Curriculum Map

Course Title:Honors Life Science Grade: 7

Unit (Name/Number):Unit 7 - Animal Kingdom-Invertebrates / Pacing:37 days
Essential Question(s):How do animals interact with the environment?
Content/Key Concepts / Standards / Key Vocabulary / Learning Activities/Resources / Evidence of Learning
(Assessments;Performance Tasks)
Simple Invertebrates / 3.1.6.A1
3.1.7.A1
3.1.6.A2
3.1.7.A2
3.1.7.A3
3.1.6.A4
3.1.7.A4
3.1.6.A5
3.1.7.A5
3.1.6.A6
3.1.7.A6
3.1.7.A7
3.1.6.A8
3.1.7.A8
3.1.7.A9 /
  • symmetry
  • asymmetry
  • radial symmetry
  • bilateral symmetry
  • anterior
  • posterior
  • dorsal
  • ventral
  • Phylum Porifera
  • sponge
  • collar cell (choanocyte)
  • spike cell (spicule)
  • jelly-like cell (amoebocyte)
  • pore
  • osculum
  • filter feeder
  • sessile
  • larva
  • budding
  • Phylum Cnidaria
  • stinging cell (nematocyst)
  • central cavity
  • medusa
  • polyp
  • mouth
  • colony
  • Portuguese Man of War
  • coral reef
  • Phylum Platyhelminthes
  • Phylum Nematoda
  • hermaphrodite
  • regeneration
  • parasite
  • host
  • free-living
  • scavenger
  • heterotroph
  • planarian
  • tapeworm
  • pinworm
  • heartworm
  • digestive tract
  • eyespot
  • pharynx
  • mouth
/ PowerPoints
Online Resources
Observing a Cnidarian lab
Planaria and Vinegar Eel lab / QUEST Checks
Observing a Cnidarian lab
Planaria and Vinegar Eel lab
Simple Invertebrates Test
Phylum Annelida / 3.1.6.A1
3.1.7.A1
3.1.6.A2
3.1.7.A2
3.1.7.A3
3.1.6.A4
3.1.7.A4
3.1.6.A5
3.1.7.A5
3.1.6.A6
3.1.7.A6
3.1.7.A7
3.1.6.A8
3.1.7.A8
3.1.7.A9 /
  • Phylum Annelida
  • closed circulatory system
  • open circulatory system
  • mouth
  • pharynx
  • esophagus
  • crop
  • gizzard
  • intestine
  • anus
  • aortic arches
  • dorsal blood vessel
  • ventral blood vessel
  • nephridia
  • ganglia
  • ventral nerve cord
  • clitellum
  • seminal vesicles
  • seminal receptacles
  • ovaries
  • setae
  • prostomium
/ PowerPoints
Online Resources
Earthworm Dissection
Live Earthworm lab / QUEST Checks
Live Earthworm lab
Earthworm Structures and Functions Quiz
Phylum Mollusca and Phylum Echinodermata / 3.1.6.A1
3.1.7.A1
3.1.6.A2
3.1.7.A2
3.1.7.A3
3.1.6.A4
3.1.7.A4
3.1.6.A5
3.1.7.A5
3.1.6.A6
3.1.7.A6
3.1.7.A7
3.1.6.A8
3.1.7.A8
3.1.7.A9 /
  • Phylum Mollusca
  • Class Gastropoda
  • Class Bivalvia
  • Class Cephalopoda
  • radula
  • shell
  • mantle
  • gill
  • foot
  • fin
  • chromatophore
  • tentacle
  • pen
  • suction cups
  • beak
  • ink sac
  • siphon
  • carnivore
  • herbivore
  • scavenger
  • omnivore
  • Phylum Echinodermata
  • endoskeleton
  • spiny
  • water vascular system
  • tube feet
  • sieve plate (madreporite)
  • ambulacral groove
  • cardiac stomach
  • pyloric stomach
  • rectal pouches
  • pyloric duct
  • gonads
  • stone canal
  • ring canal
  • radial canal
  • ampulla
/ PowerPoints
Online Resources
Squid Dissection
Starfish Dissection / QUEST Checks
Mollusk and Echinoderm Test
Phylum Arthropoda / 3.1.6.A1
3.1.7.A1
3.1.6.A2
3.1.7.A2
3.1.7.A3
3.1.6.A4
3.1.7.A4
3.1.6.A5
3.1.7.A5
3.1.6.A6
3.1.7.A6
3.1.7.A7
3.1.6.A8
3.1.7.A8
3.1.7.A9
4.5.7.B /
  • Phylum Arthropoda
  • Class Crustacea
  • Class Chilopoda (centipedes)
  • Class Diplopoda (millipedes)
  • Class Arachnida
  • Class Insecta
  • exoskeleton
  • molting
  • appendages
  • antenna
  • swimmeret
  • cheliped
  • walking leg
  • complete metamorphosis
  • gradual metamorphosis
  • integrated pest management
  • pest
  • pesticide
  • biological control
  • pollinators
/ PowerPoints
Online Resources / QUEST Checks
Arthropod Test