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1 For only, Grade 7 teachers need to include From Bacteria to Plants since the incoming 7th graders have not used this book. It is included in this map for planning purposes. Please coordinate the use of the books with Grade 6 teachers. Life s Structure Essential Question by Framework Grade( 2, 5, 8) - Type(L, E, P, T) - Number Chapter 1, Section 1: What is Science? Framework Essential Question The scientific method Measuring with scientific units Chapter 1, Section 2: Living Things Distinguish between living and non-living 2 L 2 What living things need to survive Chapter 1, Section 3: Where does life come from? 2L2: What is the important difference between a living thing and a nonliving thing? Spontaneous generation 8L4 8L4: How do the different functions of cell organelles help you move and respond in your everyday life? Biogenesis Chemical compounds in living things 8P5 8P5: How do elements combine to make compounds? Chapter 1, Section 4: How are living things classified? 8L1: How will understanding classification of living things help you to How early scientists classified living things understand relationships that exist among all living things? 8L1 System of binomial nomenclature How to use a dichotomous key Chapter 2, Section 1: Cell Structure Name parts and functions of a cell Importance of a nucleus Compare tissues, organs, and organ systems Chapter 2, Section 2: Viewing Cells Compare microscopes Discoveries that led to cell theory Relate cell theory to modern biology 8L2, 4 8L5, 6 8L2: What do all organisms have in common, relative to composition, and how is this essential to life? 8L4: How do the different functions of cell organelles help you move and respond in your everyday life? 8L5: What is the hierarchical organization of multicellular organisms? Why is it important? 8L6: How do the functions of the major body systems contribute to survival?
2 Chapter 2, Section 3: Viruses How a virus makes copies of itself Benefits of vaccines Uses of viruses Chapter 3, Section 1: Chemistry of Life Differences among atoms, elements, molecules and compounds Relation between chemistry and life science Organic and inorganic compounds Chapter 3, Section 2: Moving cellular materials Function of a permeable membrane Diffusion and osmosis Passive and active transport Chapter 3, Section 3: Energy for Life Producers and consumers Energy and photosynthesis and respiration Energy from glucose though fermentation Chapter 4, Sections 1, 2: Cell Division and Mitosis, Meiosis Brief overview of topic - Do not spend a lot of time on it Chapter 4, Section 3: DNA Parts of a DNA molecule How DNA copies itself 8L7, 8, 9 8L2 8P6, 7 8P5 8L2, 3 8L14 8L7: How do characteristics get passed from one generation to the next? 8L8: Where do genetic instructions come from? 8L9: What are advantages and disadvantages of sexual versus asexual reproduction? 8L2: What do all organisms have in common, relative to composition, and how is this essential to life? 8P6: What makes an atom different from a molecule? 8L1: How will understanding classification of living things help you to understand relationships that exist among all living things? 8P5: How do elements combine to make compounds? 8L2: What do all organisms have in common, relative to composition, and how is this essential to life? 8L3: What organelles do plant cells have that animal cells do not? Do these organelles affect cell function? 8L14: How do food webs show the importance of all organisms in a particular ecosystem? 8L16: How is energy from sunlight used by all organisms in an ecosystem? 8L7: Where do genetic instructions come from and how do they contribute to specific traits?
