Unit 4: Cells and Genetics
4/ 25 & 04/26
Organ system: Project
4/24
Organ system: Lab activity
4/23
Organ system Project
4/18 & 4/19
Organ system Project
4/17
Organ system project
4/15
Photosynthesis quiz
4/8- 4/12
Testing week
4/4 & 4/5
Lab: Cell function / Osmosis Activity
4/3
Photosynthesis Activity
4/1 & 4/2
Cell function: Photosynthesis
Introduction to Body Systems
3/ 28 & 3/29
Heredity and Genetics Summative Assessment
Lab: Mitosis Microscope (Mitosis in onion cells)
Practice: Meiosis Activity
3/27
Meiosis Cell Division : Compare and Contrast Meiosis with Mitosis cell division
Demonstration: 3 D model of meiosis
3/25 & 3/26
Cell Division: Meiosis
Review Game: Heredity and Genetics
3/14-3/15
Lab: Natural Selection - Function and Structure of bird's beaks
2/1 - 3/13 District Assessment Essay
Types of Mutations and The Outcome of Mutation
Protein Synthesis: How does DNA work?
Pedigree chart
1/30
Practice: Punnett Square Genetics Problems
Project: Complete Model of Mitosis
1/28 & 1/29
District Assessment: Choose either one of the two topics, Genetic editing or Genetic testing, for the argumentative
essay.
Practice: Punnett Square Genetics Problems
Unit 3: Macro-molecules
Unit 2 : Matter
Standard: -Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure
substance when thermal energy is added or removed. (PS1-4)
- Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine
if a chemical reaction has occurred. (PS1-2)
Monday/Tuesday: 11/12 & 11/13
Review Chemical and Physical Change
Read textbook: Macro-molecules (Bio-moelcules)
Video: Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, and Nucleic Acids.
Exit Ticker: Difference between chemical and physical change.
Thursday/Friday: 11/8 & 11/9
Pretest (Bio-molecules)
Textbook: Bio-molecules
Wednesday 11/7
Demonstration: Cabbage juice as an acid base indicator.
ISN: Evidence for chemical change.
Monday/ Tuesday: 11/5 & 11/6
Stations
Practice: Calculate density, mass, and volume.
Lab: Density Lab
-Demonstration: Chemical and Physical Change.
ISN: Density Triangle
Thursday/ Friday: 11/1 & 11/ 2
Stations
Activity: PHET simulation (States of Matter)
- Measurement Practice
- Calculate density, mass, and volume practice.
Lab: Density Lab
ISN: States of Matter
Wednesday: 10/31
Practice: Read an article on the states of matter and answer the questions (Packet).
Convert units of measurement in the metric system (work sheet).
Monday/ Tuesday: 10/29 & 10/ 30
Stations
Activity: PHET simulation (States of Matter)
- Measurement Practice
- Calculate density, mass, and volume practice.
Lab: Density Lab
ISN: Outline of the standards covered in unit 2 "Matter"
Thursday/ Friday: 10/25 & 10/26
Pretest: unit 2 (Matter)
Activity: PHET simulation (States of Matter)
Quiz: Conservation of Mass in chemical reactions.
Wednesday: 10/24
Activity: Conservation of Mass using 3D model of the atoms.
UNIT 1: Atoms and Molecules
Standard: Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures. (PS1-1)
Learning Objectives:
-Differentiate between protons, neutrons, and electrons in terms of their mass, electrical charges, and locations within the atom.
-Explore the scientific history of the atom and analyze the changes in the atomic model over time by using evidence.
-Calculate the mass number and number of neutrons in atoms.
-Build an atom.
-Research an element and create a model to communicate ideas about its history, atomic composition, uses, and how it appears on the Periodic Table of Elements.
-Differentiate between elements, molecules, and mixtures.
-Analyze the properties of water by making connections to its molecular structure. (Polarity and Hydrogen bonds)
Monday/Tuesday: 10/22 & 10/23
Review the difference between elements, molecules, compounds, and mixtures.
Discuss ways to physically separate mixtures: use of magnets, evaporation, filtering, sifting, separate substances due their density...
Practice reading chemical formulas and chemical reactions.
Thursday/Friday:10/18 & 10/19
Stations Activity: I will differentiate between elements, molecules, compounds, and mixtures.
I will use 3D models to build simple molecules, such as Hydrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and Methane.
Wednesday: 10/17
Complete creating the poster about covalent bonds, hydrogen bonds, and polar molecules.
