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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

 

Scientific Method defs.pdf

 

 

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

 

PunnettSquarePractice.doc

 

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

 

GeneticsQuizWorksheet-2.docx

 

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

 

EcologyWordWall.pptx

 

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

 

Under the sea.pdf

 

Temperate deciduous forest.pdf

 

 

5/19

 

Students will read 2 articles about the desert biome and answer corresponding questions

 

Desert biome.pdf

  and desert-read.pdf

desert-mc.pdf

 

5/20

 

Students will read about the tropical rainforest biome and the tundra biome and answer questions based on their readings

 

Tropicial rainforest.pdf

Life in the Tundra.pdf

 

5/21

 

Students will read about the savanna biome and answer questions that correspond to their reading

 

Savanna.pdf 

 

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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