Curriculum Map for 7th Grade Spiraling Science

Project Title / Unit Title / Big Ideas / Essential Questions / Enduring Understanding / Core Curriculum / Scope and Sequence
1st Marking Period / Layers… Like an Onion
Rockin’ Out / Earth As a System / Layers and Composition: Lithosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, Biosphere / Why do earthquakes happen? / SWU the layers of the Earth and the layers of the atmosphere surrounding the Earth / PS 2.1a, c, d, 2.2b / Unit 1 Geology, Earth as a System, Layers and Composition
Rocks and Minerals / Rock Cycle
Classification of rocks: Sedimentary, Metamorphic, Igneous
Properties of minerals including density
Erosion and Weathering / How was the Grand Canyon formed? / SWU the rock cycle and how rocks are formed.
SWBAT classify rocks.
SWBAT identify properties of minterals and calculate density.
SWU erosion and weathering and how it affects the human world. / PS 2.2g, 2.2h, 2.1e, 2.1g, 2.1i / Unit 1 Geology, Rocks and Minerals, Rock Cycle, Classification of Rocks, Properties of Minerals, Erosion and Weathering
2nd Marking Period / “Written in Stone” / Unit 1: Fossils Rock! / Fossils
Age of Rocks / Why do we care how old rocks & fossils are? / SWU the importance of the fossil record.
SWU where fossils are found.
SWU how to date fossils and rocks. / PS 2.1f, d, 3.2b,c; LE 3.2b,c / Fossils and Earth’s History, Where fossils are found, Dating of rocks: Absolute and relative age, The importance of the fossil record
“The moving earth” / Unit 2: Technical Tectonics / Plate Tectonics
Natural disasters
Topography / What’s up with natural disasters?
Is the earth just a big solid ball? / SWU that the earth has moving parts.
SWU that the moving parts of the earth cause natural disasters and topography. / PS 2.2a,c-f; 3.1i; 4.2b / Plate Tectonics, Theory of plate movement and evidence supporting the theory, Convection currents, Buoyancy, Sea-floor spreading, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Mountain building, topography of the Earth.
3rdMarking Period / Good Vibrations! (Lab)
A Journey to find an Unknown / Unit 5: Properties of Sound and Light / Wave Behavior / Where can we see electromagnetic energy? What are the different wave journeys that cause us to see a certain object or to hear a particular sound? / SWURadio waves, television waves, and microwaves are all types of electromagnetic waves. They differ from each other in wavelength. SWUthe difference between light reflection and light refraction as well as understand vibrations and sound waves. / PS 4.1d; 4.4a-c / Electromagnetic energy, light, sound, waves, reflection, refraction, vibration
Unit 6: Properties of Matter / Matter / What are the different properties of matter and how are they measured? How is the periodic table of elements organized? / SWBAT measure density, conductivity, magnetic materials, and solubility. SWU that the Periodic Table of elements is organized by the trends in the chemical properties of the elements. / PS 3.1a,b,h;3.3a-g;4.4f,g; / Density, conductivity, magnetic materials, solubility, compounds, atoms, molecules, the Periodic Table of Elements
4th Marking Period / Interactions between Matter and Energy
“What phase am I?” (Lab) / Unit 7: Physical and Chemical Changes / Phase Changes / What are the differences between mixtures and solutions? How does temperature affect solubility? / SWABT distinguish between chemical and physical changes. SWABT describe properties of materials, such as density, conductivity and solubility. / PS 3.1b-g, 3.2a-d, 4.2e / Phase changes, states of matter, mixtures and solutions, temperature and solubility, chemical changes.
Unit 8: Understanding Chemical Reactions / Conservation of Energy / Why do chemical reactions occur?What happens to all the energy in a chemical reaction? / SWBAT describe energy changes as related to chemical reactions. SWU that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only changed from one form into another. / PS3.3d, 4.3a, 4.5a,b / Atoms, Molecules, and Energy changes in chemical reactions, Law of Conservation of Energy
5th Marking
Period / Fighting and Flighting
Lab: Pulse points and pulse rates / Unit 9: Human Animal / The human body systems / How do human body systems function to maintain homeostasis? / SWBAT describe how the organ systems are organized and maintain homeostasis / LE 1.1e,g, 1.2a,b,5.1b, 5,2f, 1.2c, 1.2d, 1.2f, 1.2e, 1.2g / Tissues, organs, systems. Maintaining homeostasis. The human body systems: digestive, respiratory,
Unit: 10: The fight or flight response / The body’s response to extreme situations / What involuntary changes occur when someone is extremely stressed? / SWBAT describe how multiple organ systems produce a coordinated response in stressful situations. / LE 5.1b, 5,2f, 1.2c, 1.2d, 1.2f, 1.2e, 1.2g, 5.1g / circulatory, excretory, skeletal, muscular, nervous. Responding to the external environment
6th Marking Period / Grow Arabidopsis Plant in Class / Unit 11: Plants / Plant Growth / How do Plants grow? / The students will understand that plants grow by photosynthesis in addition to obtaining nutrients essential to supporting their homeostasis / LE 1.1f
LE 5.1a,b
LE 5.1f
LE 5.2e
LE 5.1c
LE 5.2a
LE 6.2a
LE 5.1d
LE 5.2a,b
LE 5.1f
LE 5.2c
LE 5.1g / Plant structure and systems
Maintaining homeostasis
Obtaining energy
Obtaining nutrients
Regulation of the internal environment
Metabolism
Responding to the external environment
Pond Water Investigation with Microscope / Unit 12: Microscopic World / Unicellular Organisms / How do single-celled organisms live? / The students will understand that unicellular organisms live across the Earth in highly diverse manners / LE 1.1d
LE 5.1f
LE 5.2e
LE 5.1c,e
LE 5.1d
LE 5.2a,b
LE 5.1f
LE 5.2c
LE 5.1g / Manipulate a compound microscope to view microscopic objects
Unicellular vs. multicellular organisms
Maintaining homeostasis
Obtaining energy
Obtaining nutrients
Regulation of the internal environment
Metabolism
Responding to the external environment