular scales emphasizing the evidence of chemical reactions and the law of conservation of mass. [MS-PS1-1, MS-PS1-2, MS-PS1-3, MS-PS1-5To implement the design process to investigate the release or absorption of thermal energy during chemical reactions. [MS-PS1-6, MS-ETS1-3, MS-ETS1-4]
•Unit 2: MATTER AND ENERGY IN ECOSYSTEMS: Matter Cycles and Energy Flows in Ecosystems and Rocks, focuses on two major cycles within our Earth’s systems: the rock cycle, and the cycling of matter. Students build an understanding for the Law of conservation of matter.
COURSE GOALS:
To develop and use models that show how matter and energy are cycled within an ecosystem through the processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration. [MS-LS1-6, MS-LS1-7, MS-LS2-3
Unit 3/4: INTERDEPENDENT RELATIONSHIPS IN ECOSYSTEMS and EARTH"S RESOURCES: Natural Processes and Human Activities Shape Earth’s Resources and Ecosystems, investigates the distribution and availability of resources on Earth due to both natural processes as well as human involvement. Students then examine how the availability and distribution of resources affects the ecosystems on Earth.
COURSE GOALS:
To explain how resource availability, changes in an environment, and interactions among organisms affect populations in predictable patterns. [MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-4
To evaluate solutions that consider scientific, economic, and social factors associated with preserving the environment. [MS-LS2-5, MS-ETS1-1, MS-ETS1-2]To explain how an uneven distribution of natural resources and human consumption patterns impact society and Earth’s systems. [MS-ESS3-1, MS-ESS3-4]
Unit 5: DYNAMIC EARTH: Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing World, focuses on interactions between Earth and human activities with emphasis on actions that can help sustain Earth’s systems. To model the cyclical flow of energy and matter involved in the formation of rocks and minerals. [MS-ESS2-1]
To examine geological evidence explaining how the Earth has changed throughout its history using varying time and spatial scales. [MS-ESS1-4, MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-3]
To use existing data of natural hazards to forecast catastrophic events and understand how the development of new technologies can mitigate their effects. [MS-ESS3-2
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