Outline of 7th grade life science:

1

Alum Rock

7th

grade Life Science Pacing Guide (DRAFT) 2013-2014

Weekly chart attached after this summary.

1st Quarter: This is an introduction to some Life Science BIG ideas to provide a

foundation for all students to develop an understanding of Biological concepts.

Topics: Tools, Scientific Method, Classification of Living Organisms, Cells, Insects.

Big Projects: Cell model, Insect collection, Insect report.

Trades & math connections: Insect collection box diagram and construction

Math Standards: Measurement, scientific notation, metric conversion

Text books used: G = Glencoe new edition, H = Holt previous adoption, but still a great

book!

Common Core Language Arts Standards are listed below and detailed examples are in

the weekly chart.

Language Arts: 7th

Grade English CA Common Core Standards in Writing:

2b Develop the topic Develop the topic with relevant, facts, definitions, concrete details,

quotations, or other information and examples.

2c. Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among

ideas and concepts.

2d. Use precision language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain

the topic.

2e. Establish and maintain a formal style.

Writing in Science:

a. Introduce claims about a topic or issue, acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from

alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.

b. Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant, accurate data and evidence that

demonstrate an understanding of the topic or text, using credible sources.

c. Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships

among claim(s) reasons, and evidence.

d. Establish and maintain a formal style.

e. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument

presented.

Speaking and Listening Standards -7th

Grade Comprehension and Collaboration

1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and

teacher led) with diverse partners on grade 7 topics, texts and issues, building on others’

ideas and expressing their own clearly.

2a. Come to discussion prepared, having read or researched material under study;

explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence on the topic, text, or issue to

probe and reflect on ideas under discussion.

Reading Standards ELA for Grade 7:

Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly

as well as inferences drawn from the text.

2

Math: Measurement, scientific notation, metric conversion

G = Glencoe new edition, H = Holt previous adoption, but still a great book!

Literature connections: Conclusion paragraphs, summary essay, compare & contrast

essay. Basic research and report writing from an outline

Writing in Science:









presented.

Introduction to tools: Old Standards 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, 7e NOW- Cross cutting

Concepts of Science and Engineering: Asking Question, Defining Problems,

Developing and Using Models, Planning and carrying out an investigation, Analyzing

and Interpreting Data, Engaging in Argument from Evidence, Obtaining, Evaluating and

Communicating Information.

Spread the tools unit out over several weeks while teaching content and procedures.

Introduce Cells, Classification and Insects while using the tools for activities.

Distance – rulers- include metric unit conversion (measurement worksheet) (page 7 G)

Include area calculations using a ruler with data table in journal (pg. 22-23 H)

Volume – Graduated cylinders, beakers, test tubes, eyedroppers (pages 8-9 G)

Graduated cylinder lab worksheet (pg. 25 H)

Weight/Mass – triple balance beam scales (page 12 G) (pg. 26 H)

Weight/Aims worksheet- weight watchers

Thermometers – Celsius & Fahrenheit (page 8 G) (pg. 26 H)

Lab safety – heating, glassware, goggles, etc, (pages 555-556 G)

Microscope use – Viewing objects, wet mounts, and vocabulary (pages 10-11, 579 G)

Cell labs, insect viewing, vocabulary, plastic viewers (pg.19-20 H)

Scientific Method: Standards 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, 7e

Observations, hypothesis, inferring, collecting & analyzing & displaying data, diagrams,

scale models, drawing conclusions. (pages 14-33 G) (pg. 10-18 H)

Hypothesis reading- page 15 G, pg. 12 H

LABS/activities - drops of water on a penny, observe vs. infer worksheet, microscope lab

& jewelers loops drawings

Classification of Living Organisms: Standards 1a, 3d, 7a, 7c

Introduce to 5 Kingdoms & animal kingdom phylum (G 580- 583) (H 234-237)

Scientific nomenclature: (H 262-265)

Use Arthropods, shoes, seeds or buttons, pest insects and imaginary creatures

3 branches of science (G 4)

What do all living things have in common? (G 48-55)

(Also introduces a cell and shows relative sizes of cells, viruses, etc.)

