IXL skill plan | 7th grade plan for FOSS Next Generation Edition

Skill plan for FOSS Next Generation Edition - 7th grade

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Module

Chemical Interactions
Diversity of Life
Earth History
Electromagnetic Force
Gravity and Kinetic Energy
Heredity and Adaptation
Human Systems Interactions
Planetary Science
Populations and Ecosystems
Variables and Design
Waves
Weather and Water

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Chemical Interactions
Investigation 1: Substances		1. How are substances represented by chemical formulas and models? 2. Identify chemical formulas for ball-and-stick models
Investigation 1: Substances
1. How are substances represented by chemical formulas and models? 2. Identify chemical formulas for ball-and-stick models

Investigation 2: Elements		1. Classify elementary substances and compounds using chemical formulas 2. Classify elementary substances and compounds using models
Investigation 2: Elements
1. Classify elementary substances and compounds using chemical formulas 2. Classify elementary substances and compounds using models

Investigation 3: Particles		1. What are atoms and chemical elements?
Investigation 3: Particles
1. What are atoms and chemical elements?

Investigation 4: Kinetic Energy		1. How does particle motion affect temperature? 2. How does particle motion affect gas pressure? 3. Identify how particle motion affects temperature and pressure
Investigation 4: Kinetic Energy
1. How does particle motion affect temperature? 2. How does particle motion affect gas pressure? 3. Identify how particle motion affects temperature and pressure

Investigation 5: Energy Transfer		1. Predict heat flow and temperature changes 2. Compare thermal energy transfers
Investigation 5: Energy Transfer
1. Predict heat flow and temperature changes 2. Compare thermal energy transfers

Investigation 6: Thermos Engineering		1. Identify parts of the engineering-design process 2. Evaluate tests of engineering-design solutions 3. Use data from tests to compare engineering-design solutions
Investigation 6: Thermos Engineering
1. Identify parts of the engineering-design process 2. Evaluate tests of engineering-design solutions 3. Use data from tests to compare engineering-design solutions

Investigation 7: Solutions		1. Compare concentrations of solutions Also consider: • Diffusion across membranes
Investigation 7: Solutions
1. Compare concentrations of solutions Also consider: • Diffusion across membranes

Investigation 8: Phase Change		1. Particle motion and changes of state
Investigation 8: Phase Change
1. Particle motion and changes of state

Investigation 9: Reaction		1. Identify reactants and products 2. Describe energy changes in chemical reactions 3. Explore chemical structure and properties: soapmaking 4. Explore chemical structure and properties: food flavors
Investigation 9: Reaction
1. Identify reactants and products 2. Describe energy changes in chemical reactions 3. Explore chemical structure and properties: soapmaking 4. Explore chemical structure and properties: food flavors

Investigation 10: Limiting Factors		1. Count atoms and molecules in chemical reactions 2. Calculate amounts of reactants or products in chemical reactions
Investigation 10: Limiting Factors
1. Count atoms and molecules in chemical reactions 2. Calculate amounts of reactants or products in chemical reactions

Diversity of Life
Investigation 1: What is Life?
Investigation 1: What is Life?


Investigation 2: The Microscope
Investigation 2: The Microscope


Investigation 3: The Cell		1. Understanding cells 2. Identify functions of plant cell parts 3. Identify functions of animal cell parts 4. Plant cell diagrams: label parts 5. Animal cell diagrams: label parts 6. Compare cells and cell parts
Investigation 3: The Cell
1. Understanding cells 2. Identify functions of plant cell parts 3. Identify functions of animal cell parts 4. Plant cell diagrams: label parts 5. Animal cell diagrams: label parts 6. Compare cells and cell parts

Investigation 4: Domains		1. What are atoms and chemical elements? 2. Structure and function: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids
Investigation 4: Domains
1. What are atoms and chemical elements? 2. Structure and function: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids

Investigation 5: Plants: The Vascular System		1. The chemistry of cellular respiration 2. How do plants use and change energy? 3. Identify the photosynthetic organism
Investigation 5: Plants: The Vascular System
1. The chemistry of cellular respiration 2. How do plants use and change energy? 3. Identify the photosynthetic organism

Investigation 6: Plant Reproduction and Growth		1. Angiosperm and conifer life cycles 2. Moss and fern life cycles 3. How do genes and the environment affect plant growth?
Investigation 6: Plant Reproduction and Growth
1. Angiosperm and conifer life cycles 2. Moss and fern life cycles 3. How do genes and the environment affect plant growth?