Video: Covalent bonds.
Monday/Tuesday: 10/15 & 10/16
ISN: Unit 1 Molecules Outline/ Map
Activity: Use 2D model of molecules to communicate information about hydrogen bonds and polarity of water molecule.
Video: Why are some mosquitoes able to stand on water? Covalent bond, hydrogen bond, and polarity of water molecule.
Activity: Create a poster to explain the properties of water due to its polarity.
Wednesday: 10/11
Unit 1 Pretest and Post test Bar Graph
Monday/Tuesday: 10/9 & 10/10
ISN: IONS/ Electron Configuration and Valence Electrons/ Ionic Bond
Student Learner Profile: Upload an artifact in Student Learner Profile- google class.
Science Goals
Thursday/Friday: 10/4 & 10/5
Unit 1 Atoms Summative Assessment: History of the Atom, Elements, Ions, and Atomic Mass
Wednesday: 10/3
Unit 1 Atoms Summative Assessment: Basic Structure of the Atom
Monday/Tuesday: 10/1 & 10/2
Stations: Practice and Review
Thursday/Friday: 09/27 & 09/28
Stations: Practice and Review
Wednesday 09/26
Activity: Calculate the atomic thickness of a piece of Aluminum foil.
Video: How Big is the Atom?
Monday/ Tuesday: 09/24 & 09/25
ISN notes: Graphic Organizer (What determines the name and overall charge of the atom? Isotopes and molecules)
ISN notes: How to read an element in the Periodic Table.
Project: Pick an element from the Periodic Table of the Elements and research its history, uses, and atomic structure.
Check for Understanding: The Basic Structure of the Atom
Thursday/Friday: 09/20 & 09/21
ISN notes: Reflection on the "Split the water molecule" lab
Project: Pick an element from the Periodic Table of the Elements and research its history, uses, and atomic structure.
PHET simulation: Build an Atom (Explore what determines the Name, Overall Charge, Isotopes, and Mass of the Atoms)
(Correction)
Wednesday: 09/19
Lab: Split the Water Molecule
Monday/ Tuesday: 09/17 & 09/18
PHET simulation: Build an Atom (Explore what determines the Name, Overall Charge, Isotopes, and Mass of the Atoms)
Check for Understanding: History of the Atomic Theory
Thursday/Friday: 09/13 & 09/14
Pretest: Unit 1 Atoms
ISN notes: Claim, Evidence, Reasoning
ISN notes: MAP of the standards covered in unit 1 (ATOMS)
Activity: Timeline on the History of the Atomic Theory
ISN notes: History of the Atomic Theory
Scientific Method Review
Wednesday: 09/12
Check for Understanding: Variables
Practice: Parts of a Great Graph
Monday/Tuesday: 09/10 & 09/11
Scientific Method: Parts of a Graph and Graph Analysis
PHET simulation: Build an Atom
ISN notes: Parts of a Graph and Graph Analysis
Thursday/Friday: 9/6 & 9/7
Scientific Method: Variables
Demonstration: Elephant toothpaste (Identify Variables / C.E.R in conclusion)
District Assessment Pretest: Complete the essay and turn in a hard copy
ISN notes: Variables
Wednesday: 9/5
District Assessment Pretest: Write a three paragraph essay
Tuesday: 9/4
Scientific Method: Variables
District Assessment Pretest: Read the article
Thursday/Friday: 8/30 & 8/31
Check for Understanding on Observations and Inferences (The Sliding Rocks in Death Valley, California)
Scientific Method: The Discovery of Penicillin - Formulate a hypothesis
Lab: Solve the Mystery! - Chromatography
Wednesday: 8/29
ISN notes: Inference/ Hypothesis on page 10.
Practice: Observation and Inference worksheet
Video: Kindness
Monday/Tuesday: 8/27 & 8/28
ISN notes: The Scientific Method on page 7, Two Types of Observations on page 8, Ask a Question and Research on page 9.
Scientific Method: Animal track puzzle (Observations and Inferences)
Welcome Back to School Week
Thursday/Friday: 8/23 & 8/24
Letter to myself activity.
Set up the table of contents in the science notebook.
How does our brain work?- Growth Mindset
Scientific Method: two types of observations (Qualitative and Quantitative Observations)
Wednesday: 8/22/2018
Class syllabus and the outline of the standards intended to be covered in 7th grade science.
What is Science?
Homework: Know your height.
