Download Year 7 Biological Science Program

Year 7 – Biological Science
Student Program 2016
Week
Program
Classification
1
Jun 20 –
Jun 26
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Define classification.
Explain why classification is useful.
Give examples of classification in daily life.
Give examples of classification in Science.
Explain why Biologists classify living things.
 Explain the change from 2 to 5 kingdoms, now have Domains
(Bacteria)
 Explain how organisms are classified into the Five kingdoms.
(Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plants, Animals)
 Describe characteristics of each kingdom.
Jun 27 –
Jul 24
AB 6.1 Similar and different P75
WS Seven features of Living
Things
 Classification can be applied to structural features of everyday
objects.
 Identify characteristics (structure and function) of organisms that can
be used to classify them
 Use structural and functional characteristics to classify living things.
 Classify objects as living or non-living using the 7 features of living
things. (Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Growth, Reproduce,
Excretion, and Nutrition (MRSGREN)) and being composed of cells.
(e.g. plant, animal, fungi)
Biological Classification
2&3
Pearson 7 Activity book
Pearson 7 Student book
Pearson 7 E book
Worksheet
SB 6.1 What is classification
P196–199, 202 - 203
 Identify how organism are classified from kingdom level to class
level, it is grouped with other organisms that are increasingly similar
(e.g. mammals have hair and suckle their young)
 Identify how organisms are classified from Kingdom level to species,
in groups with other organisms that are increasingly similar.
(Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species)
 Name and identify the major characteristics of the Phyla of the
Animal Kingdom
 Name and identify the major characteristics of the Divisions of the
Plant Kingdom.
 Explain how the Linnaeus system of classification works. Scientific
name of organisms made up of:
o Genus species. E.g. Homo sapiens
o Genus name capital, species lower case.
o Underlined if written, italics if typed.
 Identify other classification and naming systems e.g. Indigenous
Australians
SB 6.2 Classifying living things
P205 – 209, 213 - 215
SB 6.3 Animals and Plants
P216 - 229
AB 6.6 Arthropods P84
WS Classification features of
Chordates and Insects
WS Species Discovery
WS The Wonderful World of
Animals
WS Who Wants to be a
Zoologist
SB 6.2 Classifying living things
P209 - 214
AB 6.4 What’s in a name? P79
AB 6.5 Naming living things
P82
WS Classification of Living
Things: Scientific Names
SB 6.4 Other classification
systems P230 - 237
WS Classification using
Indigenous Terms
Week
Program
Dichotomous Key
4
Jul 25 –
Jul 31
 Explain that keys are used as a tool for classifying.
 Describe how Dichotomous keys are used in Biology to classify living
things.
 Identify features of a strong key.
 Use provided branching and sentence dichotomous keys to identify
organisms.
 Construct a simple branching and sentence dichotomous key using
structural characteristics that do not change over time.
Constructing a Dichotomous Key Assessment
Habitats and Interactions
 Define biosphere, ecosystem, environment and habitat of an
organism.
 Describe how organism’s characteristics (adaptations) help them
survive in their natural habitat.
 Identify types of interactions between organisms. (e.g. mutualism,
parasitism, predator - prey)
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Food Chains and Food Webs
5&6
Aug 1 –
Aug 14
 Identify the sun as the source of energy for ecosystems.
 Describe how plants and animals gain their energy. (producers photosynthesis, consumers-eat producers or other consumers,
decomposers-consume dead or decaying matter.)
 Explain how feeding relationships can be represented by food chains
and food webs.
 Classify organisms in food chains and food webs as producers,
consumers or decomposers
 Explain why producers always start a food chain/web.
 Identify herbivores as 1st order consumers, Omnivores can be 1st or
2nd order consumers, Carnivores can be 2nd or higher order
consumers.
 Explain why recycling is important in an ecosystem and which
organisms are responsible.
 Describe how decomposers release energy and nutrients back into
the ecosystem for producers.
 Construct food chains and food webs.
 Explain how organisms depend on each other in a food chain/web.
 Describe what happens to other organisms in a food chain/web if its
prey/predator or competition is changed.
 Changes in the population of one level of a food chain affects
populations at the other levels (e.g. if the mosquitoes are killed by
spraying, this will decrease the amount of food for the frogs)
Food Chains and Food Webs Assessment
Pearson 7 Activity book
Pearson 7 Student book
Pearson 7 E book
Worksheet
SB 6.1 What is classification
P199 – 203
AB 6.2 I know what it is! P76
AB 6.3 Creating the key P78
WS Using a Key
WS Identification keys - sharks
& rays
WS Construct a key of the
class.
SB 5.1 Living Places P162 –
171
WS Adapting to the
environment
SB 5.2 Food Chains and food
webs P172 – 178
AB 5.6 Food chains P66
AB 5.7 Food webs P67
WS Look at my tree house
WS Food chains and webs
Week
Pearson 7 Activity book
Pearson 7 Student book
Pearson 7 E book
Worksheet
Program
Human activity on Ecosystems
7
Aug 15 –
Aug 21
 Describe how the following human activities have caused changes in
food chains/webs:
o deforestation,
o agriculture
o introduction of new species, such as the effect of cane toads
o the use of fire by traditional Aboriginal people
o and the effects of palm oil harvesting in Sumatra and Borneo
SB 5.3 Impacts on ecosystems
P179 – 189
AB 5.8 Human influence on
habitats p68
AB 5.9 Human impacts in
Antarctica p69
AB 5.10 Growing crops P72
WS Human Impacts on the
Environment
WS Fire-stick farming
END OF TOPIC TEST
Assessment Structure
Assessment
When
Yearly Weighting
(%)
Constructing a Dichotomous Key
Thursday 28th July 2016
5
Investigation
Thursday 4th August 2016
3
Food Chains and Food Webs
Thursday 11th August 2016
5
End of Topic Test
Thursday 18th August 2016
10