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. |
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Outcome # |
Outcome |
| SC.7.1 |
Students will use evidence from fossil history and Earth’s structures to explain the accepted geologic time scale. |
| SC.7.2 | Students will use the principles of continental drift and plate tectonics to explain current and historical land formations and to characterize ongoing changes in Earth’s structure. |
| SC.7.3 | Students will evaluate the role of weathering and erosion to describe the various cycles of building and destroying Earth structures. |
| SC.7.4 | Students will compare the creation, availability, use, and impact of renewable and nonrenewable energy resources. |
| SC.7.5 | Students will apply Newton’s 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Laws of Motion to describe everyday observations of objects in motion. |
| 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. |
| SC.7.7 | Students will show relationships between electrical and magnetic energy. |
| SC.7.8 | Students will model the properties of various waves, absorption, reflection, transmission, refraction of waves, and determine how light is produced, through various media. |