Download Georgia Performance Standards Curriculum Map 2015

Georgia Performance Standards Curriculum Map 2015-16
7th GRADE LIFE SCIENCE
The following instructional plan is part of a GaDOE collection of Unit Frameworks, Performance Tasks, examples of Student Work,
and Teacher Commentary for the 7th GRADE LIFE SCIENCE Course (https://www.georgiastandards).
Unit 1
27 days
Unit 2
13 days
Unit 3
33 days
Unit 4
15days
Unit 5
37days
Unit 6
19 days
Unit
Name
ECOLOGY
(INTERDEPENDENCE OF
LIFE)
ENERGY FLOW &
NUTRIENT CYCLING
STRUCTURE & FUNCTION
OF CELLS
ORGANIZATION OF
LIFE
GENETICS and
HEREDITY
EVIDENCE OF EVOLUTION
**1b Classification of organisms in
biomes using dichotomous keys
4c Environmental changes and
survival of individuals and
species
4e Terrestrial and aquatic
biomes
-----------------------------------------S7CS: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
------------------------------------Supporting standards:
4d Competition and mutualism
5a Change over time
4a Food webs and transfer
and recycling of energy
4b Food webs and transfer of
energy
4d Competition and
mutualism
-------------------------------------S7CS: 1, 2, 5, 6, 8
-------------------------------------Supporting standards:
4c Environmental changes and
survival of individuals/species.
4e Biomes
2a Cells use nutrients to grow
and divide
2b Cell structure and function
2c Levels of cellular
organization
1a Developing a dichotomous
key
1b Classification of the 6
kingdoms using a dichotomous
key
--------------------------------
*2c Levels of cellular
organization
2d Interactions of
systems
2e Roles of major body
systems
------------------------S7CS: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 9
------------------------------Supporting Standards:
2a Cell Growth and
division
2b Cell structure/function
3a Genes and
chromosomes
3a Genes and
chromosomes and
inheritance of traits
3b Sexual and asexual
reproduction in the
kingdoms
3c Selective breeding
and the production of
desired traits in plants
and animals
*1a Developing a
dichotomous key
S7CS: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9
------------------------------Supporting standards:
2a Cell Growth and
division
2b Cell structure/function
5a Change in physical
characteristics of organisms over
generations
5b Evolution of species due to
natural selection
5c Fossil evidence in sedimentary
rocks
-----------------------------S7CS: 1, 2, 6, 8
Supporting Standards:
3a Genes and chromosomes and
inheritance of traits
3b Sexual and asexual
reproduction in the kingdoms
3c Selective breeding and the
production of desired traits in
plants and animals
4c Environmental changes and
survival of individuals and species
4d Competition and mutualism
District Assessment 1
District Assessment 2
District Assessment 3
District Assessment 4
District Assessment 5
District Assessment 6
Standards and elements
with main topics
Unit
Pace
S7CS: 2, 4, 5, 6, 9
Common Core science literacy standards should be integrated throughout each unit.
Bolded concepts are assessed in that unit.
Revised APRIL 2014
** Introduce the topic with brief coverage only
* Reinforce the concept
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Unit
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Pace
27 days
13 days
33 days
15 days
37 days
19 days
ENERGY FLOW &
NUTRIENT CYCLING
STRUCTURE & FUNCTION
OF CELLS
ORGANIZATION OF
LIFE
GENETICS and
HEREDITY
EVIDENCE OF EVOLUTION
Language of the standard
Unit
Name
ECOLOGY
(INTERDEPENDENCE OF
LIFE)
scientific name
community
population
ecosystem
biome
mutually beneficial
competitive
terrestrial
ecosystem
tropical rain forest
habitat
dichotomous key
aquatic
taiga
temperate forest
biodiversity
desert
savanna
freshwater
estuary
marine
deciduous
marsh
swamp
prey
biotic/abiotic
symbiosis
predator
adaptations
terrestrial
Revised APRIL 2014
carrying capacity
limiting factors
food web
matter
recycle
energy
relationships
competitive
energy pyramid
commensalism
producer
consumer
decomposer
predator
prey
competition
herbivore
carnivore
omnivore
scavenger
symbiosis
host
decomposition
saprophyte
photosynthesis
respiration
biotic
abiotic
parasitism
parasite
cell
organelle
cell membrane
nucleus
cytoplasm
chloroplast
mitochondria
nutrients
tissue
organism
organ
system
interdependent
fermentation
endocytosis
exocytosis
photosynthesis
respiration
diffusion
osmosis
active transport
passive transport
ribosomes
lysosomes
Golgi bodies
vacuoles
fermentation
endoplasmic reticulum
cell organization
levels of classification
6 kingdom system of
classification
binomial nomenclature
dichotomous key
cell
tissue
organ
system
organism
immunity
diversity
classification
cellular
digestion
respiration
reproduction
circulation
excretion
movement
control
coordination
disease
heredity
gene
chromosome
genotype
phenotype
offspring
dominant
mutation
recessive
traits
homozygous
hybrid
heterozygous
purebred
Punnett square
selective breeding
asexual reproduction
sexual reproduction
evolution
natural selection
fossil
Charles Darwin
theory
generation
species
inheritance
sedimentary
evidence
hypothesis
variation
mimicry
camouflage
adaptation (structural)
adaptation (behavioral)
defense mechanisms
homologous structures
vestigial structures
fossil record
punctuated equilibrium
gradualism
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