Seventh Science Standards Content Standard: Physical Science Big Idea: Force and Motion Core Content: Balanced and Unbalanced Forces Performance Expectation Science Content Or Kits Used Essential Vocabulary (Highlight denotes District Content Vocabulary) Supplemental Materials Assessments Science Demos, Labs/ Activities STC Kit: Energy, Machines, & Motion Textbook: Motion, Forces, and Energy Prentice Hall, 1994 Average speed Balanced force Claim Concept Distance Force Friction Frictional force Inclined plane Inquiry Lever Logical argument Mass Model Motion Newton’s Period of time Phenomena Pulley Relative speed Simple machine Unbalanced force Science Notebooks ScienceSaurus: A Student Handbook 6-8 Great Source, 2005 Classroom Demonstrations on District Webpage Science Short Stories on District Webpage Bill Nye: Science Guy – “Motion” and “Rollercoasters” United Streaming: Motion Science Probe: 3-4 “Floating Balloon” Science 3-5 “Hot and Cold Balloons” Science Probe: 3-8 “Apple on a Desk” Science Probe: 3-9 “Rolling Marbles” Science 3-10 “Dropping Balls” Science Probe: 4-8 “Standing on One Foot” Gravity Race The of Gravity A Race to the Ground A Tie is a Tie! Ball Drag Changes in Velocity due to Potential and Kinetic Energy Ramp Force
Content Standard: Physical Science Big Idea: Energy: Transfer, Transformation and Conservation Core Content: Interactions of Energy and Matter Performance Expectations Science Content Or Kits Used Essential Vocabulary (Highlight denotes District Content Vocabulary) Supplemental Materials Assessments Science Demos, Labs/ Activities Illustrate the transformations of energy in an electric circuit when heat, light, and sound are produced. Describe the transformation of energy in a battery within an electric circuit. Energy, Machines, and Motion Chemical Conduction Convection Energy Form Heat Heat transfer Kinetic Light Mechanical Mechanical mixing Radiation Sound Thermal Transferred Transformed Wave Wavelength Science Notebooks ScienceSaurus: A Student Handbook 6-8 Great Source, 2005 Classroom Demonstrations on District Webpage Science Short Stories on District Webpage Science Probe: 1-14 “The Mitten Problem” Science Probe: 2-10 “Ice-Cold Lemonade” Science Probe: 2-11 “Mixing Water” Science Probe: 4-7 “Warming Water” Earth and Space Science: Cycles in Earth Systems Performance Expectation Science Content Essential Vocabulary Supplemental Materials Assessments
Or Kits Used (Highlight denotes District Content Vocabulary) Science Demos, Labs/ Activities Catastrophic Events Condense Continents Convection Core Crust Crustal Plates Earth Earthquakes Erosion Eruption Evaporate Faults Igneous rock Landforms Layers Mantle Metamorphic Rock Mountain building Mountains Ocean Currents Oceans Plate boundaries Rock Cycle Sedimentary rock Tsunami Uplift Volcanoes Volcanism Water Cycle Weathering Winds Science Notebooks ScienceSaurus: A Student Handbook 6-8 Great Source, 2005 Classroom Demonstrations on District Webpage Science Short Stories on District Webpage Water on Wheels: -“Top Soil Tour” - “Water Journey” United Streaming Science Probe: 1-22 Sand” Science Probe: 1-23 “Mountain Age” Science Probe: 2-22 “Mountaintop Fossil” Science Probe: 4-22 “Where Would it Fall?”
Catastrophic Events Age of Earth Asteroids Catastrophes Channeled Scablands Coral islands Crater lake Earth history Earthquakes Floods Folded Geologic events Glaciers Hypothesis Inverted Limestone deposits St Helens Oil and Coal deposits Organisms Sedimentation Shaped landforms Skepticism Storms Tipped Tsunami Volcanic eruptions Science Notebooks ScienceSaurus: A Student Handbook 6-8 Great Source, 2005 Classroom Demonstrations on District Webpage Science Stories on District Webpage United Streaming Science 1-22 “Beach Sand” Science Probe: 1-23 “Mountain Age” Science Probe: 2-20 “Is It a Rock?” #1 Science Probe: 2-21 “Is It a Rock?” #2 Science Probe: 2-22 “Mountaintop Fossil” Science Probe: 4-22 “Where Would it Fall?”