Life Science 7th Grade

Lessons

Standards - Scope and Sequence

Topic
Exploring living Things

Section:

  • What is Science
  • Scientific Measurements
  • Tools of a Life Scientist
  • science Safety in the Lab

Students will be able to:

  • Describe the steps of the scientific method
  • Identify various branches of Life Science.
  • Construct and analyze a graph from experimental data
  • Make calculations using the metric system
  • Describe the importance of various life science tools
  • Compare different types of microscopes
  • Apply safety procedures in the laboratory setting.

Topic
The Process of Life

Section:

  • Characteristics fo Living things
  • Needs of living things
  • Chemistry of living things.

Students will be able to:

  • List the characteristics of living things
  • Describe Metabolism and the process involved.
  • Identify the needs of living things
  • Explain how the sun is the source of energy for all living things.
  • Describe the composition of matter.
  • Identify the particles that make up an Atom.
  • Define element, molecule, and compound

Topic
Cells, Tissues and Organ systems

Section:

  • The Cell theory
  • Cellular Process
  • Structure and function of cells
  • Organization of living things.

Students will be able to:

  • Explain Cell Theory.
  • Describe the structure and function of a cell
  • Compare plant and animal cell >Describe the overall function of a cell
  • Describe the process of mitosis
  • Explain the concept of division of labor
  • Describe the 5 levels of classification and organization of living things (Taxonomy)

Topic
Classification of living things.

Section:

  • The Beginning of Classification
  • Classification in Modern day
  • Kingdoms in the Classification system

Students will be able to:

  • Trace the history of classification
  • Explain what binomial nomenclature is and used in classifying giving things
  • Identify the major classification groups
  • Trace the history of classification >Explain what binomial nomenclature is and used in classifying giving things
  • Identify the major classification groups
  • Describe the composition of matter.
  • Identify the particles that make up an Atom.
  • List general characteristics of each of the kingdoms. How alike and different

Topic

Viruses and Bacteria

Section:

  • Identify the parts of a Virus and how viruses reproduce
  • Identify parts of a Bacterium and classify bacteria

Students will be able to:

  • Identify the parts of a virus an how types of virus differ in shape. >Describe the sequence of events in the process of viral replication.
  • Classify Bacteria according to their basic shape
  • Identify the parts of a bacterium.
  • Compare Autotrophs to heterotrophs.
  • Describe how bacteria can be helpful or harmful.

Topic

Protozoans

Section:

  • Characterics of Protozoans.
  • Sarcodines and Ciliates
  • Flagellates an dsporozoans

Students will be able to:

  • Identify the characteristics of protozoans.
  • Relate the method of movement to the classification of protozoans
  • Compare the movement of sarcodines and ciliates.
  • Describe the structures and functions o the amoeba and the paramecium
  • Distinguish between flagellates and sporozoans
  • Describe the Euglena

Topic

Nonvascular Plants and Plantlike organisms

Section:

  • Algae
  • Fungi
  • Lichens and Slime Molds
  • Mosses and Liverworts

Students will be able to:

  • Define and give examples of nonvascular plants
  • Identify the characteristics of algae
  • Classify Algae into 6 groups based on criteria
  • Describe the process of photosynthesis
  • Identify the characteristics of fungi
  • Identify and compare Mushrooms, Yeast and molds
  • Compare and contrast Lichens and Slime molds.
  • Compare and contrast the distinguishing character of mosses and liverworts.

