Grade 7 Science Plus

Avon Lake City Schools

Curriculum Framework

7th Grade Science (7+)

Course Overview:

Seventh grade science students will learn about interactions of matter and energy throughout the lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and atmosphere. Major unit topics to accomplish this learning include a study of weather, chemistry, ecosystems and energy transfer. Students will continue developing their skills of analysis and inquiry.

Textbook (Title and Publishing Company):

  • Weather and Water, Full Option Science System
  • Chemical Interactions, Full Option Science System
  • Population and Ecosystems, Full Option Science System
  • Waves and Energy, McGraw - Hill

Online/Supplemental Materials:

  • ThinkLink, Full Option Science System
  • Explore Learning, GIZMO

Assessments:

Formative and summative assessments using classwork, lab work, homework, projects and tests

Content/Topics/Learning Goals

Subject to Pacing and Schedules

First Quarter

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.

Second Quarter

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.

Third Quarter

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

Forth Quarter

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

Updated: October, 2023