Download 7th Grade Science Progress Report Rubric Standard Exceeds

7th Grade Science Progress Report Rubric
Standard
1-Demonstrates
the cellular
processes of
photosynthesis
and respiration.
Exceeds
Students can
demonstrate
their
understanding
of fermentation:
alcoholic and
lactic acid.
2-Describe the
structures and
functions of
cells.
Can
demonstrate
the importance
of water to the
function of a
cell and the
main kinds of
organic
molecules in
living things.
3-Describe the
organization of
the human body
and how the
systems interact:
circulatory,
excretory,
digestive,
respiratory,
muscular, and
nervous.
*Determines
healthy habits
that would
optimize a
healthy body
system.
4-Describe the
cyclic patterns
Demonstrates
the cycles of
Secure
Students can
demonstrate their
understanding of the
components of the
photosynthesis
equation,
AND
students can
demonstrate their
understanding of the
components of the
respiration equation.
Can demonstrate how
molecules cross the
cell membrane by
osmosis,
active/passive
transport, and
diffusion. Identify the
structures of a cell
and explain their
functions: cytoplasm,
ribosomes, nucleus,
endoplasmic
reticulum, Golgi body,
cell membrane,
vacuole, lysosomes,
and mitochondria;
chloroplasts and cell
wall.
Demonstrates how
sense receptors
respond to different
inputs
(electromagnetic,
mechanical, chemical)
and transmit them as
signals that travel
along nerve cells to
the brain; AND
Can explain the
interactions between
the nervous system
and the skeletal,
muscular, digestive,
cardiovascular, and
respiratory systems
and subsystems.
Describes, predicts,
and explains motion
Developing
Students can
demonstrate what
is produced during
photosynthesis,
AND,
and students can
demonstrate what
is produced during
respiration.
Beginning
Students know
that
photosynthesis is a
plant process that
produces O2, AND
respiration is an
animal process
that produces
CO2.
Can demonstrate
how molecules
cross the cell
membrane by
osmosis, and
diffusion. Identify
the structures of a
cell and explain
their functions:
cytoplasm,
ribosomes, nucleus,
endoplasmic
reticulum, Golgi
body, cell
membrane, and
mitochondria;
chloroplasts and
cell wall.
Demonstrates how
sense receptors
respond to different
inputs
(mechanical,
chemical) and
transmit them as
signals
that travel along
nerve cells to the
brain;
AND
Can explain the
interactions
between the
circulatory,
excretory, digestive,
and respiratory
systems and
subsystems.
Describes, predicts,
and explains motion
Can demonstrate
how molecules
cross the cell
membrane by
diffusion. Can
identify the
structures of a cell
and their functions:
nucleus, cell
membrane;
chloroplasts and
cell wall.
Demonstrates how
sense receptors
respond to
different inputs
(mechanical) and
transmit them as
signals
that travel along
nerve cells to the
brain;
AND
Can explain the
interaction
between the
circulatory and
digestive system
and subsystems.
Describes and
explains motion
of the solar
the sun.
system and
interpret data to
determine scale.
patterns of the sun,
Earth, moon, and
stars. Demonstrate
how the rotations,
revolutions, and
positions result in
moon phases,
eclipses, and
seasons;
AND
Demonstrates how
mass and distance
affect the orbits of
planets, moons, and
asteroids.
5-Determine the Calculate the
Demonstrates the role
influence of
weight of a
of gravity in the
gravity on
given object on formation of the solar
objects.
various planets. system from a disk of
dust and gas;
AND
Describes the
relationship between
mass and gravity;
AND
Describes the
relationship between
distance and gravity.
6-Analyze rock
strata to
determine
relative
geological time
scale.
7-Describe the
effect of forces
on objects.
Demonstrates
how dating with
radioactivity
and fossils can
aid in
determining
geological time
scale.
Demonstrate how
geologists use relative
dating to organize
Earth's history: law of
superposition,
principle of original
horizontality, Principle
of cross-cutting
relationships,
inclusions, and
unconformities.
*Integrates a
Apply Newton’s third
third force (ex. law to design a
gravity or wind) solution to a problem
and generates involving the motion
its effect on the of two colliding
balance of
objects,
forces on an
AND
object.
plan an investigation
to provide evidence
that the change in an
object’s motion
depends on the sum
of the forces on the
patterns of the sun,
Earth, and moon.
