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How can you help?
Students fill out planners each Monday. Please check it weekly for information.
Check your student’s grade online (contact counseling office if you have no internet access).
Keep them supplied with papers, pencils, etc.
Remind your child to make up work after he or she has been absent.
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Website
Mrs. Rivera's 7th Grade Science
Be sure to check my website for events, documents, and helpful links!
Textbook
Several different texts used throughout the year
Classroom copies only, can be checked out on an as-needed basis (if available)
Can be accessed online Online Textbook
Use the Username/Password combinations from Rivera’s Documents page
How can you help?
Encourage your student to:
share with you what they have learned
develop good work habits
actively participate in class
set achievable goals like turning in all of their work
focus on what they are learning, not on what grade they have
ask for help if they need it
What Will We Study?
PROCESS:
Science Inquiry
Communication
Cooperation
Technical reading and writing
Measurement
Common Core
Common Core standards are a set of cross-disciplinary expectations designed to prepare kids to enter college and/or the workforce.
Science has a shared responsibility to provide literacy instruction, including
Analysis of informational text
Using evidence from text to support claims
Integration of information presented in different formats (e.g. audio, visual, charts, etc.)
Common Core assessments begin next year, grades 3-8.
Class of 2019 graduation requirements
What Will We Study?
CONTENT: Diversity of Life (FOSS)
What is life and what do all living organisms have in common?
How can we observe microscopic organisms?
What do plants and animals have in common with each other and with microorganisms?
How are all living organisms organized into six kingdoms?
What Will We Study?
CONTENT:
Human Body (STC)
How does our digestive system use chemicals and muscles to break down foods?
How do our respiratory and circulatory systems provide oxygen for our bodies?
How do our muscles and bones work together to move our bodies?
What Will We Study?
Genetics
How is genetic information stored in organisms?
How are genetic traits passed from generation to generation?
What is biotechnology and how does impact our lives?
What are the ethics involved in genetic research?
What Will We Study?
Biological Evolution
How do some genetic adaptations help organisms to survive in their environments?
What is extinction, and why does it occur?
What evidence exists that organisms change over time?
How can we account for the diversity of life?
What Will We Study?
Environmental Science
What are the components of an ecosystem?
How does energy flow through an ecosystem?
How are living (especially human) and nonliving factors changing our ecosystems?
What Will We Study?
CONTENT:
Weather and Water (FOSS)
What is the atmosphere made of?
How is heat transferred in the atmosphere, and how does this make air move?
What is the water cycle, and how does it influence weather and climate?
How Will We Study?
METHODS:
InvestigatingReadingWritingMovingSingingDrawingDiscussingPresenting
Class and School Rules
Prompt (in seat when class begins)
Polite (no profanity, good listening skills)
Productive (use class time well)
Prepared (have all supplies every day)
Proud (do your best work)
Other Class Policies
3rd tardy is a detention, 7th is a referral
Late homework is accepted for 60% credit
Students have two days for each day absent to make up work after an excused absence, with the exception of a long-term project
Interested in Volunteering?
Chaperone
One-on-one helper
Writing
Publishing documents
Assist in classroom experiments
