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COLEGIO DECROLY AMERICANO
Middle School
7TH GRADE
LIFE SCIENCE ADVANCED
I PERIOD
Skills / Content
Design a testable experiment with controlled variables.
Identify the responding and manipulated variables in an experiment.
Analyze data, tables, and graphs to form a conclusion.
Write a testable hypothesis.
Identify the safety symbols used in the laboratory.
Identify and use laboratory equipment.
Describe methods scientists use to solve problems.
Identify the characteristics of living things.
Recognize the needs of living things and explain how these are met.
Understand the work of Redi and Pasteur and their results.
Explain spontaneous generation.
Compare and contrast a compound and light microscope and an electron microscope.
Explain the cell theory and its importance.
Identify the parts of a plant cell and explain the function of each organelle.
Differentiate between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
Explain the differences among tissues, organs, and organ systems.
Describe the structure and organization of matter: atoms, elements, molecules and
compounds.
Compare organic and inorganic compounds.
Describe the process of diffusion and osmosis.
Compare and contrast active and passive transport.
Compare and contrast the processes of respiration and photosynthesis.
Justify the importance of photosynthesis to all living things.
Describe fermentation.
Describe the processes of mitosis and meiosis.
Explain the difference between meiosis and mitosis.
Understand the results of Mendel´s experiments.
Identify what controls the inheritance of traits in organisms.
Define probability and describe how it helps explain the results of genetic crosses.
Explain the difference between genotype and phenotype.
Describe the role chromosomes play in inheritance.
Identify the events that occur in meiosis.
Understand the controversy in modern genetics over generic modification.
Explain what forms the genetic code.
Explain how a cell produces proteins.
Identify how mutations can affect an organism.
II PERIOD
Skills / Content
Discuss the evidence that supports the theory of evolution.
Compare Lamarck’s and Darwin’s theories of evolution.
Compare and contrast the mechanisms of evolution.
Explain natural selection and its role in the evolution of species.
Describe adaptations and variations.
Understand the necessities for fossil formation.
Describe how fossils are dated and what they can reveal.
Analyze unanswered questions about evolution.
Trace the evolutionary history of Primates.
Define extinction and identify its major causes.
Explain Linnaeus’ binomial system of nomenclature.
Demonstrate how to use a dichotomic key.
Identify the six kingdoms of living things and explain the criteria
used to classify them into these.
Describe the characteristics of monerans.
Identify beneficial monerans as well as those that cause disease.
Compare viruses and other living things.
Compare Harmful and beneficial bacteria.
Identify the characteristics of protists and fungi and give
examples of the different types (major groups).
Analyze the economic importance of protists and fungi.
Classify protists and fungi based on their characteristics.
Describe the characteristics of plants.
Describe the evolutionary adaptations to life on land that plants
made.
List the differences between vascular and non-vascular plants and
recognize the major groups.
Describe the life cycles of mosses and ferns.
Compare and contrast seedless and seed plants.
Describe the structure and function of roots, stems and leaves.
Compare gymnosperms and angiosperms.
Sequence the life cycles of typical gymnosperms and angiosperms.
Discuss the economic importance of different plant groups.
Identify the characteristics of animals.
Determine how the body plans of animals differ.
Distinguish between invertebrates and vertebrates.
Compare and contrast sponges and cnidarians.
Describe the importance of coral reefs.
Compare and contrast flatworms and roundworms.
Identify disease-causing flatworms and roundworms.
III PERIOD
Skills / Content
Identify the features of mollusks and name the different classes of mollusks.
Describe the traits of a segmented worm.
Identify the characteristics of arthropods and name the different classes.
Relate the function of the exoskeleton to its function.
Explain the importance of insects and its environment.
Understand the positives and negatives of controlling pests.
Compare vertebrates and invertebrates.
Analyze the economic importance of mollusks, segmented worms and arthropods.
Identify the characteristics of chordates.
Compare the characteristics and evolutionary adaptations of the different classes
of vertebrates: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
Compare reproduction and development in the three kinds of mammals.
Describe how climate change and overfishing has affected fish and ocean animals.
Compare and contrast lizards and snakes.
Understand the leading theories regarding the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Explain conditioning and Ivan Pavlov’s experiments.
Explained learned behaviors.
Analyze the ways organisms communicate.
IV PERIOD
Skills / Content
Identify the major functions of the skeletal and muscular systems.
Describe how bones and muscles work together to produce movement.
List the functions of the skin and discuss how it protects the body from disease.
Describe the importance of each type of nutrient.
Explain the relationship between diet and health.
Name the organs of the digestive system and describe their role in the process of
digestion.
Identify the components of the human circulatory system.
Trace the pathway of blood around the body.
Describe the characteristics and functions of the parts of blood.
Describe the parts of the lymphatic system and its functions.
State the functions of the respiratory system.
Trace the pathway of air in and out of the lungs.
Explain the effects of smoking on the respiratory system.
Distinguish between the excretory and urinary systems.
Describe how your kidneys work.
Describe the basic structure of a neuron and how a nerve impulse travels.
Compare the central and peripheral nervous systems.
Identify the sensory receptors in each sense organ.
Explain what type of stimulus each sense organ responds to and how.
Explain the function of hormones and identify the major glands that produce
them.
Explain how a feedback system works.
Describe the process of the endocrine system.
Explain negative feedback.
Explain the structure and function of the male and female reproductive systems.
Describe how an egg becomes fertilized and the major events in the stages of
development of an embryo and a fetus.
Discuss STD’s, their causes and treatments.
Identify the natural defenses that your body has against disease.
Differentiate between active and passive immunity.
Explain how HIV affects the immune system.
Explain the role of vaccines in preventing certain diseases.
Explain the basic characteristics of cancer.
Explain what happens during an allergic reaction.
Discuss antibiotic resistance and its current effect on society.
Analyze the effect of drugs and alcohol on the body.
Explain the effect of caffeine on the body.
Explain the role of the brain and spinal cord in the nervous system.