Course Syllabus
Course Title: 7th Grade Life Science
Textbook: “Life Science” Prentice Hall
Teacher:
Course Description:
The Seventh-Grade Life Science course is a combination laboratory and lecture course. This is the first science course that the students will take that is offered in a room that will properly accommodate labs. This course also serves as a foundational course for high school science. This five-period-a week course was also designed to continue thinking skills that will serve students in becoming better problem solvers. Discoveries, inventions, and advances in science and technology have produced a world that is rapidly changing. Students of today and beyond must be well prepared in science, and even more importantly, in the application of science to decisions they will appreciate the contributions of science to daily living. Through the inquiry manner of science, students will continue to develop their critical thinking and analytical skills. Students will be involved in discussion, inquiry, demonstrations, laboratory investigations, cooperative learning and computer based learning. In addition, students will use the scientific method to collect data, form hypotheses, analyze data, and propose conclusions.
Approximate time frame
Topic
First Marking Period
1 –2 weeks
First & Second marking periods
6-7 weeks
· Life arises from life.
· Cells are the basic building blocks of all living things.
· The major parts of the cell and the function each one performs.
· Cells multiply by mitosis and meiosis.
Second Marking
6 – 8 weeks
Genetics
period
1-2 weeks
Evolution
Third marking period
2-3 weeks
Third & fourth marking period
10 – 14 weeks
· Metamorphosis and life cycles of different species.
· Kingdoms characterize organisms by shape, structure, and function.
Fourth marking period
2 –3 weeks
Introduction to Ecology and Ecosystems
· Factors affect biodiversity.
· Energy is transferred between organisms.