3

Insects: Standards 1f, 3a, 3d, 3e, 5a, 5b

Classify insects down to orders; identify classes of arthropods-insects, arachnids,

crustaceans, millipedes and centipedes. Standards -1b, 1f, 5a, 5d, 7a

Cricket dissection, view insects with microscope, jewelers loops, large hand lens

Video- Insects, Invertebrates of Africa, butterflies and moths, Bill Nye’s “Insects”

Cell: Standards 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f, 7d Chapters # 1, # 2

Introduction, smallest unit of life, plant & animal cells organelles (G 56-63)

Two types of cells (viruses and bacteria) (G 64-65)

Cell energy & photosynthesis (G 68-72)

Cell division –mitosis (G 88-95)

Basic life forms& levels of organization (G 98-107)

Comparative anatomy (G 252-255)

View with microscope- prepared slides, onion skin cells; check cells, plastic viewer slides

of cells, model of a cell, grow yeast

Videos: Bacteria, Inside a cell, Mitosis, (Meiosis- maybe save for genetics unit)

Bill Nye cell,

2nd

Quarter: Plants, Senses, Eyes, Light, Human body systems, Begin Science fair

2nd

Quarter Projects – Model eye, Human disease report & presentation

Writing in Science:









presented.

Chapters 11 & 12 Glencoe

5 Senses: Sound, smell, touch, taste and vision. (G450-459, 480-491)

Tuning forks, smelly bottles to learn wafting, 4 tastes, fingerprints, eye dissection

(Cover system here as well as eye and ear)

Light and Sound: Light spectrum, refraction, reflection (G 428-449, 472, 479)

Refractive lenses, concave & convex lenses, glasses, mirrors

Videos: Eyewitness Sight, Bill Nye: eyeballs, light optics, light & color, skin, smell,

sound, brain.

NOTE: Plants can go right after cells or after the sense organs or after the entire

human body unit… Sometimes it’s good to mix up things or share equipment, etc.

Plant, Animal and cellular Reproduction and Genetics, Change over time

Standards 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3e, 5f Plant focus:

Sexual reproduction and meiosis, review mitosis, plant life cycles including spores,

cuttings, & other seedless plants, flowering plants. (G 134-142)

Revisit Photosynthesis from cell unit… Connect to 8th

grade energy- trades unit…

4

More info on plants - Holt Book: Chapter #11 pp. 250-271 and Chapter #12 pgs. 278-293

Plant classification, types of trees, tree rings, (G 295)

Dissections: Fruit, flower

Videos: Eyewitness: Tree, Plants Bill Nye- Plants, Flowers

Asexual reproduction and cloning (G 151-157)

Review single celled organisms, discuss primitive life forms –

Genetics- Mendel and his peas, Punnett squares (G 172-188)

Worksheet on human traits, Punnett square practice

Phylums: Plants, Animals, Virus, Bacteria, Fungi, Protists should be discussed here and

related to BIG ideas of all living systems as well as how they differentiate.

Human body unit also includes health standards 1-8- regarding healthy choices,

disease prevention, risky behaviors, family health habits, school and community healthy

choices, variances in human growth and development.

Body systems: Standards 5a, 5b, 5c, 6h, 6i, 6j, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, 7e

Glencoe Chapters 9, 10, 13

Holt chapters are more complete and superior in content.

Skeletal system: Standards 5c, 6h, 6i

Identify about 16 bones, four types of joints & how joints move, compare skeletons of

other vertebrates (G 360-363)

Skeleton, animal bones,

Joints as levers, mechanical advantage (G 368-375)

Muscle system: identify 6-8 major muscles, 3 types of muscles, muscle pairs

(G 364-367)

Videos:Eyewitness Skeleton, Bill Nye Bones & muscles

Dissections: owl pellet for comparative anatomy, chicken wing

Human Diseases: Standards 5a, 5b, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, 7e

Discuss germs, viruses, present human disease projects

Demo on spreading diseases through casual contact

Video: Viruses, Bill Nye Germs

Quarter 3: The human body systems just seem to continue through the winter.

