7th Grade Science Standards and pacing guide 2016-2017
1st Quarter
SPI 0707 Inq 1
Design a simple experimental
procedure with an identified
control and appropriate
variables.
CFU: 0707.Inq 1
Design and conduct an openended investigation to answer a
question that includes a control
and appropriate variables.
(Variables and Controls)
SPI 0707 inq 2
Select tools and procedures
needed to conduct a moderately
complex experiment.
(Tools and Procedures)
SPI 0707 inq. 3
Interpret and translate data into
a table, graph, or diagram.
(Interpret Data)
SPI 0707 inq 4
Draw a conclusion that
establishes a cause and effect
relationship supported by
evidence.
(cause and effect)
SPI 0707. INQ. 5
Identify a faulty interpretation of
data that is due to bias or
experimental error.
(Bias or Error)
SPI 0707. T/E 1
Identify the tools and
procedures needed to test the
design features of a prototype.
(prototype testing)
CFU: 0707 inq. 2
Identify tools and techniques
needed to gather, organize,
analyze, and interpret data
collected from a moderately
complex scientific investigation.
CFU: 0707 inq 3
Use evidence from a dataset to
determine cause and effect
relationships that explain a
phenomenon.
1. What are the steps of the
scientific method, and how are
they used in science?
2. What are experiments, and
how do I design them to include
independent variables,
dependent variables, constants,
and controls?
1. Which tools and procedures
would be best to use when
conducting a science
experiment?
Lab: ice cubes and temperature
1. What are some effective
strategies to help me understand
and correctly interpret data from
tables, charts, and graphs?
2. What are the differences and
specific purposes of a table,
circle graph, line graph, and a
bar graph?
CFU: 0707 inq 4
Review an experimental design
to determine possible sources of
bias or error, state alternative
explanations, and identify
questions for further study.
1. What is the difference
between a cause and the
corresponding effect, and what
is the connection between these
two events in time?
CFU: 0707 inq. 5
Design a method to explain the
results of investigation using
descriptions, explanations, or
models.
1. What is bias, and why is it
important to avoid this in
science experiments?
2. What is an error, and why is it
important to avoid them in
science experiments?
CFU: 0707 T/E 1 and T/E 2
After constructing a prototype,
test it using appropriate
scientific tools such as a spring
scale, a triple-beam balance, a
metric ruler, a calculator, a
graduated cylinder, a stop
watch, etc.
1. What are the ideal tools and
testing methods for testing a
given prototype?
Project: egg drop prototype
based on parameters
SPI 0707. T/E 2
Evaluate a protocol to determine
if the engineering design
process was successfully applied
CFU: Apply the engineering
design process to construct a
prototype that meets certain
specifications.
1. What is the commonly
accepted process by which
technology products are
designed, tested, used, and
produced?
(Engineering Design Process)
Egg drop project evaluation
SPI 0707. T/E 3
Distinguish between the
intended benefits and the
unintended consequences of a
new technology.
(Intended/unintended
consequences)
SPI 0707. T/E 4
Differentiate between adaptive
and assistive bioengineered
products. (food, biofuels,
medicines, integrated pest
management)
(Adaptive and Assistive
bioengineering)
SPI 0707.1.1
Identify and describe the
function of the major plant and
animal cell organelles.
(Cell Organelles)
CFU: Explore how the
unintended consequences of
new technologies can impact
society.
CFU: 0707 .T/E 4 a
Research bioengineering
technologies that advance health
and contribute to improvements
inour daily lives.
CFU 0707. T/E 4 b
Develop an adaptive design and
test its effectiveness
CFU: 0707.1.1 Examine and
describe plant and animal cells
using compound microscopes.
0707.1.2 Identify the function of
the major plant and animal
cellular organelles.
0707.1.3 Make a Venn diagram
to compare the structures and
functions of an animal cell with a
city or school.
0707.1.4 Build a model of a cell.
1. In regards to technology
products, what are intended
benefits? Can I list some
examples?
2. In regards to technology
products, what are unintended
consequences? Can I list some
examples?
Project: Prepare a chart/poster
identifying the benefits and
unintended consequences of
video gaming, plastic bottles,
logging, etc..
1. What are the characteristics
of adaptive and assistive
bioengineering products?
