Science - 7th Grade

Content/Topics/Learning Goals

Subject to Pacing and Schedules

1st Quarter- 

Standards/Learning Goals:

This topic focuses on Earth’s hydrologic cycle, patterns that exist in atmospheric and oceanic currents, the relationship between thermal energy and the currents, and the relative position and movement of the Earth, sun and moon.

• The hydrologic cycle illustrates the changing states of water as it moves through the lithosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere

• Thermal-energy transfers in the ocean and the atmosphere contribute to the formation of currents, which influence global climate patterns

• The atmosphere has different properties at different elevations and contains a mixture of gases that cycle through the lithosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere. The relative patterns of motion and positions of the Earth, moon and sun cause solar and lunar eclipses, tides and phases of the moon.

2nd Quarter- 

Standards/Learning Goals:

This topic focuses on Earth’s hydrologic cycle, patterns that exist in atmospheric and oceanic currents, the relationship between thermal energy and the currents, and the relative position and movement of the Earth, sun and moon.

• The hydrologic cycle illustrates the changing states of water as it moves through the lithosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere

• Thermal-energy transfers in the ocean and the atmosphere contribute to the formation of currents, which influence global climate patterns

• The atmosphere has different properties at different elevations and contains a mixture of gases that cycle through the lithosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere. The relative patterns of motion and positions of the Earth, moon and sun cause solar and lunar eclipses, tides and phases of the moon.

3rd Quarter- 

Standards/Learning Goals:

This topic focuses on the empirical evidence for the arrangement of atoms on the Periodic Table of Elements, conservation of mass and energy, transformation and transfer of energy.

• The properties of matter are determined by the arrangement of atoms

• Energy can be transformed or transferred but is never lost

• Energy can be transferred through a variety of ways

4th Quarter -  

Standards/Learning Goals:

This topic focuses on the impact of matter and energy transfer within the biotic component of ecosystems.

• Matter is transferred continuously between one organism to another and between organisms and their physical environments

• In any particular biome, the number, growth and survival of organisms and populations depend on biotic and abiotic factors