3rd

Quarter Projects: Science Fair, Preparing for the 7th

grade writing CST.

Work on Science Fair projects for a week and present them in class – Finalists should be

ready for school science fair before Valentine’s Day in February… County science fair

1st week of March this year.

Writing in Science:









presented.

5

Respiratory/Pulmonary System: Standards 5a, 5b, 6j

Identify organs (G 392-396)

Discuss smoking, asthma, straw demo of a long time smoker, build a lung.

Circulatory system: identify organs in the system (G 397-403)

Blood typing lab, heart rate, listen to heart & pulse, blood pressure

Videos: Eyewitness- human machine, Ultimate Guide: The human body, Bill Nye

respiration, Bill Nye heart

Dissection: Sheep heart

Digestive system: Standards 5a, 5b identify organs, food diary, nutrition label reading,

saliva lab using saltines, titration of acids to simulate stomach acid, fats in snack foods,

starch identification lab, sugar in foods demo lab, length of intestines, construct a gut

activity.

Also use the California Dairy Counsel booklets on nutrition and DVD clips!!!

Prentice Hall book: Digestive system, Dairy council workbook

Videos: Bill Nye nutrition, Bill Nye digestion, Dairy council DVD

Other body systems: Standards 5a, 5b endocrine, urinary, excretory

(G 34-41 Diabetes)

Holt Book: Ch #20 pgs. 496-497 and Chapter #21 pages 510-516, 522-525

Human Reproductive system: Standards 5d, 5e

Reproduction body parts & functions (G 504-521)

Videos: The Miracle of Life

4th

Quarter:

4th

Quarter Projects: Endangered Animal Report, power point and presentation, making

fossils, and environmental awareness poster

Writing in Science:









presented.

Animals: Classification and understanding how animals developed and changed over

time, environmental factors,

Geologic time and mass extinctions: (G 316-339) Chapter 8

Tie this into the endangered animal report and global warming

Biological History/Change over time Standards 3a, 3b, 3c, 3e, Chapters 5 & 6

Evolution: Darwin (G 210-217)

Adaptation & Extinctions (G 219-227)

Fossils & Biological evidence- comparative anatomy (G 244- 256)

Review plate tectonics from 6th

grade (G 257-260

6

Make an insect or plant fossil, read about early insects (Bill Nye Fossils 6th

grade)

Finish using the Change over time unit materials & displays from GEMS

Perhaps a timeline should remain up from this unit

Weekly outline with details, ideas, labs, activities writing ideas and of course…

Formative assessments are in italicized/ bolded in column # 2; revisit them as needed.

Page Keeley formative assessments are available to everyone in ARUSD.

THIS is a DRAFT- contact Carol Hagen or Linda Templeton at Sheppard Middle School

for activities, worksheets, labs, projects, samples and all assessment probes. Enjoy!!!

Week

Standards

Topic &

Assessments

Activity/ Labs

Math &

literacy

Book pages

or

worksheet

Lab activities

Videos

August 29-

30

7a, 7c, 7e

Rules & tools

scientific

method

-Hypothesis

Classroom

rules, course

outline, tools

MS dictionary

Safety contract,

begin Journal,

Contract &

tools

Hypothesis

H 12, G 15

Signature, finish tools page

Sept 3-6

5a, 3d, 7a,

7c, 7e

Scientific

method- data,

graphs, analysis,

conclusion

-Doing Science

7 characteristics

of all Living

organisms

Begin MS

dictionary

Process skills, 3

level intellect.

Metric system

Observe & Infer

H 10-18

G 14-27

Is it Alive

Metric

measurement

Drops of Water on a Penny

Claims, Evidence Reasoning

Tim and Moby’s

“Scientific Method”

Brain Pop

Sept 9-13

5a, 3d,

7a, 7c, 7e

Measurement

Tools test by the

end of the week

Paige Keely’s

-Is it Living?

Metric

conversion and

measurement of

length and mass

How to use the

tools

Weight

watchers – use

tools!