1. 1. How are plant and animal
cells organized to carry on the
processes of life?
How is a cell like a city?
How are plant and animal cells
organized to carry on the
processes of life?
Lab: Cheek cell observations
Project: 3D cell models. Non
edible materials only.
SPI 0707. 1.2
Interpret a chart to explain the
integrated relationships that
exist among cells, tissues,
organs, and organ systems.
(Organization of Life)
SPI 0707.1.3
Explain the basic functions of a
major organ system.
(organ systems)
CFU 0707. 1.5
Construct a poster that
illustrates the hierarchy among
cells, tissues, organs, organ
systems, and organisms.
What is the integrated
relationship that exists among
cells, tisues, organs, and organ
systems?
CFU 0707. 1.6
Describe the function of
different organ systems.
1. What are the functions of the
different organ systems.
2. How do the organ systems
work together so the organism
can survive?
0707.1.7 Explain how different
organ systems interact to enable
comlex multicillular organisms to
survive.
SPI 0707.1.4
Sequence a series of diagrams
that depict chromosome
movement during plant cell
division.
(Plant cell division)
SPI 0707. 1.5
Explain how materials move
through simple diffusion.
(Diffusion)
0707.1.8
Apply the idea of the division of
labor to explain why living things
are organized into cells, tissues,
organs, and organ systems.
CFU: 0707.1.9 Model the
movement of chromosomes
during plant cell division.
CFU: 0707 1.4
Design a demonstrations that
illustrates how materials move
across a semi-permeable
membrane by simple diffusion
1. How do chromosomes move
during each step of plant cell
division?
1. How do materials move
during simple diffusion?
Lab: potato/water/salt diffusion
7th Grade Science Standards and pacing guide 2016-2017
2nd Quarter
SPI 0707.3.1 Compare the
chemical compounds that make
up the reactants and products of
photosynthesis and respiration.
Flow of matter and energy
SPI 0707.3.2
Interpret a diagram to explain
how oxygen and carbon dioxide
are exchanged between living
things and the environment.
(exchange of carbon dioxide and
oxygen)
SPI 0707.4.1
Classify methods of reproduction
as sexual or asexual
(methods of reproduction)
SPI 0707.4.2
Match flower parts with their
reproductive functions.
(Heredity)
SPI 0707.4.3
Describe the relationship among
genes, chromosomes, and
inherited traits.
(Heredity)
CFU: 0707.3.1
Associate the fundamental
processes of photosynthesis and
respiration with appropriate cell
structures.
0707.3.2
Examine and identify the
chloroplasts in a leaf cell.
0707.3.3
Identify the materials used by
plants to make food.
0707.3.4
Create a chart that compares the
reactants and products of
photosynthesis and respiration.
What are the reactants and
products of photosynthesis and
respiration?
CFU: 0707.3.5
Model the pathways of water,
oxygen, and carbon dioxide
through a plant.
0707.3.6
Describe the movement of
oxygen and carbon dioxide
between living things and the
environment.
0707.3.7
Describe structures that animals
use to obtain oxygen.
1. How can I draw a diagram
depicting respiration between
plants and animals?
CFU: 0707.4.1
Classify organisms according to
whether they reproduce sexually
or asexually.
CFU: 0707.4.2
Label and explain the function of
the reproductive parts of a
flower.
0707.4.3
Describe various methods of
plant pollination.
CFU: 0707.4.4
Investigate the relationship
among DNA, genes, and
chromosomes.
1. What are the differences
between asexual and sexual
reproduction?
0707.4.5
Explain the difference s between
dominant and recessive traits.
1. What are the functions of the
reproductive parts of the flower?
2. What are different methods
of plant pollination?
1. What are the principal
mechanisms by which living
things reproduce and transmit
information between parents
and offspring?
Lab: dominant and recessive
traits.
SPI 0707.4.4
Interpret a Punnett square to
predict possible genetic
combinations passed from
parents to offspring during
sexual reproduction.
(Heredity)
CFU: 0707.4.6 Use a Punnett
square to predict the genotypes
of offspring resulting from a
monohybrid cross.
0707.4.7
Draw a phonotypical accurate
picture of an individual whose
traits are modeled by the roll of
a die.
