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7th Grade Science

Course Description

Welcome to 7th grade science! I will post on here regularly, if you want to make sure that you are notified immediately of any updates make sure to hit the subscribe button on the side of the page. Here I will also be including the Table of Contents for the class. Please check the Grade Level Supply list for what you need for this class.
 
 
Table of Contents Page Number
Title Page 1
Disclosure 2
Disclosure 3
Table of Contents 4
Instead of IDK 5
Starters 6
Starters 7
Language of Science Notes 8
Language of Science Worksheet 9
Science Fair 10
Disclosure and Rules Quiz 11
Standard I Vocabulary 12
Introduction To Motion 13
Newton's 1st Law 14
FME CH 1 S 2 15
Language of Science Quiz 16
Mass Affects Motion 17
Operation Acceleration 18
Motion Quiz 19
Starters 20
Starters 21
Astronauts Speak 22
Newton's 3rd Engineering Challenge 23
Magnetic Fields 24
Compass Observations 25
Newton's Laws Test 26
How Does a Compass Really work 27
Starters 28
Starters 29
Are You Strong with the Force 30
Distance Makes the Force Grow Stronger 31
Bunny Hopping on the Moon 32
Mass Vs Weight 33
Gravity and Orbits 34
Universal Law of Gravitation 35
Standard II Vocab 36
BN Rocks & Soil 37
ITRE CH 2 S 1 38
Rock Cycle Drawing 39
Rock Class Identification Lab 40
Starters 41
Starters 42
Forces over Distance Quiz 43
Weathering and Soil Formation Notes 44
Weathering and Soil Formation Notes 45
Weathering and Soil Formation Notes 46
Forces & Rock Cycle Test 47
Layers in Time 48
Grand Canyon Coloring 49
Relative Dating Notes 50
Relative Dating Notes 51
Relative Dating Notes 52
Relative Age Lab 53
North Salt Lake Article 54
Starters 55
Starters 56
Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaurs 57
ITRE Ch 3 S 2 58
Density and Layers 59
RWRA Test 60
Deepest Hole on Earth 61
Map of the World 62
Mountain Building Notes 63
Mountain Building Notes 64
Starters 65
Starters 66
Table of Contents 67
Model Earth 68
ITRE Ch 4 Review 69
Houses Built on Stilts 70
Skyscrapers 71
B.N. Sea-Floor Spreading 72
Earth Building Quiz 73
Updating Existing Structures 74
Starters 75
Starters 76
Earth & Engineering Test 77
Standard III Vocabulary 78
Cell Theory Notes 79
Cell Theory Notes 80
Smallest Living Thing 81
Organelle Foldable 82
CHC Ch 1 S 2 83
Animal Cell 84
Plant Cell 85
Diffusion Lab 86
Cell Theory Quiz 87
Cell Slide Graphic Organizer 88
Starters 89
Starters 90
Needs of Living Things 91
Levels of Organization Notes 92
Cell Quiz 93
Organization of the Human Body 94
Organ System Model 95
Biological Success Notes 96
Standard IV Vocabulary 97
Genetics & Heredity Notes 98
Genetics & Heredity Notes 99
SpongeBob Genetics 100
Punnett Squares Worksheet 101
Levels of Organization Booklet 102
Starters 103
Starters 104
Starters 105
Reproductive Strategies 106
Male Vs Female 107
The Good, The Bad & The Neutral 108
Genetic Engineering 109
Evolution Notes 110
Evolution Notes 111
Trait Survey 112
Reproduction & Traits Quiz 113
Natural Selection Worksheet 114
Classification of Life 115
Classification of Life 116
Classification of Life 117
Classification of Life 118
Evolution & Classification Quiz 119
Building Phylogenetic Trees 120
Dichotomous Keys 121
Survival of the Narfs 122
Plantae Notes 123
Plantae Notes 124
Plantae Notes 125
Plantae Notes 126
Animalia Notes 127
Animalia Notes 128
Animalia Notes 129
Fungi & Protista Notes 130
Fungi & Protista Notes 131
Fungi & Protista Notes 132
Fungi & Protista Notes 133
Starter 134
Kingdom Quiz 135
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Agenda 1/24

 

Friday, 1/24/2025

Starter: On pages 65 and 66 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Notebook Check #6 Jan 30th

●         Earth & Engineering Test Feb 4th

Lesson: Updating Existing Structures

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

●         Page 74 “Updating Existing Structures”

●         Article “Retrofitting the Utah State Capital”

o   https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UQMDPry7krAJnpQvZJ9yAnJ3VVMu7ul_/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

o   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP7fB1I7UwE

o   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2eHCxB-K7s

o   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seismic_retrofit

Agenda 1/23

 

Thursday, 1/23/2025

Starter: On pages 65 and 66 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Notebook Check #6 Jan 30th

●         Earth & Engineering Test Feb 4th

Lesson: Taipei 101

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

●         Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnZbySHm9Qs&ab_channel=JonathanEatsFun (1st 29:55, 2nd 25:57, 3rd 22:20)

Agenda 1/22

 

Wednesday, 1/22/2025

Starter: On pages 65 and 66 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         6. What was one of the cultural symbols they used in Taipei 101?

Agenda

●         Notebook Check #6 Jan 30th

●         Earth & Engineering Test Feb 4th

Lesson: Taipei 101

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

●         Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnZbySHm9Qs&ab_channel=JonathanEatsFun (1st 5:29, 2nd 7:00, 3rd 5:30)

Agenda 1/21

 

Tuesday, 1/21/2025

Starter: On pages 65 and 66 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Notebook Check #6 Jan 30th

●         Earth & Engineering Test Feb 4th

Lesson: Taipei 101

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

●         Article https://docs.google.com/document/d/1caAZM1K-oHezDuDUQp9d_ANWKjfznfdc/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true  

●         Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnZbySHm9Qs&ab_channel=JonathanEatsFun (1st ??, 2nd ??, 3rd ??)

Agenda 1/17

 

Friday, 1/17/2025

Starter: On pages 65 and 66 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         5. Empty the Return Slot (Update the Table of Contents, Tape things into your notebook, anything not picked up will be thrown away at the end of class)

Agenda

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Lesson: Earth Building Quiz

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

●          

Agenda 1/16

 

Thursday, 1/16/2025

Starter: On pages 65 and 66 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         4. What should the stilts be like for a house that sits near a river that floods every spring?

Agenda

●         Earth Building Quiz Jan 17th

Lesson: Engineering Structures Day II

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

●         Skyscrapers Page 71 

o   https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/174r2WfzZYWkMWFFJPd_-IWlxELxjsw2q/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

Agenda 1/15

 

Wednesday, 1/15/2025

Starter: On pages 65 and 66 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         3. Open to your Standard II Vocabulary and spend the next three minutes silently reviewing them.

Agenda

●         Earth Building Quiz Jan 17th

Lesson: Engineering Structures Day I

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

●         Houses Built on Stilts page 70

o   https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1szH-mpN8b082iXBMggNrgFN5eJBnvxWs/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

●         Skyscrapers Page 71  

o   https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/174r2WfzZYWkMWFFJPd_-IWlxELxjsw2q/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

Agenda 1/14

 

Tuesday, 1/14/2025

Starter: On pages 65 and 66 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         2. Get a piece of Scratch Paper for your Model Earth.

Agenda

●         Model Earth page 68

●         Earth Building Quiz Jan 17th

Lesson: ITRE Ch 4 Review

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

●         ITRE CH 4 Concept Maps

o   https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F7CVABtCPBSpXjyNkkwJKCxyyWi4DiLR/view?usp=sharing

Agenda 1/13

 

Monday, 1/13/2025

Starter: On pages 65 and 66 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         No Starter

Agenda

●         Start of Class

●         Earth Building Quiz Jan 17th

Lesson: ITRE Ch 4 Review

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

●         ITRE CH 4 using Summaries

o   https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F7CVABtCPBSpXjyNkkwJKCxyyWi4DiLR/view?usp=sharing

Agenda 1/10

 

Friday, 1/10/2025

Starter: On pages 65 and 66 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         1. Write “Prepare notebook.” Label pages 65 and 66 as Starters, number pages 65 to 80 with the evens on the left and the odds on the right. Then get a new Table of Contents from the Front Table, trim it to fit and tape it onto page 67.

