IXL skill plan | 7th grade plan for NYC Department of Education Science Scope and Sequence

Skill plan for NYC Department of Education Science Scope and Sequence - 7th grade

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Unit

Matter Matters
Mimicking Nature's Design
Setting Things in Motion
Save the Andes!
A Warmer World

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Matter Matters
Lift-Off Task: A Shrinking Sea Task 1: Explosions in Human Population Task 2: Unequal Access to Resources		1. Evaluate claims about natural resource use: groundwater 2. Evaluate claims about natural resource use: fossil fuels
Lift-Off Task: A Shrinking Sea Task 1: Explosions in Human Population Task 2: Unequal Access to Resources
1. Evaluate claims about natural resource use: groundwater 2. Evaluate claims about natural resource use: fossil fuels

Task 3: What is Water?		Atomic composition 1. Describe the atomic composition of molecules Models 2. How are substances represented by chemical formulas and models? 3. Identify chemical formulas for ball-and-stick models Diffusion in water 4. Understand an experimental protocol about diffusion
Task 3: What is Water?
Atomic composition 1. Describe the atomic composition of molecules Models 2. How are substances represented by chemical formulas and models? 3. Identify chemical formulas for ball-and-stick models Diffusion in water 4. Understand an experimental protocol about diffusion

Task 4: Changing States		1. How does particle motion affect temperature? 2. How does particle motion affect gas pressure? 3. Identify how particle motion affects temperature and pressure 4. Particle motion and changes of state
Task 4: Changing States
1. How does particle motion affect temperature? 2. How does particle motion affect gas pressure? 3. Identify how particle motion affects temperature and pressure 4. Particle motion and changes of state

Mimicking Nature's Design
Lift-Off Task: Changing Rivers		1. Investigate primary succession on a volcanic island
Lift-Off Task: Changing Rivers
1. Investigate primary succession on a volcanic island

Task 1: Types of Changes		Reactants and products 1. Identify reactants and products Chemical and physical changes 2. Compare physical and chemical changes 3. Explore chemical structure and properties: soapmaking 4. Explore chemical structure and properties: food flavors
Task 1: Types of Changes
Reactants and products 1. Identify reactants and products Chemical and physical changes 2. Compare physical and chemical changes 3. Explore chemical structure and properties: soapmaking 4. Explore chemical structure and properties: food flavors

Task 2: Matter Moves You		Chemical reactions at the molecular level 1. Count atoms and molecules in chemical reactions 2. Calculate amounts of reactants or products in chemical reactions Cellular respiration 3. The chemistry of cellular respiration
Task 2: Matter Moves You
Chemical reactions at the molecular level 1. Count atoms and molecules in chemical reactions 2. Calculate amounts of reactants or products in chemical reactions Cellular respiration 3. The chemistry of cellular respiration

Task 3: Cycling Matter Through Living Things		Photosynthesis 1. How do plants use and change energy? 2. Identify the photosynthetic organism Food chains 3. How does matter move in food chains?
Task 3: Cycling Matter Through Living Things
Photosynthesis 1. How do plants use and change energy? 2. Identify the photosynthetic organism Food chains 3. How does matter move in food chains?

Task 4: Cycling Matter Through Rocks		Classify rocks 1. Classify rocks as igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic Rock cycle 2. Introduction to the rock cycle 3. Label parts of rock cycle diagrams 4. Select parts of rock cycle diagrams Rock layer formation 5. How do rock layers form?
Task 4: Cycling Matter Through Rocks
Classify rocks 1. Classify rocks as igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic Rock cycle 2. Introduction to the rock cycle 3. Label parts of rock cycle diagrams 4. Select parts of rock cycle diagrams Rock layer formation 5. How do rock layers form?

Task 5: Design a Thermal Device		Understand heat flow 1. Describe energy changes in chemical reactions Interconnectedness in ecosystems 2. Use food chains to predict changes in populations Design solutions 3. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions 4. Identify parts of the engineering-design process 5. Identify questions that can be investigated with a set of materials 6. Use data from tests to compare engineering-design solutions
Task 5: Design a Thermal Device
Understand heat flow 1. Describe energy changes in chemical reactions Interconnectedness in ecosystems 2. Use food chains to predict changes in populations Design solutions 3. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions 4. Identify parts of the engineering-design process 5. Identify questions that can be investigated with a set of materials 6. Use data from tests to compare engineering-design solutions

Unit 3 Pop-Out: How Science Works		1. The process of scientific inquiry
Unit 3 Pop-Out: How Science Works
1. The process of scientific inquiry

Setting Things in Motion
Lift-Off Task: Objects in Motion
Lift-Off Task: Objects in Motion


