SCIENCE Subject grade 7 course orientation

orientation

1. SCIENCE 7

2. Welcome! Are you excited for a fun learning session?

3. SCIENCE CLASS REQUIREMENTS: NOTEBOOK ACTIVITIES AND WORKSHEETS MINI TASKS MY PERSONAL ASSESSMENT RECORD ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN CLASS ATTENDANCE HOMEWORK

4. Clas s Rules 1 Respect yourself and others Be on time to class with your textbook and science notebook Use the restroom before class. Only talk when called on. Pay Attention! 2 No eating during class No sleeping Participation and cooperation is a must Avoid chit-chat with your seatmate

5. course outline

6. SCIENCE 7 CONTENTS: Use of models The Particle model and changes of state 3. Planning, following, and recording scientific investigations 4. Solutions, solubility, and concentration CONTENTS: Science equipment: the compound microscope 2. Plant and animal cells 3. Cellular reproduction 4. Levels of biological organization 5. Trophic levels and the transfer of energy CONTENTS: 1. Balanced and unbalanced forces 2. Motion: displacement and velocity 3. Distance-Time graphs 4. Identifying and controlling variables 5. Heat transfer QUARTER 1: SCIENCE OF MATERIALS quarter 2: life science quarter 3: force, motion, and energy

7. SCIENCE 7 CONTENTS: 1. System models 2. Earthquakes 3. The Sun’s influence on Earth quarter 4: earth and space science

8. Th ank You For Attending! See you next meeting!