Year 7 – Working as a Scientist
Student Program 2015
Week
Program
The branches of Science:
 Ecology, Astronomy, Biology, Physics, Geology, Chemistry,
Psychology
Working safely:
 Lab rules, be able to identify hazards in labs, hazard symbols
(corrosive, explosive, flammable, toxic, electrical)
Lab equipment:
 Identify and name equipment found inside the science lab
1
Feb 2 –
Feb 8
(beaker, measuring cylinder, test tube, test tube rack, retort
stand, test tube holder, gauze mat, tripod, bosshead, clamp,
pipe-clay triangle, evaporating basin, crucible and lid, tongs,
conical flask, filter funnel, Bunsen burner, watch glass,
spatula
 Draw and interpret labelled 2D diagrams of scientific
equipment
Pearson 7 Activity book
Pearson 7 Student book
Pearson 7 Electronic Book
Rossmoyne Booklet
RB Activity 1 Science p5
SB p3-4
SB 1.1 Unit Review p6
EB 1.1 Videos Untamed
Science -What is Science
anyway?
RB Activity 2 Working as a
Scientist p6
SB p11
AB 1.4 Safety Rules p5
RB Activity 3 Safety and
Common Sense
SB p7-11
AB 1.3 lab equipment p4
RB Activity 4 Name that
Equipment p8-9
SB 1.2 Unit Review p12-13
RB Activity 5 Drawing
Equipment p10
RB Activity 6 Useful
Equipment p 11-14
2
Feb 9 –
Feb 15
Bunsen burner:
 Light and use a Bunsen burner safely, make safety flame
roaring blue flame
SB p9-10
AB 1.2 Bunsen Burner p2
RB Activity 16 Using a Bunsen
Burner
EB 1.2 Interactive activities
Lighting a Bunsen Burner
SB Prac 1.2.1 Bunsen Burner
p14
SB Prac 1.2.2 Investigating the
flame p15
Week
Program
Observations:
 5 senses (sight, smell, taste, hearing, touch)
 Can be either qualitative or quantitative
2
Cont’d
Feb 9 –
Feb 15
Measuring:
 Qunatitative measurements
 Unit conversion (g ,kg, mg and L, mL,kL)
 Reading scales
 Volume: using a measuring cylinder (meniscus and parallax
error), units mL and cm3
 Mass: use electronic scale, units
 Temperature: use thermometer, units oC
 Time: use a stopwatch, units s
Experimenting:
 Define and identify an observation, inference and prediction
Pearson 7 Activity book
Pearson 7 Student book
Pearson 7 Electronic Book
Rossmoyne Booklet
SB p17
RB Activity 7 Observing: Drop
Out p15
RB Activity 8 Smarties p16
RB Activity 9 Safety Again p17
SB p18
SB Prac 1.3.2 Taking
measurements p23
RB Activity 10 Measuring Mass
p18-19
RB Activity 11 Measuring
Liquid Mass p20
RB Activity 12 Measuring
Temperature p21-22
AB 1.7 Taking measurements
p8
EB 1.2 Interactive Activities
Using Thermometers
EB 1.3 Videos Untamed
Science: measuring up
SB Prac 1.3.1 Hot, Hotter,
Hottest p22
SB p19
SB unit Review 1.3 p20-21
RB Activity 18 Observations
and Inferences
Tables:
 Construct appropriate tables to record experimental data
(titles, headings, units in headings only, independent variable
in first column)
 Calculating averages from repeat trials of data
3
Feb 16 –
Feb 22
Graphing:
 Select appropriate graph for data (column graph or line graph)
 Construct column and line graphs
 Identify trends in data and make predictions such as
extrapolation and interpolation (lines of best fit and curve
fitting)
SB p24
RB Activity 13 Tabulating Data
p23-24
SB p24-26
RB Activity 14 Graphing Rules
p25-27
RB Activity 15 Graphing Again
p28
SB Prac 1.4.1 Hot drinks
cooling p29
SB Prac 1.4.2 Spaghetti
Predictions p30
EB 1.4 Worksheet 1.1 Pie and
Column Graphs
EB 1.4 Worksheet 1.2 Plotting a
Line Graph
AB 1.8 Analysing Graphs p9
RB Activity 17 Boiling Point
p30
SB Unit 1.4 Review p27-28
Week
Program
Planning:
 Write a hypothesis
 Construct a method
 Fair testing:
 Identify variables (independent, dependent and controlled)
within an investigation
Processing data:
 support or negate hypothesis
Pearson 7 Activity book
Pearson 7 Student book
Pearson 7 Electronic Book
Rossmoyne Booklet
SB p26
SB p32-33
SB Unit 1.5 Review p34
RB Activity 19 The Mould is
Useless p32-35
RB Activity 20 What makes a
good experiment p36
RB Activity 21 Variables p37
4
Feb 23 –
Mar 1
Evaluating data:
 Reflect on quality (accuracy, precision and reliability)of data
 Reflect on control of variables
 Suggest improvements to method
 Communication:
 Produce a report of an investigation using scientific language
and appropriate digital technologies
EB 1.5 Interactive Activities
Gloria’s Garden
AB 1.9 Analysing an
Experiment p11
AB 1.10 Literacy review p13
RB Activity 22 Scientific
method terms p38
SB Prac 1.5 Design Your Own
Investigation p35
Investigations
Revision of Content
RB Investigation 1 Bouncing
Balls p40-41
RB Activity 23 Dissolving
Rates p42-43
RB Activity 24 Frothy
Detergent p44-46
5
Mar 2 –
Mar 8
RB Investigation 2 Cooling
Coffee Mugs p47
SB Chapter 1 Review p36
SB Chapter 1 Thinking
scientifically p37
EB Chapter 1 Revision Quiz
RB Activity 25 Experimenting
Review p48-49
SB Chapter 1 Glossary p38