Demonstrate how
the rotations,
revolutions, and
positions result in
moon phases and
eclipses;
AND
Demonstrates how
mass and distance
affect the orbits of
planets and moons.
patterns of the
sun, Earth, and
moon.
Demonstrate how
the rotations,
revolutions, and
positions result in
moon phases;
AND
Demonstrates how
mass and distance
affect the orbits of
planets.
Describes the role
of gravity in the
formation of the
solar system from a
disk of dust and
gas;
AND
Understands that
mass affects
gravity;
AND
Understands that
distance affects
gravity.
States that gravity
was the key factor
in the formation of
the solar system
from a disk of dust
and gas;
AND
Understands that
gravity is a force of
attraction;
AND
Understands that
gravity is a force of
attraction between
all objects.
Demonstrate how
geologist use
relative dating to
organize Earth's
history: law of
superposition,
principle of original
horizontality, and
inclusions.
Demonstrate how
geologist uses
relative dating to
organize Earth's
history: law of
superposition and
principle of original
horizontality.
Explain that when
one object exerts a
force on another
object the second
object exerts a
force of equal
strength in the
opposite direction
on the first object,
AND
balanced forces act
upon an object
when its velocity
Explain what
action & reaction
forces are,
AND
explain that an
object’s inertia is
directly correlated
to its mass.
8-Determine
factors that
affect the
strength of
electric and
magnetic forces.
9- Describe how
mass is
conserved
during chemical
reactions and
analyze
substances for
evidence of
chemical
reactions.
10-Design a
project to
*Determines
healthy habits
that would
optimize the
interactions of
the digestive
system.
object and the mass
of the object.
does not change
(net force = 0 N);
Unbalanced forces
act upon an object
when its velocity
changes (net force
does not = 0 N).
Conduct an
investigation and
evaluate the
experimental design
to provide evidence
that fields exist
between objects
exerting forces on
each other even
though the objects are
not in contact
(magnetic, electric),
AND
ask questions about
data to determine the
factors that affect the
strength of electric
and magnetic forces.
Understand that in
electricity like
charges repel each
other while unlike
charges attract, and
in magnetism
opposite poles
attract while like
poles repel,
AND
understand that the
strength of
electricity (between
2 charged objects)
is a force
proportional to the
size of the 2
charges, divided by
the square of the
distance between
them and that the
strength of
magnetism is
determined by
distance and
charge.
Understand that
magnetism and
electricity are two
forces (push or
pull) that act upon
objects (noncontact / across
open space),
AND
understand that
magnetism and
electricity are two
forces (push or
pull) that act upon
objects may differ
in strength.
Develop and use a
Understand that
Atoms are the
model to describe
atoms and small
building blocks of
how the total number molecules combine matter and are
of atoms does not
to form larger
made largely from
change in a chemical molecules, and
three types of
reaction and thus
larger molecules
smaller particles:
mass is conserved,
break up into
protons, neutrons,
AND
smaller fragments, and electrons,
Analyze and interpret AND
AND
data on the properties Chemical reactions The properties of
of substances before arise from the
all objects stem
and after the
rearrangement of
from the different
substances interact to atoms, as well as
arrangements of
determine if a
the shuffling of the atoms.
chemical reaction has atoms’ outer
occurred.
electrons to form
new chemical
bonds.
Design a project to
Differentiate
Energy 1) is
construct, test, and
between
conserved & 2)
construct, test,
modify a device that
endothermic &
always goes from
and modify a
either releases or
exothermic
more useful to less
device that
absorbs thermal
scenarios /
useful forms. Heat
either releases or
energy by chemical
situations /
is a form of energy
absorbs thermal
processes.
examples.
and can easily be
energy by
moved.
chemical
processes.
11-Gather and
Analyze Law
Demonstrates how
Demonstrates how Demonstrates how
make sense of
passed as a
the chemical process the chemical
the chemical
information to
result of the
involved in making
process involved in process involved in
describe that
production
synthetics impacts
making synthetics making synthetics
synthetic
synthetic
society:
impacts society:
impacts society:
materials come materials.
environmentally,
environmentally
environmentally.
from natural
economically, and life and life style.
resources and
style.
impact society.
The asterisk (*) denotes one possible way a student could demonstrate enrichment or extension
that would be designated as Exceeds Standard.