Pacing Chart

Pfeiffer 7th Grade Science

Time Frame / Key Concepts / Content Statement / Core/Supplemental / Resources
August / -Observation/Inference
-Safety / Scientific Inquiry and Application / Supplemental /
  • Teacher developed materials
  • Video

1st week of September / Ecosystem Vocabulary
Ecosort cards / Matter is transferred continuously between one organism to another and between organisms and their physical environments. / Core /
  • Populations and Ecosystems investigation 1 and 2 part 1
  • Ecology-chapter 2, section 1

2nd-3rd week of September / Symbiosis / Matter is transferred continuously between one organism to another and between organisms and their physical environments. / Core /
  • Ecology-chapter 2, section 2

4th week of September / Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
Energy Pyramid / Matter is transferred continuously between one organism to another and between organisms and their physical environments. / Core /
  • Population and Ecosystems investigation 5, part 1
  • Ecology-chapter 2, section 3
  • Sippo

1st and 2nd week of October / Limiting Factors
Carrying Capacity
Overpopulation / Matter is transferred continuously between one organism to another and between organisms and their physical environments. / Core /
  • Sippo
  • Populations and Ecosystems Investigation 6

3rd week of October / Succession
Environmental Impact Project / In any particular biome, the number, growth and survival of organisms and populations depend on biotic and abiotic factors. / Core /
  • Ecology- chapter 2, page 66-68

4th week of October / Variables
Measurement / Scientific Inquiry and Application / Core /
  • Teacher made materials
  • Science Process Skills book

November-January
(11 school weeks) / Arrangement of atoms on the periodic table
Conservation of Mass and Energy
Transformation and transfer of energy / The properties of matter are determined by the arrangement of atoms. / Core /
  • Foss Chemical Interactions

February-3rd week of March / F.A.S.T. Investigations 1-7 / Scientific Inquiry and Application / Core /
  • FAST investigations 1-7
  • Scientific Method Template

Density
Submarine Project
Buoyant Animal Project / Scientific Inquiry and Application / Core /
  • F.A.S.T. Investigation 8, 10-14

4th week of March - 2nd week of April / Water / The hydrologic cycle illustrates the changing states of water as it moves through the lithosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere. / Supplemental /
  • Hach: Water, Water, Everywhere
  • Teacher made packet
Teacher made resources
3rd - 4th week of April / Clouds
Fronts
Pressure Systems
Forecasting / The atmosphere has different elevations and contains a mixture of gases that cycle through the lithosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere. / Core /
  • Teacher made resources
  • Earth’s Atmosphere Chapter 2 and 3

1st week of May / Severe Storms
Weather Phenomenon
Climate / The atmosphere has different elevations and contains a mixture of gases that cycle through the lithosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere. / Core /
  • Earth’s Atmosphere Chapter 3 and 4
  • The Jason Project (Monster Storms)
  • Sippo