H 22-23

G 7

H 26

G12

Metric

conversion

Measuring

insects

Bill Nye- Measurement

Metric rulers, scales

Weight Watchers

Tools test

Sept 16-20

5a, 3d,

7a, 7c, 7e

Measurement

& classification

Introduce insect

collection. What

is an insect

-Functions of

Living Things

Metric

measurement of

volume

Introduce

classification

H 24

Volume

Graduated cylinders lab- (aka-

harry potter lab)

Bill Nye “Invertebrates”

Sept 23-27

5a, 3d,

Animal

Classification

Kingdoms

Readings on the

6 Kingdoms

Notes in

H 234-239

G 262-267,

580-583

Classification of shoes, seeds,

buttons…

7

7a, 7c, 7e Animals,

Insects

-Is it an animal

Give insect

collection

assignment

journals- make a

flipchart

Introduce

insects…

H 228-229

Read though

requirements

Set due date,

discuss

display box

Bill Nye “Insects”

Assign Insect collection

Sept. 30-Oct.

1st

Scientific names Use scientific

name worksheet

Creature pages coloring

activity

5a, 3d,

7a, 7c, 7e

Microscope

introduction

Okay to

introduce insect

collection

View objects,

insects, prepared

slides.

Compare Brock

Microscopes to

Compound

microscopes.

Labeled

microscope

page

Use white paper

for drawings

part 1 only

Microscope

H 19-20

G 10-11

Intro.Microscope Lab

Summary conclusions,

Invertebrates of Africa

5a, 3d,

7a, 7c, 7e

Insect

introduction

Arthropods

Draw an insect

using jeweler’s

loops/ hand

lens. Must

measure a frame

and label body

parts

H 339-340

Compare & contrast essay on

arachnids and insects- literacy

Oct 7-11 Arthropod

Classes

-Life cycle

4 Classes of

Arthropods

Notes in

journals

Holt 341-344 Eyewitness “Insects”

5a, 3d,

7a, 7c, 7e

Insect viewing

Box

Classification of

insects- orders

Insect written

report due by

end of quarter

Draw a 3-D

diagram, make

box in class

with cardboard

and an overhead

sheet for a

viewing window

TRADES

connection

Overheads of

8 insect

orders

Cricket

vocabulary,

body parts

Bill Nye- Spiders

Cricket dissection

Glue and label parts

Insect report - literacy

Oct 14-18

1a, 1b, 1c,

1d, 1e, 1f,

7a, 7c, 7e

START Cells

Life

organization

-Cells

While students

collect insects-

split days

between cell

content and

insect box

construction.

Holt 80-83

Cells

Glencoe

Pages 48-50

Tim and Moby’s “Cell”

Brain Pop

10 review questions with active

inspire responders.

Introduction of

Cells

Cell is the basic

unit of life, cell

theory

Read about.

Holt 85-89

Glencoe

Pages 51-55,

Pages 56-63

Bill Nye- Cell

8

Types of cells Prokaryotic

cells, early life

concepts.

Eukaryotic

Holt 90-91

Glencoe

Pages 64-66

Plastic viewers of a cell

Animal cells

-Is it made of

cells

Diagrams to

color

Parts to identify

Holt 92-99 Bill Nye-

Diffusion

Oct 21-25 Plant cells

Paige Keely’s

-Is it a Plant?

Diagram to

color

Parts to identify

Chloroplasts-

Holt 95 Inside a Cell DVD

1a, 1b, 1c,

1d, 1e, 1f,

7a, 7c, 7e

Microscope

viewing of cells

Plastic viewers

with prepared

slides and

written

information

2 paragraph summary

Conclusion

(Microscope wet

mounts- save for

plant unit)

Microscope and

cell quiz

summative

assessment.

Make wet

mount slides of

onion skin cells

and cheek cells.

Microscope lab using

prepared slides.

