Grade 7 - Science (2003, 2009, 2014)

Science

Interactions and Ecosystems

Plants for Food and Fibre

Heat and Temperature

Structures and Forces

Planet Earth

Investigate and describe relationships between humans and their environments, and identify related issues and scientific questions

Trace and interpret the flow of energy and materials within an ecosystem

Monitor a local environment, and assess the impacts of environmental factors on the growth, health and reproduction of organisms in that environment

Describe the relationships among knowledge, decisions and actions in maintaining life-supporting environments

Investigate plant uses; and identify links among needs, technologies, products and impacts

Investigate life processes and structures of plants, and interpret related characteristics and needs of plants in a local environment

Analyze plant environments, and identify impacts of specific factors and controls

Identify and interpret relationships among human needs, technologies, environments, and the culture and use of living things as sources of food and fibre

Illustrate and explain how human needs have led to technologies for obtaining and controlling thermal energy and to increased use of energy resources

Describe the nature of thermal energy and its effects on different forms of matter, using informal observations, experimental evidence and models

Apply an understanding of heat and temperature in interpreting natural phenomena and technological devices

Analyze issues related to the selection and use of thermal technologies, and explain decisions in terms of advantages and disadvantages for sustainability

Describe and interpret different types of structures encountered in everyday objects, buildings, plants and animals; and identify materials from which they are made

Investigate and analyze forces within structures, and forces applied to them

Investigate and analyze the properties of materials used in structures

Demonstrate and describe processes used in developing, evaluating and improving structures that will meet human needs with a margin of safety

Describe and demonstrate methods used in the scientific study of Earth and in observing and interpreting its component materials

Identify evidence for the rock cycle, and use the rock cycle concept to interpret and explain the characteristics of particular rocks

Investigate and interpret evidence of major changes in landforms and the rock layers that underlie them

Describe, interpret and evaluate evidence from the fossil record