Welcome to 7th grade Science!!
Day One: (3/17)
Watch the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FqlTslU22s
Student will be able to write a page paper on 'What is a virus'. This paper should include information about the structure of a virus, the lifespan of a virus and some general facts about viruses.
Day Two: (3/18)
Students will be able to use online resources or their notes to define scientific method terms
Day Three: (3/19)
Students will be able to differentiate between the three stages of matter, Calculate density, mass or volume
States of matter and density.pdf
Day Four: (3/20)
Students will be able to read an article about space and answer corresponding questions
Breaking barriers article.pdf (article) Breaking Barriers.docx (questions)
Day Five: (3/23)
Students will understand the roll the cell plays in Biology, Identify the scientists involved in discovering cells, and Be able to identify cell parts by completing the following worksheet cell theory and cell parts.pdf
Day Six: (3/24)
Students will be able to identity and describe the stages of the cell cycle, Understand the importance of Interphase and answer questions pertaining to the various parts of the cell cycle
Cell cycle reading and questions.pdf
Day Seven, Eight and Nine: (3/25,26 and 27)
Students will be able to choose a genetic disorder that interests them and create a disorder brouchure to inform the public about the disorder GeneticsGeneticDisorderBrochureProject (2).pdf
Day Ten:(3/30)
Students will read an article pertaining to fungus and answer the corresponding questions
Killer fungus article.pdf (article) Killer Fungus.docx (questions)
Day Eleven: (3/31)
Students will read about what genetics and heredity are and answer reading comprehension questions. Students will complete GeneticsandHeredityReadingComprehension.doc
Day Twelve: (4/1)
Students will be able to complete Punnett square crosses. Students should complete Punnett square crosses1.docx
Day Thirteen: (4/2)
Students will be able to differentiate between genotype and phenotype. Students will be able to cross recessive, dominant and heterozygous Punnett Squares. Students should complete PunnettSquare four o'clocks.docx
Day Fourteen: (4/3)
Students will be able to differentiate between genotype and phenotype. Students will be able to cross recessive, dominant and heterozygous Punnett Squares. Please complete ScienceGeneticsWorkArticlePunnettSquareVocabularyPuzzle.doc
Easter Break 4/4 through 4/13
4/14:
Students will be able to refresh their memories of Punnett squares by reading, from slide one, and trying the example problems, https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DKp-HHlvLFFGeITCLYoo22ygb6ynbBx8S6_Hu6yOzI0/edit#slide=id.p35
(just read the notes and review how to do punnett squares)
4/15 and 4/16:
Students will use the terms homozygous, dominant, recessive, hybrid, phenotype and genotype
to answer genetic problems at TieredPunnettSquareWorksheetPacks9Total2.docx
4/17:
Students will use their knowledge of Punnett squares to complete the following worksheet
https://4.files.edl.io/a3bb/01/30/19/202300-4eb0a463-301b-4e05-8d37-23c3a663262d.pdf
4/20:
Students will watch a clip on how to complete the Spongebob genetics worksheet
https://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/bikini-bottom-genetics-1/47428264/?ref=link
Students will then complete the Spongebob genetics worksheet
https://sciencespot.net/Media/gen_spobgenetics.pdf
4/21:
Students will practice Punnett squares by completing the following worksheet
PunnettSquarePracticeProblems.docx
4/22:
Students will continue practicing monohybrid crosses by completing the following worksheet
4/23:
Students will define vocabulary terms associated with monohybrid crosses and Mendel's genetics
GeneticsVocabularyWorksheetHeredityMeiosisMitosisMore.docx
4/24 and 4/27:
Students will be able to differentiate between genotype and phenotype. Students will be able to cross recessive, dominant and heterozygous Punnett Squares. Students will complete
Punnett Square Generator Worksheet.doc
4/28:
Students will be able to complete monohybrid crosses, define vocabulary associated with Mendelian genetics
4/29:
Students will look at a scenario of cause and effect and write a brief paragraph about what could happen 345_Natural-Disaster.pdf
4/30
Students will describe what is Ecology by watching the clips below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdKhQVHc3Ao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFloV2J-eKI
5/1
Students will study environments at different levels of organization, differentiate between consumers, producers and decomposers, describe a food chain and how it differs from a food web. Students will read Ecology reading passages.pdf
5/4
Students will read an article on the various biomes
https://www.softschools.com/language_arts/reading_comprehension/science/32/biomes/
5/5 - 5/8
Students will read about the ocean biome, the rainforest biome, the tundra biome, the grassland biome, the deciduous forest biome, the desert, and wetland biome and answer comprehension questions about each BIOMESInformationalTextReadingPassagesComprehensionQuestions.docx
or in pdf
BIOMESInformationalTextReadingPassagesComprehensionQuestions.pdf
5/11
'Ketchup' day. Students will use this day to 'catch up' on any work that they may not finished
5/12 and 5/13:
Students will read about food chains, food webs and energy pyramids and answer the corresponding question
FoodChainsFoodWebsandEnergyPyramidsReadingPassageandWorksheets.pdf.docx
FoodChainsFoodWebsandEnergyPyramidsReadingPassageandWorksheets.pdf.pdf
5/14:
Students will refresh their ecology vocabulary by reading an ecology vocab powerpoint
5/15:
Students will be able to describe ecology, including some key terms, by writing a paragraph that answers the question, " What is Ecology"
5/18
Students will read about the aquatic and deciduous biomes and answer reading comprehension questions about the biomes
Temperate deciduous forest.pdf
5/19
Students will read 2 articles about the desert biome and answer corresponding questions
and desert-read.pdf
5/20
Students will read about the tropical rainforest biome and the tundra biome and answer questions based on their readings
5/21
Students will read about the savanna biome and answer questions that correspond to their reading
5/22
'Ketchup' day. Students will use this day to 'catch up' on any work that they may not finished
5/26, 5/27 and 5/28
Students will read and answer questions about food webs and food chains and the flow of energy through an ecosystem
Food chains and food webs.docx
5/29 and 6/1
Students will create a one page picture of an aquatic biome following the rubric provided
EcologyOnePagePictureforMiddleSchoolScience.pdf
6/2
'Ketchup' day. Students will use this day to 'catch up' on any work that they may not finished
6/3
Students will use clues and their vocab to solve an ecology crossword puzzle
MiddleSchoolScienceCrosswordPuzzleEcology.pdf
6/4
Students will answer multiple choice questions based on ecology and interactions with the environment
FoodChainsWebsandEnergyinEcosystemsAssessment.pdf
6/5
'Ketchup' day. Students will use this day to 'catch up' on any work that they may not finished
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