Grade 07 Science - EC: S7.C.2.1.1
Grade 07 Science - EC: S7.C.2.1.1
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
- Where do humans get the energy they need to survive?
- Through which process do plants get the energy they need to survive?
- Summarize how your body gets energy to survive.
- Summarize how cells get the energy they need to function.
- How is the Sun related to the energy you need to survive? Explain.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Humans get the energy they need to survive from the foods they eat.
- Plants get the energy they need to survive through photosynthesis.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- I eat food.
- The food goes into my stomach where it mixes with stomach acid.
- The stomach acid helps to break down the food.
- In my small intestine, my body absorbs nutrients from the food I eat.
- The nutrients enter my blood stream, and my circulatory system carries the nutrients to my body parts that need them.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Molecules such as fats, sugars, and proteins enter a cell.
- Chemical reactions take place within the cell, and ATP is created.
- Cells use ATP as an energy source to carry out necessary functions.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Plants need sunlight to grow.
- I eat plants.
- The plants I eat give my body energy to survive.
- If there was no sunlight, there would not be any plants for me to eat.
- I eat animals.
- The animals eat plants.
- The plants give animals the energy they need to survive.
- If there was no sunlight, there would not be any plants animals to eat.