Topic

Vascular plants

Section:

  • Ferns
  • Seed Plants
  • Gymnosperms
  • Angiosperms
  • Photosynthesis
  • Plant Growth

Students will be able to:

  • Compare vascular plants to nonvascular plants
  • Describe the characteristic of Ferns.
  • Compare the functions of roots, stems, and leaves in seed plants
  • Identify the distinguishing characteristics of Gymnosperms
  • Identify the distinguishing characteristics of Angiosperms
  • Identify the parts of a flower
  • Describe the process of photosynthesis
  • Define Tropism and describe the actions of plant hormones

Topic

Invertebrates

Section:

  • Characteristics of Invertebrates
  • Poriferans/Sponges
  • Coelenterates
  • Worms
  • Mollusks
  • Echinoderms/Spiny-Skinned animals
  • Arthropods
  • Insects

Students will be able to:

  • Compare and contrast Invertebrates to Vertebrates
  • Describe Characteristics of sponges
  • Describe Coelenterates
  • Compare worms (flatworms, roundworms and segmented worms.
  • Describe the (one shelled, two shelled, and head footed mollusks
  • Describe and identify echinoderms
  • Identify and describe the four major groups of arthropods.
  • Compare and contrast various forms of insects.

Topic

Coldblooded Vertebrates

Section:

  • Characteristics of Coldblooded Vertebrates
  • Fish
  • Amphibians
  • Reptiles

Students will be able to:

  • identify and describe primary attributes of vertebrates
  • Compare and contrast Warmblooded vs Coldblooded vertebrates.
  • List the 3 classes of fishing give an example of each
  • Describe the main characteristics of amphibians
  • Explain how metamorphosis occurs in frogs.
  • Describe the adaptations that allow reptiles to live their entire lives on land

Topic

Warmblooded

Section:

Birds

  • Characteristics of Mammals
  • Monotremes and Marsupials
  • Placental Mammals

Students will be able to:

  • Define Warmblooded
  • Identify the main characteristics of Birds
  • Identify the main features of a bird that allow them to fly.
  • Describe the main characteristics of Mammals
  • Compare and contrast the primary attributes of Monotremes and Marsupials.
  • Identify the main characteristics of placental mammals
  • Classify ten groups of placental mammals

Topic

Skeletal and Muscular System

Section:

  • The Human Body
  • The Skeletal System
  • The Muscular System

Students will be able to:

  • Classify the four basic types of tissue in the Human Body
  • Describe the function of the skeletal system
  • Describe the characteristics and structure of bones
  • Compare the 3 types of movable joints
  • Describe the function of the muscular system
  • Classify and describe the types of muscles

Topic

Integumentary System

Section:

  • the skin of the Human Body
  • Describe the primary and secondary functions of skin
  • Explain the function of skin as part of the human body protection

Students will be able to:

  • Describe the three layers of Human skin
  • Explain how often skin is replaced
  • Define the ability for skin to protect against disease
  • Explain how skin helps to cool the body

Topic

Digestive system

Section:

  • Nutrition
  • Digestion
  • Absorption
  • Maintaining good health

Students will be able to:

  • Name and describe the 6 kinds of nutrients
  • Describe how food is digested in the mouth, stomach and small intestine
  • Compare mechanical and chemical digestion
  • Describe the rule of the liver, pancreas and gall bladder in digestion.
  • Explain how absorption occurs in the digestive system
  • Apply weight control and exercise to maintaining good health

Topic

Circulatory system

Section:

  • Circulation
  • Circulation in the Body
  • Blood
  • Cardiovascular disease

Students will be able to:

  • Describe the function of the circulatory system
  • Trace the flow of blood from the heart, through the body, and back to the heart
  • Describe the structure and function of the hear and blood vessels.
  • Describe the parts of the blood
  • Classify the four human blood groups, from most common to rare
  • Relate cardiovascular diseases to the circulatory system

Topic

Respiratory and Excretory System

Section:

  • The Respiratory System
  • The Excretory System

Students will be able to:

  • Describe the function of the Respiratory System
  • Describe the structures and functions of the respiratory system
  • Trace the flow of air during respiration
  • Describe the function of the excretory system
  • Describe the structures and function of the excretory system.