Investigation 7: Variation of Traits		1. Inherited and acquired traits: use evidence to support a statement 2. Genetics vocabulary: genotype and phenotype 3. Genetics vocabulary: dominant and recessive 4. Genetic variation in sexual reproduction 5. Complete and interpret Punnett squares 6. Use Punnett squares to calculate ratios of offspring types 7. Genes, proteins, and traits: understanding the genetic code
Investigation 7: Variation of Traits
1. Inherited and acquired traits: use evidence to support a statement 2. Genetics vocabulary: genotype and phenotype 3. Genetics vocabulary: dominant and recessive 4. Genetic variation in sexual reproduction 5. Complete and interpret Punnett squares 6. Use Punnett squares to calculate ratios of offspring types 7. Genes, proteins, and traits: understanding the genetic code

Investigation 8: Insects		1. Organization in the human body 2. How can animal behaviors affect reproductive success? Identify evidence to support a claim 3. Introduction to natural selection
Investigation 8: Insects
1. Organization in the human body 2. How can animal behaviors affect reproductive success? Identify evidence to support a claim 3. Introduction to natural selection

Investigation 9: Diversity of Life		1. Identify ecosystems 2. Describe ecosystems
Investigation 9: Diversity of Life
1. Identify ecosystems 2. Describe ecosystems

Earth History
Investigation 1: Earth is Rock		1. Select parts of a topographic map
Investigation 1: Earth is Rock
1. Select parts of a topographic map

Investigation 2: Weathering and Erosion
Investigation 2: Weathering and Erosion


Investigation 3: Deposition		1. How do rock layers form?
Investigation 3: Deposition
1. How do rock layers form?

Investigation 4: Fossils and Past Environments		1. Compare fossils to modern organisms 2. Compare ages of fossils in a rock sequence
Investigation 4: Fossils and Past Environments
1. Compare fossils to modern organisms 2. Compare ages of fossils in a rock sequence

Investigation 5: Igneous Rocks		1. Label Earth layers
Investigation 5: Igneous Rocks
1. Label Earth layers

Investigation 6: Volcanoes and Earthquakes		1. Label Earth features at tectonic plate boundaries
Investigation 6: Volcanoes and Earthquakes
1. Label Earth features at tectonic plate boundaries

Investigation 7: Mountains and Metamorphic Rocks		1. Introduction to the rock cycle 2. Classify rocks as igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic 3. Label parts of rock cycle diagrams 4. Select parts of rock cycle diagrams
Investigation 7: Mountains and Metamorphic Rocks
1. Introduction to the rock cycle 2. Classify rocks as igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic 3. Label parts of rock cycle diagrams 4. Select parts of rock cycle diagrams

Investigation 8: Geoscenarios		1. Describe tectonic plate boundaries around the world
Investigation 8: Geoscenarios
1. Describe tectonic plate boundaries around the world

Investigation 9: What is Earth's Story?
Investigation 9: What is Earth's Story?

