This science package includes ALL of the South Carolina Grade 7 Science Standards and represents a savings of over 40% vs. purchasing the standards individually.

• SC.7-1. Scientific Inquiry
• SC.7-2. Cells and Heredity
• SC.7-3.Human Body Systems & Disease
• SC.7-4. Ecology: Biotic and Abiotic
• SC.7-5. The Chemical Nature of Matter

Within the units, you'll find the lessons and activities I use in my own classroom.

SC.7-1. Scientific Inquiry: The student will demonstrate an understanding of technological design and scientific inquiry, including process skills, mathematical thinking, controlled investigative design and analysis, and problem-solving.

This unit includes the following resources:

• Science Skills and Safety - Speed Quizzing

7-1.1. Use appropriate tools and instruments (including a microscope) safely and accurately when conducting a controlled scientific investigation.

• Scientific Method and Skills Lesson
• Using a Microscope to make Biological Drawings

7-1.2. Generate questions that can be answered through scientific investigation.

• Scientific Method and Skills Lesson

7-1.3. Explain the reasons for testing one independent variable at a time in a controlled scientific investigation.

• Scientific Method and Skills Lesson

7-1.4. Explain the importance that repeated trials and a well-chosen sample size have with regard to the validity of a controlled scientific investigation.

• Scientific Method and Skills Lesson

7-1.5. Explain the relationships between independent and dependent variables in a controlled scientific investigation through the use of appropriate graphs, tables, and charts.

• Scientific Method and Skills Lesson

7-1.6. Critique a conclusion drawn from a scientific investigation.

• Scientific Method and Skills Lesson

7-1.7. Use appropriate safety procedures when conducting investigations.

• Scientific Method and Skills Lesson
• The Scientific Method and Science Skills - Lab Station Activity

Included in the package:

• 1-2 weeks of teaching resources
• 4 Lessons in Office and Google
• Scientific Literacy
• Safety
• The Scientific Method
• Scientific Notation and Significant Digits
• Science Skills and Safety - Speed Quizzing
• The Scientific Method and Science Skills - Lab Station Activity
• Using a Microscope to make Biological Drawings

SC.7-2. Cells and Heredity: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the structure and function of cells, cellular reproduction, and heredity. (Life Science)

This unit includes the following resources:

7-2.1. Summarize the structures and functions of the major components of plant and animal cells (including the cell wall, the cell membrane, the nucleus, chloroplasts, mitochondria, and vacuoles).

• Lesson - Cell Structure

7-2.2. Compare the major components of plant and animal cells.

• Lesson - Cell Structure
• Plant Cells - Digital INB
• Animal Cells - Digital INB

7-2.3. Compare the body shapes of bacteria (spiral, coccus, and bacillus) and the body structures that protists (euglena, paramecium, amoeba) use for food gathering and locomotion.

• COMING SOON - April 1, 2022

7-2.4. Explain how cellular processes (including respiration, photosynthesis in plants, mitosis, and waste elimination) are essential to the survival of the organism.

• Lesson - Importance of Cell Division
• Lesson - Energy Flow in Ecosystems
• Lesson - Mitosis
• Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis - Lab Station Activity
• Mitosis and Cell Division - Digital Scavenger Hunt Activity
• Mitosis Flip Book Activity

7-2.5. Summarize how genetic information is passed from parent to offspring by using the terms genes, chromosomes, inherited traits, genotype, phenotype, dominant traits, and recessive traits.

• Lesson - DNA, Genes, Chromosomes, and Alleles
• Lesson – Meiosis
• Meiosis - Digital Scavenger Hunt
• Plant Sexual and Asexual Reproduction - Lab Station Activity
• Genetics and Gene Therapy Reading
• DNA Genes Chromosomes and Alleles - Digital Scavenger Hunt

7-2.6. Use Punnett squares to predict inherited monohybrid traits.

• COMING SOON - April 1, 2022

7-2.7. Distinguish between inherited traits and those acquired from environmental factors.

• COMING SOON - April 1, 2022

Included in the package:

• 4 weeks of teaching resources
• 6 Lessons
• 2 Digital Interactive Notebooks
• 3 Digital Scavenger Hunt Activities
• 1 Science Comprehension Reading
• 2 Lab Station Activities

SC.7-3. Human Body Systems and Disease: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the functions and interconnections of the major human body systems, including the breakdown in structure or function that disease causes.