3 Structure and function of RNA 8L8: Where do genetic instructions come from and how do they contribute to specific traits? Chapter 5, Section 1: Genetics How traits are inherited 8L7, 8 Mendel s role Using a Punnett square Genotype and phenotype Chapter 5, Section 2: Genetics since Mendel Incomplete dominance Multiple alleles and polygenic inheritance Sex-linked traits passed to offspring 8L7, 9 8L9: What are advantages and disadvantages of sexual versus asexual reproduction? OMIT Chapter 5, Section 3 Chapter 6, Section 1: Ideas about evolution Acquired characteristics and theory of evolution 8L10: How are genetic variation and environmental factors related to 8L10, 11 evolution and diversity among organisms? 8L11: How has the theory of evolution changed over time? Why variants in organisms are important 8L10 8L10: How are genetic variation and environmental factors related to evolution and diversity among organisms? Gradualism and punctuated equilibrium 8L18 8L18: How does biological evolution explain diversity in species? Chapter 6, Section 2: Clues about evolution The importance of fossils to explain evolution 2L5: What can you learn from a fossil? Estimating the age of fossils 8L11, 2L5 Five types of evidence for evolution Chapter 6, Section 3: The evolution of primates Differences among living primates 8L18: How does biological evolution explain diversity in species? Adaptations of primates 8L18 Evolutionary history of modern primates From Bacteria to Plants Framework Essential Question Chapter 5, Section 1: Photosynthesis and Respiration Explain how plants take in and give off gases Relation between photosynthesis and respiration Importance of photosynthesis and respiration 8L16 8L16: How is energy from sunlight used by all organisms in an ecosystem?
4 Ecology Chapter 1, Section 1: Living Earth Framework Essential Question Define ecology 8L12: Why are adaptations necessary for an organism to survive in a How the environment influences life 8L12, 13 particular environment? What would happen to a species if their environment changed? Chapter 1, Section 2: Populations 8L13: How does organism interaction and function affect the Methods for estimating population sizes 8L12: Why are adaptations necessary for an organism to survive in a Competition limits population growth 8L12, 18 particular environment? What would happen to a species if their environment changed? Factors influencing population changes 8L17, 18 8L17: What has influenced the changes to ecosystems over time? How Chapter 1, Section 3: Interactions within communities 8L18: How does biological evolution explain diversity in species? 8L13: How does organism interaction and function affect the How organisms obtain energy for life ecosystem? How would the removal of an organism affect the ecosystem? 8L13, 14 8L14: How do food webs show the importance of all organisms in a How organisms interact particular ecosystem? The niche of an organism Chapter 2, Section 1: Abiotic Factors Common abiotic factors in an ecosystem Components of air necessary for life How climate influences life in an ecosystem 8L17 8L17: What has influenced the changes to ecosystems over time? How Chapter 2, Section 2: Cycles in Nature Importance of the water cycle 5E11 5E11: What would happen if one step of the water cycle was changed? Diagram the carbon cycle The role of nitrogen in life on earth Chapter 2, Section 3: Energy Flow How organisms produce energy rich compounds How energy flows through an ecosystem Energy available in levels of a food chain 8L15 8L14 8L15: What would happen if decomposers were removed from an ecosystem? 8L14: How do food webs show the importance of all organisms in a particular ecosystem?
5 Chapter 3, Section 1: How ecosystems change How ecosystems change over time How new communities begin in areas without life Pioneer species and climax communities Chapter 3, Section 2: Biomes 8L17 8L17: What has influenced the changes to ecosystems over time? How h h ff i d? How climate influences land environments 8E6 8E6: What events change earth's surfaces? Seven biomes on earth 8E7 8E7: What evidence points to changes in the earth over time? Adaptations of organisms in a biome 8L18 8L18: How does biological evolution explain diversity in species? Chapter 3, Section 3: Aquatic ecosystems Flowing and standing freshwater ecosystems Saltwater ecosystems Problems affecting aquatic ecosystems Chapter 5, Section 1: Biodiversity What is biodiversity and why is it important Factors that limit biodiversity Chapter 5, Section 2: Conservation biology Goals of conservation biology Strategies for preventing extinction Reintroducing an endangered species 8L17 8L10 8L12 8L17: What has influenced the changes to ecosystems over time? How are these changes affecting us today? 8L10: How are genetic variation and environmental factors related to evolution and diversity among organisms? 8L12: What would happen to a species that didn't adapt to environmental changed?
