Seventh
Grade Science
Curriculum
Map
September
-- Orientation: Classroom Procedures and Lab
Safety. “Exploring and Classifying Life”
Skills
: Apply scientific
methods to problem solving. Demonstrate how to measure
using scientific units. Distinguish between living
and nonliving things. Identify what living things
need to survive. Describe experiments about spontaneous
generation. Explain how scientific methods led
to the idea of biogenesis. Examine how chemical
compounds found in living things might have formed. Describe
how early scientists classified living things. Explain
the system binomial nomenclature. Demonstrate
how to use a dichotomous key.
EALRs:
Science 1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.2, 3.3 Math 1.2
October
-- “Cells”
Skills
: Identify names and functions of each part
of a cell. Explain how important a nucleus is
in a cell. Compare tissues, organs, and organ
systems. Compare the compound light microscope
and the electron microscope. Summarize the discoveries
that led to the development of the cell theory. Relate
the cell theory to modern biology. Explain
how a virus makes copies of itself. Identify
the benefits of vaccines. Investigate some uses
of viruses.
EALRs:
Science 1.1, 2.1 2.2, 3.3
8th
Grade Science
Curriculum
Alignment/Mapping
Overview
In
eighth grade, students begin to use concrete evidence to develop a new,
more abstract, level of understanding about matter, energy, and systems.
Students will begin to develop models to describe complex systems
and lean how investigation can provide evidence to test models.
Students will begin to differentiate between questions that can be scientifically
investigated and those that cannot.
Essential
Questions
How
do we use scientific models to explain systems?
Investigative
Skills
Analysis
of Models
Synthesizing
Using Data or Models
1
st Quarter (Earth Science)
August-October
Systems
Earth Science Text (Glencoe) Chapt. 23 & 24
Solar System
GLE's 1.2.1, 1.2.5, 1.3.7
Interactions Solar System
2
nd Quarter (Physical Science)
November-January
Properties
GLE's 1.1.1, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3
Waves
Energy
Energy Transfer
Matter
3
rd Quarter (Life Science)
February-March
Classify Living Things
Life Science Text (Glencoe) Chapt. 1,2,3,4,5,6,
Living Systems
17-23
Molecular Heredity
GLE's 1.1.6, 1.2.8, 1.2.1, 1.2.6, 1.2.7, 1.2.8
Human Biology
4
th Quarter
April-June
WASL prep
Mop up
Hands on Activities
Portfolios
Career
Opportunities (Outside Speakers)
EALR
1 Systems:
The
student knows and applies scientific concepts and principles to understand
the properties, structures, and changes in physical, earth/space, and
living systems.
Properties
and Characteristics
Structures
Changes
EALR
2 Inquiry:
The
student knows and applies the skills, processes, and nature of scientific
inquiry.
Investigating
Systems
Nature
of Science
EALR
3 Application:
The
student knows and applies science concepts and skills to develop solutions
to human problems in societal contexts.
Designing
sol utions
Science,
Technology, and Society
