Grade 07 Science - EC: S7.A.1.1.4
Grade 07 Science - EC: S7.A.1.1.4
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Grade Levels
7th Grade
Course, Subject
Science
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- List three ways that you could gather evidence.
- Use evidence to explain why the Earth has night and day.
- Use evidence to describe the difference between sedimentary and igneous rocks.
- Create a model to illustrate an animal’s lifecycle. Provide an explanation and description of each stage of life for the animal (i.e. before birth, infancy, adolescence, adulthood).
Answer Key/Rubric
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Conduct an experiment
- Research
- Make observations
- What you see
- What you hear
- What you feel
- What you taste
- What you smell
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- The Earth orbits the sun.
- The Earth revolves on its axis.
- Half of the Earth always faces the sun.
- The side of Earth that faces the sun receives light from the sun. This is daytime.
- Half of the Earth always faces away from the sun.
- The side of Earth that faces away from the sun is dark. This is nighttime.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Sedimentary rocks can form from pieces of larger rocks that have been broken away through erosion.
- Sedimentary rocks can form from ancient, decomposed plant parts.
- Sedimentary rocks can form when water evaporates and minerals that were dissolved in the water are left behind. These minerals crystalize and form a rock.
- Igneous rocks can form when magma cools inside the Earth.
- Igneous rocks can form when lava cools on Earth’s surface.
- Use the following rubric to grade the student's response. Answers will vary.
