7th Grade Science
(10 Units, 80 Lessons)
Unit 5 - Energy(11 Lessons)
Mystery Box Modeling: Energy Transformations7th Grade Science» Unit:Energy
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Big Idea:Students create models of energy transformations using pop its, whistling tubes, electromagnets, and more!
Rubber Band Cannon Lab7th Grade Science» Unit:Energy
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Big Idea:Students use rubber band cannons to explore potential and kinetic energy transfer!
Energy Transfer: Engineering Catapults7th Grade Science» Unit:Energy
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Big Idea:Students use their understanding of kinetic and potential energy to design catapults using easily accessible materials that launch marshmallows!
Potentially Amazing Lab Station Rotation7th Grade Science» Unit:Energy
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Big Idea:Students rotate through a series of cool labs focusing on potential energy that allows them to work on writing and communicating like a scientist in a fun way!
Kinetic and Potential Energy Lab Rotation7th Grade Science» Unit:Energy
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Big Idea:Students explore kinetic energy in a lab rotation by creating spool racers, creating 'craters' with marbles and flour, and measuring how different types of matter heat up at different rates!
How Does Heat Move? Introduction to Heat Transfer7th Grade Science» Unit:Energy
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Big Idea:Students analyze a text to find evidence of heat transfer and connect the evidence they cite from the text to fun demonstrations!
Heat Transfer Lab Rotation: Conduction, Convection, and Radiation7th Grade Science» Unit:Energy
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Big Idea:Students go through a fun lab rotation that allows them to experience radiation, conduction, and convection!
Putting It All Together: 25 Ways to Study 7th Grade Science» Unit:Energy
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Big Idea:Students generate 25 ways to study and practice some of these strategies as they prepare for their summative assessment. Students analyze their own formative assessment data to identify their individual learning needs and create a lighbulb graphic organiz
Thermal Protection Systems: Day 17th Grade Science» Unit:Energy
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Big Idea:Students use their knowledge of radiation, conduction, and convection to design thermal protection systems for NASA that will protect a spacecraft from burning up in the atmosphere!
Thermal Protection Systems: Day 2 and Day 37th Grade Science» Unit:Energy
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Big Idea:Students use their knowledge of radiation, conduction, and convection to design thermal protection systems for NASA that will protect a spacecraft from burning up in the atmosphere!
Energy Summative Assessment: Answering the Essential Question7th Grade Science» Unit:Energy
7th Grade Science
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Energy
Big Idea:In this summative assessment, students demonstrate their understanding of energy and scientific writing by answering the essential question. As opposed to a multiple choice exam, students can each demonstrate their understanding in their own way!