Analysis and conclusion

Oct 28-31 Skeletal System

3rd

Quarter

5a, 5b, 5c,

7a, 7c, 7e

-Whale and

Shrew*

Parts of the

skeletal system

Holt 468-469

Glencoe

360-361

Bones of the

body

Names of 15-18

major bones-

Model Skeleton

Labeled

diagram Eyewitness-Skeleton

What’s in a bone Marrow, blood,

relate to

diseases

Holt pg. 470

Joints in the

body

Model human

body parts and

categorize,

Glencoe

362-363 Glencoe

Tim and Moby’s “Joints and

Muscles” Brain Pop 10 review

questions

Levers as joints Compare body

parts to

common levers.

(Physics)

Holt 471

Glencoe

368-375

Glencoe

Tim and Moby’s “Levers”

Brain Pop

10 review questions

Owl Pellet

dissection

Identify bones

of rodents, label

and glue

Dissection

key Owl Pellet dissection

Nov. 4-8

5a, 5b, 5c,

7a, 7c, 7e

Muscular system

-Human body

basics

Parts of the

muscular system

Glencoe

364-367 Bill Nye – Bones and Muscles

Glencoe’s Tim and Moby

“Muscles” Brain Pop

10 Review Questions

9

Muscles in pairs

Bones quiz

Musculoskeletal

test

Glencoe

Chapter 9

Types of

muscles

Holt 472-475

Glencoe

Pgs. 360-367

Chicken wing dissection –

Chicken wing

dissection –

Identify bones,

muscles,

ligaments,

tendons

Claims, Evidence and

Reasoning

Nov. 12-15

5a, 5b, 5c,

7a, 7c, 7e

Circulatory

system

(Cardiovascular)

Paige Keely

-Is it a system?

Heart rate &

exercise lab

Heart model

( may need to

review body

systems)

Holt 488-489

Glencoe

397-400

Body

systems

refer to pages

464-467 Holt

Cardiovascular system

worksheet set

Heart Rate Lab


Reasoning.

Bill Nye - Blood Circulation

The Heart Lungs and heart

with oxygen

exchange

Dissection of a

sheep heart

Holt 490-493

Glencoe

Pages 408-

409

Dissection of a sheep heart


Reasoning

Nov. 18-22

5a, 5b, 5c,

7a, 7c, 7e

Heart dissection Glue labeled

diagram in

journal

Glencoe

Pages 397-

401

Bill Nye - Heart

Lab on blood typing, antigens

Blood typing

Chapter 10 The

Pulmonary-

Circulatory

System

Lab on blood

typing,

antigens

Holt 494

Glencoe

Pages 405-

407

Lab Analysis/Conclusions

Claim, Evidence and

Reasoning

Glencoe’s Tim and Moby’s

“Circulation” Brain Pop

10 review questions with active

inspire responders.

Nov. 25-Dec.

6

5a, 5b, 5c,

7a, 7c, 7e

Respiratory

system

Paige Keely

-Respiration

Parts of the

system

Lung model

Glencoe

392-396

Holt 498-501

Respiratory system worksheet

set

Bill Nye- Respiration

Glencoe’s Tim and Moby’s

“Respiration” and

10 review questions with

active responders

Dec 9-13

5a, 5b, 5c,

7a, 7c, 7e

Digestive system

Digestive

System

Introduce body

parts and unit on

nutrition

Human torso on

display

Bill Nye – nutrition

Bill Nye- Digestion

Food labels, carbohydrates lab

Dec 16-20

5a, 5b, 5c,

7a, 7b,7c, 7e

Nutrition

workbook

sections 1-8

Paige Keely

Carbohydrates

id. lab, food

labels lab,

Saliva digestion

CA Dairy

counsel

workbook

Video clips from DVD

matching workbooks

Fats lab,

10

-Is it food? activity

Jan. 6-10

5a, 5b, 5c,

7a, 7c, 7e

Sense of smell

Sense of touch,

Integumentary

system

Smelly lab

Largest organ in

the body, skin

care and

concerns

Holt pg. 521,

476-479

Smells lab

Taste lab

Bill Nye- Smell

Assign

Science fair

project

Fingerprints Use worksheet

and identify 3

types of

fingerprints-

Bill Nye- Skin

Fingerprint lab

Jan 13-17

5a, 5b, 5c,

5g, 7a, 7b,

7c, 7e

Sense of hearing

Making Sound

Worksheet on

sense of hearing

Holt pg. 520

Decibels

Glencoe 476

Bill Nye- Sound

Tim and Moby Sound

10 review questions

Reminder of

science

fair!!!

