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East Cobb Middle School 7th Grade AC Life Science Course Syllabus Welcome to the 2015 -2016 School Year! The Science Department at ECMS welcomes you to a challenging, but exciting year of Life Science. This will be a busy year for you. 7th Grade Science Teaching Crew: Lead Teacher – Mrs. Nicola Outlaw EdS Mrs. Kimberly Rudick Dr. Chinequa Shelander Mrs. Nicole Cooper Mrs. Regine Boyer Mrs. JoEllen Standifer [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 7th Grade Assistant Principal: Dr. Stephen Black [email protected] Missed / Late Assignments: Grading Categories and Weights: Summative Assessments: (Tests/Projects/DBQ’s) 40% Formative Assessments: (Labs/Quizzes/Essays) 30% Daily Work: (class work / group work / independent work 20% Practice: Warm ups / Homework 10% All Life Science students will be required to maintain an interactive portofolio in a three-ring binder. This learning tool will include assignments, checklists, rubrics, and other resources to be used as a means of monitoring progress and communicating successes, and areas of concern with teachers and parents. Class Blogs: Students are required to turn assignments in on time. Students who turn in late assignments will be subject to partial credit. Teachers will establish deadlines for late assignments. Students who miss assignments because of an absence will be given an opportunity to make up missed work. Upon returning to school following an absence, it is a student’s responsibility to check with the teacher to ensure that all work is made up. Students are given one calendar day for each day absence plus one day to turn in the work. Teacher blogs are updated daily or weekly, and will contain the most up-to-date classroom information. On-line Textbook Access:my.hrw.com (www. Is not needed) See your teacher for login & password Help Sessions: Science Help Sessions are held on Tuesdays of each week at 8:15 a.m. See your teacher for details. Classroom Supplies (required of each student) 2 inch - 3 Ring Binder & Notebook paper Single Subject Spiral Ear Buds & USB drive Set of Markers and Colored Pencils to be stored in class Glue Sticks / Tape / Scissors / Stapler / Eraser Donation Supplies Needed Paper Towels and Kleenex Ziplock Bags Hand Sanitizer Various Candies for Edible Labs (M&M’s, Skittles, and Twizzlers) 1st Semester Objectives and Key Vocabulary CHARACTERISTICS OF SCIENCE Objectives/Topics: Vocabulary: 1- Science lab safety 2- Scientific method 3- Measurement and data collection 4- Data analysis 5- Observations a) Quantitative b) Qualitative 6- Inferences 7- Variables a) Manipulated b) Controlled c) Responding 8- Hypothesis scientific method qualitative observations quantitative observation inference conclusion hypothesis procedure results manipulated variable controlled variable responding variable See Team Letters and Agenda for specific details regarding other school procedures. Subject to Change 7/31/14 Ecology Unit Cells and Body Systems Unit Interdependence of Living Things/ Energy Flow/Nutrient Cycling Objectives/Topics: Objectives/Topics: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. What is food? Why do we need food? Autotrophs vs. Heterotrophs 4 Levels of organization in an ecosystem Sunlight as energy Food chains Transfer of nutrients/matter Transfer of energy Roles of organisms Food webs What happens to the web if an organism is removed? Energy Roles a) producers b) consumers c) decomposers d) scavengers 13. Types of consumers a) herbivores b) carnivores c) omnivore 14. Water Cycle, Carbon Cycle, Nitrogen, Carbon DioxideOxygen Cycle 15. 3 Relationships: a) predation b) symbiosis c) competition Describe Earth’s Biomes 16. Land Biomes: Tropical rain forest, Savanna, temperate forest, Desert, Taiga, Tundra, Mountains 17. Aquatic Biomes: Freshwater, Estuaries, Marine Environmental Changes 18. Causes of extinction 19. Endangered species 20. Adaptations for survival: predator/prey 21. Analyze human impact Vocabulary: (additional vocab may be added as needed) Biosphere Organism Species Biodiversity Population Community Ecosystem Habitat Niche Abiotic Biotic Biomass Herbivore Carnivore Omnivore Producer (autotroph) Consumer (heterotroph) Photosynthesis Taiga Savanna Water-Carbon-Nitrogen Cycles Combustion Prey Predator Decomposition Temperate Grassland Desert Tundra Estuary Tropical Rain Forest Temperate (deciduous) Forest Respiration Camouflage Mimicry Predation Competition Symbiosis Commensalism Mutualism Parasitism Endangered species Energy pyramid Food web Food chain Biome Carrying Capacity Limiting Factors Cell structures and functions 1. Components of the Cell Theory 2. Identify the structure and function of: cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm, chloroplasts, mitochondria, nuclear membrane, chromosomes, vacuoles, endoplasmic reticulum, cell wall, ribosomes 3. Compare/contrast plant and animal cells 4. Levels of organization: CellsTissuesOrgansOrgan systemsOrganism 5. How do the levels serve the needs cells have for oxygen, food, and waste removal? 6. Describe how cells carry on the life processes of: a. Movement of materials (Passive Transport and Active Transport) b. Reproduction (Mitosis) c. Response (Stimulus and Response) d. Cellular respiration e. Photosynthesis f. Metabolism 7. Explain how cells take in nutrients to grow, divide, and make needed materials (chemical composition) Human body systems and their functions 8. Function of major organ systems: digestive, respiratory, reproductive, circulatory, excretory, muscular, skeletal, nervous, immune 9. Explain how body systems work together Vocabulary: (additional vocab may be added as needed) Cell Prokaryote Eukaryote DNA Organelle Nucleus Cytoplasm Cell Wall Cell Membrane Mitochondria Chloroplast Homeostatis Diffusion Osmosis Photosynthesis Cellular Respiration Mitosis Raw Materials Glucose Meiosis Tissue Organ Organ System Structure Function Spontaneous Generation Unicellular Multicellular Stimulus Response Chromosomes Engulfing Transport Protein Autotroph Heterotroph Carbohydrates Proteins Lipids Nucleic Acids Water Student Name: (Please Print) ____________________________________________________________ The following criteria will be used to remain in an AC class: Students must receive an 80% or above at the end of the semester (18 week grading period), or the student will be placed on probation. This probation continues for at least 18 weeks with an intervention plan developed and implemented. If the grade remains below an 80% following the probation and intervention period, the student may be not be placed in future AC Science classes. (After 18 weeks, students may be reinstated in that AC class, depending on performance in the on-level class.) For 7th grade Science students it is particularly important to maintain an acceptable average. Students will have an opportunity to take the High School Physical Science course next year in 8 th grade and may earn credit towards their high school graduation 7th Grade AC Science Student/Parent Acknowledgement of Syllabus Signature Page I acknowledge that I have read and understand this syllabus and that I will continuously strive to be successful in Science. ________________________________ Student Signature _____________________________________ Parent Signature Parent Contact Information: Parent Name(s) (Please Specify; Mom, Dad, Grandaprent, Step-Parent Etc.) __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Phone Numbers (Please Specify; Mom Work, Dad Cell etc.) : _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ *E-mail(s): _________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ *Please list any medical conditions, seating arrangements; or other information I should know. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________