Task 1: Energy in Motion		Thermal energy transfers 1. Predict heat flow and temperature changes 2. Compare thermal energy transfers Gravitational potential energy 3. Identify changes in gravitational potential energy Energy transformations 4. Explore energy transformations: roller coaster ride 5. Explore energy transformations: bike ride
Task 1: Energy in Motion
Thermal energy transfers 1. Predict heat flow and temperature changes 2. Compare thermal energy transfers Gravitational potential energy 3. Identify changes in gravitational potential energy Energy transformations 4. Explore energy transformations: roller coaster ride 5. Explore energy transformations: bike ride

Task 2: Sense and Respond		1. Body systems: perception and motion 2. Science literacy: how does the nervous system produce phantom pain?
Task 2: Sense and Respond
1. Body systems: perception and motion 2. Science literacy: how does the nervous system produce phantom pain?

Task 3: Interacting Subsystems		1. Body systems: circulation and respiration 2. Body systems: digestion 3. Body systems: removing waste 4. Organization in the human body
Task 3: Interacting Subsystems
1. Body systems: circulation and respiration 2. Body systems: digestion 3. Body systems: removing waste 4. Organization in the human body

Task 4: Got Cells?		1. Understanding cells
Task 4: Got Cells?
1. Understanding cells

Task 5: Parts of a Whole		Animal cells 1. Identify functions of animal cell parts 2. Animal cell diagrams: label parts Also consider: • Plant cell diagrams: label parts • Identify functions of plant cell parts • Compare cells and cell parts • Structure and function: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids • The chemistry of cellular respiration
Task 5: Parts of a Whole
Animal cells 1. Identify functions of animal cell parts 2. Animal cell diagrams: label parts Also consider: • Plant cell diagrams: label parts • Identify functions of plant cell parts • Compare cells and cell parts • Structure and function: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids • The chemistry of cellular respiration

Unit 1 Pop-Out: Engineering for Equity		1. Evaluate tests of engineering-design solutions 2. Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon!
Unit 1 Pop-Out: Engineering for Equity
1. Evaluate tests of engineering-design solutions 2. Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon!

Save the Andes!
Lift-Off Task: Humans and the Environment		1. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem
Lift-Off Task: Humans and the Environment
1. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem

Task 1: Sculpting Landscapes		1. Label Earth layers 2. Label Earth features at tectonic plate boundaries 3. Describe tectonic plate boundaries around the world
Task 1: Sculpting Landscapes
1. Label Earth layers 2. Label Earth features at tectonic plate boundaries 3. Describe tectonic plate boundaries around the world

Task 2: Disrupting Earth's Natural Systems		Population changes 1. Use food chains to predict changes in populations 2. Investigate primary succession on a volcanic island Engineering design 3. Identify parts of the engineering-design process 4. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem Global consequences 5. Evaluate claims about natural resource use: fossil fuels 6. The greenhouse effect
Task 2: Disrupting Earth's Natural Systems
Population changes 1. Use food chains to predict changes in populations 2. Investigate primary succession on a volcanic island Engineering design 3. Identify parts of the engineering-design process 4. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem Global consequences 5. Evaluate claims about natural resource use: fossil fuels 6. The greenhouse effect

Task 3: Living in Harmony — Weighing the Consequences		1. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions 2. Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon! 3. Evaluate tests of engineering-design solutions
Task 3: Living in Harmony — Weighing the Consequences
1. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions 2. Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon! 3. Evaluate tests of engineering-design solutions

Unit 4 Pop-Out: Who is At Risk in Natural Hazards?		1. Analyze natural hazard maps
Unit 4 Pop-Out: Who is At Risk in Natural Hazards?
1. Analyze natural hazard maps

A Warmer World
Lift-Off Task: Bad News For Bees		1. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem 2. The process of scientific inquiry
Lift-Off Task: Bad News For Bees
1. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem 2. The process of scientific inquiry

Task 1: Heating Up		1. The greenhouse effect 2. Evaluate claims about natural resource use: fossil fuels
Task 1: Heating Up
1. The greenhouse effect 2. Evaluate claims about natural resource use: fossil fuels

Task 2: It Takes Two		1. How can animal behaviors affect reproductive success? Identify evidence to support a claim 2. Calculate the averages of traits in a population 3. Use food chains to predict changes in populations
Task 2: It Takes Two
1. How can animal behaviors affect reproductive success? Identify evidence to support a claim 2. Calculate the averages of traits in a population 3. Use food chains to predict changes in populations

Task 3: Feeling the Impact		1. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions
Task 3: Feeling the Impact
1. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions

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