Grade 7 Curriculum: Human Body

 

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Human Body

 

How are all living things alike?

 

 

 

How is the Human Body organized to ensure good health?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Students will:

 

·                     Understand that all living things are made of one or

       more cells

·                     Understand the basic organization of complex life forms (cells, tissues, organs, systems, organisms)

 

 

·                     Understand the structure and function of the digestive, respiratory, circulatory, and muscular/skeletal systems

 

 

 

·         Understand the concept of homeostasis and how the human body works to maintain internal equilibrium despite external variations

 

  • Notetaking
  • Cell Project

 

  • Dissection of a chicken wing

 

  • Dissection of pig’s heart

 

  • Examination of bovine femur including compact bone, spongy bone, periosteum, and marrow cavity)

 

  • Student created Postcards from The (any body system)

 

 

  • Blood Pressure lab

 

  • Heart rate and Exercise Lab

 

  • Egg Osmosis Lab

 

  • Diffusion Lab

 

 

 

 

·         Rubrics for each student/teacher generated project

·         Teacher observations

·         Unit Quizzes/tests

·         Homework

·         Performance assessment

·         Labs

·         Classwork / Homework

 

 

 

 

  • Prentice Hall, Human Body and Health text

 

 

  • National Geographic video, Cells

 

  • Nova video, The Bionic Man

 

  • SciLinks web sites

 

  • Class set of stethoscopes

 

  • Blood pressure units

 

  • Human body models

 

  • Lung Model

 

 

Grade 7 Curriculum: Our Changing Earth

 

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Title: Our Changing Earth

 

How has the Earth’s surface changed over the past 4.5 billion years?

 

How has life on Earth changed?

 

What is the Evidence to support the Theory of Evolution?

 

 

How does Evolution work?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Who is Charles Darwin and how did he arrive at his theory of Evolution?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Student will:

 

 

  • Understand that the Earth’s surface has undergone many changes during its long history

 

  • Understand how life has changed from one celled organisms to the diversity of life found today

 

  • Understand that evidence for Evolution exists in many areas, such as: paleontology, molecular biology, and morphology

 

  • Understand the process of Natural Selection

 

  • Understand the process of Sexual Selection

 

  • Understand the process of Domestic Selection

 

 

 

 

Learning Objectives

 

 

 

  • Understand the vast scope of Geologic Time

 

  • Describe how Darwin arrived at Evolutionary Theory
  • Explain the significance of Darwin’s work

 

 

 

 

 

  • Web based Earth Timeline Activity

 

 

  • Bead Bug Lab

 

 

 

  • Protein sequence Activity

 

 

  • Sex and the Single Guppy Simulation

 

 

  • Coral Reef Connections Activity

 

 

  • How to make Darwin famous project

 

 

 

 

  • Completed timelines graded

 

 

  • Darwin Projects

 

 

  • Evolution Test

 

 

 

 

 

 

·     PBS Evolution website

 

  • National Geographic

       Article, Was Darwin

       Wrong?

 

·     The Missing Link, video

 

 

  • PBS The Triumph of Life video

 

 

  • University of Michigan Evolution Curriculum

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Grade 7 Curriculum Community First Aid and Safety

 

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Title:  Community First Aid and Safety

 

Essential Question/Goal

 

How do you recognize a medical emergency and how will you respond?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The student will:

 

·         identify ways to prevent injury and illness.

 

 

·         recognize when an emergency has occurred.

 

 

·         follow three emergency action steps in any emergency.

 

 

·         provide basic care for injury and/or sudden illness until the victim can receive professional medical help.

 

With all objectives students will:

 

·         read information in manual.

 

·         view a series of video segments.

 

 

·         participate in a number of learning activities, (demonstrations) designed to increased their knowledge and skills.

 

 

 

 

·         Perform specific skills competently and demonstrate the ability to make appropriate decisions for care.

 

·         Pass a final written exam with a score of 80% or higher.

 

·         American Red Cross:  Community First Aid & Safety

 

Grade 7 Curriculum: Space Exploration

 

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 Space Exploration:

 

What are the current theories and information on the history of the universe?

 

 

What are technological developments (past and present) related to space exploration?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Students will:

 

·        understand the different theories with varying evidence of validity.

 

 

·        become aware of the history of the NASA space program.

 

 

·        identify different space instruments which gather data to further human knowledge of space.

 

·        Understand the impact space exploration has had on our daily lives.

 

 

 

 

 

·          View videos and take notes.

 

 

 

·         Timeline:  research dates and purposes of space missions/ projects.

 

Instruments:

·         View videos and take notes

 

·        Research information about the instruments:

     - Hubble Telescope

      -Radio Telescope

     - Spectroscope

     - Satellites

      -Probes/ Fly-bys

 

·        Gather information using the Great Solar System Rescue

 

·        Student-created Database:  on-line research on space technology.

 

·        Rubric for each student/teacher generated project.

 

·        Teacher observation

 

·        Quizzes/Tests

 

·        Homework/classwork/presentations

 

·         Lab work

 

 

·        Video: Cosmology

·        Video:  The Expanding Universe

·        Video: The Universe

·        Video: Pulsars and Quasars

 

 

·        The Great Solar System Rescue

 

Grade 7 Curriculum: Space Exploration

 

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Space Exploration:

 

How does the position of Earth in the solar system affect the conditions on our planet?

 

 

 

How does space exploration help humans to solve problems on Earth?

 

 

What conditions in outer space must be addressed for possible space exploration?

 

 

What life support systems are essential for human habitation and exploration of space?

 

 

Students will:

 

·    Understand that gravity is the force that governs the motions of objects in our solar system

 

·     Explain how the movement of the Earth and Moon in relation to the Sun causes the phases of moon

 

  ·   Understand the basic         human needs for survival.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·         Research spin-offs/ advances of space technology.

 

·         Discussion of the pros and cons of space exploration.

 

 

·        Microgravity Labs.

 

·        Density Labs

 

Jason Project:  All Systems Go:  Unit 3

 

·        Code Red on the Red Planet Activity

 

·        On a Mission to Control the Environment

 

·        Rubric for each student/teacher generated project.

 

·        Teacher observation

 

·        Quizzes/Tests

 

·        Homework/classwork/presentations

 

·         Lab work

 

 

·         Internet

 

·         Electronic encyclopedias

 

 

 

·     Prentice Hall, Explorer:

       Astronomy textbook

 

 

·        Video:  Space Age

 

·    NASA website

 

·        Jason Project activities