Science Curriculum
7th Grade
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Course Purpose: |
Seventh grade students will apply earth/space science, life science, and physical science principles to precisely define the world they see. |
Outcomes and Components:
| SC.7.6 | Students will characterize the relationship between potential and kinetic energy and describe how it is expressed in observed motion, speed, and acceleration. | ||
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Pacing Instruct/ Assess |
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Standard(s) |
| SC.7.6.1 | Identify various forms of potential energy (elastic, gravity, static). | MS-PS3-2 | |
| SC.7.6.2 | Define potential energy and model how interacting objects at different distances change the potential energy stored in that system. | MS-PS3-2 | |
| SC.7.6.3 | Mathematically model and describe the relationship between speed, mass, and kinetic energy. |
MS-PS2-2 MS-PS3-1 |
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| SC.7.6.4 | Relate kinetic energy to everyday activities (roller coasters, falling objects, hockey, marbles). | MS-PS3-1 | |
| SC.7.6.5 | Describe and model the changes and relationship between kinetic energy and potential energy in a pendulum. | MS-PS3-2 | |
| SC.7.6.6 | Describe the transfer of kinetic energy into thermal energy and/or sound. | MS-PS3-5 | |
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Academic Vocabulary: Identify, compare, contrast, define, relate, differentiate, model, transfer |
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Content Vocabulary: kinetic energy, potential energy, energy, gravitational potential energy, mechanical energy, internal kinetic energy, external kinetic energy of a pendulum, thermal energy, work, law of conservation of energy, pendulum |