Electromagnetic Force
Investigation 1: What is Force		1. Balanced and unbalanced forces
Investigation 1: What is Force
1. Balanced and unbalanced forces

Investigation 2: The Force of Magnetism		1. Compare magnitudes of magnetic forces 2. Magnetic forces and fields
Investigation 2: The Force of Magnetism
1. Compare magnitudes of magnetic forces 2. Magnetic forces and fields

Investigation 3: Electromagnetism		1. Electric forces and fields
Investigation 3: Electromagnetism
1. Electric forces and fields

Investigation 4: Energy Transfer
Investigation 4: Energy Transfer

Gravity and Kinetic Energy
Investigation 1: Acceleration		1. Calculate velocity from time and distance 2. Calculate distance from velocity and time 3. Calculate time from velocity and distance 4. Calculate velocity, distance, and time I 5. Calculate velocity, distance, and time II 6. Identify whether objects are accelerating
Investigation 1: Acceleration
1. Calculate velocity from time and distance 2. Calculate distance from velocity and time 3. Calculate time from velocity and distance 4. Calculate velocity, distance, and time I 5. Calculate velocity, distance, and time II 6. Identify whether objects are accelerating

Investigation 2: Force of Gravity		1. How does mass affect force and acceleration?
Investigation 2: Force of Gravity
1. How does mass affect force and acceleration?

Investigation 3: Energy and Collisions		Energy 1. Identify changes in gravitational potential energy 2. Use tables and graphs to identify patterns about kinetic energy 3. Explore energy transformations: roller coaster ride 4. Explore energy transformations: bike ride 5. Predict forces using Newton's third law Experiments 6. Identify control and experimental groups 7. Identify independent and dependent variables 8. Identify the experimental question 9. Identify questions that can be investigated with a set of materials Also consider: • Understand an experimental protocol about diffusion • Understand an experimental protocol about evaporation
Investigation 3: Energy and Collisions
Energy 1. Identify changes in gravitational potential energy 2. Use tables and graphs to identify patterns about kinetic energy 3. Explore energy transformations: roller coaster ride 4. Explore energy transformations: bike ride 5. Predict forces using Newton's third law Experiments 6. Identify control and experimental groups 7. Identify independent and dependent variables 8. Identify the experimental question 9. Identify questions that can be investigated with a set of materials Also consider: • Understand an experimental protocol about diffusion • Understand an experimental protocol about evaporation

Investigation 4: Collision Engineering		1. Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon! Also consider: • Identify parts of the engineering-design process • Evaluate tests of engineering-design solutions • Use data from tests to compare engineering-design solutions
Investigation 4: Collision Engineering
1. Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon! Also consider: • Identify parts of the engineering-design process • Evaluate tests of engineering-design solutions • Use data from tests to compare engineering-design solutions

Heredity and Adaptation
Investigation 1: The History of Life		1. Compare fossils to modern organisms 2. Compare ages of fossils in a rock sequence
Investigation 1: The History of Life
1. Compare fossils to modern organisms 2. Compare ages of fossils in a rock sequence

Investigation 2: Heredity		1. Inherited and acquired traits: use evidence to support a statement 2. Genetics vocabulary: genotype and phenotype 3. Genetics vocabulary: dominant and recessive 4. Genetic variation in sexual reproduction 5. Complete and interpret Punnett squares 6. Use Punnett squares to calculate ratios of offspring types 7. Genes, proteins, and traits: understanding the genetic code 8. How do genes and the environment affect plant growth?
Investigation 2: Heredity
1. Inherited and acquired traits: use evidence to support a statement 2. Genetics vocabulary: genotype and phenotype 3. Genetics vocabulary: dominant and recessive 4. Genetic variation in sexual reproduction 5. Complete and interpret Punnett squares 6. Use Punnett squares to calculate ratios of offspring types 7. Genes, proteins, and traits: understanding the genetic code 8. How do genes and the environment affect plant growth?

Investigation 3: Evolution		1. Describe the effects of gene mutations on organisms 2. How can animal behaviors affect reproductive success? Identify evidence to support a claim 3. Introduction to natural selection 4. Calculate the averages of traits in a population 5. Calculate the percentages of traits in a population 6. Construct explanations of natural selection
Investigation 3: Evolution
1. Describe the effects of gene mutations on organisms 2. How can animal behaviors affect reproductive success? Identify evidence to support a claim 3. Introduction to natural selection 4. Calculate the averages of traits in a population 5. Calculate the percentages of traits in a population 6. Construct explanations of natural selection

Human Systems Interactions
Investigation 1: Systems Connections		1. Understanding cells 2. Identify functions of plant cell parts 3. Identify functions of animal cell parts 4. Plant cell diagrams: label parts 5. Animal cell diagrams: label parts 6. What are atoms and chemical elements?
Investigation 1: Systems Connections
1. Understanding cells 2. Identify functions of plant cell parts 3. Identify functions of animal cell parts 4. Plant cell diagrams: label parts 5. Animal cell diagrams: label parts 6. What are atoms and chemical elements?

