Download Science, 4th 9 weeks

2016.17 Seventh Grade, Quarter 4
Big Ideas/Key Concepts:
 Major geologic events that occur over eons or brief moments in time continually shape and reshape the surface of the Earth, resulting in
continuous global change.
Standards
Student Friendly “I Can” Statements
Rocks and Minerals
SPI 0707.7.1 Use a table of physical properties to classify minerals.
Rocks and Minerals
I can take an unknown sample of a mineral, describe its physical properties,
and classify it using a mineral identification key.
SPI 0707.7.2 Label a diagram that depicts the three different rock types.
I can describe the difference between a rock and a mineral.
SPI 0707.7.3 Identify the major processes that drive the rock cycle.
I can develop and use models to describe the relationship between the
processes and forces that create igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
rocks, including the major processes of weathering, erosion, deposition,
compaction, metamorphism, melting, cooling, and solidification.
I can construct an explanation of the energy source for this cycle.
I can analyze, explain, and illustrate the ongoing movement of carbon through
the earth and atmosphere (combustion, respiration, photosynthesis, and
decomposition).
Earth’s Layers and Plate Tectonics
SPI 0707.7.4 Differentiate among the characteristics of the earth’s three
layers.
Earth’s Layers and Plate Tectonics
I can recognize and model the earth’s layers (crust, mantle, and core) of varied
depths, states of matter, densities, and chemical makeup.
7. WCE.SC.18: Evaluate seismograph data to create a model of Earth’s
structural layers.
I can evaluate data collected from seismographs to create a model of Earth’s
structural layers.
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SPI 0707.7.5 Recognize that lithospheric plates on the scale of continents
and oceans continually move at rates of centimeters per year.
I can gather and evaluate evidence to justify that energy from the earth’s
interior drives convection cycles within the asthenosphere which creates
changes within the lithosphere including tectonic plate movements, plate
boundaries, mountain building and sea-floor spreading.
SPI 0707.7.6 Describe the relationship between plate movements and
earthquakes, mountain building, volcanoes, and sea floor spreading.
I can evaluate data, in order to map and describe patterns in the locations of
volcanoes and earthquakes related to tectonic plate boundaries, interactions,
and hotspots.
7. WCE.SC.19: Construct and analyze scientific arguments using data to
support claims that plate tectonics accounts for 1) the distribution of
fossils on different continents, 2) the occurrence of earthquakes, 3)
continental and ocean floor features and 4) uneven distribution of
earth’s mineral, fossil fuel and groundwater resources.
I can construct and analyze data-based arguments, supporting claims that plate
tectonics accounts for: 1) the distribution of fossils on different continents, 2)
the occurrence of earthquakes, 3) continental and ocean floor features, and 4)
uneven distribution of earth’s mineral, fossil fuel and groundwater resources.
7. WCE.SC.20: Design solutions to minimize the effects of catastrophic
events from plate movements, on living things.
I can use the engineering design process to design a solution for minimizing the
effects of catastrophic events from plate movements on living things (such as
earthquakes, tsunamis, etc).
SPI 0707.T/E.1 Identify the tools and procedures needed to test the
design features of a prototype.
I can identify tools and procedures needed to test the design features of
prototype.
SPI 0707.T/E.2 Evaluate a protocol to determine if the engineering design
process was successfully applied.
I can use the engineering design process to solve a given problem with multiple
criteria/constraints or evaluate a protocol to determine if the engineering
design process was successfully applied to solve a given problem.
Human Activities and Earth Resources
7. WCE.SC.21: Classify natural resources as renewable or nonrenewable,
based on their availability and sustainability.
Human Activities and Earth Resources
I can classify examples of natural resources in categories of renewable (wind,
hydroelectric, biomass, geothermal, and solar) and nonrenewable (fossil and
nuclear), by asking questions about their availability and sustainability.
SPI 0707.7.7 Analyze and evaluate the impact of man’s use of earth’s
land, water, and atmospheric resources.
I can research and evaluate how human activities affect the condition of the
earth’s land, water, and atmosphere (water pollution, air pollution, global
warming, pesticides, resource consumption, habitat destruction,
deforestation).
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I can graph and translate data to engage in argument the role that human
activities play in global climate change.
I can research the impact of man’s use of renewable and nonrenewable
resources on future energy supplies.
I can construct an argument supported by evidence that human activities and
technologies can be engineered to reduce the role of human impact on: global
temperatures and on per capita consumption of natural resources.
7. WCE. SC.22: Evaluate the effects of biological factors (plant roots,
organic matter, bacteria, fungi, worms, insects, and humans) on soil
composition and resistance to erosion.
I can evaluate the effects of biological factors on soil composition and
resistance to erosion, and analyze how this information can be a positive
impact of man’s use of Earth’s resources.
SPI 0707.T/E.3 Distinguish between the intended benefits and the
unintended consequences of a new technology.
I can identify the intended benefits and unintended consequences of new
technologies and describe their impact on society.
SPI 0707.T/E.4 Differentiate between adaptive and assistive engineering
products (e.g., food, biofuels, medicines, integrated pest management).
I can explain the difference between adaptive and assistive engineered
products.
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