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Science Overview for Grade 7 Students

This document provides an overview of the 7th grade science curriculum, which includes biology, chemistry, and physics. It outlines expectations for subjects requirements like notebooks and textbooks, as well as tests, group works, and presentations. The teacher's expectations are for students to be present, polite, participative, honest, diligent, and open-minded. It then provides introductory information on what science is and the scientific method, including defining biology, chemistry, and physics, and outlining the typical steps of the scientific method. Students are assigned to work with partners on scientific method and variables worksheets.

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Science Overview for Grade 7 Students

This document provides an overview of the 7th grade science curriculum, which includes biology, chemistry, and physics. It outlines expectations for subjects requirements like notebooks and textbooks, as well as tests, group works, and presentations. The teacher's expectations are for students to be present, polite, participative, honest, diligent, and open-minded. It then provides introductory information on what science is and the scientific method, including defining biology, chemistry, and physics, and outlining the typical steps of the scientific method. Students are assigned to work with partners on scientific method and variables worksheets.

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SCIENCE

BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS


OVERVIEW OF SCIENCE
FOR GRADE 7
 What is science?
 Scientific method
 Laboratory ethics and apparatus
 Handling numbers and measurements
 Biology – plants and organ systems of human
 Chemistry – matter and chemical reactions
 Physics – speed, light, sound and magnet
Subject Requirements
 Blue notebook
 Learning materials (folder and seed and soil)
 Textbook
 Workbook
 Managebac
 Formative and summative tests
 Group works and virtual or actual experiments
 Other activities and presentations
My expectations
 I expect you to:
- Be present in every live session. Log in on time and show
your face in your video.
- Be courteous/ polite all the time.
- Be participative in discussions and cooperative in every
activity.
- Be honest all the time.
- Be diligent and studious
- Be open-minded and considerate
Your expectations!
What is science?
 A systematically organized body of knowledge on a
particular subject.
 Biology is the scientific study of life.
 Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and
behavior of matter.
 Physics is the scientific study of matter, its motion through
space and time along with related concepts such as energy
and forces.
Your task!
Scientific Method
 An approach to seeking knowledge that involves forming and testing a
hypothesis. It provides a logical and systematic way of answering
questions.
 Steps in scientific method
1. Make an observation
2. Ask a question
3. Do background research
4. Test the hypothesis with experimentation
5. Analyze the data and draw conclusion
6. Communicate the results
 [Link]
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What to do next?
 You will work with a partner.
 You will answer:
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 We will go back to the main session after 20 minutes.
Filbert Abercrombie was, and perhaps still is, a biologist from Oxford. His
research was on the distribution of flora and fauna within the Amazon River
Basin. The part that he loved most about his work was that he needed to
spend months each year exploring and mapping some of the most remote
parts of the Basin, following some of the smallest of tributaries. The
remoteness of the area and the exploration really appealed to him, satisfying
his sense of adventure and curiosity and at the same time giving him a certain
sense of peace. There was only one thing that drove him up the wall...the
masses of tiny flies that would forever pester him, getting into his eyes, nose
and mouth. It drove him crazy!

One day, Filbert was at his work and suddenly noticed that he was no longer
swatting away at the pesky little flies. There were no flies around! He was, of
course, delighted, but he also wondered why. He was really curious. So he sat
down and looked around, looked at his notes, and tried to think of all the
possible explanations for the lack of flies in this area.
So let’s see what you come up with...
Answer: At that particular site, the water level had risen
so that plants that were normally above the water line were
then submerged. The submerged leaves secreted a
chemical into the water, which acted as a natural pesticide!

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