6 The Changing Surface of Earth Framework Essential Question Chapter 1, Section 1: Landforms Coordinate with Social Science Differences between plains and plateaus 8E1 Types of Mountains Chapter 1, Section 3: Maps Coordinate with Social Science Map projections Features of maps Chapter 2, Section 1: Weathering Mechanical and chemical weathering 8E6 Effects of climate on weathering Chapter 2, Section 2: The Nature of Soil How soil develops from rock 5E4 Factors affecting the development of soil 8E1: What distinguishes different features of the earth? 8E6: What events change earth's surfaces? 5E4: Can new soil be created? Chapter 2, Section 3: Soil Erosion Importance of soil 5E5 5E5: What properties of soil are most important for life on earth? Human activities and soil loss 8E6 What events change earth's surfaces? Chapter 3, Section 1: Erosion by Gravity Erosion and Deposition 8E6, 5E12 5E12: Are catastrophes the only way that the earth's surface changes? Slumps, creep, rockfalls, rock slides, and mudflows 8E6 What events change earth's surfaces? Chapter 3, Section 2: Glaciers How glaciers move 8E7, 5E12 8E7: What evidence points to changes in the earth over time? 5E12: Are catastrophes the only way that the earth's surface changes? Evidence of glacial erosion and deposition 8E6, 7 8E6: What events change earth's surfaces? Till and outwash 8E7: What evidence points to changes in the earth over time? Chapter 3, Section 3: Wind How wind causes deflation and abrasion 8E6: What events change earth's surfaces? How loess and dunes form
7 Chapter 4, Section 1: Surface Water 8E6 Causes of runoff Rill, gully, sheet, and stream erosion Stages of stream development How alluvial fans and deltas form Chapter 4, Section 2: Groundwater Importance of groundwater 5E10 5E10: What are the key locations of freshwater on earth? Soil and rock permeability and groundwater 5E5 5E5: What properties of soil are most important for life on earth? How groundwater dissolves and deposits minerals 5E10 5E10: What are the key locations of freshwater on earth? Chapter 4, Section 3: Ocean Shoreline Causes of shoreline erosion 8E6: What events change earth's surfaces? 8E6 Types of shorelines Origins of sand 5E4: Can new soil be created? 8E6, 5E4 8E6: What events change earth's surfaces? Chapter 5, Section 1: Fossils How fossils form 2L5 2L5: What can a fossil tell us? Fossil correlation to rock ages 5E3: What are the ways rocks can be formed? Chapter 5, Section 2: Relative Ages of Rocks Age of rock layers Interpreting gaps in rock layers Correlating rock layers 5E3 Chapter 5, Section 3: Absolute Ages of Rocks How absolute age differs from relative age Use of half-lives of isotopes to determine age of rocks
8 BROCKTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS GRADE 7 SCIENCE CURRICULUM MAP September October November December January February March April May/June 18 Days 20 Days 16 Days 17 Days 19 Days 15 Days 17 teaching + 5 MCAS Days 16 Days 36 Teaching + 5 MCAS Days CONTENT Life s structures Chapter 1, 4 Life s Structures Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Section 1, 2, 3 * Decide within building when to conduct science showcase. Begin now for early winter showcase. Life s Structures Chapter 4 Sections 1, 2, Life s structures Chapter 5 Sections 1, 2, Life s Structures Chapter 6. Ecology Chapters 1, Chapter 2, Chapters 3, Chapter 5, section 2 The Changing Surface of Earth Chapter 1 Sections 1, 3 Chapter 2 The Changing Surface of Earth Chapter 3 Sections 2, 3 Chapter 4 The Changing Surface of Earth Chapter 5 FRAMEWORKS Standards 1 and 3 Standards 2, 3, 4, and 5 Standards 7, 8, and 9 Standards 7, 8, and 9 Standards 10, 11, and 12 Standards 16 and 18 Standards 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 Earth and Space Sciences, Standards 1, 3, 5, and 6 Earth and Space Sciences, Standards 2, 6, and 7 Earth and Space Sciences, Standards 2, 6, and 7 SUGGESTED ASSESSMENTS Concept and Map for seed/seedless plants and photoperiodism Students create their own periodic table. Each student reports on an element. Symbiotic relationships video Trial of Life - Food chain activity Biome project Illustrate plant cell Venn Diagrams compare/ contrast animal/plant cell Chapter review Text worksheets Note-taking sheets Chapter tests 6/22/2010
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