Ms. Pecor’s 7th Grade Course Organizer 2016-2017

Course Organizer Ms. Pecor Course Standards: The This Course: Teacher: Period: The Course Organizer Student: Course Dates: What? Value? This Course: Course Progress Graph Course Questions: is about Course Standards: Ms. Pecor Aug 2016-May 2017 How? Homework Class Work/ Participation Tests Check/Grade Labs/Notes Quizzes FCA’s Grade 10% 50% 40% learning the scientific process, cell structure and function, heredity and reproduction, body systems, diversity, evolution, and cycles of matter. How is the scientific method used in science today? How is scientific knowledge applied and how does it continually change as new information is encountered? How did cell theory develop? 100% How do cells function and what are the structures within the cells and how do they function? 90% How is the human body organized? How are the body systems organized and how are they composed? How does the human body maintain itself? How do living organisms reproduce and pass traits from one generation to the next? 80% How are living things diverse and classified based on identification of shared characteristic patterns of organisms? How did life evolve and what evidence exists to support this theory? What are the cycles of matter that occur on earth and how are they “interdependent” upon each other? 70% 60% 50% Unit test scores 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Course Map 7th Grade Life Science Community Principles Learning Rituals Course Map This Course: includes Performance Options Student: Critical Concepts Learned in these 7th Grade Units 7th Grade Life Science Stay on task Use equipment correctly Follow rules Participation Respect/Teamwork Safety Notes, Foldables, Graphic Organizers, Labs, FCA’s, Quizzes & Vocabulary T Charts. Extra Credit Kagan Structures Graphic organizers Homework Labs Cooperative Groups Quiz/Test Scientific Method and Experimental Design; Cells-Theory, Structure, and Functions; Human Body Systems; Heredity and Reproduction; Diversity; Evolution; Interdependence; Cycles of Matter. Interdependence, Cycles of Matter and Energy The Nature of Science Diversity and Evolution Cell Structure and Function Heredity and Reproduction Human Body