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Life Science Grade 7 Year Curriculum Map
October 8, 2008 Page 1 of 1
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Science Curriculum: Grade 7
Georgia Performance Standards: Year Curriculum Map
This document is part of a framework that is designed to support the major concepts addressed in the Seventh Grade Science Curriculum of the Georgia
Performance Standards through the processes of inquiry. These units are written to be stand alone units that may be taught in any sequence. Emphasis is placed
on putting the students in the shoes of real scientists. Tasks are authentic exercises in the life of scientific work infused with the content. So, process skills
become explicitly integrated in the content. Some standards are involved in more than one unit, just as these topics are layered in the work of scientists. For
instance, a paleontologist should be well versed in genetics, ecology and evolution. Concepts/units are layered rather than being applied in isolation.
Unit:
You Be the Ecologist
Unit:
You Be the Cell
Biologist
Unit:
You be the Geneticist
Unit:
You Be the
Epidemiologist
Unit:
You Be the
Taxonomist
Unit:
You Be the
Evolutionary Biologist
9 weeks 6 weeks 5 weeks 3 weeks 4 weeks 4 weeks
Environmental
Conditions/characteristics

Factors affecting survival of
organisms

Interdependence of
organisms

Relationships between
organisms

Transferring and recycling
of matter and energy

(Realize how All Things
are Linked. For instance,
organisms are linked
through feeding
relationships or predator-
prey relationships,
competition, and symbiosis.
Organisms are also linked
to non-living factors in their
environment and their
adaptations are linked to the
habitat in which they live.)
Cell Structure

Cell Function

Levels of Cellular
Organization

Comparison between six
kingdoms

(Discover cell structure
and processes. Fledgling
scientists will compare and
contrast cells of the six
kingdoms.)
Role of genes and
chromosomes

Inheritance of specific
traits

Asexual and sexual
reproduction of organisms

Comparison between six
kingdoms

(Explore genetics.
Compare and contrast the
conception, genetic
composition, and
embryonic development of
an animal and plant.)
Levels of Cellular
Organization

(Explore how diseases
affect particular cells,
tissues or organs.)

Role of Major Systems
(Explore how diseases
affect the major body
systems.)

Interaction of Systems
(Explore how some
diseases impact multiple
systems at once.)

Comparison between six
kingdoms

(Discuss the role of
bacteria/protists/parasites
in causing disease.)
Levels of Cellular
Organization

Comparison between six
kingdoms

Asexual and sexual
reproduction of organisms

(Examine specimens from
the six kingdoms and make
comparisons in terms of
cell organization, cell
structure, reproduction,
and methods of obtaining
food and oxygen.)
Role of genes and
chromosomes

Inheritance of specific traits

Environmental
Conditions/characteristics

Factors affecting survival of
organisms

Natural Selection

Fossils

Evidence of evolution

(Paleontologists will
simulate a fossil dig,
assimilate fossil pieces into
a whole fossil and make
inferences about the life of
the fossil. Explorations will
be conducted to visualize
how populations change
over time and how genetics
and environmental factors
are connected to this
process.)

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