Investigation 2: Supporting Cells		1. Organization in the human body 2. The chemistry of cellular respiration Also consider: • Structure and function: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids
Investigation 2: Supporting Cells
1. Organization in the human body 2. The chemistry of cellular respiration Also consider: • Structure and function: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids

Investigation 3: The Nervous System		1. Science literacy: how does the nervous system produce phantom pain?
Investigation 3: The Nervous System
1. Science literacy: how does the nervous system produce phantom pain?

Planetary Science
Investigation 1: Earth as a System
Investigation 1: Earth as a System


Investigation 2: Earth/Sun Relationship		1. Analyze models of the Earth-Sun-Moon system 2. What causes the seasons on Earth?
Investigation 2: Earth/Sun Relationship
1. Analyze models of the Earth-Sun-Moon system 2. What causes the seasons on Earth?

Investigation 3: Moon Study
Investigation 3: Moon Study


Investigation 4: Phases of the Moon		1. Identify phases of the Moon
Investigation 4: Phases of the Moon
1. Identify phases of the Moon

Investigation 5: Craters
Investigation 5: Craters


Investigation 6: Beyond the Moon		1. Analyze data to compare properties of planets
Investigation 6: Beyond the Moon
1. Analyze data to compare properties of planets

Investigation 7: The Solar System
Investigation 7: The Solar System


Investigation 8: Space Exploration		1. Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon!
Investigation 8: Space Exploration
1. Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon!

Investigation 9: Orbits and New Worlds
Investigation 9: Orbits and New Worlds

Populations and Ecosystems
Investigation 1: Milkweed Bugs		1. Describe populations, communities, and ecosystems
Investigation 1: Milkweed Bugs
1. Describe populations, communities, and ecosystems

Investigation 2: Sorting Out Life		1. Identify ecosystems 2. Describe ecosystems
Investigation 2: Sorting Out Life
1. Identify ecosystems 2. Describe ecosystems

Investigation 3: Mono Lake		1. How does matter move in food chains? 2. Interpret food webs I
Investigation 3: Mono Lake
1. How does matter move in food chains? 2. Interpret food webs I

Investigation 4: Minihabitats		1. Investigate primary succession on a volcanic island
Investigation 4: Minihabitats
1. Investigate primary succession on a volcanic island

Investigation 5: Producers		1. How do plants use and change energy? 2. Identify the photosynthetic organism
Investigation 5: Producers
1. How do plants use and change energy? 2. Identify the photosynthetic organism

Investigation 6: Following the Energy		1. Interpret food webs II
Investigation 6: Following the Energy
1. Interpret food webs II

Investigation 7: Population Size		1. Use food chains to predict changes in populations
Investigation 7: Population Size
1. Use food chains to predict changes in populations

Investigation 8: Human Impact		1. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem
Investigation 8: Human Impact
1. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem

Investigation 9: Ecoscenarios		1. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions
Investigation 9: Ecoscenarios
1. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions

Variables and Design
Investigation 1: Testing Variables		1. Identify control and experimental groups 2. Identify independent and dependent variables 3. Identify the experimental question 4. Identify questions that can be investigated with a set of materials Also consider: • Understand an experimental protocol about plant growth • Understand an experimental protocol about diffusion • Understand an experimental protocol about evaporation
Investigation 1: Testing Variables
1. Identify control and experimental groups 2. Identify independent and dependent variables 3. Identify the experimental question 4. Identify questions that can be investigated with a set of materials Also consider: • Understand an experimental protocol about plant growth • Understand an experimental protocol about diffusion • Understand an experimental protocol about evaporation

