Course Organizer Course Standards: The Spring Semester (2017) Teacher(s): Mrs. Rondeau Time: The Course Organizer Student: Parent: This Course: Life Science– Grade 7 Grading Scale: Focus/ Bellwork (Daily) 10% Homework 10% Quizzes 30% Unit Tests 20% Classwork/Other* 30% *Other could include projects, notebook , group work, labs, dissections, etc. Contact Information: E-mail: srondeau@bcps.k12.va.us *To monitor student progress, please check parent portal regularly. Website: Remind 101: (Contact: 81010 ) Message Codes per block: @rondeau2s , @rondeau3s , @rondeau4s (2nd block) (3rd block) (4th block) Class Materials: Write-in textbook Interactive Notebook (*Will be graded) Paper and Pencils Glue Sticks Colored Pencils Highlighters Essential Course Questions: is about Course Standards: Spring Semester (2017) 3 1 Big Ideas: All living things are interdependent and are affected by environmental factors. All living things are organized by their common characteristics. All living things are made up of cells. All living things inherit genetic information. 1. How do scientists answer questions about the world around them? (LS.1) 2. How are organisms grouped based on their characteristics and how are their basic needs are met? (LS.4) 3. How does the cell theory relate to life? (LS.2) 4. How are animal cells and plant cells similar? (LS.2) 5. How do organisms reproduce and transmit genetic information? (LS.2, LS.12) 6. How are living things organized to carry out life processes? (LS.3) 7. How do organisms change over time? (LS. 13) 8. How do organisms depend on each other and their environment? (LS. 6,7,8,9,10,11) 9. How do organisms adapt to abiotic and biotic factors in an ecosystem? (LS. 9) 10. How do humans effect ecosystems? (LS.11) 11. How does energy flow through an ecosystem? (LS.6) 2 http://srondeau.educatorpages.com/ University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning

Critical Vocabulary / Concepts Community Principles Learning Rituals Course Map This Course: includes Performance Options Student: Critical Vocabulary / Concepts Learned in these Units Life Science 7 Note -taking Labs Demonstration Videos Graphing Foldables Frames Measuring Interactive Experiments Drawing notebooks Quiz/Test Flip books Microviewers Group Work Models Projects Reading Honesty Teamwork Respect Participation Attention Project Choices Extra Credit Peer Tutoring Life Kingdoms Succession Organisms Species Cycles Metric Units Heredity Photosynthesis Measurement Evolution Cellular Respiration Scientific Method Population DNA Cells Biomes Genetics Domains Biotic and abiotic Ecosystems 1 7 Ecology and Course Review Scientific Method/ Metric Measurement 2 6 Living Things, Cells and Dissections Organization of Multicellular Organisms 3 4 5 Cell Processes And Reproduction Genetics, DNA, and Changes Over Time Classification of Life