The parts of the

ear

Worksheet to

label

Model of an ear

Glencoe pgs.

480-488

Labeled diagram

Inquiry Based Tuning forks

Inquiry Based Lab

Give packet Sound waves

& vocal cords Inquiry Based

Lab

Claims,

Evidence,

Reasoning

section

Glencoe pgs.

472-479

Matching worksheets

Sense of sight

Visible light

spectrum

Visible light

spectrum

Mixing Colors

Inquiry Based

Lab

Glencoe

428-437

Holt 52, 54-

58

Light Spectrum worksheet.

Tim and Moby Light and

Color

10 Question Review

Jan 20-24 5g,

7a, 7b, 7c,

7e,

6a- 6g

The Eye

Paige Keely

-Apple in the

dark

Sense of sight

wk sheet

View pupil in

mirror

Model of an eye

Glencoe pgs.

450-453, 456 Eye Witness “Sight”

Quarter 3 Light reflection Reflection

worksheet

Glencoe pgs.

440-441

Holt 59-64

Bill Nye “Light and Color”

Inquiry Based Lab

Jan. 27-31

6a-6g, 5g,

7a, 7b, 7c,

7d,7e

Refraction

Paige Keely

-Can it reflect

light?

Prisms Lab Glencoe

438-439

Holt 65-66

Prisms lab

Happy glasses lab

Inquiry Based Lab

Speed of light Happy Glasses

Lab

Bill Nye “Light Optics”

Feb 3-7 16a-

6g, 5g, 7a,

7b, 7c 7d,7e

Science fair

due next

week!

Concave/convex

Paige Keely

-Birthday

candles

Glasses to

observe

nearsighted and

farsighted

corrections

Worksheets,

Glencoe

443-449

Holt 67-69

Glencoe 451

Bill Nye “Eyeball”

Lenses open inquiry

Eye dissection

Reflections on the dissection

11

diagram, label

and identify

parts of the eye

Feb. 10-14

6a- 6g, 5g,

7a, 7b, 7c,

7d, 7e

Science fair

presentations for

those going to

the finals

Wednesday

through Friday

oral

presentations

Model of an EYE

Due march 8

Feb.24-28

5a, 5b, 7a,

7b, 7c, 7d, 7e

Finish late

science fair

presentations

Paige Keely

-Is it a model?

Brain- learning

patterns

Worksheets on

brain

Show models of

brain

Sign up for

human disease

topics!!!

Holt 511-515 Bill Nye- Brain

Reading color words in

varying colors

February 17-

21st

Presidents

Week

Feb. 25-

March 1

5a, 5b, 5g,

7a, 7b, 7c,

7d, 7e

Eye Model due

Human Disease

Project&

presentations

Students choose

a disease and

make a power

point

Glencoe-

Diabetes

reading

Computer lab 1week

March 3-7

5a, 5b, 5g,

7a, 7b, 7c,

7d, 7e

Writing sample

this week!!

Presentations of human

disease projects

Bill Nye –Germs

March 10-14

Plants

What makes

plants different

from animals

Holt 250-253

Glencoe

Plant

Reproduction

Pages 134-

137

Eyewitness – Plants

Sprouting and germination of

a seed

3a, 3d, 2a,

2d, 5a, 5b,

5f, 4e, 7a, 7c,

7d, 7e

Seedless plants

Paige Keely

-Is it food for

plants?