Tuesday: 8/21/2018
Get to know you activity
Homework: Sign the Lab Safety Form
4/ 25 & 04/26
Organ system: Project
4/24
Organ system: Lab activity
4/23
Organ system Project
4/18 & 4/19
Organ system Project
4/17
Organ system project
4/15
Photosynthesis quiz
4/8- 4/12
Testing week
4/4 & 4/5
Lab: Cell function / Osmosis Activity
4/3
Photosynthesis Activity
4/1 & 4/2
Cell function: Photosynthesis
Introduction to Body Systems
3/ 28 & 3/29
Heredity and Genetics Summative Assessment
Lab: Mitosis Microscope (Mitosis in onion cells)
Practice: Meiosis Activity
3/27
Meiosis Cell Division : Compare and Contrast Meiosis with Mitosis cell division
Demonstration: 3 D model of meiosis
3/25 & 3/26
Cell Division: Meiosis
Review Game: Heredity and Genetics
3/14-3/15
Lab: Natural Selection - Function and Structure of bird's beaks
2/1 - 3/13 District Assessment Essay
Types of Mutations and The Outcome of Mutation
Protein Synthesis: How does DNA work?
Pedigree chart
1/30
Practice: Punnett Square Genetics Problems
Project: Complete Model of Mitosis
1/28 & 1/29
District Assessment: Choose either one of the two topics, Genetic editing or Genetic testing, for the argumentative
essay.
Practice: Punnett Square Genetics Problems
Unit 3: Macro-molecules
Unit 2 : Matter
Standard: -Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure
substance when thermal energy is added or removed. (PS1-4)
- Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine
if a chemical reaction has occurred. (PS1-2)
Monday/Tuesday: 11/12 & 11/13
Review Chemical and Physical Change
Read textbook: Macro-molecules (Bio-moelcules)
Video: Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, and Nucleic Acids.
Exit Ticker: Difference between chemical and physical change.
Thursday/Friday: 11/8 & 11/9
Pretest (Bio-molecules)
Textbook: Bio-molecules
Wednesday 11/7
Demonstration: Cabbage juice as an acid base indicator.
ISN: Evidence for chemical change.
Monday/ Tuesday: 11/5 & 11/6
Stations
Practice: Calculate density, mass, and volume.
Lab: Density Lab
-Demonstration: Chemical and Physical Change.
ISN: Density Triangle
Thursday/ Friday: 11/1 & 11/ 2
Stations
Activity: PHET simulation (States of Matter)
- Measurement Practice
- Calculate density, mass, and volume practice.
Lab: Density Lab
ISN: States of Matter
Wednesday: 10/31
Practice: Read an article on the states of matter and answer the questions (Packet).
Convert units of measurement in the metric system (work sheet).
Monday/ Tuesday: 10/29 & 10/ 30
Stations
Activity: PHET simulation (States of Matter)
- Measurement Practice
- Calculate density, mass, and volume practice.
Lab: Density Lab
ISN: Outline of the standards covered in unit 2 "Matter"
Thursday/ Friday: 10/25 & 10/26
Pretest: unit 2 (Matter)
Activity: PHET simulation (States of Matter)
Quiz: Conservation of Mass in chemical reactions.
Wednesday: 10/24
Activity: Conservation of Mass using 3D model of the atoms.
UNIT 1: Atoms and Molecules
Standard: Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures. (PS1-1)
Learning Objectives:
-Differentiate between protons, neutrons, and electrons in terms of their mass, electrical charges, and locations within the atom.
-Explore the scientific history of the atom and analyze the changes in the atomic model over time by using evidence.
-Calculate the mass number and number of neutrons in atoms.
-Build an atom.
-Research an element and create a model to communicate ideas about its history, atomic composition, uses, and how it appears on the Periodic Table of Elements.
-Differentiate between elements, molecules, and mixtures.
-Analyze the properties of water by making connections to its molecular structure. (Polarity and Hydrogen bonds)
Monday/Tuesday: 10/22 & 10/23
Review the difference between elements, molecules, compounds, and mixtures.
Discuss ways to physically separate mixtures: use of magnets, evaporation, filtering, sifting, separate substances due their density...
Practice reading chemical formulas and chemical reactions.
Thursday/Friday:10/18 & 10/19
Stations Activity: I will differentiate between elements, molecules, compounds, and mixtures.
I will use 3D models to build simple molecules, such as Hydrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and Methane.
Wednesday: 10/17
Complete creating the poster about covalent bonds, hydrogen bonds, and polar molecules.
Video: Covalent bonds.
