Columbus City Schools
Grade 7 Science Pacing Guide
Grading Period 3
Strand/Topic/Content
Statement
Duration
Clear Learning Targets
“I Can…”
 identify and explain how water is
used and even wasted in our society.
EARTH SCIENCE
Cycles and Patterns of
Earth and the Moon

Weeks
1-9
explain and describe ways that
pollutants can reach water sources.

research water quality standards
used to evaluate the quality of water.
 conduct an investigation to
determine the pH of different water
samples.
 compare similarities and differences
in surface runoff in rural and urban
area.

describe the threat of algae blooms
and the effect it has on our
ecosystems and lives.
 determine the composition of Earth’s
air.
 create and interpret data on different
graphs to determine differences in
our atmosphere’s composition and
temperature based on altitude
differences.
 describe how specific layers of the
atmosphere have different traits and
purposes.
 identify the role of the Coriolis
Effect and its effects on global
current and winds.
Columbus City Schools
Curriculum Leadership and Development
Science Department June 2013
Model Curriculum Resources
CCS Curriculum Units:
Ohio’s Unique Problem
What’s Up The-air? --- Atmosphere
Understanding the C’s
Prentice Hall Earth Science Textbook:
Chapter 12:
pp. 396-403 (Surface Water)
pp. 404-411 (Water Underground)
pp. 412-419(Using Fresh Water
Resources)
pp. 420-423 (Water to Drink)
Lab: Soil Testing- pp.103-105
Lab: Testing Water- pp.106-108
Lab: Pollution of a Water Supplypp.109-114
Chapter 15
pp. 512-515, The Air Around Us,
Section 1
pp. 516-521, Air Pressure, Section 2
pp. 522-527, Layers of the
Atmosphere, Section 3
Chapter 13.4: Currents and Climate
pp. 456-468
Chapter 16.3: Winds pp.552-559
Investigating Changes in Density pp.
115-117
Modeling Ocean Currents pp.118-119
Density and Salinity pp.120-123
The Shape of the Ocean Floor pp.124125
Discovery Education:
www.discoveryeducation.com
Vocabulary/Concepts
Acid/Acidic
Air Pressure
Alkaline
Altitude
Anemometer
Atmosphere
Barometer
Base/Basic
Biosphere
Buoy
Chemical Composition
Climate
Climograph
Composition
Contamination
Coriolis Effect
Current
Density
El Nino
Evaporation
Exosphere
Gas
Global Winds
Gravity
Greenhouse Gas
Ground Water
Gulf Stream
Gyre
Hydrologic Cycle
Hydrosphere
Infiltration
Ionosphere
Jet Stream
Land Breeze
Latitude
Columbus City Schools
Grade 7 Science Pacing Guide
Grading Period 3

can create a model to show the
movement of ocean water caused by
surface currents.

explain that surface currents are
created by the prevailing wind
systems.

explain that ocean currents are
affected by ocean water temperature,
density and salinity.

create a climograph to determine
how ocean currents affect land
climates.

describe reasons why certain places
in the world experience different
climate and weather patterns.
Columbus City Schools
Curriculum Leadership and Development
Science Department June 2013
Lithosphere
Local Winds
Mesopause
Mesosphere
Neutral
Ozone
Permeable
pH Level
Pollution
Porosity
Precipitation
Pressure
Puddling
Runoff
Salinity
Sea Breeze
Stratopause
Stratosphere
Surface Water
Temperature
Thermal Energy
Thermosphere
Topography
Tropopause
Troposphere
Upwelling
Variations
Water Quality
Water Vapor
Watershed
Weather
Wind
Wind-Chill Factor