Investigation 2: Testing Designs		1. Identify parts of the engineering-design process 2. Evaluate tests of engineering-design solutions 3. Use data from tests to compare engineering-design solutions
Investigation 2: Testing Designs
1. Identify parts of the engineering-design process 2. Evaluate tests of engineering-design solutions 3. Use data from tests to compare engineering-design solutions

Investigation 3: Real-World Problems		1. Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon! 2. Collisions and car safety features
Investigation 3: Real-World Problems
1. Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon! 2. Collisions and car safety features

Waves
Investigation 1: Make Waves		1. Compare amplitudes, wavelengths, and frequencies of waves
Investigation 1: Make Waves
1. Compare amplitudes, wavelengths, and frequencies of waves

Investigation 2: Wave Energy		1. Compare energy of waves Also consider: • Identify parts of the engineering-design process • Evaluate tests of engineering-design solutions • Use data from tests to compare engineering-design solutions
Investigation 2: Wave Energy
1. Compare energy of waves Also consider: • Identify parts of the engineering-design process • Evaluate tests of engineering-design solutions • Use data from tests to compare engineering-design solutions

Investigation 3: Light Waves		1. Electromagnetic waves 2. Applications of infrared waves 3. Effects of ultraviolet waves
Investigation 3: Light Waves
1. Electromagnetic waves 2. Applications of infrared waves 3. Effects of ultraviolet waves

Investigation 4: Communication Waves
Investigation 4: Communication Waves

Weather and Water
Investigation 1: What is Weather?
Investigation 1: What is Weather?


Investigation 2: Air Pressure and Wind		1. How does particle motion affect gas pressure? 2. Factors affecting climate: altitude 3. Explore air masses
Investigation 2: Air Pressure and Wind
1. How does particle motion affect gas pressure? 2. Factors affecting climate: altitude 3. Explore air masses

Investigation 3: Convection		1. Calculate density, mass, and volume
Investigation 3: Convection
1. Calculate density, mass, and volume

Investigation 4: Radiation		1. Factors affecting climate: latitude 2. Use data to describe climates
Investigation 4: Radiation
1. Factors affecting climate: latitude 2. Use data to describe climates

Investigation 5: Conduction		1. Compare thermal energy transfers 2. Identify parts of the engineering-design process 3. Evaluate tests of engineering-design solutions Also consider: • Use data from tests to compare engineering-design solutions
Investigation 5: Conduction
1. Compare thermal energy transfers 2. Identify parts of the engineering-design process 3. Evaluate tests of engineering-design solutions Also consider: • Use data from tests to compare engineering-design solutions

Investigation 6: Air Flow		1. How does particle motion affect temperature? 2. Identify and compare air masses 3. How do air masses form? Also consider: • Predict heat flow and temperature changes
Investigation 6: Air Flow
1. How does particle motion affect temperature? 2. Identify and compare air masses 3. How do air masses form? Also consider: • Predict heat flow and temperature changes

Investigation 7: Water in the Air		1. Particle motion and changes of state 2. Identify how particle motion affects temperature and pressure
Investigation 7: Water in the Air
1. Particle motion and changes of state 2. Identify how particle motion affects temperature and pressure

Investigation 8: The Water Planet		1. Label parts of water cycle diagrams 2. Select parts of water cycle diagrams 3. Factors affecting climate: distance from the ocean 4. Factors affecting climate: surface ocean currents
Investigation 8: The Water Planet
1. Label parts of water cycle diagrams 2. Select parts of water cycle diagrams 3. Factors affecting climate: distance from the ocean 4. Factors affecting climate: surface ocean currents

Investigation 9: Climate over Time		1. Evaluate claims about natural resource use: fossil fuels 2. The greenhouse effect
Investigation 9: Climate over Time
1. Evaluate claims about natural resource use: fossil fuels 2. The greenhouse effect

Investigation 10: Meteorology		1. Explore air masses 2. Identify and compare air masses
Investigation 10: Meteorology
1. Explore air masses 2. Identify and compare air masses

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