Agenda

●         Missing Work

●         Earth Building Quiz Jan 17th

Lesson: Seafloor Spreading

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

●         Video link https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=DLwJT_igmls

●         Worksheet https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pKc7PZJIT_jHp4ZVbie--9iycpJiCpTT/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

Agenda 1/9

 

Thursday, 1/9/2025

Starter: On pages 55 and 56 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         (Do not write this) Fill out your notebook check score sheet at the front of your notebook with today’s date, the notebook check worth and the pages of the notebook check. Then get a purple notebook check slip off the front counter and start totaling up your notebook. Condition 4, Score sheet 5, Starters 11, Be the teacher 5, Table of Contents 3 Pages numbered 10, Titles 10, Page content 10 (55-64) Total 58 pts

Agenda

●         Missing Work

●         Earth Building Quiz Jan 17th

Lesson: Mountain Building Notes / Notebook Check #5

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

●         Mountain Building Notes pages 63 & 64 (1st Hot Spots, 2nd Hot Spots, 3rd Hot Spots)

●         https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Ju8cDoZSWkakBF4cryl54841yuKP6ppz/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

Agenda 1/8

 

Wednesday, 1/8/2025

Starter: On pages 55 and 56 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         11. What type of stress comes from a pulling force?

Agenda

●         Assignment setup/Turn in

●         Hall passes may now be turned in for Extra Credit

●         All work for 2nd term due Jan 8th

●         Notebook Check #5 Jan 9th

●         Earth Building Quiz Jan 17th

Lesson: Mountain Building Notes

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

●         Mountain Building Notes pages 63 & 64 (1st 19, 2nd 17, 3rd 13)

●         https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Ju8cDoZSWkakBF4cryl54841yuKP6ppz/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

Agenda 1/7

 

Tuesday, 1/7/2025

Starter: On pages 55 and 56 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         10. What type of plate boundary produces Large Earthquakes?

Agenda

●         Assignment setup/Turn in

●         Hall passes may now be turned in for Extra Credit

●         All work for 2nd term due Jan 8th

●         Notebook Check #5 Jan 9th

●         Earth Building Quiz Jan 17th

Lesson: Mountain Building Notes

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

●         Mountain Building Notes pages 63 & 64 (1st 8, 2nd 9, 3rd 7)

●         https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Ju8cDoZSWkakBF4cryl54841yuKP6ppz/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

Agenda 1/6

 

Monday, 1/6/2025

Starter: On pages 55 and 56 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         9. Prepare pages 63 & 64 for taking notes on Mountain Building.

Agenda

●         Locker Use

●         Hall passes may now be turned in for Extra Credit

●         All work for 2nd term due Jan 8th

●         Notebook Check #5 Jan 9th

Lesson: Mountain Building Notes

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

●         Mountain Building Notes pages 63 & 64 (1st ?, 2nd ?, 3rd ?)

●         https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Ju8cDoZSWkakBF4cryl54841yuKP6ppz/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112244829939701416426&rtpof=true&sd=true

Agenda 12/20

 

Friday, 12/20/2024

Starter: On pages 55 and 56 write the starter and answer in complete sentences!!!!

●         8. Which Layer of the earth is the one that is a true liquid?

Agenda

●         Hall passes may now be turned in for Extra Credit

●         All work for 2nd term due Jan 8th

●         Notebook Check #5 Jan 9th

Lesson: Model Earth Day Labeling

Standard: Changes to Earth over time.
Objective: Understand the relationship between energy flow and cycling of matter in the Rock Cycle.

●         Label the different layers in your model

o   Inner Core 1230 km (6000 to 5200)

o   Outer Core 2200 km (5200 to 4500)

o   Mantle 3 layers (3500 to 1000)

▪          Lithosphere 30 to 280 km

▪          Asthenosphere 560 km

▪          Mesosphere 2230 km (lower mantle)

o   Crust 30 to 50 km (1000 to 0)

o   Hydrosphere (on the blue)

o   Biosphere (on a continent)

o   Atmosphere (either on the blue or you can cut out a small cloud)