1. How are Punnett squares
used to predict phenotypes.
Lab: draw phenotypes of an
offspring using the results of a
Punnett square and roll of a die.
7th Grade Science Standards and pacing guide 2016-2017
3rd Quarter
SPI 0707.7.1
CFU: 0707.7.1
Use a table of physical properties Organize and explain
to classify minerals
information about the properties
of minerals and their uses.
1. What are the different
methods that can be used to
identify minerals?
2. How do I use a table to classify
minerals.
Rock Cycle Processes
SPI 0707.7.2
Identify the major processes that
drive the rock cycle.
SPI 0707.7.3
Label a diagram that depicts the
three different types of rock.
SPI 0707.7.4
Differentiate among the
characteristics of the earth’s
three layers.
(Earth’s Layers)
SPI 0707.7.5
Recognize that lithospheric
plates on the scale of continents
and oceans continually move at
rates of centimeters per year.
(Lithospheric Plates)
SPI 0707.7.6
Describe the relationship
between plate movements and
earthquakes, mountain building,
volcanoes, and sea floor
spreading.
(The Earth)
SPI 0707.7.7
Analyze and evaluate the impact
of man’s use of earth’s land,
water, and atmospheric
resources.
(Man’s Impact)
CFU: 0707.7.2
Label a diagram that depicts the
major processes of the rock
cycle.
CFU: 0707.7.3
Distinguish among sedimentary,
igneous, and metamorphic rocks
and relate these to a simple
diagram of the rock cycle.
CFU: 07078.7.4
Recognize that the earth’s layers
have different thickness, states
of matter, densities, and
chemical makeup.
Lab: Testing minerals
1. What are the major processes
that drive the rock cycle?
1. How can a diagram be used to
determine the identity of a rock?
1. What are the differences
between the three layers of the
earth?
CFU: 0707.7.5
Analyze the relationship
between plat movements and
areas of earthquake activity.
1. How fast do the lithospheric
plates move each year?
CFU: 0707.7.6
Analyze the relationship
between plate movements and
mountain building.
1. How does the movement of
the lithospheric plates create
different landforms?
0707.7.7
Analyze the relationship
between plate movements,
volcanoes, and sea floor
spreading.
CFU: 0707.7.8
Determine the impact of man’s
use of renewable and
nonrenewable resources on
future supplies.
2. How is the earth affected by
long term and short term
geological cycles and the
influence of man?
1. How does man’s use of the
land impact the environment?
0707.7.9
Evaluate how human activities
affect the condition of the
earth’s land, water, and
atmosphere.
7th Grade Science Standards and pacing guide 2016-2017
4th Quarter
SPI 0707.11.1
Differentiate bertween the six
simple machines.
(Motion –simple machines)
SPI 0707.11.2
Determine the amount of force
needed to do work using
different simple machines.
SPI 0707.11.3
Apply proper equations to solve
basic problems pertaining to
distance, time, speed, and
velocity.
(speed equations)
SPI 0707.11.4
Identify and explain how
Newton’s laws of motion relate
to the movement of objects
(Newton’s Laws of Motion)
SPI 0707.11.5
Compare and contrast the
different parts of a wave
(Parts of Waves)
SPI 0707.11.6
Differentiate between transverse
and longitudinal waves in terms
of how they are produced and
transmitted.
(Transverse and longitudinal
waves)
CFU: 0707.11.1
Compare the six types of simple
machines.
1. What is the difference
between the six simple
machines?
CFU: 0707.11.2
Complete an investigation to
determine how machines reduce
the amount of force needed to
do work.
CFU: 0707.11.3
Summarize the difference
between speed and velocity
based on the distance and
amount of time traveled.
1. What causes objects to move
differently under different
circumstances?
CFU: 0707.11.4
Recognize how a net force
impacts an objects motion.
1. How does each Newton’s law
of motion affect how an object
moves?
CFU: 0707.11.5
Create a graphic organizer to
illustrate and describe the basic
parts of a wave.
1. What are the different parts
of a wave?
CFU: 0707.11.6
Compare how transverse and
longitudinal waves are produced
and transmitted
1. What is the difference
between transverse and
longitudinal waves?
Lab: slinky lab