-Plants in the

dark

Ferns,

horsetails-

Bring in

samples to view

Holt 254-257 Seeds R’ Us Inquiry Lab


Reasoning

3a, 3d, 2a,

2d, 5a, 5b,

5f, 4e, 7a, 7c,

7d, 7e

Plants with seeds

IMSS seeds

Paige Keely

-Giant Sequoia

*

-Needs of seeds

Dissect a seed,

identify parts

Holt 258-263

Eyewitness- Tree

Seed dissection

Growth of a seed

12

March 17th

-

21st

Roots and stems View the cross

sections of trees,

sprout a seed

Holt 264-267

3a, 3d, 2a,

2d, 5a, 5b,

5f, 4e, 7a, 7c,

7d, 7e

Photosynthesis

Meiosis

-Seedlings in a

jar

Revisit Plants in

the dark

Sexual cell

division

Holt 268-269

Holt 140-141

Glencoe

Pages 137-

140

Genes and Chromosomes

Leaf Disk

Lab/Photosynthesis/Respiration

s Inquiry Lab and Story Board

Medels Peas

Punnett squares

Holt 130-134

Holt 135-137

Glencoe

Pages 182-

188

Optional- Clone age, Power of

Genes, Genetics

Quarter 4 Flowers

-Rotting Apple

Dissection of a

flower

Pollination to

reproduce

Holt 270-271 Flower dissection

March 31-

April 4th

2b, 2e, 5e Genetics Can be put in

with family

life???

Bill Nye – Genes

Dragon Lab


Reasoning.

April 7-11

Family Life

2b, 2e, 5e

Sexual

reproduction

Begin animal

kingdom OR

evolution…

April 14-18

1f, 2a, 2b,

2d, 3a- 3e,

4a-4g

April 21-25

Spring Break

Echinoderms Sea stars,

urchins

Holt 345-347 Bill Nye “Ocean Life”

Squid dissection

Worm dissection

April 28-

May 2nd

Vertebrates vs.

Invertebrates

Compare body

structures

Holt 356-358 Worksheet on vertebrates

May 5-9 Fish/ Sharks Use worksheet

Cold-blooded

Holt 359-363 Eyewitness- Fish and Sharks

1f, 2a, 2b,

2d, 3a- 3e,

4a-4g

Amphibians Amphibian

worksheet

Model of

Salamander.

Frog life cycle

Holt 364-368 Eyewitness- Amphibians

May 12-16

1f, 2a, 2b,

Reptiles

Habitat Change

Reptile

worksheet

Holt 369-373 Eyewitness- Reptiles

13

2d, 3a- 3e,

4a-4g

Lizard skeleton

Compare egg

evolution

Reptile key

Indentifying

Reptiles

Reptile Key

Birds Bird worksheet

Pigeon skeleton,

feather

comparisons

Holt 382-388 Eyewitness- Birds

Bills and beaks lab

Bird

Classification

Habitats, beaks,

evolutionary

adaptations

Holt 389-391

May 19-23

1f, 2a, 2b,

2d, 3a- 3e,

4a-4g

Mammals

-Baby mice

Worksheets on

mammals,

prehistoric

mammals

Holt 392-395 Eyewitness- Mammals

Mammal

Classification

Types of

mammal

adaptations

Holt 396-405 Bill Nye- Marine Mammals

May 27-30

1f, 2a, 2b,

2d, 3a- 3e,

4a-4g, 7a-7e

Endangered

animal power

points

Use computers-

Power point

with specific

slides.

June 2-6

4a, 4b, 4c,

4d, 4e, 4f, 4g

Geologic time

periods

Classroom

presentations of

endangered

animals.

Geologic time

scale, compare

using classroom

wall space or a

timeline.

Holt 202-205

Glencoe 284-

291

Bill Nye- Evolution

Frogger Lab and Story Board

Inquiry Based Lab

June 9-13

4a, 4b, 4c,

4d, 4e, 4f, 4g

Evolution bins

-Biological

evolution

Stations set up

with questions

and tank

viewing to learn

about plant and

animal

evolution

Holt 206-213

Glencoe pg.

240-260

Geological Time Periods

Inquiry Evolution tanks -

stations

ALL 1-7

standards

summary!!

Change over

time.

-Is it fitter?

Darwin,

evidence of

evolution. The

whale story

pages 178-181

Holt 176-183

Glencoe

219-227

Documents

Outline of 7th grade life science: