7th Grade
This website is your tool for learning at home. I will post your vocabulary list, notes, and other information, as well as, any available extra-credit videos. To get extra credit points from the videos, you must write a response to the video (what did you learn?, what do you want to know?,etc.). It must be quality writing and turned in before the end of unit test. If you need additional resources, you are always welcome to check out a copy of the text. Students are responsible for the replacement cost of any lost or damaged materials.
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Unit 1: Nature of Science
Videos for Extra Help (not extra credit)
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Essential Question (Lesson names)
1.How do scientists discover things?
2.What are types of scientific knowledge?
3.How do scientists show the results of investigations?
4.What are the tools and units used in science?
2.What are types of scientific knowledge?
3.How do scientists show the results of investigations?
4.What are the tools and units used in science?
Vocabulary
experiment control model
observation data measurement
hypothesis empirical evidence scientific notation
independent (testing) variable theory accuracy
dependent (measured) variable law precision
observation data measurement
hypothesis empirical evidence scientific notation
independent (testing) variable theory accuracy
dependent (measured) variable law precision
Bikini Bottom Experiments Activity
Measurement and Conversion (extra practice on the 8th grade page)
Extra Credit Videos!!!
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Unit 2: Earth's Structure
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Essential Questions (lesson names)
1. What are minerals, how do they form, and how can they be identified?
2. What is the rock cycle?
3. How do rocks form?
2. What is the rock cycle?
3. How do rocks form?
Vocabulary
mineral atom rift zone subsidence
compound crystal erosion rock
streak cleavage sedimentary rock composition
element weathering uplift texture
matter igneous rock deposition
luster rock cycle metamorphic rock
compound crystal erosion rock
streak cleavage sedimentary rock composition
element weathering uplift texture
matter igneous rock deposition
luster rock cycle metamorphic rock
Rock Cycle Diagram
Extra Credit
Mineralogy4kids
Give information about 5 places you can find minerals in your house and the minerals themselves. Expect to write approx. one page
Give information about 5 places you can find minerals in your house and the minerals themselves. Expect to write approx. one page
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Unit 3: Earth's History
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Essential Questions (lesson names)
1. How do we learn about Earth's history?
2. How are the relative ages of rocks measured?
3. How is the absolute age of roch measured?
4. What is the geologic time scale?
2. How are the relative ages of rocks measured?
3. How is the absolute age of roch measured?
4. What is the geologic time scale?
Vocabulary
uniformitarianism relative dating half-life
climate superposition radiometric decay
fossil geologic column radioactive decay
ice core unconformity geology
trace fossil absolute dating geologic time scale
climate superposition radiometric decay
fossil geologic column radioactive decay
ice core unconformity geology
trace fossil absolute dating geologic time scale
Extra Credit
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Unit 4: Restless Earth
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Essential Questions (lesson names)
1. What are Earth's layers?
2. What is plate tectonics?
3. How do mountains form?
4. How do volcanoes change Earth's surface?
5. Why do earthquakes happen?
6. How are seismic waves used to study Earth?
2. What is plate tectonics?
3. How do mountains form?
4. How do volcanoes change Earth's surface?
5. Why do earthquakes happen?
6. How are seismic waves used to study Earth?
Vocabulary
core Pangea tectonic plate volcano tectonic plate boundary intensity
convection sea-floor spreading deformation vent epicenter
mesosphere convergent boundary shear stress magma elastic rebound
crust plate tectonics compression tectonic plate focus
lithosphere convection folding lava seismic waves
mantle divergent boundary tension hot spot seismogram
asthenosphere transform boundary fault earthquake magnitude
convection sea-floor spreading deformation vent epicenter
mesosphere convergent boundary shear stress magma elastic rebound
crust plate tectonics compression tectonic plate focus
lithosphere convection folding lava seismic waves
mantle divergent boundary tension hot spot seismogram
asthenosphere transform boundary fault earthquake magnitude
Extra Credit
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Mid-terms cover Units 1-4!!!!
Unit 5: Life Over Time
Essential Questions (lesson names)
1. What are living things?
2. What is the theory of evolution by natural selection?
3. What evidence supports the theory of evolution?
4. How has life on Earth changed over time?
Review from 6th grade: How are living things classified?
2. What is the theory of evolution by natural selection?
3. What evidence supports the theory of evolution?
4. How has life on Earth changed over time?
Review from 6th grade: How are living things classified?
Vocabulary
cell evolution extinction genus
sexual reproduction artificial selection fossil domain
stimulus mutation fossil record Protista
asexual reproduction variation geologic time scale Fungi
homeostasis natural selection species Animalia
DNA adaptation Eukarya Plantae
sexual reproduction artificial selection fossil domain
stimulus mutation fossil record Protista
asexual reproduction variation geologic time scale Fungi
homeostasis natural selection species Animalia
DNA adaptation Eukarya Plantae
* other lesson notes are the student's responsibility
Unit 6: DNA and Genetics
Extra Credit Videos
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Unit 7: Energy and Heat
Flocabulary Songs
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Extra Credit Videos
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