Grade 7 Science

Long Range Plan

Robyn Volek
Grade 7 Science Long Range Plan
September-December 2016 (71 days)
Content to be taught:
Unit: Interactions and Ecosystems
General Outcomes:
Students will:
1. Investigate and describe relationships between humans and
their environments, and identify related issues and scientific
questions
2. Trace and interpret the flow of energy and materials within an
ecosystem
3. Monitor a local environment, and assess the impacts of
environmental factors on the growth, health and reproduction
of organisms in that environment
4. Describe the relationships among knowledge, decisions and
actions in maintaining life-supporting environments
Overview: Students will learn about ecosystems and how they are
maintained or affected by natural and human processes. We will study
interactions among biotic and abiotic factors, producers, consumers,
and decomposers. Within this unit, we will see how energy and matter
cycles naturally in the environment. This unit will develop student
awareness of ecosystems and the consequences of human activity.
Unit: Structures and Forces
General Outcomes:
Students will:
1. Describe and interpret different types of structures
encountered in everyday objects, buildings, plants and
animals; and identify materials from which they are made
2. Investigate and analyze forces within structures, and forces
applied to them
3. Investigate and analyze the properties of materials used in
structures
4. Demonstrate and describe processes used in developing,
evaluating and improving structures that will meet human
needs with a margin of safety
Overview: Students will study structures in the natural environment
and our man-made environment. The various structures are made of
different materials, joints, and each structure is built to withstand loads
and forces. Students will develop awareness on how structures are
made and how science and technology helps to assist in building
effective and safe designs.

Grade 7 Science
Long Range Plan
Robyn Volek

Grade 7 Science
Long Range Plan
Robyn Volek
Science 7
Semester Plan
Unit Title

Interactions and
Ecosystems
1.0 Relationships exist
between living things
and their environment
2.0 The flow of energy
and the cycling of matter
can be traced and
interpreted in
ecosystems
3.0 Changes can be
observed and monitored
in ecosystems
4.0 Maintaining
sustainable
environments requires
knowledge, decisions,
and actions

September December 2016

Length

Objectives

1.

2.
34 Days
Sept. 6Oct. 22
3.

4.

Materials &
Resources
Investigate and
Science in
describe relationships Action 7
between humans and
their environments,
Interactive
and identify related
Notebooks
issues and scientific
questions
Smart Board
Trace and interpret
the flow of energy
Chrome Books
and materials within
an ecosystem
Activity
Monitor a local
Materials
environment, and
assess the impacts of Handouts
environmental
factors on the
growth, health and
reproduction of
organisms in that
environment
Describe the
relationships among
knowledge, decisions
and actions in
maintaining life-

Assessment
Plan
Entrance and
Exit Slips
Section
Assignment
Section Quizzes
Notebook
Checkups
Lab Activities
Project
Unit Test

Grade 7 Science
Long Range Plan
Robyn Volek

Structures and Forces

1.0 Structures are found
in natural and human
made environments
2.0 External and internal
forces act on structures
3.0 Structural strength
and stability depend on
the properties of
different materials and
how they are joined
together
4.0 Structures are
designed, evaluated, and
improved in order to
meet human needs

1.

34 Days
Oct. 23
Dec. 13
2.

3.

4.

supporting
environments
Describe and
interpret different
types of structures
encountered in
everyday objects,
buildings, plants and
animals; and identify
materials from which
they are made
Investigate and
analyze forces within
structures, and forces
applied to them
Investigate and
analyze the
properties of
materials used in
structures
Demonstrate and
describe processes
used in developing,
evaluating and
improving structures
that will meet human
needs with a margin
of safety

Science in
Action 7

Entrance and
Exit Slips

Interactive
Notebooks

Section
Assignment

Smart Board

Section Quizzes

Chrome Books

Notebook
Checkups

Activity
Materials

Lab Activities

Handouts

Project
Unit Test