Topic

Nervous and Endocrine system

Section:

  • Structure and Function of the Nervous System
  • The Central Nervous System
  • The Peripheral Nervous System
  • The Senses
  • The Endocrine System
  • The Feedback Mechanism

Students will be able to:

  • Describe the function of the nervous system
  • Identify the structures of a Neuron
  • Describe a nerve impulse
  • List the structures and functions of the central nervous system
  • Describe the peripheral and autonomic nervous systems
  • Describe the functions of the 5 sensory organs
  • Describe the function of the Endocrine system
  • Explain the feedback Mechanism

Topic

Reproduction and Development

Section:

  • The Reproduction System
  • Stages of Development

Students will be able to:

  • Define Fertilization
  • Compare the male and female reproductive systems
  • Describe the changes that occur between fertilization and birth.
  • Describe the process of birth
  • list and describe the stages of development after birth

Topic

Infectious Disease and Chronic Disorders

Section:

  • Infectious Disease
  • Body Defenses
  • Vaccines
  • Chronic Disorders

Students will be able to:

  • Define infectious disease and list some examples.
  • Describe how infectious disease may spread
  • Describe the function of the immune system
  • Compare the actions of the specific and nonspecific lines of defense
  • Compare natural and acquired immunity
  • Describe how vaccines can help prevent the spread of disease
  • Define chronic disorder and list some examples.

Topic

Drugs Alcohol and Tobacco

Section:

  • Drug Abuse
  • Alcohol
  • Tobacco
  • Commonly Abused Drugs

Students will be able to:

  • Define Drug
  • Discuss the dangers of drug abuse
  • Describe the effects of alcohol abuse
  • Relate cigarette smoking to certain diseases or chronic conditions like COPD
  • Describe the effects of smoking marijuana
  • Classify depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, and opiates.

Topic

Genetics

Section:

  • Inheritance of Traits
  • Genetics and probability
  • Chromosomes
  • DNA
  • Human Genetics

Students will be able to:

  • Identify dominant and recessive traits
  • Apply probability to the study of genetics
  • Compare genotype and phenotype
  • Describe the process of meiosis
  • Describe the functions of genes and chromosomes
  • Describe the structure of DNA and how it replicates
  • Explain how sex-linked traits are inherited
  • Define genetic disease and list several examples

Topic

Applied Genetics

Section:

  • Genetic Engineering
  • Plant and Animal Breeding

Students will be able to:

  • Define biotechnology
  • Describe a method for producing recombinant DNA
  • List 5 products of recombinant DNA
  • Explain methods used by breeders to produce organisms with desired characteristics.
  • Compare hybridization and inbreeding.

Topic

Changes in Living things.

Section:

  • Natural Selection
  • Change: Slow and Rapid

Students will be able to:

  • Explain how natural selection leads to new and varied species
  • Compare gradualism to punctuated equilibrium

Topic
Interactions Among living Things

Section:

  • Living Things and Their Environment
  • Food and Energy in the Environment
  • Relationships in an Ecosystem
  • Ecological Succession
  • Cycles in Nature

Students will be able to:

  • Define Ecology
  • Relate ecosystems, community, population, habitat, and niche to one another
  • Define producer, consumer, and decomposer
  • Describe food chain, a food web, and an energy pyramid
  • Compare competition, predation, commensalism, mutualism, and parasitism
  • Describe the process of ecological succession
  • Describe how nitrogen, water, oxygen, and carbon dioxide are recycle in the environment

Topic
Biomes

Section:

  • Biomes of the World
  • The Tundra Biome
  • Forest Biomes
  • Grassland Biomes
  • Desert Biomes
  • Water Biomes

Students will be able to:

  • Explain how biomes are classified
  • List 8 major biomes
  • Describe the Tundra
  • Compare the 3 Forest Biomes
  • Describe the grassland
  • Compare hot and cold deserts
  • Classify the two major water biomes
  • List the factors that effect marine and freshwater life

Topic
Conservation of Natural Resources

Section:

  • Natural Resources
  • Soil
  • Air
  • Water
  • Energy Resources
  • Living Resources

Students will be able to:

  • Classify renewable and nonrenewable resources
  • Compare methods of soil conservation
  • Identify sources of land pollution
  • Describe sources and effects of air pollution
  • Describe sources of water pollution
  • Compare alternative energy sources
  • Describe methods used to conserve living things