Monday/Tuesday: 10/15 & 10/16
ISN: Unit 1 Molecules Outline/ Map
Activity: Use 2D model of molecules to communicate information about hydrogen bonds and polarity of water molecule.
Video: Why are some mosquitoes able to stand on water? Covalent bond, hydrogen bond, and polarity of water molecule.
Activity: Create a poster to explain the properties of water due to its polarity.
Wednesday: 10/11
Unit 1 Pretest and Post test Bar Graph
Monday/Tuesday: 10/9 & 10/10
ISN: IONS/ Electron Configuration and Valence Electrons/ Ionic Bond
Student Learner Profile: Upload an artifact in Student Learner Profile- google class.
Science Goals
Thursday/Friday: 10/4 & 10/5
Unit 1 Atoms Summative Assessment: History of the Atom, Elements, Ions, and Atomic Mass
Wednesday: 10/3
Unit 1 Atoms Summative Assessment: Basic Structure of the Atom
Monday/Tuesday: 10/1 & 10/2
Stations: Practice and Review
Thursday/Friday: 09/27 & 09/28
Stations: Practice and Review
Wednesday 09/26
Activity: Calculate the atomic thickness of a piece of Aluminum foil.
Video: How Big is the Atom?
Monday/ Tuesday: 09/24 & 09/25
ISN notes: Graphic Organizer (What determines the name and overall charge of the atom? Isotopes and molecules)
ISN notes: How to read an element in the Periodic Table.
Project: Pick an element from the Periodic Table of the Elements and research its history, uses, and atomic structure.
Check for Understanding: The Basic Structure of the Atom
Thursday/Friday: 09/20 & 09/21
ISN notes: Reflection on the "Split the water molecule" lab
Project: Pick an element from the Periodic Table of the Elements and research its history, uses, and atomic structure.
PHET simulation: Build an Atom (Explore what determines the Name, Overall Charge, Isotopes, and Mass of the Atoms)
(Correction)
Wednesday: 09/19
Lab: Split the Water Molecule
Monday/ Tuesday: 09/17 & 09/18
PHET simulation: Build an Atom (Explore what determines the Name, Overall Charge, Isotopes, and Mass of the Atoms)
Check for Understanding: History of the Atomic Theory
Thursday/Friday: 09/13 & 09/14
Pretest: Unit 1 Atoms
ISN notes: Claim, Evidence, Reasoning
ISN notes: MAP of the standards covered in unit 1 (ATOMS)
Activity: Timeline on the History of the Atomic Theory
ISN notes: History of the Atomic Theory
Scientific Method Review
Wednesday: 09/12
Check for Understanding: Variables
Practice: Parts of a Great Graph
Monday/Tuesday: 09/10 & 09/11
Scientific Method: Parts of a Graph and Graph Analysis
PHET simulation: Build an Atom
ISN notes: Parts of a Graph and Graph Analysis
Thursday/Friday: 9/6 & 9/7
Scientific Method: Variables
Demonstration: Elephant toothpaste (Identify Variables / C.E.R in conclusion)
District Assessment Pretest: Complete the essay and turn in a hard copy
ISN notes: Variables
Wednesday: 9/5
District Assessment Pretest: Write a three paragraph essay
Tuesday: 9/4
Scientific Method: Variables
District Assessment Pretest: Read the article
Thursday/Friday: 8/30 & 8/31
Check for Understanding on Observations and Inferences (The Sliding Rocks in Death Valley, California)
Scientific Method: The Discovery of Penicillin - Formulate a hypothesis
Lab: Solve the Mystery! - Chromatography
Wednesday: 8/29
ISN notes: Inference/ Hypothesis on page 10.
Practice: Observation and Inference worksheet
Video: Kindness
Monday/Tuesday: 8/27 & 8/28
ISN notes: The Scientific Method on page 7, Two Types of Observations on page 8, Ask a Question and Research on page 9.
Scientific Method: Animal track puzzle (Observations and Inferences)
Welcome Back to School Week
Thursday/Friday: 8/23 & 8/24
Letter to myself activity.
Set up the table of contents in the science notebook.
How does our brain work?- Growth Mindset
Scientific Method: two types of observations (Qualitative and Quantitative Observations)
Wednesday: 8/22/2018
Class syllabus and the outline of the standards intended to be covered in 7th grade science.
What is Science?
Homework: Know your height.
Tuesday: 8/21/2018
Get to know you activity
Homework: Sign the Lab Safety Form