This unit includes the following resources:

• Body Systems - Digital Interactive Notebook

7-3.1. Summarize the levels of structural organization within the human body (including cells, tissues, organs, and systems).

• Lesson - Cell Theory
• Lesson - Cell Structure
• Lesson - Specialized Cells
• Cells and the Cell Theory - Lab Station Activity
• Circulatory System - Lab Station Activity
• Cells - Speed Quizzing

7-3.2. Recall the major organs of the human body and their function within their particular body system.

• Lesson - Digestive System
• Lesson - Circulatory System
• Lesson - Respiratory System

7-3.3. Summarize the relationships of the major body systems (including the circulatory, respiratory, digestive, excretory, nervous, muscular, and skeletal systems).

• Lesson - Digestive System
• Lesson - Circulatory System
• Lesson - Respiratory System
• Lesson - Muscular and Skeletal System
• Lesson - The Nervous System – Anatomy
• Lesson - The Nervous System – Signals
• Lesson - The Urinary System
• Muscle Growth Reading - Grade 5-7
• Muscular and Skeletal System - Scavenger Hunt
• The Nervous System Reading - Grade 5-7
• The Digestive System – Scavenger Hunt

7-3.4. Explain the effects of disease on the major organs and body systems (including infectious diseases such as colds and flu, AIDS, and athlete's foot and noninfectious diseases such as diabetes, Parkinson's, and skin cancer).

• Health and Wellbeing - Sickness and Disease - Reading Bundle

o The Common Cold

o Allergies

o Cancer

o Viruses

o Vaccines T

o he Measles

o Asthma and Asthma Attacks

o The Flu

o Smallpox

o HIV and AIDS

o Cystic Fibrosis

o Diabetes

Included in the package:

• 4 weeks of teaching resources
• 10 Lessons
• 1 Digital Interactive Notebook
• 2 Digital Scavenger Hunt Activities
• 14 Science Comprehension Readings
• 2 Lab Station Activities
• Two Review Activities

SC.7-4. Ecology: The Biotic and Abiotic Environment: The student will demonstrate an understanding of how organisms interact with and respond to the biotic and abiotic components of their environment.

This unit includes the following resources:

• Ecology and Ecosystems - Speed Quizzing·Ecology and Ecosystems Digital INB

7-4.1. Summarize the characteristics of the levels of organization within ecosystems (including populations, communities, habitats, niches, and biomes).

• Lesson – Ecosystems
• Lesson - Biomes of the World
• Ecosystems Reading
• Biomes Lab Station Activity
• Biomes Reading

7-4.2. Illustrate energy flow in food chains, food webs, and energy pyramids.

• Lesson - Energy Flow in Ecosystems
• Energy Flow in Ecosystems – Scavenger Hunt

7-4.3. Explain the interaction among changes in the environment due to natural hazards (including landslides, wildfires, and floods), changes in populations, and limiting factors (including climate and the availability of food and water, space, and shelter).

• Lesson - Invasive Species
• Lesson - Biotic and Abiotic Influences
• Lesson - Ecological Succession
• Invasive Species Reading
• Interactions Within Ecosystems Lab Station Activity
• Ecosystems and Ecological Succession – Scavenger Hunt
• Natural Disasters Reading

7-4.4. Explain the effects of soil quality on the characteristics of an ecosystem.

• Ecobottle Lab
• Human Impact on Ecosystems Assignment

7-4.5. Summarize how the location and movement of water on Earth's surface through groundwater zones and surface-water drainage basins, called watersheds, are important to ecosystems and to human activities.

• Lesson - Cycling of Matter
• Lesson – Watersheds
• Lesson - The Water Table
• The Water Cycle Reading
• Watersheds Reading
• Watersheds Lab Station Activity

7-4.6. Classify resources as renewable or nonrenewable and explain the implications of their depletion and the importance of conservation.

• Lesson - Biomass and Fossil Fuels
• Lesson - Renewable Energy
• Fossil Fuel and Nuclear Energy - Digital Scavenger Hunt
• Renewable Energy Lab Station Activity
• Renewable Energy Reading Bundle

Included in the package:

• 4 weeks of teaching resources
• 11 Lessons
• 1 Digital Interactive Notebook
• 3 Digital Scavenger Hunt Activities
• 6 Science Comprehension Readings
• 5 Lab Station Activities
• 3 Additional Activities

SC.7-5. The Chemical Nature of Matter: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the classifications and properties of matter and the changes that matter undergoes.

This unit includes the following resources:

• Atoms Elements and Compounds Digital INB·Speed Quizzing - Chemistry Introduction Unit - Atoms, Elements, and Compounds
• Properties Density and Classification of Matter Digital Boom Cards

7-5.1. Recognize that matter is composed of extremely small particles called atoms.

• Lesson - Atomic Model
• Lesson - Atomic Structure and Notation
• Atoms - History and Theory – Scavenger Hunt

7-5.2. Classify matter as an element, compound, or mixture on the basis of its composition.

• Lesson - Matter Classification and Particle Theory
• Particle Theory - Lab Station Activity

7-5.3. Compare the physical properties of metals and nonmetals. AND

7-5.9. Compare physical properties of matter (including melting or boiling point, density, and color) to the chemical property of reactivity with a certain substance (including the ability to burn or to rust). AND

7-5.10. Compare physical changes (including changes in size, shape, and state) to chemical changes that are the result of chemical reactions (including changes in color or temperature and formation of a precipitate or gas). 

• Lesson - Physical and Chemical Properties and Changes
• Lesson – Density
• Physical and Chemical Properties Changes - Lab Station
• Physical and Chemical Changes - Digital Scavenger Hunt

7-5.4. Use the periodic table to identify the basic organization of elements and groups of elements (including metals, nonmetals, and families).

• Lesson - Periodic Table
• The Periodic Table - Task Cards Activity
• Elements and the Periodic Table – Scavenger Hunt

7-5.5. Translate chemical symbols and the chemical formulas of common substances to show the component parts of the substances (including NaCl [table salt], H2O [water], C6H12O6 [simple sugar], O2 [oxygen gas], CO2 [carbon dioxide], and N2 [nitrogen gas]).

• Lesson - Chemical Symbols, Formulas, and Compounds

7-5.6. Distinguish between acids and bases and use indicators (including litmus paper, pH paper, and phenolphthalein) to determine their relative pH.

• Lesson - Acids and Bases
• Acids Bases and Neutralization Lab Station Activity
• Cleaning Up Acid Spills – Reading
• Ocean Acidification – Reading
• Rust-Proofing - Reading

7-5.7. Identify the reactants and products in chemical equations.

• Lesson - Chemical Reactions
• Chemical Reactions - Digital INB

7-5.8. Explain how a balanced chemical equation supports the law of conservation of matter.

• Lesson – Balancing
• Chemical Reactions and Balancing Equations - Lab Station Activity
• Balancing Chemical Equations - Digital INB

Included in the package:

• 4 weeks of teaching resources
• 9 Lessons
• 3 Digital Interactive Notebooks
• 3 Digital Scavenger Hunt Activities
• 3 Science Comprehension Readings
• 4 Lab Station Activities
• 3 Additional Activities

Each lesson contains:

• The lesson (student and teacher versions of the presentation)
• Google and Office-ready versions
• Embedded videos
• A student lesson handout as a document

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The individual South Carolina Grade 7 Science Standards can be found below:

• South Carolina State Standards - Science Grade 7 - SC.7-5. The Chemical Nature of Matter
• South Carolina State Standards-Science: Grade 7 - SC.7-4. Ecology: Biotic and Abiotic
• South Carolina State Standards-Science: Grade 7 - SC.7-3.Human Body Systems & Disease
• South Carolina State Standards for Science: Grade 7 - SC.7-2. Cells and Heredity
• South Carolina State Standards for Science: Grade 7 - SC.7-1. Scientific Inquiry

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• These lessons include both Office and Google formats for ALL resources. The presentations are in PowerPoint and Google Slides while all documents contain Word and Google Doc versions.
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What are the student versions and how do they encourage student understanding?

The student versions of the presentations contain multiple blanks that need to be filled in throughout the lesson. These blanks are conveniently underlined and bolded on the teacher copy. I have found this to be the most effective means of keeping my students engaged and active without having them write everything out. This also leaves more time for discussion and activities.

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