| SCIENCE | ||||
| Seventh Grade | ||||
| Internet Resource Alignment | ||||
| SPI | Assessed Objective | Internet Resources | ||
| PowerPoint | United Streaming | Websites | ||
| LIFE SCIENCE STANDARDS | ||||
| Cell Structure and Function | ||||
| The student will investigate the structure and function of plant and animal cells. | ||||
| 7.1.5 | Determine the relationships among cells, tissues, organs, and systems given a diagram and identify the function of organ systems. | Parts of an Animal Cell (04:55) | #2055. Human body group activity | |
| Chromosomes and Genes: How Cells Differentiate Into Tissues and Organs (03:43) | ||||
| 7.1.1 | Recognize basic structures that most cells share (i.e., nucleus, cytoplasm, and cell membrane). | Cell Structure And Function | Plant Cells Versus Animal Cells (06:05) | Cells 1: Make a Model Cell |
| Looking at Plants and Animals | The Structure of Cells (05:11) | Jello Cells | ||
| Making Three Dimensional Plant and Animal Cells | ||||
| Cells 2: The Cell as a System | ||||
| 7.1.3 | Distinguish between plant and animal cells. | Plant cells & Animal cells | Single-Celled Organisms (01:16) | Cells 1: Make a Model Cell |
| Jello Cells | ||||
| Making Three Dimensional Plant and Animal Cells | ||||
| Plant Cell Coloring | ||||
| Animal Cell Coloring | ||||
| Cells 2: The Cell as a System | ||||
| 7.1.2 | Identify major cell organelles and their functions. | Parts of an Animal Cell (04:55) | Cells 1: Make a Model Cell | |
| Jello Cells | ||||
| Making Three Dimensional Plant and Animal Cells | ||||
| Cells 2: The Cell as a System | ||||
| 7.1.4 | Sequence a series of diagrams depicting the movement of chromosomes during mitosis. | Mitosis Quiz | Mitosis (01:18) | Mitosis |
| Mitosis and Cell Division (03:36) | ||||
| 7.1.6 | Predict the movement of substances through osmosis or diffusion across the cell membrane, given solutions of different concentrations. | Cell Membranes: Osmosis and Diffusion | Osmosis/Diffusion | |
| Food Production and Energy for Life | ||||
| The student will study the basic parts of plants, investigate how plants produce food, and discover that plants and animals use food to sustain life. | ||||
| 7.3.1 | Determine what plants need to make food. | Plants | The Process of Photosynthesis (05:05) | What's It Like Where You Live? |
| 7.3.2 | Identify photosynthesis as the food making process in plants. | Photosynthesis | Photosynthesis (01:42) | Photosynthesis: How Life Keeps Going |
| 7.3.6 | Identify the reactants and products of photosynthesis and respiration. | Cellular Respiration | Products of Photosynthesis (02:03) | #2055. Human body group activity |
| 7.3.7 | Associate the processes of photosynthesis and respiration with appropriate cellular organelles. | Photosynthesis | Cellular Respiration: Releasing Stored Energy By Breaking Down Glucose (01:29) | Photosynthesis and Respiration |
| 7.3.3 | Select the structures that animals use to obtain oxygen. | Getting Oxygen: Plants and Animals on Land and Water (01:26) | Respiration | |
| 7.3.4 | Classify animals according to their means of obtaining oxygen. | Classification | All Living Things Need Oxygen | |
| 7.3.5 | Select the illustration that depicts the movement of oxygen and carbon dioxide between living things and their environment. | The Carbon Cycle: Recycling Matter (01:41) | Carbon Cycle | |
| The Oxygen Cycle (01:17) | ||||
| 7.3.8 | Interpret a diagram depicting the oxygen-carbon dioxide cycle. | The Oxygen-Carbon Dioxide Cycle (01:27) | Carbon Cycle | |
| Heredity and Reproduction | ||||
| The student will understand the basic principles of inheritance. | ||||
| 7.4.1 | Match a flower part with its reproductive function. | Reproduction in Flowering Plants | What Are the Parts of a Flower? | |
| The Parts of a Flower | Flower Structure and Reproduction | |||
| 7.4.2 | Distinguish between sexual and asexual methods of reproduction. | Asexual Reproduction (01:04) | Sexual vs. Asexual Reproduction | |
| Sexual Reproduction (03:42) | ||||
| 7.4.3 | Recognize advantages and disadvantages of sexual and asexual reproduction. | Asexual and Sexual Reproduction (01:21) | Plants 1: Plant Parents | |
| 7.4.4 | Recognize a variey of pollination methods and associated floral adaptations. | Pollination | The Great Plant Escape | |
| EARTH SCIENCE STANDARDS | ||||
| Atmospheric Cycles | ||||
| The student will investigate the relationships among atmospheric conditions, weather, and climate. | ||||
| 7.8.1 | Determine how temperature affects evaporation and condensation in the atmosphere. | Moisture in the Sky | The Water Cycle | |
| 7.8.2 | Identify the detailed features of the water cycle given a diagram (i.e., evaporation, condensation, precipitation, run-off, and transpiration). | The Water Cycle | The Water Cycle: Precipitation, Evaporation, and Condensation (01:19) | The Water Cycle |
| Transpiration | ||||
| #2386. Water Cycle Project | ||||
| 7.8.3 | Analyze data and make predictions about weather given a scenario. | Cloud Weather | Predicting the Weather (00:50) | TRB 4:2 - Investigation 8 - Weather Forecasts |
| Clouds | What About This Weather! | |||
| Winter | Weather Maps | |||
| TRB 4:2 - Investigation 7 - Interpreting Weather Data | ||||
| TRB 4:2 - Investigation 6 - Collecting Weather Data | ||||
| 7.8.4 | Interpret weather data using a weather map. | Weather Maps | How Maps, Graphs, and Charts Help Meteorologists Observe the Weather (00:48) | Weather Maps |
| TRB 4:2 - Investigation 7 - Interpreting Weather Data | ||||
| TRB 4:2 - Investigation 6 - Collecting Weather Data | ||||
| What About This Weather! | ||||
| PHYSICAL SCIENCE STANDARDS | ||||
| Structure and Properties of Matter | ||||
| The student will investigate the characteristic properties of matter. | ||||
| 7.12.2 | Distinguish between elements, compounds, and mixtures (i.e., Na, Cl, NaCl, C, O2, CO2, H2, and H20). | Classification of Matter | Elements and Compounds (02:37) | Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures |
| Mixtures (06:10) | ||||
| 7.12.4 | Compare the motion and arrangement of molecules in solids, liquids, and gases. | The States of Matter | Temperature Changes Everything | |
| A Matter of State | ||||
| 7.12.1 | Determine the measurable properties of matter and appropriate metric units (i.e., weight, mass, volume, density, size (length, width, height, and temperature). | Matter and Measurement | Physical Science Series: Properties of Matter (18:01) | #116. Density |
| Matter and Measurements | #1275. Metric Estimation Game | |||
| 7.12.3 | Classify substances as elements or compounds from their symbols or formulas. | Periodic Table of the Elements | #1297. Periodic Poetry | |